PowerPoint presentation, lesson plan and accompanying worksheets
KS2
Years 3-6
This Key Stage 2 lesson on homophones is part of the Beano’s SPaG Lolz programme.
The challenge of this lesson is to:
- Understand that some words sound the same even though they have different spellings and meanings
- Learn that these words are called homophones
- Think of words which sound the same but are spelled differently
- Create your very own jokes using homophones!
The download includes a PowerPoint presentation on homophones, the lesson plan and accompanying worksheets.
The lesson includes starter activities, a main activity, extension work and a plenary, differentiation ideas and more.
The first worksheet asks students to fill in the missing words in 12 sentences with six pairs of homophones, and one which gets them to match up the setup and punchline of jokes based around homophones.
Download loads more Beano SPaG lesson plans at schools.beano.com.
Here you’ll find 12 easy step-by-step lesson plans with presentations and worksheets linked to the English, Welsh and Scottish Curriculums and complete with learning objectives and outcomes, pupils will investigate ways to create their own jokes.
