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Lots of comprehension based materials on Back to the Future Some based on ‘Newspaper Articles’ written. I’ve added lots of additional materials to match. In the UK this is in my top 5 resources, highly rated! Enjoy!

Perfect for hosting a quiz based around the theme of ‘musicals’ This is a professionally written quiz, added to the site May 16th, 2020, beautifully formatted and with full answers and video clips to use as part of the quiz too! Everything you need to host the COMPLETE musicals themed quiz! There are 55 questions in total The quiz includes: Picture round identify the pixelated poster of the musical movie (for sale individually separately) Mixed Video Round: High quality edited video. The first 7 questions require the quizzer to identify the musical from the video clip, the final 3 questions require the identification of the character being played by the actor in the picture. Musicals questions and answers, starting easy and getting progressively more difficult, one example of a ‘medium’ difficulty questions is…‘It was a time of tradition, a time of values, and a time…to shake things up,’ was a tagline for which 2007 musical film? Answer: Hairspray ‘Wipeout Round’ (adding a gambling element where participants score 2 points for their answers, but get one wrong and they lose all their points!) A high quality blank answer sheet for quizzers to write their answers on, alternatively this quiz is ideal and tried and tested as an online quiz. This is a very high quality resource and has taken many hours to formulate.

This is a professionally written ‘Big Fat Quiz of the Year’ pub style quiz. Covering events (with a UK slant) that have occured in 2021. Includes… Picture Round - Name the celebrity that has trended in the news during 2021. Blank answer sheet to write on (50 questions in total.) Professionally written questions and answers. (50 questions in total.) Music Round (7 edited tracks, name the TV show or artist / song from the 15 second clips.) This is formatted as a video file for ease. One example of a question is… A Zoom meeting went viral in February for Handforth Parish Council. Complete the quote “You have no authority here ______ _________” Answer: Jackie Weaver We produce professional online quizzes on www.facebook.com/quizinators presented every Tuesday and Friday night so you can be sure this is a quality resource. Perfect for a staff or work event. (No unsuitable material for children, but more aimed at adults.)

Get Boys Writing – Shrek-Inspired Playscript Writing Lesson (Years 3 & 4) – UPDATED for 2025 Fun, laughter and learning with Shrek This completely unique and updated resource is ideal for engaging lower KS2 pupils—especially boys—in writing through the magic of movies. Using a popular and hilarious clip from Shrek, children explore playscript features and create their own dialogue in the style of the film. Tried, tested and loved by pupils, this lesson has delivered fantastic results in observation lessons and always brings a buzz of excitement (and a few brilliant impressions) to the classroom. What’s Included: • Edited Shrek video clips for classroom use • A typed-up excerpt of the playscript linked to the video • Full lesson plan with detailed teaching notes • Worksheet to help children convert narrative text into a playscript ⸻ Lesson Overview: Starter / Whole Class Work: • Watch the specially selected Shrek video clip. • Discuss how animated characters are voiced by real actors. • Pupils follow along with a printed excerpt of the script as they watch. • Rewatch and encourage volunteers to act it out – children love doing the voices. • Identify features of a playscript together as a class. Main Activity: • Pupils are given a written version of the next part of the story (in narrative form). • Their task is to convert it into a playscript using correct format and features. • Annotate with different colours for each speaker (e.g., Shrek and Donkey). • Encourage children to continue the scene in the film’s style – creativity and humour guaranteed. ⸻ “My class absolutely loved this! The voices, the laughs, and the learning – it was a hit. Perfect for reluctant writers.” If you find this resource useful, please consider leaving a review. Your feedback helps support future updates and improvements.

A set of resources about Remembrance Day! This is primarily designed to be a huge amount of resources to ‘dip into’ during the day or week of this event. I have now also included a Literacy unit plan including a Remembrance Day segment suitable for years 3-6 based on comments and feedback recieved. Included in this resource pack… -A Powerpoint to introduce Remembrance day with included example poems to read to the children to help scaffold their own -Acrostic Poem Templates -Planning (please note this is under ‘Creating images weekly plan’) in the resources. This follows on from Bonfire night planning. -Comprehension , unique, questions and answers. A Fantastic Veterans Day Video -Information about Poppy Day -Crossword -Poems -Using a dictionary activity -Newspaper articles uniquely writted designed to discuss England and the FIFA Poppy Ban from the England football match from the last World Cup, an excellent PSHE lesson. NB: An EXCELLENT movie is 'The Piano' - this is absolutely perfect, emotional for the occasion and can be used in assemblies or the classroom to promote discussion.

A set of resources for children to decide whether they are for or against school uniform, I have included both viewpoints in separate documents and a document that discusses both sides of the argument as well as a few more resources to help. Hope this helps!

A set of materials I made based on the Marks and Spencer’s Food Adverts. The lesson objective was to use interesting adjectives in their writing. We watched M&S food adverts, as a class explored describing different foods and then wrote our own. Included… Weekly plan (just a few ideas in a weekly plan format including this lesson, you can make your own lesson plan with some of these ideas) Word bank for this lesson Video example of advert to pick out language QUALITY Presentation (the same one) in the following formats… Mac / iPad / Keynote Powerpoint Movie Format (Following this lesson, children then wrote their own advert using descriptive language and we filmed the advert.)

Conversion of m,cm with decimals / length worksheet year 3 or 4.

