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Differentiated resources with a special focus on English and SEN
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Differentiated resources with a special focus on English and SEN
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KS3 English - Reading Comprehension SOW
KS3 Read & Respond: A 10 lesson, fully planned SOW centered on reading comprehension.
In the bundle are 10 carefully planned lessons that aim to push KS3 students’ reading, comprehension and essay/creative writing skills.
For 10 more fantastic comprehension lessons, be sure to check out the 2023 reciprocal reading bundle.
Each lesson focuses on a unique short story (all selected from the BBC 500 word contest) and includes a host of activities to guide learning, bolstering reading, comprehension and critical thinking/metacognitive skills.
Each lesson follows four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Produce either an essay, creative writing piece or other planned response to the short story.
This SOW includes a detailed lesson plan for each of the 10 lessons, PPT’s full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as a printable version of each short story to read with the class.
This SOW bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives whilst teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses.
KS3 PSHE: Self-Concept (Health & Wellbeing)
SELF-CONCEPT
KS3 PSHE, Core Theme 1: Health & Wellbeing
Topics included:
Self-Concept
Self-Esteem
Resilience
Social Media
Making Decisions
Influences on Decision Making
Designed so that it can be used all in one go, or split into sections over multiple shorter lessons. Sections are colour-coded to show logical breaks.
Provides activities for self-reflection, small group work and whole-class discussions. Fully animated with transitions, includes relevant YouTube videos, printable worksheets and activities, and teacher-only notes/guidance.
Dynamic, vibrant and engaging, designed to keep students interested and engaged in content. 35 slides. Fonts embedded to allow you to edit where necessary.
Learning opportunities covered:
H1. how we are all unique; that recognising and demonstrating personal strengths build self-confidence, self-esteem and good health and wellbeing
H2. to understand what can affect wellbeing and resilience (e.g. life changes, relationships, achievements and employment)
H3. the impact that media and social media can have on how people think about themselves and express themselves, including regarding body image, physical and mental health
H4. simple strategies to help build resilience to negative opinions, judgements and comments
H5. to recognise and manage internal and external influences on decisions which affect health and wellbeing
KS4 English GCSE - AFOREST Definition Match
A set of 12 mix-and-match cards for KS4 debate practice. Includes 12 different AFOREST techniques (in red) and matching definitions in blue.
Makes a good revision or lesson-starter game for KS4 GCSE students. Simply print and cut and mix-and-match.
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KS3 Reciprocal Reading Scheme of Work
KS3 Read & Respond: A brand new, 10 lesson, fully planned SOW centered on reading comprehension using reciprocal reading strategies (fab 4 etc).
In this new bundle are 10 more carefully planned lessons that aim to push KS3 students’ reading comprehension and essay/creative writing skills. You can view the previous reading scheme of work here, for another ten great lessons.
Each of these new lesson focuses on a unique short story (all selected from the BBC 500 word contest) and includes a host of activities to guide learning, bolstering reading, comprehension and critical thinking/metacognitive skills. Perfect for whole school literacy.
Each lesson follows four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Produce either an essay, creative writing piece or other planned response to the short story.
This SOW includes a detailed lesson plan for each of the 10 lessons, PPT’s full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as a printable version of each short story to read with the class. These lessons are perfect for a reciprocal reading intervention, and work 1:1 or with a class.
This SOW also bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives whilst teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses.
KS3 English - Reading Comprehension Lesson & Plan - 13, "The Cottage" - Reciprocal Reading
KS3 Read & Respond 13 - The Cottage
A bright, detailed and fully planned lesson that aims to test KS3 students with their ability to read, comprehend and respond to a stimulating short story. This lesson is perfect for reciprocal reading interventions as it bakes all the core skills (fab 4 reading strategies etc) into each step of the lesson.
Related to this reciprocal reading scheme of work. Enjoy two FREE examples of the lessons here and here.
The lesson has four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Answer an essay style question using quotes from the text to consolidate learning
This lesson focuses on the short story “The Cottage” and asks students to evaluate the impact that the story’s twist ending had on the reader, as well as to consider the author’s intent when writing the story.
This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, a PPT full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as containing a printable version of the short story itself to read with the class.
Following the reciprocal reading framework, this scheme of work also teaches crucial GCSE skills, preparing students to meet AO objectives, and teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses.
KS4 GCSE English - P.E.T.E.R Poster/Cheatsheet
A vibrant display poster/cheat-sheet for student desks. It lists the five features of PETER paragraphs and offers a simple explanation beside as a reminder.
