Moving to a new school can be both exciting and challenging for Year 7/8 students. This booklet is designed to help ease that transition by focusing on foundational English skills in reading, writing, talking, and listening. It provides a comprehensive approach that allows students to assess and develop their abilities through engaging activities and discussions. By focusing on key foundational skills and providing a range of assessment opportunities, interactive activities, and additional support for SEN pupils, it ensures that every student can confidently navigate their new academic environment. To keep students engaged, the booklet features a variety of interactive activities, such as: Group tasks: fostering teamwork and leadership. Creative tasks: generating ideas, brainstorming and presenting information in creative formats. ICT tasks: encouraging students to use the computer to present information in an engaging way. and many more (approximately 6-weeks of lessons are included, depending on your pacing) Recognising the diverse needs of students, this resource includes additional scaffolding resources for Special Educational Needs (SEN) pupils. These resources offer scaffolding that ensures all students have access to the curriculum and can participate fully.

These “GCSE Talking & Listening Task Cards,” are designed to align with the CCEA English Language Unit 2 curriculum, focusing on enhancing students’ speaking and listening skills and providing opportunities for formative/summative assessment. It features a variety of engaging activities, including individual presentations, group discussions, and role plays, all aimed at fostering effective communication and collaboration among students. Alongside the task cards, a “tier list template” is also included to accompany one of the individual presentation tasks. As a growing bundle, this resource is continually updated, with new tasks and activities added regularly as I use new tasks with my own class. Get it now before the price goes up!

This personal writing journal is designed as a comprehensive preparation tool for students gearing up for their GCSE English exam, specifically focusing on the CCEA Unit 4 Task 1. The journal provides a structured approach to understanding and practicing personal writing, which is a key component of the exam. The journal is divided into several activities and sections, each targeting a different aspect of personal writing. These activities are crafted to help students develop their skills in expressing personal experiences, thoughts, and emotions through writing. KEY SECTIONS Characteristics of Personal Writing Writing Exercises Personal Writing Genres Memory Mosaic, Timeline & Brain Dump activities Language Methods/Techniques Exam-Style Questions By working through this journal over the entire school year (34 weeks), students will gain valuable practice and insights that will aid them in achieving success in their GCSE English exam, particularly in crafting well-structured and expressive personal writing. TERMS OF USE My terms of use are simple: Just like with any digital download, the purchase of this product grants you usage of the product in your own classroom. This for you and your students only. You may not distribute this product to anyone else in any way, shape, or form. You may not share the original product with anyone. You may not upload the product to the web. You may share your copy of the file only with your students. You may NOT share this link with anyone other than your students.

These group work cards are the perfect way to quickly group students so that nobody feels left out (at to avoid students always ending up in the same groupings)! Simply pass out a card to each student and they will find the group with the matching cards. These cards are fun for students of any age! This product includes: 5 groups (each with 6 cards in each group, 30 cards in total). PDF Files: 1 version that is sized 6"x4" (perfect for printing on standard photo paper - I get mine printed with Free Prints) 1 version that fits 2 cards on a standard A4 page (print on card stock for extra durability)

A talking & listening activity for children in Key Stage 3. Students can discuss each of the cards included in the pack and rank them from least heroic to most heroic. Students are also prompted to consider different factors (for example, does being paid make you less heroic than a volunteer?) This product includes: 11 character cards (each with a different character and description). 2 explanation cards (one which explains the purpose of the activity and one which asks stimulus questions). PDF Files: 1 version that is sized 6"x4" (perfect for printing on standard photo paper - I get mine printed with Free Prints) 1 version that fits 2 cards on a standard A4 page (print on card stock for extra durability)

These partner cards are the perfect way to quickly pair up students so that nobody feels left out (at to avoid students always ending up in the same groupings)! Simply pass out a card to each student and they will find the person with the matching card to be their partner. These cards are fun for students of any age! Do you have an odd number of students? There is a group of 3 option included as well. This product includes: 16 groups (15 pairs & 1 group of 3). PDF Files: 1 version that is sized 6"x4" (perfect for printing on standard photo paper - I get mine printed with Free Prints) 1 version that fits 2 cards on a standard A4 page (print on card stock for extra durability)

This list can be used by teachers, librarians, parents, guardians, reading mentors and students. The goal is to make it easier to give age-appropriate and interesting book recommendations to their students. This list is designed for KS3 students between the ages of 11-12 (Year 7 in England/Wales, Year 8 in Northern Ireland and Year S1 in Scotland). The list includes a range of useful information, including: Book titles Authors Genres A short blurb Age rating (from Common Sense Media) Number of pages Content warnings (from Storygraph) Related texts (if the book is part of a series) You will also gain access to a FREE “Reading Bookshelf” to share with your students. This can be uploaded to your virtual learning environment (all book covers are hyperlinked, meaning students can continue to research and learn more about the titles). It can also be printed and displayed in your classroom/library for students to reference throughout the school year. I hope you find this resource useful in your classroom and instruction. Please remember that these resources are for just you and your students. If you would like a copy of this product for more than one teacher, please download additional licenses. Electronic distribution is limited to SINGLE classroom use only. Do not post this product electronically in ANY form. Do not copy or sell any part of this product. To do so violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Copyright © Abby Anderson All rights reserved the author.