A differentiated resource for students with a reading age of between 7-11. This resource enables students to think about writing a recount, using past tense, first person and chronological order. It also enable students to see examples of what a good recount looks like. The tasks are accessible and engaging and are a good way to start Year 8 (English Year 7).

This is a resource for students in English class in Year 8 (English Year 7). It is a differentiated resource for those whose ability ranges from a reading age of 7-10. The tasks are accessible and interesting and students enjoy this unit of work. Students enjoy learning about this genre and the end goal is to get them writing through the eyes of Theseus who faces the Minotaur. They also get to create their own mythical creature and explore colloquial langauge through a drama activity.

A unit of work for Year 9 (English Year 8) on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Involves some aspects of drama, inference, knowledge on the plot and characters of the play and is created in a format which will enable teaching the unit whilst not taking the entire year to read and understand the play. Students enjoy the basic overview of the story, and the elements of performance. The unit includes a mix of group work, paired work, debate and performance. It also includes some writing, and response to Shakespeare’s language whilst also making it accessible to stuents who struggle with reading. The resource package also includes some teacher notes on how to approach each of the tasks.

An activity to do with Year 7 pupils getting them to think about how they can be kind to those who find Chritmas difficult (Focusing on eldery people, but can be adapted to more groups.) The teaching ends with the chance to write a poem entitled What Christmas Means to me. All resources including PowerPoint, Worksheets and Teacher Notes included.

A ready made template for delivering Christmas Content to classes. Adapt as you see fit, filled with lots of lovely clip art and designed to engage students with lots of colour. This will make Christmas Assemblies, Christmas classroom activities etc look professional and well made.

This resource is the first part of a scheme of work dealing with helping Year 7 students to settle in. This resource will work well for students with ADHD and for those who find getting organised or into a good routine for school; challenging. It is a simple resource for a 30 minute lesson which will make students think about their day time routine to help them become organised for school. It could be used in a Personal Development lesson or for General Studies classes where students are challenged to think about their barriers to learning.