A Powerpoint to support the sketching of ‘winter trees.’ I made this for a year 3/4 class to show them examples of winter trees (with no leaves) for discussion before going outside and sketching real life trees. In addition there are some images I used as a print out for the children to discuss and refer to, these may help teachers with the demonstration of the technique too. I have also included an additional Powerpoint I have made with non-commercial pictures of winter trees to show children.

The Twits Comprehension. Based on the first 3 chapters of the book.

Powerpoint showing several photos of Roman shields that I made leading into an activity where children design their own Roman shield based on certain criteria. (UPDATE: Mac / ipad Keynote included.) A rough weekly plan is also included The children went on to design their own Roman Shields and then made then with cardboard and painted them. Perfect for giving them ideas! UPDATE: I have now included a completely unique animated Roman timeline I made that can be included in your own presentations as I have converted to movie format. UPDATE: An excellent video included to do with tactics used in Roman times

Indiana Jones - Adventure, survival stories - Implementing genre features - Internal dialogue - Could alternatively be used as a stimulus for a ‘big write.’ I found very little in terms of creative content in this area so made my own creative lesson up. (Delivered to a year 5/6 class of 30 children.) RESOURCE FEATURES… Lesson Plan (used in an observation lesson.) PowerPoint - Including embedded video clips, starter to the lesson and details of activity. Worksheet for starter asking the children to name the genre from a general description. (Answers on PowerPoint.) Separate video clip for lesson All you need for a creative literacy lesson with the following objectives and success criteria. Learning Objective: To know and understand the features of survival / adventure stories Success criteria: • Powerful verbs • Dialogue and internal voice (the PowerPoint / clips are especially useful for this concept.) • Description to create excitement Children are then asked to produce a piece of creative writing (as set out in the lesson plan / PowerPoint) with the film clip as a stimulus.

A Smart Notebook file, about finding change from £1. The coins can be moved into the actual hand as required to help the childrens understanding. I can’t stress how helpful the notebook file is to illustrate this. Suitable for years 2-4 I have also included a lesson plan for this particular lesson I was observed on and a large collection of differentiated worksheets.

I have designed a unique set of resources designed to engage children in Literacy. Also excellent for a futuristic topic. Please note this is a set of unique resources, not a unit of work or lesson plan. It is designed for teachers to ‘dip into’ as they wish or even as part of a whole school topic. There is tonnes of material and this took many hours to assemble. Resources Updated 2023 2015 was the year that in the Back to the Future films they visited the ‘future’. October was the month of ‘Back to the Future Day.’ The resources could be used as part of a thematic unit or within other units of the curriculum. Excellent for Newspapers and Non-Fiction writing opportunities in particular. Included in this resource pack… Multiple sets of Newspaper articles (edited by myself and made highly visual in worksheet form) with comprehension and activity worksheets I made for them. -Additional extension activities fitting the articles -Punctuation activity -Original trailer and Poster from the movie with activities I designed around them -The stuff the film got wrong! -Punctuation activity -Ideas for a Back to the Future week / day. -Display materials -Movie clips ‘making of’ -Hover Chase Video …and much more! Due to the popularity of this resources I have added some futuristic robot activities which tie in well with the topic! An up to the minute and current set of resources that children will love, especially boys and a brilliant way to encourage creative writing / comprehension skills as well as looking at the features of Newspapers. Designed for KS2 but could be easily differentiated for lower KS3. Please check my other resources out here… /teaching-resources/shop/dave_orritt

I couldn't find a simple Wild West History PowerPoint for KS2 so made this one.

A bumper set of resources initially used in the Year 4 topic of: Creating Images with Poetry, Similes and Metaphors. Due to the popularity of this resource I have included a Powerpoint I used for a very successful ‘Outstanding’ observation lesson by Ofsted involving describing a beach setting with similes and metaphors. I recently adapted this in this for a year 6 class I taught and we produced some fantastic work. There is also quite a few poems I have written using Similes and Metaphors in them to create images and a few more resources too including a soothing soundtrack and background to play on your IW on loop.

LO: Understand how writers portray character personality through writing. This is a lesson based on exploring the techniques a writer uses to show a characters personality and requires pupils to use the evidence from the text extract I have included from the book 'The Hobbit' it is an excellent extract featuring the character 'Gollum.' The Powerpoint I have made goes through the process of... S (speech) A (actions) D (description) Children can then annotate their text accordingly and / or draw the character with annotations. Highly adaptable for many ages. The 1970's version of the hobbit features a similar conversation on YouTube. BONUS I have included a snippet of the text from 'The Hobbit' an activity for children to highlight all the parts of the text that describe the hobbit / wizard and the house. They then draw a picture to match their highlights. The results can be compared to the artists impression I have included.

LOTS of resources for writing match reports themed on quite a few of the Euro '16 football championship games. Easily adapted for other tournaments / matches. Resources for writing a match report on the game on Thursday 16th June between Wales and England, and (unfortunately) the game on Monday 28th June against Iceland. I have also included a comprehension for this and some other activities. Example of match reports for both of these games, All the goals and highlights video from BOTH games (lots of the language here is easy to pick out eg. ‘golden chance.’) Report Template Tips for higher ability children on writing match reports I have also included some self-made resources for studying Iceland as a country. Enjoy!

A SHORT play script I wrote for our Christmas play featuring Simon Cowell and his entourage… The children put acts on in-between the script.

The first set of activities I designed for my year 4 class who do 'reading response.&' This means after / during reading a book they take on one of the following tasks.