It’s important to break down the vocabulary used in TEA2010 so students can access what it means at a semantic level. Hopefully these resources will help…

Please find below some Words of the Week which really ‘drill down’ and offer some deep learning. There’s months of work here, and it’s all for FREE during this rather tricky time for teachers! Hope it helps you keep the kids literate. Each powerpoint explores just one word using the PiXL taxonomy that was inspired by that brilliant champion of words, Alex Quigley. There are TED-Ed videos and other pleasant diversions and each powerpoint can work as a starter to an English lesson or as a tidy, weekly tutor task (our tutors deliver one a week in about 10-15mins). Pandemic, shmandemic - let’s close that vocabulary gap! Good luck team.

An introductory lesson or two with a speaking and listening focus, followed by a writing SoW - a good 3-4 weeks of writing diary entries whilst ‘lost on a desert island’ - then an optional week or so on structuring writing. About 6 weeks all-in, with a desert island theme running all the way through. Mainly a writing focus. Mainly fun!

A non-fiction Scheme of Work (with lots of cultural capital thrown in) aimed at Year 7 and based on the brilliant The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair (a good idea to buy this if you use the SoW); we did intro - pink - blue - purple - green - white to start, but you could probably do any version you like :-) Enjoy!