Writing Magic Spells
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This pack includes a complete set of ready-to-teach lessons that together form a coherent scheme of work, written and created by experienced primary teachers.
Each of the lessons within the pack contains:
- An easy-to-follow lesson plan (including plenary and assessment questions)
- An engaging slideshow for the teaching input
- A main activity with three-way differentiation to support adaptive teaching
- An alternative activity for flexibility and choice
- An overview (medium-term plan) showing the scheme contents at a glance
- An assessment grid to track learning and progress
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This five-lesson English scheme of work for Year 1 is themed around magic. Your class will read, discuss, perform and write magic spells and potions. The series of lessons gives your class the opportunity to develop their application of phonic skills as they get creative writing their own spells and potions.
This downloadable lesson pack contains lesson plans, slideshow presentations and printable teaching resources.
If you are looking for some free resources then check out our free magic themed brain teasers and our free magic themed writing frames.
Lesson 1
Reading Spells and Potions
The first lesson in this series of Year 1 English lessons starts by getting your class to make connections between the information they know about witches and wizards. They will be encouraged to think about and discuss witches and wizards they have encountered in books, magazines, TV shows and films. They will then read and discuss some spells and potions shared on the slides and printable teaching resources.
This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Worksheets
- Challenge Cards
Lesson 2
Performing Spells
The second lesson in this series challenges your class to perform rhyming spells and to come up with ways to improve their performances. Your class will be encouraged to think about their fluency, expression and other elements of their performances in this engaging English lesson.
This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Potion Cards
- Performance Prompts
- Spell Cards
Lesson 3
Writing Words
The third lesson in this Writing Magic Spells series of lessons will get your class using their phonic knowledge to complete spells and potions. Your class will use the context, rhyme and picture clues to work out missing words.
This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Worksheets
- Picture Cards
Lesson 4
Writing Spells
During this lesson your class will be challenged to write their own spells and potions following a given format to support them. They will think about rhyme and purpose as they make appropriate word choices.
This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Teacher Notes
- Worksheets
- Rhyming Words Sheet
- Picture Cards
Lesson 5
Celebrating Writing
In this final lesson your class will be challenged to perform the spells and potions they have written over the week as they celebrate their hard work. They will think about how they can improve their performances and explain why they chose to perform the spell or potion they did.
This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Spell Cards
Medium-Term Plan
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