Reading Challenge Lesson 7 These are a series of lessons and pps that were designed to support the delivery of the Dfes unit of work on Reading Skills. There are 12 lessons altogether and i have uploaded them all as separate entities as each can be used as a standalone lesson or you can use all 12. The lessons explore different reading skills and they are aimed at year 7 readers - level 4.

I designed these very simple self evaluation questionairres for pupils as part of their mentoring process. Pupils fill these in by asking teachers their levels and it encourages them to take ownership of their learning.

Writing To Describe lesson This is one of three lessons on writing to Describe - the lessons cover different ways of approaching this topic and build on each other.

Poetry Scheme of Work AQA Cluster 2 poems Lesson This is a series of 10 lessons that, although using all of the poems from Cluster 2, can be used with any year group to teach analysis of poems - and could even be used as prep for the unseen poem in the new Lit spec. This is a series of 10 lessons uploaded separately.

This is a brief lesson PP that sets up pupil's own investigation of Trade Unions.

This is 1 essay plan and then a lower differentiated one - could be used for any type of magazine analysis.

This isa full lesson pp with the worksheet that analyses the opening shots of a film so that pupils can see how everything is created for effect.

This is a full courswork brief that can be adapted to the needs of your clssses with a breakdown of how pupils should work through it.

This is a full lesson PP that is part of a humanities curriculum covering History and Geography strands. This lesson is ready to teach and can be used as part of the medieval unit that i have uploaded but each is a standalone lesson so can be taught alone. This lesson covers the battle of hastings and gives you an opportunityt o aseess pupil progress

Seaside – Holidays from 1970 This lesson is part of the year 7 humanities curriculum that combines elements of History, Geography and Literacy. I have uploaded several lessons with the theme of seaside. They can all be taught together, alongside each other, or independently, as each is a standalone lesson on a different topic. This lesson covers holidays from the 1970s and how they have changed.

This is a full lesson PP that is part of a humanities curriculum covering History and Geography strands. This lesson is ready to teach and can be used as part of the medieval unit that i have uploaded but each is a standalone lesson so can be taught alone. This lesson asks - who wanted to be king?

This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on The Slave Trade for Key Stage 3 pupils in year 8. All of the lessons can be taught together, but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. For ease of locating, the title stem is the same: ' Slave Trade'. This is a full powerpoint lesson, ready to teach, but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson gets pupils to explore sources that relate to the middle passage and asks if the film Amistad is a reliable source.

This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on The Slave Trade for Key Stage 3 pupils in year 8. All of the lessons can be taught together, but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. For ease of locating, the title stem is the same: ' Slave Trade'. This is a full powerpoint lesson, ready to teach, but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson covers whether or not abolutionists were successful and the slave trade today.

This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on The Slave Trade for Key Stage 3 pupils in year 8. All of the lessons can be taught together, but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. For ease of locating, the title stem is the same: ' Slave Trade'. This is a full powerpoint lesson, ready to teach, but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson covers how to analyse sources in relation to the abolutionists.

Women WW1 – Completing Controlled Assessment This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded on the role of women in WW1 for GCSE History pupils. All of the lessons can be taught together, but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. For ease of locating, the title stem is the same: 'Women WW1'. This is a full PowerPoint lesson, ready to teach, but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson has a quick recap before getting pupils into position to complete their controlled assessment.

Non Fiction Writing – audience and stereotype This is one lesson of 15 that I have uploaded (with resources if applicable) on non fiction texts and analysis for year 7 pupils. All of the lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to teach, although you may wish to adopt them for your own context. This full lesson covers audience and stereotype

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 reliability of sources - boy friendly as the sources are about football - aimed at year 7s.

Amazing Places – Geographical Questions This is a full lesson PowerPoint that is ready to teach (with resources if applicable) – although you will wish to adapt it for your own context – it’s part of a Humanities curriculum that is taught to Year 7 pupils, so covers Geography, History and Literacy skills. There are a series of lessons that I have uploaded. They can be taught as a group, or as a standalone as each is an entire complete lesson. The L/Os for this lesson are: To know how to ask geographical questions and how to describe where places are located

Amazing Places – PLTS and Intro Lesson This is a full lesson PowerPoint that is ready to teach (with resources if applicable) – although you will wish to adapt it for your own context – it’s part of a Humanities curriculum that is taught to Year 7 pupils, so covers Geography, History and Literacy skills. There are a series of lessons that I have uploaded. They can be taught as a group, or as a standalone as each is an entire complete lesson. This lesson introduces the concept of humanities and introduces PLTs

Titanic History lesson – Assessment Prep for level 4 pupils This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on the history of the Titanic for Key Stage 3 pupils. All of the lessons can be taught together, but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. For ease of locating, the title stem is the same: 'Titanic History lesson'. This is a full PowerPoint lesson, ready to teach, but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson is differentiated for level 4 pupils and is broken down to support their writing