A huge collection of literacy activities. These are designed to be used as form time activities, but can be used as lesson starters. Fun and engaging games and activities, designed to get pupils interested in literacy and actively improving their literacy.
Get organised in form-time with the whole bundle. Bundle includes 2 full terms worth of literacy form time activities!
A series of lessons identifying and analysing the style structure and format of non-fiction texts.
All lessons contain 1-9 assessment focuses and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
3 lessons focusing on identifying language and structural features which then outlines to students how to analyse these features for their specific effect.
3 lessons designed to improve student ability to identify writing techniques, discuss a writer's intentions and discuss the effect of the writer's choice of words.
An introduction to English Language covering the basic frameworks of analysis. Many lessons reviewed as 5* included.
Make life easier with this set of full blown lessons. All include a varied range of activities and assessments to make your students effective independent learners, giving you an easier life teaching an intense course.
A massive collection of lessons and activities designed to help students transition from KS3 to KS4. Lessons and activities all refer to assessment objectives and contain a pupil friendly grid to be used alongside, which is ideal for formative and summative assessment.
Genuinely engaging and effective lessons.
Designed to give student a very clear picture how to move their grade from a 5 to a 4. lessons all use self and peer assessment (all lessons have an Ao focus and accompanying mark scheme) made very straightforward to highlight exactly how students can achieve a higher grade.
Numerous lessons in the bundle are reviewed as 5 star.
A full lesson detailing how to analyse persuasive writing. Ideal for English Language paper 1
Suitable for HA KS3 classes and KS4.
An Ofsted Outstanding lesson (put into practise recently), with a lesson plan showing detailed differentiation.
Edexcel English Language Specification (also attached) and grade boundaries from 3-6, which can be altered easily to accommodate HA or LA pupils. Objectives as below (fits some of AO2/AO4 criteria too).
Objectives AO1:
Grade 3: Identify a selection of persuasive language techniques.
Grade 4: Make some comment on a persuasive language technique.
Grade 5: Discuss the effect of a selection of persuasive language techniques.
Grade 6: Discuss in detail the effect of a selection of persuasive language techniques on the reader and how this fits the purpose of the text.
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A full lesson to encourage pupils to investigate how staging effects the audiences perception of events. Contains a starter to be completed after reading Act 1, Scene 1. Pupils then complete a Jigsaw activity in groups or individually to investigate 4 areas of staging. Followed by independent directed writing. Uses 1-9 criteria.
Lesson viewed by SLT and deemed 'Outstanding'.
A lesson (via presentation) and scaffolded worksheet ( to support lower ability) which sets up a writing task where pupils introduce themselves and discuss their likes and dislike, hobbies and aspirations.
I have used this as both a back up cover lesson and also an introductory lesson to my new classes.