Key Stage One : English : Extra : Witch’s Cauldron : Lesson Five – Cauldron Potion


This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to select and compose a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell. The class can identify the importance of re-reading their writing to check for spelling and grammar errors.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to select and compose a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Learning Objectives

Write sentences with different forms using commands for instructions. Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and make corrections.

Learning Outcomes

I can write a set of instructions to record how to complete an activity. I know to re-read writing to check for understanding and correct mistakes.

Cauldron Potion

Teaching sequence to help the children select and compose a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Potion Ingredients

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children suggest how to prepare different materials to use when making a potion

Changing Metal Recipe

Shared reading text for whole class discussion to help the children explain how to structure and format a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Witch’s Potions

Activity word bank to help the children select vocabulary to use when writing a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Cauldron Potion

Interactive activity to help the children select and compose a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to select and compose a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

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