Based on the SATs style questions and exams, this lesson is stioll good for adapting for GCSE or optional tests in English writing tasks

This worksheet shows pupils what a plan shoudl look like and then they use it tow write from.

This is 1 of 8 similar exercises that i have uploaded. There is a job description and an application form. Pupils have to read the job description and then apply the necessary details required to the application form writing. It tests reading for meaning and writing skills at functional skills level 1. This role is for a Company Director.

As part of our drive for literacy across the curriculum, I've created a series of tutorials for teachers to offer ideas of how to incorportae literacy starters into any lessons. In this one, Pupils develop their use of contextualised adjectives for recapping skills.

This is one of 6 lessons that i have uploaded with the same title of 'Reading Skills'. This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - designed teaching the skill of speculation.

Every week, we have 1 reading lesson with year 7 in English. I now like to underpn them with an objective so that their reading for pleasure has a technical focus too. This is one of my reading lessons and the focus of this one is on sentence types.

This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded from this year 9 scheme. The premise of our year 9 curriculum is that we start to get pupils used to the GCSE controlled assessment model by teaching them the skills that they need to pass Lang and Lit. This scheme covers Media and Non Fiction and More… More… this lesson can be taught alone or with the others. This lesson gets the pupils to demonstarte all they have learnt in an ICT suite.

This is a full powerpoint lessons, ready to teach but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context. This lesson covers the skills of redrafting and I use it with all of the other stuff that I've uploaded on Sci Fi but it can be used separartely from that.

This handy worksheet supports my other lessons that I've uploaded on the Music Business - this is a worksheet that can be used to analyse pop videos.

This is a full lesson pp that introduces the music business as a media studies study.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded for KS3 pupils that gets them to investigate the use of shock tactics. The lesson is ready to teach with it's resources (if aplicable). Although, you will wish to adapt and differentiate for your own class. They can be taught together to reach an assessment outcome, but all are suitable as standalone exploratory lessons. This lesson covers the charity barnados.

This is a worksheet that pupils can use to breakdown their analysis of album / single covers.

This is a nice activity for pupils to have a go at after / before teaching to show progress.

Target Setting Lessons to Boost Pupils from 3 to 4: These lessons are part of a project that is challenged with boosting pupils from level 3c to 4c. Each week starts with a new focus on literacy, numeracy, kagan techniques and a personal target. Pupils need a target book to work with and this less More…on is delivered at the begining of every week. Targets are then tracked through all of their lessons for the week to chart their progress. There are serveral lessons available for the start of every week. This is lesson 7.

English Lessons Selling Houses Lesson This is one of 9 lessons that have all been uploaded with their resources that use the business of selling houses to analyse writing and create writing. Reading AFs and FS indicators are used. Aimed at level English FS level 1 and 2

As part of the musci business coursework that i have been uploading, these are Templates for Creating CDs.

Introduction to Media Studies Lesson 4 This is the first lesson of a series of 6 lessons that form the introduction to Media Studies. If I have created a PP to go with it, I have uploaded the pp with the lesson plan. The first scheme covers the key concepts of Media according to the AQA specification. The other lessons will be uploaded for you to use.

This is one of a series of 7 lessons that I have uploaded with all of the resources attached to the upload. So each is a complete lesson ready to use. The lessosn cover the key techniques that pupils need to revise prior to the language exam and are aimed at D/C borderliners. You can obviously add / adapt them as you need but they are certainly a good starting point.

This is a full lesson PP on Inform Explain Describe text on the South Pole - tied into KS3 APP framework with AFs but can easily be adapted to KS4 for exam.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded for Section A Coursework on The Music Industry. The lesson is ready to teach with it's resources (if aplicable). Although, you will wish to adapt and differentiate for your own class. They can be taught together to reach an assessment outcome but all are suitable as standalone exploratory lessons. This lesson covers the idea of gnre and how audiences consume music.