Lesson starters

Match the card with the picture to work out what the idiom means.

A great game (perfect as a starter or plenary) in which students choose more zingy alternatives to dull words and test these out on a partner with a game of snap (substituting the word 'snap' for 'dullard' as required.)

Twenty-five literary terms and their definitions... simply match up the two lists.

Remember what prepositions are? A word recognition task for the less able, a grammar lesson for the more... This starter includes extension work for the more able.

Rearrange the connectives so that each one fits the sentence. Includes extension task for more able students.

These starters are designed for all students and include extension work for the more able. Put in the punctuation and capital letters.

A selection of thought-provoking, fairly general, quotations which can be used to generate independent thinking and discussion.

Make as many compounds as possible from the words given.

Match up the literary terms with their definitions. Available as a whizzy matching activity.

Match the terms with their definitions. Perfect for use on an interactive whiteboard.

A noisy starter to revise nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

A quick revision game. Interactive snap game also available.

Match the US word to its UK counterpart.

Match the terms with their definitions. Perfect for use on an interactive whiteboard. Also available as a Promethean flipchart.

To practise recognition of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. A Teachit interactive version is available to Teachit.works members.

A nice kinaesthetic quiz activity using PowerPoint. An interactive version for pupils to categorise adverbs is also available.

Match the terms with the correct definitions and examples. Available as an interactive Matching activity.

Some short, sharp and useful starter activities around spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Sort words into nouns, verbs and words that could be either. Interactive resource also available.

Spell useful English words. Includes teacher's notes.

Exploring s/es/ies plurals; f-ves plurals, plurals with vowels other than e and irregular plurals.

Materials for looking at -ible / -able / -shun endings, plus comparatives and superlatives for words ending in -y and adding - ing to words ending in e.

Starter activities for classroom teachers. Originally designed for the NLS spelling banks (all provided).

Match the main and subordinate clauses. An interactive version is also available.

Match the US word to its UK counterpart. A number of interactive snap and matching activities are also available.

Uses the 'Parts of Speech' poem as cloze exercise.

Lesson plan and resources. Use word cards to reinforce understanding of synonyms and antonyms. A Teachit Interactive exercise is also available - match words with their synonyms and antonyms.

4 separate user friendly lesson plans.