Mags – Lesson PP Vocabulary and Meanings This is 1 of 8 lessons that teach about magazines. All can be taught stand alone as the PP for delivery with it’s resources are in each upload. However, if you’d like to find the others, they are uploaded as 1 Mags, 2 Mags etc. This particular lesson has L/Os: To learn the vocabulary that you need to talk about a Media product & To use your own skills of analysis to pick out the messages being conveyed to you by a Media product.

Mags – Lesson PP Reading Visual Texts Full lesson This is 1 of 8 lessons that teach about magazines. All can be taught stand alone as the PP for delivery with it’s resources are in each upload. However, if you’d like to find the others, they are uploaded as 1 Mags, 2 Mags etc. This particular lesson has L/Os: To read a visual text in order to understand subtext and meaning & To be able to recognise how you read images

Poster – AFOREST Persuasive Writing This is a poster that can be used as a teaching aid / revision sheet for reminding students of the acronym AFOREST – handy tool for pupils books or for display in your classroom.

Literacy Lesson Starter – Better Words This is a simple task that reminds pupils of how important it is to upgrade vocabulary. Use with mini whiteboards for whole class AFL - on PP to be added to any lesson.

Lesson Starter Apostrophes This is a simple task that reminds pupils of how to use apostrophes; it then has some tasks to complete. Use with mini whiteboards for whole class AFL - on PP to be added to any lesson.

Lesson Starter paragraphing task This is a simple task that reminds pupils of the acronym TIPTOP and how to use paragraphs – it then has some tasks to complete. Use with mini whiteboards for whole class AFL - on PP to be added to any lesson.

Vocabulary Variation Literacy Starter This is a simple task that asks pupils to improve sentences by adding vocabulary - on PP to be added to any lesson.

Starter on Using Speech Marks Simple activity that can be used as a whole class starter on how to use speech marks correctly – on PP to be added to any lesson

Analysing a Book cover answer sheet This is a worksheet that asks questions about the cover of books for pupils to fill in. Learning Intention is that pupils will decipher the messages on the cover.

Analysis Worksheet for Analysing Book Covers This is a worksheet that can be used by pupils for book cover analysis and writing about the messages on covers.

Book Cover Analysis Worksheet This is a form that I use to analyse the covers of books so that Pupils can read before reading.

Book Cover Analysis Worksheet This is a form that I use to analyse the covers of books so that Pupils can read before reading.

Poster – Descriptive Writing Ingredients This is a poster that can be used as a teaching aid / revision sheet for reminding students of what the ingredients of descriptive writing are.

Poster - Planning Imaginative Writing This is a poster that can be used as a teaching aid / revision sheet for planning imaginative writing using the BIGCAR acronym.

Poster Planning Descriptive Writing This is a poster that can be used as a teaching aid / revision sheet for planning descriptive writing using the SSIMPLE acronym.

QQT cards – Pupil teaching cards analysis vocabulary These are a series of cards that can be used for pupil teaching –I use them with QQT – can also be handed out as a vocabulary sheet when using PEE – i.e words that must be used! Designed to teach / revise / recap analysis words. Cut them up, hand them to pupils and get them to teach themselves.

Quiz on Magazine Terms This whole class AFL tool can be used to test pupils knowledge of words – show them the definitions behind the numbers and get them to explain what they mean – if used with mini whiteboards, this makes a great whole class AFL tool.

QQT Cards for Persuasive Techniques These are a series of cards that can be used for teaching – it can even be used as a worksheet. Designed to teach / revise / recap persuasive techniques. Cut them up, hand them to pupils and get them to teach themselves.

QQT Cards for Magazine Analysis Terminology These are a series of cards that can be used for activities. I use them for Quiz Quiz Trade to teach magazine terminology. Cut them up, hand them to pupils and get them to teach themselves.

Oliver Twist – What does B grade Reading look like? This full lesson teaches pupils how to tackle a reading response and it uses exemplar material as well as providing words to work with in PEA chains.