An excellent resource for structured writing lessons - gives students a boost of confidence and helps crystalise the PETER technique.
KS3 English - Reading Comprehension Lesson & Plan - 10, "The Open Window"
KS3 Read & Respond 10 - The Open Window
A bright, detailed and vividly planned lesson that aims to test KS3 students with their ability to read, comprehend and respond to a stimulating short story.
The lesson has four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Answer an essay style question using quotes from the text to consolidate learning
This lesson focuses on the short story “The Open Window” and asks students to evaluate the impact that the story’s twist ending had on the reader, as well as to consider the author’s intent when writing the story.
This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, a PPT full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as containing a printable version of the short story itself to read with the class.
It bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives, and teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses. This lesson focuses on the way that structure can be used to build tension in an extract.
STEM display cards.
Four high-quality, printable STEM display cards to brighten up the classroom. 3000x3000px images print at any size without loss of quality.
English Language AO2 Skills Lesson Pack - AQA, GCSE Scheme of Work
Teach your English Language students precisely what the AQA assessment objectives expect of them with these two fully planned and prepared lessons.
The lessons can be taught over two to four periods depending on group ability, and they cover the AO2criteria in a great depth, providing students all the tools necessary to contextualise AQA’s mark scheme and apply it to their own work.
The lessons includes multiple GCSE style AO2 questions for students to tackle, with appropriate frameworks to build them gradually up to the task.
The lessons include a silent starter for settling, a starter to contextualise the learning objective, and then multiple activities, reflections, exemplars and plenaries to get your students learning.
A perfect pair of lessons to quickly instill the necessary skills needed to reach top marks for AO2.
Includes differentiated slides packed with images and key vocabulary so that all students can access the work.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 - Loneliness
A vibrant PowerPoint to highlight Mental Health Awareness Week (9 May - 15 May) for use in assemblies or PSHE/classroom work.
Includes:
Key statistics surrounding loneliness
An introduction to loneliness and its causes
4 common myths surrounding loneliness
The impact loneliness has on mental health
Tips for finding peace in yourself and in others
What to do if you’re feeling lonely
Helpful links and who to speak to
Fully animated with transitions, full colour, 21 slides in total.
Part of an assembly series on autism awareness and international women’s day
Autism Awareness Month 2022 Assembly
A vibrant PowerPoint celebrating both Autism Awareness Month 2022 and World Autism Acceptance Week (28 March - 3 April) for use in assemblies or PSHE/classroom work.
Includes:
Key statistics surrounding autism in the UK
An introduction to autism, it’s characteristics and behaviours
How autism sits on a spectrum
The gender divide within autism
Details on struggles with social communication, routine and repetition
Details on sensory issues, meltdown and shutdown
A look at special interests and how they can help and soothe
Advantages to the autistic way of thinking
7 famous and influential people in the real life and pop culture who have autism
Why we celebrate Autism Awareness Month
Tips on how to help our friends and make the world for autism-friendly
Further info, helpful links and who to speak to at school
Fully animated with transitions, full colour, 22 slides in total.
Part of an assembly series on mental health awareness and international women’s day
AQA English Literature, Paper 1 + Paper 2 Key Skills Display
A set of two high resolution posters outlining AQA’s English Literaure Paper 1 and Paper 2 demands.
The posters are colourful and cleanly organised, and include:
Recommended timings for each question
The marks available for each question
A summary of the skills required to tackle each question
Posters are designed at A4 size, but will print at larger sizes without a major loss of quality. Print on thick card for a quality classroom display.
AQA Poetry Differentiated - Sonnet 29, I Think of Thee (Love and Relationships Unit)(KS4)
A PowerPoint presentation packed full of images, word clusters, vocabulary and poetic techniques, designed to help differentiate the poem “Sonnet 29, I Think of Thee!” (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1850) for learners who are struggling with the poem.
The presentation breaks the poem down by stanza, illustrating some of the key ideas, moods or themes of each stanza using relatable images.
The presentation then follows with a vocabulary check-list, contextualising some of the more difficult words in each stanza.
There are then two slides designed to aid student understanding of the poem. One slide groups similar words into themed banks (ie, emotive words, sad words, happy words etc) whilst the other slide groups words by poetic technique (Pathetic fallacy etc)
The presentation can be used as a classroom aid to improve whole-group understanding of the poem and as a prompt to get students thinking about the poem in an analytical way.
It slots in seamlessly with any pre-planned lessons.
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STEM classroom display bundle
A set of STEM inspired displays for classrooms and corridors.
Instantly turn your classrooom into a STEM friendly environment with these high-quality displays.
