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Lesson One – Potions and Spells

This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify how a witch might use a range of potions to cast different spells using conjunctions to link sentence clauses. The class can practise using the conjunction and to co-ordinate sentence clauses describing how witches might use their potions.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify how a witch might use a range of potions to cast different spells

Learning Objectives

Writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary. Learn how to use co-ordination when writing the conjunction and in sentences.

Learning Outcomes

I can record words and ideas about a specific topic to support the writing of sentences. I can co-ordinate ideas in a sentence by using the conjunction and.

Potions and Spells

Teaching sequence to help the children identify how a witch might use a range of potions to cast different spells using conjunctions to link sentence clauses

What Potion

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify how to co-ordinate pairs of sentence clauses using the conjunction and

What Potion (support)

Activity cards to help the children identify how to match pairs of sentences clauses about potions used by a witch to cast different spells using the conjunction and

Potion Label

Template to help the children record how to link pairs of sentence clauses about potions used by a witch to cast different spells using the conjunction and

Potions and Spells

Interactive activity to help the children identify how a witch might use a range of potions to cast different spells using conjunctions to link sentence clauses

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify how a witch might use a range of potions to cast different spells

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