Here’s a set of three KS3 assessments for SEND students. They each come with a respective mark scheme that is thorough and can be used confidently by non-English specialists. You could use them to baseline or as an end-of-year test. They are very visual and autism-friendly. I wrote them to take into account the very broad range of levels in our school and to minimise stress, whilst going some way to prepare them for the papers they will eventually experience. They assess reading and writing. In terms of ability, I refer to the old NC levels below as our school’s won’t make sense to anyone outside of it! Paper 1: P7-L1 or thereabouts. (similar in format to an EL1 Functional Skills paper) Paper 2: L2-L6 (similar to an Entry Level Certificate) Paper 3: L7+ (a much-simplified GCSE structure) They are easily tweaked and changed so you can edit them how you like. I hope they will save you an awful lot of time!

This is a resource made for Y9 SEMH students. It touches on the idea of dystopias and utopias and will generate lots of student discussion about what makes a society ‘perfect’. It is part of our Y9 RE unit on suffering. It can be used for an English task or a standalone cover activity. It is highly visual and creative. It also has a numeracy element. There are two main tasks- the first is to create their idea of a better society with a budget and a differentiated question for each ability. The second is to create a tourism poster for their society. You will get a highly visual and engaging PowerPoint with differentiated outcomes for HA, MA and LA. There are three differentiated sheets, a price list and a poster design sheets.

Very much as it says on the tin (no whistles or bells)- Behaviour report card template to reinforce good behaviour. I print them out on green, yellow and red card (green 1 week, yellow if it escalates to two weeks and red on two weeks or more). These can be linked to rewards and sanctions etc that you have in your class/school. The timetable is editable so easily adapted- I teach a high school SEND class. On the back page, there are three boxes for comments - one for school, one for home and another for the pupil to self-reflect on their behaviour. This is a Microsoft Publisher file. Hope it helps!

A lesson I made for my KS4 SEND class on Charity, as part of a Different Types of Media unit.

Here is a very fun and interactive PowerPoint on the Eightfold Path and reincarnation. I used this for a group of (very RE-reluctant) SEMH boys and it went down a treat- they especially loved the karma quiz. You may want to adapt or create a worksheet for a development task. There is a worksheet where the students fill out each spoke of the dharma wheel. I hope you find it useful, and if you do, I would really appreciate it if you could take the time to leave a review. Thanks so much.

This is a four week SoW that should introduce students to some key GCSE skills and terms. It is fully differentiated and suitable for KS3 (however, it would also be fine to use with UKS2 or lower ability KS4 students). This is a unit created to fit my SEMH school’s Covid response (primary model- all lessons taught by the same teacher), so it is fully explanatory and designed to be taught by teachers of all specialisms! As well as offering a robust introduction to debate skills and structure, the course has lots of opportunities for fun S&L activities and games. (the preview can make the files seem wonky- I promise they’re all fully formatted and are ready to go) In This Pack 90 files including: 1x short term plan 20x bright, fun and highly visual PowerPoints 45 x worksheets (15x HA, MA and LA) 4x weekly marking sheets 1x assessment paper 1x peer-assessment form 1x pupil reflection sheet 1x poster sheets 1x topic divider for books lots of other activities and writing frames! Please leave a review, if you can! It is beyond helpful for development of future resources and I’d really appreciate it.

This is a fully formulated spreadsheet with a promotion zone, middle of the table zone and relegation zone (I know there’s no promotion zone in the Prem- humour me!) You enter reward points in as the weeks go by and you can order who’s where by the points by using the ‘sort largest to smallest’ function. It’s super easy to use, easy to introduce with classes, and if yours are as football mad and competitive as mine, it should be effective! I use the final half term points to see if they’ve met the class reward trip on the points thermometer on my wall. Please get in touch if you have any questions, and leave a review with suggestions or feedback. It’d be very much appreciated.

This is a fully resourced, fully differentiated and high-quality 9 document lesson that only takes about 5mins of prep time, depending on how fast you are with scissors! It’s based around creating recipes from random ingredients. Students will use imperative verbs to write recipes. I created it for my KS4 SEND class but it would work a treat for primary, early KS3 and EAL learners too. It could quite easily work as a fun transition activity on an open/taster day etc. I tried to make it as visual and fun as possible- Instructions isn’t the most exciting of topics! I used it for an observation and it was graded as Outstanding. You could easily extend it to include writing restaurant reviews or using some drama etc. Included: Lesson Plan - includes WALT, differentiated WILFs, primary national curriculum targets and differentiated ability group information. 3x worksheets (fully differentiated HA, MA and LA) PowerPoint - visual with WALT, WILFs and opportunities for self assessment and challenge. Starter cut-and-stick matching activity, which can then be used as a support sheet for the main task (you could differentiate this further by scrambling the words for HA, etc.) Plenary cards Differentiated food lists for tasks …all you need is some envelopes! Hopefully, it will save you some time planning and mean treating yourself to that glass of wine, extra boxset session or bath. Please take the time to leave some feedback letting me know how it worked for you and if you can suggest any improvements. I’d really appreciate it. N.B. I’ve left it how I use it, really- my class are far too competitive to have red, amber and green groups- they’d figure out who’s top and who’s bottom very quickly and it would cause no end of bother, hence why I have purple, gold and blue groups instead. I hope it’s straightforward!

