This FREE resource includes two model essays and a plan. It is ideal to use as part of KS3 and GCSE English Language.
The model essays are a response to a persuasive task in which the reader has to persuade a headteacher to chose to run an extra-curricular activity of their choice.
There are two model answers - one for more advanced learners (GCSE) and one for intermediate learners (KS3)
There is also a plan to help students write their own response.
This FREE resource is an excellent way to show students how to plan and write a persuasive essay!
The booklet is aimed at students who struggle to learn phonic sounds and read or write these sounds incorrectly within a word, It offers a unique visual approach in which students draw the word so that they can memorise the key spelling pattern.
This particular unit focuses on the long AI sound. After drawing the words, there is a visual sentence activity and an opportunity to write a sentence by using a photographic prompt.
The approach used in the booklet has been very successful in supporting students with dyslexic or other memory based difficulties.
This short unit is invaluable to teach how to write a GCSE, reading response essay. It provides an extract, model essay, lesson plan, marking rubric and numerous language rich activities to aid understanding.
Presented in a concise and interesting format, the student worksheet starts with the extract and two comprehension activities before they read the model GCSE essay.
Next, there is a model essay with a spelling of key words activity and a reading fluency exercise to help familiarise students with the essay.
Finally, students can write independently about another part of the play and use a rubric to peers assess.
The unit provides an engaging framework in which to teach the extract question for GCSE English Literature. It would also save invaluable time for a lesson observation.
This resource focuses on the GCSE (AQA), Reading Paper, Question 2 - Summary Writing.
Based on the singer Rihanna, there are two texts which students need to summarise. To support dyslexic students, there is a key word list (colour coded) to support the reading and spelling of the key words. There is also a Venn Diagram, graphic organiser to help structure the response.
At the end of the unit, there are two student responses to provide an idea of how to structure a response.
The resource is beneficial for students who have reading difficulties, but need to prepare for the GCSE, reading paper.
Ideal for preparation for GCSE English Language, AQA - Paper 2, Q4, this unit has two extracts, an exam question based on Q4 and a marking rubric.
The rubric focuses on the use of narrative voice and tone to convey a message.
The two texts are based on ‘Litter Picking’ - one from Victorian times and one modern.
Having used the resource with my students, it has been successful and exploring the use of narrative voice.
The KS2 English Unit demonstrates how to use interesting sentence openers to write a successful narrative. It is also useful for KS3 and GCSE English students if they have not used the skills.
For students with a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), there is a reading and spelling activity based on key words in the text. Students use colours to aid memory.
The reading section consists of model sentences beginning with a prepositional phrase, an ING verb and a ’ show not tell ’ opening.
Finally, there is an assessment stage where students are required to use these sentence opener types.
The unit has been used to successfuly support students who struggle to write narrative.
With a FREE model, GCSE essay based on Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 1, this is an invaluable resource for GCSE English Literature students and the extract question, in particular.
The section contains a cloze/gap-fill activity with the key missing words colour-coded for students with reading or spelling difficulties. The gap-fill also provides an opportunity to discuss various aspects of the model essay.
At the end of each section there is an independent essay question related to the model answer. This provides a chance to assess the students’ understanding of how to construct an English Literature essay.
This model essay will provide instruction in how to write a GCSE ,extract based response and ensure progress!
Including a listening activity, vocabulary task, spelling quiz and comprehension, the pack helps students understand the language and meaning of the poem, Ozymandias.
It is well suited for students with additional needs and ESL. It outlines a useful way to support students who struggle to respond to GCSE poems.
This workbook provides words that includes the EY letter pattern
taken from the Phase 5 Phonics Wordlist (UK).
Each word is colour-coded according to the HF Colour-Code to aid
memorisation. There is space to draw the word and check if the
student can spell the word at the end of the process.
The workbook is ideal for students who struggle with phonics and provides a way to reinforce reading and spelling in a visual way.
The HF Colour-Code Method is a unique, proven and powerful method
that helps students read fluently and spell, whatever their level!
Ideal for teaching GCSE English Literature, this bundle contains lesson plans and model essays based on the extract questions (AQA), although it can be adapted for other exam boards. Extracts from Act 1, Scene 5 and Act 2, Scene 2 are covered. The language rich activities, mean they are suitable for SEN and ESL learners.
These short units are invaluable to support teaching how to write a GCSE, reading response essay. They provide an extract, model essay, lesson plan, marking rubric and numerous language rich activities to aid understanding.
Presented in a concise and interesting format, both units start with the extract and two comprehension activities before they read the respective model GCSE essays.
Next, there is a spelling of key words activity and a reading fluency exercise to help familiarise students with the essay.
Finally, students can write independently about another part of the play and use a rubric to peers assess.
The units provide an engaging framework in which to teach the extract question for GCSE English Literature. It would also save invaluable time for a lesson observation.
This Year 3 persuasive writing resource includes a key word spelling activity, a questionnaire, a model essay and plan. It is ideal to use as part of a KS2 writing lesson.
The model essay is a response to a persuasive task in which the reader has to persuade a head teacher about the importance of having junk food on the school menu.
There is also an innovative spelling activity to help dyslexic students and a plan to help students write their own response.
This resource is an excellent way to show students how to plan and write a persuasive essay!
