Literacy and English activities

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Literacy and English

Here you will find a range of suggestions for learning activities in literacy and English. These are intended to complement the work you are already carrying out in schools, establishments and local authorities.

Environmental print hunt – early level

An activity to challenge children to identify, match and record letters they find in environmental print around their local environment.

Environmental print pass the parcel – early level

This game invites children to match environmental print to familiar places in their environment.

Environmental print street scene – early level

This experience is designed to help children to represent environmental print in their own way.

Identifying parts of speech in poetry – first level

This activity will support children to identify parts of speech in poetry.

Use of past, present and future tense in writing – first level

This activity will support children to use past, present or future tense when talking and writing.

Using mnemonics to support spelling – first level

This activity will support children to use mnemonics to help them spell tricky words. They will develop some mnemonics of their own to share with their peers.

Prepare and present a presentation – second level

This activity should support children to plan and prepare a presentation which highlights key information about their school for a chosen audience.

Developing interviewing skills – second level

This activity should support children to prepare relevant questions to find out information relating to the past.

Creating a narrative poem – second level

This activity should support children to use a range of writing techniques to create their own poems about friends and family.

Creating a literacy board game – third and fourth level

This activity will challenge young people to create their own literacy based board game which improves players’ knowledge of spelling and/or grammar.

Adapting a text – third and fourth level

This activity will challenge young people to recreate the key features of a text in a different form.

Short story about social media – third and fourth level

This activity will challenge young people to use their imagination to create a short story which explores the positive or negative implications of social media use.