I’m super proud of this resource. I created it for an Ofsted observation and the HMI called it ‘Genius’. That was a first! Aimed at KS4 SEND students, it’s got clear literacy and life skills links and can be easily adapted to suit most topics. I’ve left the WALT and differentiated WILFs to show how I used it, but the money cards blank so you can input whatever content that is most relevant to you. Included: Colourful, funny and pacy presentation with challenge opportunities and subject matter that the students can relate to. Question cards with different monetary values (these are slides at the end of the presentation) Engaging collaborative task Opportunities for self-assessment Full, detailed lesson plan You can use fake money or create your own. I downloaded this fantastic resource and edited it to reflect my school: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/your-school-bank-notes-6160301 Please let me know how it goes, or leave some feedback/suggestions! I’d love to hear them.

This is a really fun and engaging escape room activity with a literacy focus (with some numeracy links too). It is fully editable and straightforward to differentiate if needs be. All resources are ready to print at the end of the PowerPoint. It is highly visual and has gone down a treat with some of my more reluctant learners. I developed this for a whole school (secondary SEND setting) deep learning day, but would suit UKS2 and KS3 students too. Clues include: Synonyms, Homophones, Adjectives more. Answer sheets and teacher answers are included. We used cash boxes with code locks, but you can easily just pretend too!

This is a fun GSCE revision lesson that reinforces quotes and context, etc. It has rounds on themes, quotes and Pictionary, etc. It makes for a nice break from the revision grind!

This is a PowerPoint quiz to go with a set of Jenga blocks (it can also function with three dice and a spinner too- or even just as a quiz). There are three sections: spelling, punctuation and grammar. All slides are visual and multiple choice. The homepage is fully animated so tiles you click on will disappear- no confusion! It’s a lot of fun for end of term or revision activities. As it is on PowerPoint, slides are easily editable for differentiation or colour scheme changes. I use it for a range of KS3+4 SEND classes but it could easily work for upper primary phases, as well as EAL/ESL learning. There are 18 questions for each section as official Jenga has 54 blocks. I just marked a set with equal numbers of blue, green and red dots. My students really love it and I hope yours will too!

This is a complete mini-scheme of work (10 lessons in total), with 32 files included in the pack! It starts with general horror stories with a twist, in which sterotypical genre conventions and characters are studied, moving on to a recap of the gothic and Edgar Allan Poe. The final lesson is planning a gothic story with a gothic generator. This can be taken forward as a written assessment. Each lesson is fully differentiated and resourced, with a broad range of engaging activities, use of ICT and opportunities for creative and collaborative work. Week 1: A Vendetta, Guy de Maupassant, (3 lessons) Week 2 Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, (3 lessons) Week 3: The Tell Tale Heart, (3 lessons) Bonus lesson: Frankenstein Characterisation - this lesson was an observation lesson and can stand alone in between any week. It was graded ‘Outstanding’ and is fully resourced and differentiated. Please leave a review if you can. It is massively helpful to the creation of future resources and it would be massively appreciated. If you need anything else or have a query, please contact me directly on slgraham0@gmail.com!

Hello! Thanks for viewing the resource. Included in this download: 1x highly visually engaging and fully differentiated lesson 3x differentiated worksheets to support group work. Covered in the lesson: James I Gunpowder Plot North Berwick Witch Trials For some reason, the previews on TES make the worksheets look a bit wonky. I promise they are ready to print and go! I hope it will engage your students and afford you a bit of extra self care time! Please check out my other Macbeth resources too. Always do get in contact if you have any questions or comments, and please leave a review if you can. I’d really appreciate the feedback.

Resourced and Differentiated lesson based on the amazing poem by Mike Garry.

Resources for an analysis lesson on Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger

This is a 21-lesson scheme of work designed for KS4 SEND children on Romeo and Juliet. There is some Shakespearean language but for the vast majority, it is all translated. All lessons are differentiated/have challenge opportunities. My students are predominantly ASD so there is an increased focus on understanding feelings and some reference to the Zones of Regulation. It will work for your lower level students who need more age-appropriate material too. For most lessons, there is a more straightforward PowerPoint in supplement to the other for those classes who need simpler language/themes. These are labelled C10. Most worksheets are at the end of the PowerPoints, ready to print. All lessons are very visual, highly engaging have a range of writing activities, including my personal favourite resource I’ve ever made…Tudor dating app profiles for matching couples of the corresponding classes! There is a bonus stage combat lesson too, which was very fun but might not be suitable for all learners/settings. For Lesson 2, I used this fantastic resource from TES for the insults: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/shakespearean-insult-generator-11555694

Here are a couple of lessons I’ve made for my school around the issue of racism in regards to the Euro 2020 competition. It has lots of development potential- I made these lessons very quickly and there has since been some wonderful and positive news about communities coming together. You will get: 2x Highly visual powerpoints 2x differentiated worksheets (writing a letter for the second lesson so no worksheets for this one!) 1x slightly abridged article It should hopefully prompt some discussion.

Here are two 30+ page English work packs I made for my SEMH Y8 and Y9 students who are self-isolating. It has sections on SPaG, reading and writing, with an extras section at the back with some fun creative tasks. They will easily suit upper KS2 though. They might look a bit wonky in the preview but they are properly formatted- all you need to do is print them double-sided and staple! One is aimed at low-ability KS3 students (at the old NC levels 3-4 or thereabouts) and the other medium- to high-ability students who are levels 5+. Please leave a review if you can. I’d really appreciate it. Hope they help you. Stay safe!

I made this SOW for my Y7s in an inner-city all-boys school as a way of getting them familiar with some canonical gothic literature before they study it later on in KS3. They produced some wonderful writing. Hopefully it will save some time and afford you a glass of wine if you find it useful. Forgive any errors- it was written bleary-eyed in my first HT as an NQT. Some of the videos are long. Start the J&H cartoon at 5mins and the Dracula clip 16mins until 19mins or so. A few bits are lifted from TES, so am carrying on the sharing that has saved me time. Contact me if you need anything else!