Based on the AQA (GCSE) Q5, Paper 1, the unit focuses on the ability to use a range of sentence openers and vocabulary to describe clothes.
Writing in depth description of the clothes people wear is complicated. This unit uses model paragraphs, a vocabulary list, pictures, independent writing tasks and a marking rubric to guide GCSE, English Language students to improve their description of people.
Although aimed at AQA, English Language students, the unit is useful for GCSE students who wish to improve their creative writing and descriptions.
The unit has proved successful in raising the attainment of students who struggle with this skill.
The GCSE, Reading Response, English Language Unit supports students in understanding how to write an extended response to a question on the Reading Section. Dyslexic GCSE, English students have commented that the structure helps them see what they need to do to succeed in this type of question.
The texts focus on a difficult relationship between two explorers.
It scaffolds students response by providing a Vocabulary Bank to help write the topic sentences, a model answer and a marking rubric for an independent activity. The model essay sentence openers are coloured in blue so students understand the way they need to begin their own sentences.
The unit finishes with an independent, reading response unit with a marking rubric.
The unit is effective in supporting students who struggle to structure a reading response answer!
This graded, GCSE, English Language unit uses a story and a picture as a way to help students understand some of the consequences of heavy traffic. The student uses these prompts to write a persuasive article about have a no car zone near school.
There are also two model letters, one formal and one informal, to show students how they could structure a GCSE writing task.
The resource is also useful for KS3 and KS2 English students.
Use the following games to make learning about prepositions fun!
There are a variety of games and puzzles to engage students in what can be a rather dry topic. They are particularly useful for ESL students and those with additional needs. However, they can also be used as starter activities for the SATs, SPaG assessment or to introduce sentence openers for descriptive writing at GCSE.
There is also an assessment at the end to see whether learners can use prepositions effectively.
The games include Find the Missing Letters, Memory Pair Quiz, Sentence Scramble, Jigsaws and more!
You can amend the templates to create your own puzzles.
At the end of the unit, there are two assessments for beginner and more advanced learners.
The unit is based on the GCSE, English Language, AQA, Paper 1 - Question 5 response. It includes picture prompts, model answers, plans and spelling activities.
Key words are taken from the text and colour coded to help learners with additional needs learn to read and spell them. The model responses showcase different sentence openers used in GCSE, descriptive writing.
Coherent plans are provided to help students structure their writing in response to the colourful pictures.
Along with the models, additional short stories based on the settings of the beach and the city are provided. These also demonstrate the use of show not tell and interesting sentence openers.
The resource provides a structured way to teach GCSE English Language, imaginative and descriptive writing in an engaging way!. It is useful if your students struggle to use appropriate language to structure descriptive or imaginative writing.
This GCSE, English Language, writing unit is based on an argumentative task about whether it is better to live in the city or the countryside. It contains a model answer, a spelling activity, a speaking and listening task and a grammar component.
The unit has been successfully used to raise the attainment of students who struggle to move into the Grade 4 and 5 bracket.
Once the student has completed the tasks there are two independent writing activities to assess the understanding of the components of GCSE, argumentative writing.
It is ideal for SENCOs, teachers and English language coordinators. It offers excellent value and the unit should provide three to four lessons of content.
This resource is a five-lesson unit aimed to improve persuasive writing skills and is ideal for GCSE level or equivalent. It includes teacher notes, five lesson plans and a student booklet. Uniquely, the unit is structured around a model response to a sample exam question. It looks at the vocabulary, grammar and overall structure of a persuasive letter and encourages the use of these skills in independent writing. The unit follows a sequence that includes an exam question analysis, a vocabulary and grammar in context set of activities, a comprehension exercise based on the model text and an independent writing section.
The Unit of work has proved to be an invaluable and proven way of moving pupils into the higher GCSE band and provides a structure of learning that can be applied to other forms of writing.
This unit is designed for GCSE, English Literature - Macbeth. It focuses on Act 1, Scene 2 and engages students who struggle with the content and language.
There is a Macbeth, rap poem to summarise the plot, as well as a modern gangster version of the scene. The genre of a gangster scene has been successful in engaging reluctant students!
After they read the modern version there are multiple choice quizzes to help students summarise the plot of the scene and understand the main characters.
The second resource contains a key quotation, colouring activity to aid memory and the original version with comic book style illustrations. The second resources finishes with a comic strip of the Macbeth soliloquy. Students are required to write down what he said.
Full of engaging images and content, the unit is an excellent way to engage SEN and ESL students and help them understand Act 2, Scene 1!
This unit is designed for GCSE, English Literature - Macbeth. It focuses on Act 1, Scene 2 and engages students who struggle with the content and language.
There is a Macbeth, rap poem to summarise the plot, as well as a modern gangster version of the scene. The genre of a gangster scene has been successful in engaging reluctant students!
After they read the modern version there are multiple choice quizzes to help students summarise the plot of the scene and understand the main characters.
The second resource contains a key quotation, colouring activity to aid memory and the original version with comic book style illustrations. The second resources finishes with a comic strip of the sergeant approaching King Duncan. Students are required to write down what he said.
Full of engaging images and content, the unit is an excellent way to engage SEN and ESL students and help them understand Act 1, Scene 2!
