I tried something a little different for my Year 5 class today—
a comic-style poster to teach present simple questions.
Instead of the usual notes, I wanted something more:
✨ visual
✨ simple
✨ easy to remember
🎯 What’s inside the poster?
It focuses on the basics that pupils often mix up:
- Do / Does for actions
- No -s after does
- Question words (what, where, when, who, why, how)
- Short answers
- Is / Are for “be”
All in one page, broken into small, clear parts.
💭 Why this approach?
I’ve noticed that many pupils understand grammar a little, but get confused when they actually need to ask questions.
So this poster is meant to:
- give them a quick reference
- support speaking practice
- make grammar feel less heavy
🧠 How I used it in class
- I sent the poster a day prior via the Class WhatsApp group, so that pupils can study before class
- Then they asked their friends simple questions
-We play a game that requires pupils to move from one space to another, to indicate the answer
- We focused more on speaking than writing
Simple, but it worked better than expected.
🌊 Small wins
Sometimes, it’s not about making things more detailed—
It’s about making them clearer and friendlier.
This felt like one of those small wins ✨
