A large collection of spelling activities designed to make learning spellings engaging, well paced and well organised.
There are: 3 (20-26) spelling plans for years 1-4 (theses could be used for 5-6 if LA); 3 on-going homework sheets to accompany this; 7 PPT starters (many of which can are re-usable) containing spelling games.
Get organised with the entire bundle!
A3 literacy mats (double sided). Each mat follows a very similar format, but is specifically designed to promote literacy skills for each individual subject.
Excellent whole school resource
A full lesson outlining the definition of denotation and connotation, right to pupils investigating image and structure for connotation.
The lesson starts a group starter task identifying the connotations of colours. They then complete a series of individual comprehension questions which aim to promote pupils' confidence and ability identifying the connotation or the writer's choice of words, before a peer assessment task. Pupils have GCSE 1-9 criteria to assess their work. There is also a homework task (or extension task) to encourage further development.
A punchy, well paced lesson which gets pupils doing the work not you!
Designed to fit the new AQA syllabus - this full lesson gives and introduction to the course and a lesson in one of the basic frameworks of textual analysis: Phonology.
All activities are fast paced, varied, pupil led and promote independent analysis.
There is a lesson plan provided for ease and an accompanying worksheet.
Designed to fit the new AQA syllabus - this full lesson gives and introduction to the course and a lesson in one of the basic frameworks of textual analysis: Semantics.
All activities are fast paced, varied, pupil led and promote independent analysis.
There is a lesson plan provided for ease and an accompanying worksheet.
Designed to fit the new AQA syllabus - this full lesson gives and introduction to the course and a lesson in one of the basic frameworks of textual analysis: Semantics and Pragmatics.
All activities are fast paced, varied, pupil led and promote independent analysis.
There is a lesson plan provided for ease and an accompanying worksheet.
Suitable for high-ability KS2 and KS3 classes.
The lesson highlights how pupils can vary their sentence openings to engage their readers. Pupils assess the effect of a series of sentence openers, they then break down the differences between the sentence openings through a series of activities, before creating their own story using a stimuli, which has built up from previous activities.
A fast-paced lesson with varied activities. Take the work out of teaching with this student led lesson.
A full lesson and marking criteria (suitable for students) with 1-9 scale. Lesson aimed at 3-7 range, but could very easily be adapted.
The lesson introduces the features of a newspaper article and contains paired and group activities encouraging pupils to investigate structural and linguistic features of articles. There is then a creative writing activity and the grade boundaries for peer (or self) assessment.
Designed to cover A05 :Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.
A full lesson (recently observed as 'Outstanding') which depicts how to write a formal letter applying for a job. Based on the Edexcel's English Language (Paper 2) imaginative writing task.
A fast-paced, pupil-led lesson with varied activities and integrated (graded) peer assessment. Worksheets are provided for differentiation of the task and a full lesson plan shows details of all activities (although the PPT is very straightforward anyway).
A full lesson detailing to pupils how to identify the features of a leaflet (linguistic and format) and recreate these in a writing task, based on the Edexcel English Language exam. Suitable for SEN classes, KS3 classes and low ability KS4.
A recently observed Ofsted 'Outstanding' lesson, with a clear presentation.
The lesson contains a think, pair, share starter. The main activity consists of a pupil led analysis of two leaflets (designed to cover a small range of language and structural features) and finally the plenary consists of a peer assessment task (worksheet for this is attached). The entire lesson is very pupil-led, containing fast-paced, engaging tasks.
Learning objectives.
A05:
LO1: Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences.
LO2: Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts. (Pupils friendly objective on PPT).
Perfectly pitched for ASD pupils (I have so many who are obsessed with WWE!) with many visual prompts and small, manageable activities.