Set includes
STEM square display cards
STEM careers board (A3x3, Landscape)
STEM futures board (A3x3, Portrait)
All resources are high quality PNG files, printable at display size in sharp and clear quality.
AQA English Language, Paper 1 + Paper 2 Key Skills Display
A set of two high resolution posters outlining AQA’s English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 demands.
The posters are colourful and cleanly organised, and include:
Recommended timings for each question
The marks available for each question
A summary of the skills required to tackle each question
A simple reminder graphic to visually anchor the key skills
Posters are designed at A4 size, but will print at larger sizes without a major loss of quality. Print on thick card for a quality classroom display.
KS3 English - Reading Comprehension Lesson & Plan - 07, "The Dream Asylum"
KS3 Read & Respond 07 - The Dream Asylum
A bright, detailed and vividly planned lesson that aims to test KS3 students with their ability to read, comprehend and respond to a stimulating short story.
A part of the reciprocal reading scheme of work. Enjoy two FREE examples of the lessons here and here.
The lesson has four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Answer an series of true or false questions to test comprehension, then respond to an essay style question
This lesson focuses on the short story “The Dream Asylum” and asks students to evaluate the impact that the story’s twist ending had on the reader, as well as to consider the author’s intent when writing the story.
This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, a PPT full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as containing a printable version of the short story itself to read with the class.
It bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives, and teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses. This lesson focuses on the impact that genre elements have on story, such as the supernatural, suspense, mystery.
KS3 English - Reading Comprehension Lesson & Plan - 01, "Moving On"
KS3 Read & Respond 01 - Moving On
A bright, detailed and vividly planned lesson that aims to test KS3 students with their ability to read, comprehend and respond to a stimulating short story.
A part of the reciprocal reading scheme of work. Enjoy two FREE examples of the lessons here and here.
The lesson has four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Answer an essay style question using quotes from the text to consolidate learning
This lesson focuses on the short story “Moving On” and asks students to evaluate the impact that the story’s twist ending had on the reader, as well as to consider the author’s intent when writing the story.
This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, a PPT full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as containing a printable version of the short story itself to read with the class.
It bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives, and teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses. This lesson focuses on the impact that structure has on story, and author intent and reader response.
KS2 - English Worksheet and Lesson - Adverbs
KS2 English Up To Speed 2 - Adverbs
A quick, fun and easy lesson that aims to engage KS2 students, learning and then practicing the difference between different setence types.
Part of a grammar essentials scheme of work. For two more fantastic FREE lessons in this bundle, see [synonym catchup]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12693451) and adjectives catchup.
The lesson follows 3 steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read and Copy- Read through the material as a group with the help of images, then copy the definition
Practice/produce- Practice skills using a worksheet, then produce an original piece, displaying learning
This lesson includes a quick, printable worksheet, definitions and plenaries to ensure learning.
Works well in 1:1 settings, for differentiated English catchup with older yeargroups, or with groups.
KS2 - English Worksheet and Lesson - Adjectives
KS2 English Up To Speed 2 - Adjectives
A quick, fun and easy lesson that aims to engage KS2 students, learning and then practicing the difference between different setence types.
Part of a grammar essentials scheme of work. For two more fantastic FREE lessons in this bundle, be sure to check out adverb catchup and synonym catchup.
The lesson follows 3 steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read and Copy- Read through the material as a group with the help of images, then copy the definition
Practice/produce- Practice skills using a worksheet, then produce an original piece, displaying learning
This lesson includes a quick, printable worksheet, definitions and plenaries to ensure learning.
Works well in 1:1 settings, for differentiated English catchup with older yeargroups, or with groups.
KS3 English - Reading Comprehension Lesson & Plan - 06, "White"
KS3 Read & Respond 06 - White
A bright, detailed and vividly planned lesson that aims to test KS3 students with their ability to read, comprehend and respond to a stimulating short story.
A part of the reciprocal reading scheme of work. Enjoy two FREE examples of the lessons here and here.
For a great discount on ten more reciprocal reading lessons, be sure to check out the reciprocal reading bundle.
The lesson has four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Continue the story, exploring it from various narrative perspectives to understand how the events took place
This lesson focuses on the short story “White” and asks students to evaluate the impact that the story’s twist ending had on the reader, as well as to consider the author’s intent when writing the story.
This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, a PPT full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as containing a printable version of the short story itself to read with the class.
It bakes crucial GCSE skills into the plan, preparing students to meet AO objectives, and teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses. This lesson focuses on the impact that narrative perspective has on story, and author intent and reader response.