Use this as an introductory activity with your classes to your help students ascertain what they can and can’t do in relation to persuasive writing before the unit begins. It will help teacher to gauge what needs to be taught etc too. Suitable for KS3 and KS4

Suitable for KS3 or KS4.

Hi. This SOW has everything you need to teach the novel Warhorse for 4-5 weeks. The ppts includes: all starters and plenaries all writing and reading tasks poetry analysis discursive essay (PEE) practice HW tasks teaching objectives and planning grid It’s been tried and tested. Enjoy!

Hi. Please be aware that this SOW contains all of the ideas needed to teach the unit, but does not include the resources bank. Howevever, the unit contains references to suitable resources that can be used; these are resources that can be accessed online. The plan also includes all of the starter and plenary ideas - many don’t need a resources bank. I hope it helps.

The resource provides 7 fun strategies for a parent to help a child improve their spelling at home - in addition to Homework. The document contains four sections: The first section provides 7 easy and enjoyable learn-to-spell techniques. The second section provides synthesis tasks - to be used once the child has learnt to spell the target words. The third section provides a creative task to further concretise the newly acquired vocabulary Provides a list of commonly misspelt words for parents to use if they do not already have a list to start from How can the resource be used? The parent could try a new technique at home each week with any spelling list. If their child’s teacher hasn’t provided them with a spelling list, a solution is to go through their child’s exercise book and find words that have been misspelt. Alternatively, the parent could use the spelling lists of most commonly misspelt words at the back of the document.

Suitable for Year 6, Year 7 (or possibly 8), this resource explores first person narrative and autobiographies from various perspectives: views of family members, memorable moments, first day at school, giant leaps in life, diary-style autobiographies and accounts from victims of civil war. There are extracts from Roald Dahl, Ishmael Bear, Pink, Anne Frank, Victoria Beckham, Michelle Obama and several others. Each lesson contains starters, plenaries, study tasks, group or paired work, reading or writing tasks, glossaries for all reading tasks. Homework is also included. Some classes might need longer periods for the writing tasks. No additional planning is required. There are 20 lessons (including additional writing lessons – if required)

This is an interesting poem that seems to capture pupils’ attention because it is so different. It is also a springboard into eulogies and obituaries. It contains: a starter the lesson plan (i.e. the sequence of the slides) the poem AQA criteria scaffolding in the form of sentence tags for extended answers and also linking verbs for analysis a model answer to apply the AQA criteria to a plenary and a Bloom’s inspired activity at the end The students read, deconstruct the archaic language then write about the poem in 30 mins. They then assess the AQA criteria against a model answer. Tried and tested. Great with Year 10 or 11. It could also be used with Year 9

Great for HW once you have allocated a poem or two to study. The pupils can use the grid to generate ideas then convert their notes into paragraphs.

Great for HW or as an end of lesson task after studying two poems consecutively enabling students to gather their ideas while the poems are still in their working memory. They can then take the sheet home and use their notes to write an essay, or at least the first few paragraphs.

A fun lesson that introduces writing to describe to KS3 or KS4. You will need to know who has allergies in your classroom. You will also need wet wipes, chocolate (e.g. box of Celebrations), salt and vinegar crisps. The kids love it. Good luck!

This is a bank of 26 lessons (or more depending on the time provided for the two writing tasks) that explore detective fiction using extracts from Agatha Christie and Arthur Conon Doyle. There is also one extract from Wilkie Collins’ “Woman in White” as this is a useful SOW to proceed the teaching of novel, “The Woman in White”. Each lesson contains: a thinking starter a thinking plenary a writing or reading task (including poetry) group work, paired work or individual work open ended tasks where more able students can be extended while those in need of differentiation can also be supported using the numerous resources provided The writing tasks in the unit are based on writing a detective story and a film review of the Sherlock Holmes film. The students are also given the chance to compare and contract TV detectives from the UK and America and extracts from Perry Mason and Murder She Wrote are hyperlinked for easy use. There is a workbook to accompany the SOW - sold as a bundle with this SOW and separately Enjoy!

This is a bank of 26 lessons (or more depending on the time provided for the two writing tasks) that explore detective fiction using extracts from Agatha Christie and Arthur Conon Doyle. There is also one extract from Wilkie Collins’ “Woman in White” as this is a useful SOW to proceed the teaching of novel, “The Woman in White”. Each lesson contains: a thinking starter a thinking plenary a writing or reading task (including poetry) group work, paired work or individual work open ended tasks where more able students can be extended while those in need of differentiation can also be supported using the numerous resources provided The writing tasks in the unit are based on writing a detective story and a film review of the Sherlock Holmes film. The students are also given the chance to compare and contract TV detectives from the UK and America and extracts from Perry Mason and Murder She Wrote are hyperlinked for easy use. There is a workbook to accompany the SOW. Enjoy!

This ppt contains 2 lessons and writing tasks extending the total lessons to 3 lessons. The ppt contains everything that is needed: starters plenaries models learning tasks etc Enjoy!