This is an 12 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Stone Age. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, Stone Age Boy can be used. The activity is based on describing the Stone Age boy/girl(height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension. Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character. Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing. Lesson 5: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character. Lesson 6: To plan a character description. Lesson 7: To write a character description. Lesson 8: To edit a piece of writing. In addition, the 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support the book, Stone Age Boy and can be used as an independent write. Visuals, word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the camp setting- according to the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. Lesson 9: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns. Lesson 10: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch. Lesson 11: L.O: To describe a setting. Lesson 12: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing. For other lessons and resources on Stone Age Boy, please see: Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780 Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889 Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905 Stone Age Boy- character description https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103 Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650

Prediction from front cover : 1 lesson This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning. Setting description (4 lessons) This is a 4 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan complete with success criteria’s for each day and accompanying resources and can be used as an independent write. It includes visuals and word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the setting- Michael on the deck, in the storm using the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting and thoughts using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and figurative language and includes a success criteria. Lesson 1: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns. Lesson 2: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch,taste, feelings and thoughts. Lesson 3: L.O: To describe a setting. Lesson 4: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing. Character description of Michael (4 lessons) This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Michael. The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Michael’s (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing. Character description of Kensuke ( 4 lessons) This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Kensuke. The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Kensuke’s (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.

This is a 10 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan complete with success criteria’s for each day, a TEACHING powerpoint and all accompanying resources. The setting description can be used as an independent write. It includes visuals and word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the setting- Liam in Space using the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting and thoughts using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and figurative language and includes a success criteria. Lesson 1: To make a prediction. Lesson 2: To plan my writing by banking descriptive words and phrases Lesson 3: LO: To improve sentences by extending the idea, adding powerful verbs, adverbs and expanded nouns. Lesson 4: To ask question and participate in roleplay Lesson 5: L.O: To use descriptive language to write a story setting Lesson 6: LO: To edit and evaluate work. Character description of Liam This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Liam. The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Liam (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.

This is an 20 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Stone Age. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, Stone Age Boy can be used. The activity is based on describing the Stone Age boy/girl(height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension. Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character. Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing. Lesson 5: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character. Lesson 6: To plan a character description. Lesson 7: To write a character description. Lesson 8: To edit a piece of writing. In addition, the 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support the book, Stone Age Boy and can be used as an independent write. Visuals, word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the camp setting- according to the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. Lesson 9: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns. Lesson 10: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch. Lesson 11: L.O: To describe a setting. Lesson 12: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing. River SETTING Lesson 13: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns. Lesson 14: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch. Lesson 15: L.O: To describe a setting. Lesson 16: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing. Cave setting Lesson 17: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns. Lesson 18: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch. Lesson 19: L.O: To describe a setting. Lesson 20: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing. For other lessons and resources on Stone Age Boy, please see: Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780 Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889 Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905 Stone Age Boy- character description https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103 Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650

This is a bundle with 23 differentiated lessons and 186 teaching slides. Opening : This is a 7 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the opening of The Egyptian Cinderella. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 6 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To make a prediction. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 -Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 4 - Grammar: To accurately use speech punctuation. Lesson 5 - Composition: To plan the opening of a story. Lesson 6 - Grammar: To use adverbs as sentence starters. Lesson 7 - Composition: To write the opening of a story. This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation. Lesson 4 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases. Lesson 5: Grammar: To create similes. Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the middle of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs. Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the middle of a story. Ending : This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation. Lesson 4 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases. Lesson 5: Grammar: To edit sentences. Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the ending of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs. Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the ending of a story. For other resources on the Egyptian Cinderella, please see : The Egyptian Cinderella - 7complete lessons leading up to writing the opening to the story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-7complete-lessons-leading-up-to-writing-the-opening-to-the-story-12714755 The Egyptian Cinderella - write the middle of the story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-write-the-middle-of-the-story-12716147 The Egyptian Cinderella-writing the ending https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-writing-the-ending-12716416 The Egyptian Cinderella - writing the story (beginning, middle and end) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-writing-the-story-12716425 The Egyptian Cinderella resource bundle -descriptive writing https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-resource-bundle-descriptive-writing-12423880