Dictionary Skills - KS3 - teaching resource

Dictionary Skills – KS3 is a comprehensive English teaching resource designed to recap and reinforce KS2 dictionary skills while developing students’ vocabulary, spelling, and word awareness. It is ideal for Year 7 learners and lower set Year 8 students who need additional support with these essential literacy skills.

The resource includes a 36-slide fully editable PowerPoint and 8 accompanying worksheets with activities carefully structured to suit pupils of all abilities.

Key Skills and Lesson Features Include:

• Alphabetical order explained: clear examples, guided practice, and a worksheet

• Ordering words alphabetically with step-by-step activities

• Root words: understanding base forms and patterns

• Definitions activity: locating accurate meanings using a dictionary

• Abbreviations: learning and applying common dictionary abbreviations

• Origins of words: exploring etymology and historical influences on language

• Dictionary navigation skills: placing words in order and finding their definitions independently

• Additional worksheet for extension or consolidation

This flexible resource is fully editable, allowing teachers to personalise, adapt, and differentiate the activities to suit the needs of individual classes.

To preview Dictionary Skills – KS3, click on the images above to view sample slides from the PowerPoint presentation.

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