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Wolsey Academy operates as a non-profit, with every penny we make going to one of our charity partners or into the Ipswich Initiative, funding good works across the town and county. Search for Wolsey Academy to see our website for more details and to purchase resources at a discount.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Digital Devices - 17. Keyword Revision Guide - 67 Keyword cards - Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1 – EAL
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1.
Revision Guide
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 3-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities.
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technically vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.
Part of a Wolsey Academy SOW of 7 lessons with a revision guide and online test at the end. Designed for EAL and weaker students to introduce them to new vocabulary regarding coding, robotics and the future of AI. Later lessons make use of Google Doodles, Ozobots, Robozzle and Scratch to demonstrate some very fundamental coding techniques and functions.
Lessons blend key word acquisition with basic skills, ideal for EAL and weaker students. Can also act as a general introduction to these concepts to all classes.
Designed for all ICT/Computer Science courses.
Impact on society
Case study on autonomous vehicles
Repeat Functions (via a Google Doodle exercise)
Debugging (Using Ozobots)
Subroutines (Using Robozzle)
Random Function (Scratch Star Wars Game)
IF statements and compilers (Scratch Flappy Birds Game)
Revision Guide.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Part of a Wolsey Academy SOW of 7 lessons with a revision guide and online end of unit test. Designed for EAL and weaker students to introduce them to new vocabulary regarding economics and globalisation. Lessons focus on key word acquisition and simple comprehension tasks (word match up/cloze activities/labelling diagrams etc). As lessons progress more scope for creative and thinking tasks emerge. Every lesson comes with a reward word search puzzle. Made for students at International Schools in the Middle East but ideal for all.
Could also act as a general introduction to younger students of all abilities.
Globalisation – Key Terms
Globalisation – Benefits
Globalisation – Negatives
Globalisation – Barriers
Globalisation – Case Study on United Arab Emirates
Globalisation – Food Miles
Globalisation – Immigration
Globalisation – Revision Guide
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Digital Devices - 12. Peripheral Devices 1 - Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1 – EAL
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1.
Lesson 12 of 16 (lessons 1 & 2 and the revision guide are free to download)
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 3-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities. The SOW has an online mid and end of unit test that can be found at Wolsey Academy’s website (just Google us)
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technically vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.
Features all the keywords and script from this mini-SOW in an easy to print revision guide.
Also features two online quizzes that pupil’s can complete (And which self-mark). First quiz focuses on first half of the Beginners SOW and the second on the later half.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The Cold War IGCSE Edexcel
One lesson from over forty on the Cold War, designed for the IGCSE Edexcel specification but instantly transferable to any other GCSE (or non-GCSE) curriculum.
It begins before the Second World War, with the origins of Communist thinking and the Russian Revolution and continues right through the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the USSR.
Each lesson comes with a range of activities, keyword cards and assessments. Focus on developing analytical and writing skills.
Wolsey Academy is a non-profit organisation and any money we make from the sale of resources goes to one of the charities we support, which can be seen at our website at Wolsey Academy (just google us).
In addition, we host great 3D History games, complete with workbooks, that are free for your students to play and complete. Here you can also purchase more of our lessons at a discount.
9 lessons to introduce coding concepts to your students.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
These are the last 10 lessons from our 40 strong scheme of work:
Each lesson is enriched with a diverse array of activities, keyword cards, and assessments, all designed to enhance analytical thinking and writing skills. Our resources are crafted to not only educate but to inspire a deeper understanding and curiosity about the Cold War’s complex narratives.
The lessons include:
31. Vietnam War – Background
32. Vietnam War – Gulf of Tonkin
33. Vietnam War – Major Battles
34. Vietnam War – Vietcong Tactics
35. Vietnam War – US Tactics
36. US and China Relations
37. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
38. Chernobyl
39. Solidarity & Poland
40. Gorbachev & The end of the USSR
Also included are 2 Guided Reading Stretch Activities.
Wolsey Academy: Committed to Education and Charity
As a proud non-profit organization, Wolsey Academy is dedicated to making a difference. Proceeds from the sale of our educational resources are generously donated to support various charities, details of which can be found on our website. Our commitment to educational excellence and social responsibility underscores everything we do.
But our offerings don’t stop there. Wolsey Academy is also your gateway to engaging 3D History games and workbooks, available at no cost for your students to enjoy. These immersive games complement our educational resources, making learning both fun and impactful. And for those who wish to delve deeper into history, we offer the opportunity to purchase additional lessons at a special discount.
Visit Wolsey Academy today (just a Google search away) and discover how our resources can enrich your teaching and inspire your students. Together, let’s bring history to life!
Digital Devices - 13. Peripheral Devices Part 2 - Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1 – EAL
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1.
Lesson 13 of 16 (lessons 1 & 2 and the revision guide are free to download)
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 3-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities.
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technically vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.