Having taught primary school for 18 years within the state and private sector, I have honed many skills and creating tried and tested resources in my spare time, is one of them. All of my resources produce exceptional book and lesson outcomes and as well as consistency in writing across the week. I’ve also spent several successful years working as an English Lead leading various initiatives and supporting and advising colleagues.
Having taught primary school for 18 years within the state and private sector, I have honed many skills and creating tried and tested resources in my spare time, is one of them. All of my resources produce exceptional book and lesson outcomes and as well as consistency in writing across the week. I’ve also spent several successful years working as an English Lead leading various initiatives and supporting and advising colleagues.
This is a coloured resource with numbers 1 to 1000 on a number square. It can be displayed on your Maths working wall after being printed on A3 so that children can refer to it. This resource can be used to promote independence of learners that may otherwise struggle with ordering numbers and knowing the place value of numbers from 1 to 1000. It can also be printed for individual learner use and used as part of an individual maths toolkit until the learner becomes familiar with numbers 1 to 1000.
This is a 4 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan complete with success criteria’s for each day and accompanying resources and can be used as an independent write. It includes visuals and word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the setting- Michael on the deck, in the storm using the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting and thoughts using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and figurative language and includes a success criteria.
Lesson 1: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 2: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch,taste, feelings and thoughts.
Lesson 3: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 4: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
This blank Bar Model can be printed on A4 or A3 and can be laminated for all your maths uses with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Ideally for use with concrete manipulatives such as dienes blocks, cubes, counters and any other concrete equipment during practical immersive maths lessons.
After laminated, children can use a whiteboard marker to create each part.
This is a corresponding number and word card from 0 to 100 and can be used on the 0-100 pocket chart or to be displayed anywhere in your classroom in either A3 or A4. It can be laminated and used for various number activities such as reading and writing numbers from 0 to 100, placing numbers on a number line, games such as guess my number and number bingo.
This is a corresponding number and word card from 0 to 100 and can be used on the 0-100 pocket chart or to be displayed anywhere in your classroom. It can be laminated and used for various number activities such as reading and writing numbers from 0 to 100, placing numbers on a number line, games such as guess my number and number bingo.
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. The learning objective is making a prediction based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning.
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. The teaching powerpoint also allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. The learning objective is to improve simple sentences using adjectives and expanded nouns. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task between MILD, SPICY OR HOT (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning.
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. The teaching powerpoint also allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning.
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.
For other planning for SECRETS of a SUN KING see :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/secrets-of-the-sun-king-character-description-of-lilian-12423668
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.
For other units of planning for the Firework Maker’s Daughter, please see:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-firework-maker-s-daughter-planning-character-description-of-lila-12430266
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-firework-maker-s-daughter-planning-character-description-of-chulak-12430274
This is a 5 day tried and tested DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds as well as accompanying resources. All the lessons follow in sequence and the ideas lead up to the long writing task which is to write a postcard and the learners’ can use their ideas from Day 1 to Day 4. It includes a word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria.
Lesson 1: To identify nouns in a picture.
Lesson 2: To answer a range of questions.
Lesson 3: To make a prediction.
Lesson 4: To use capital letters and full stops.
Lesson 5: To write a postcard.
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For other teaching resources on Grandad’s Island see :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-describing-a-setting-12412064
This is a 6 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan complete with success criteria’s for each day, a TEACHING powerpoint and all accompanying resources. The setting description can be used as an independent write. It includes visuals and word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the setting- Liam in Space using the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting and thoughts using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and figurative language and includes a success criteria.
Lesson 1: To make a prediction.
Lesson 2: To plan my writing by banking descriptive words and phrases
Lesson 3: LO: To improve sentences by extending the idea, adding powerful verbs, adverbs and expanded nouns.
Lesson 4: To ask question and participate in roleplay
Lesson 5: L.O: To use descriptive language to write a story setting
Lesson 6: LO: To edit and evaluate work.
This is a 6 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, Grandad’s Island.
The lessons are based on reading comprehension and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. Some learning zooms in to making predictions based on the front cover. Other focus on predictions teaches the learners to use what is already known from the text and pictures to predict what will happen next. Children can then apply these skills learnt to other books that they read.
This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria.
Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To identify nouns
Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions.
Lesson 3 -Comprehension: To make a prediction.
Lesson 4 - Comprehension: To make a prediction.
Lesson 5 - Comprehension: To make a prediction.
Lesson 6 - Grammar: To raise questions.
For other lessons on Grandad’s Island see:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-by-benji-davies-teaching-powerpoint-lesson-1-to-5-based-on-front-cover-of-the-book-12712686
Setting description of Grandad’s Island:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-describing-a-setting-12412064
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.
This is a bundle with 23 differentiated lessons and 186 teaching slides.
Opening :
This is a 7 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels.
All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the opening of The Egyptian Cinderella.
The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 6 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners.
This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria.
Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To make a prediction.
Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions.
Lesson 3 -Comprehension: To answer questions.
Lesson 4 - Grammar: To accurately use speech punctuation.
Lesson 5 - Composition: To plan the opening of a story.
Lesson 6 - Grammar: To use adverbs as sentence starters.
Lesson 7 - Composition: To write the opening of a story.
This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella.
The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners.
This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself.
Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions.
Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions.
Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation.
Lesson 4 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases.
Lesson 5: Grammar: To create similes.
Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the middle of a story.
Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs.
Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the middle of a story.
Ending :
This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella.
The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners.
This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself.
Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions.
Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions.
Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation.
Lesson 4 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases.
Lesson 5: Grammar: To edit sentences.
Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the ending of a story.
Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs.
Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the ending of a story.
For other resources on the Egyptian Cinderella, please see :
The Egyptian Cinderella - 7complete lessons leading up to writing the opening to the story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-7complete-lessons-leading-up-to-writing-the-opening-to-the-story-12714755
The Egyptian Cinderella - write the middle of the story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-write-the-middle-of-the-story-12716147
The Egyptian Cinderella-writing the ending
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-writing-the-ending-12716416
The Egyptian Cinderella - writing the story (beginning, middle and end)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-writing-the-story-12716425
The Egyptian Cinderella resource bundle -descriptive writing
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-resource-bundle-descriptive-writing-12423880
This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Liam.
The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Liam (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes
Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Peter.
The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Peter’s (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes
Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
This is a 10 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan complete with success criteria’s for each day, a TEACHING powerpoint and all accompanying resources. The setting description can be used as an independent write. It includes visuals and word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the setting- Liam in Space using the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting and thoughts using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and figurative language and includes a success criteria.
Lesson 1: To make a prediction.
Lesson 2: To plan my writing by banking descriptive words and phrases
Lesson 3: LO: To improve sentences by extending the idea, adding powerful verbs, adverbs and expanded nouns.
Lesson 4: To ask question and participate in roleplay
Lesson 5: L.O: To use descriptive language to write a story setting
Lesson 6: LO: To edit and evaluate work.
Character description of Liam
This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Liam.
The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Liam (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes
Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
