Lesson prompts and starters for UK Curriculum AO5 and AO6. Can also be used for Creative Writing prompts and general independent tasks. AO5 Lang: Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts AO6 Lang: * Candidates must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.

Lesson prompts and starters for UK Curriculum AO5 and AO6. Can also be used for Creative Writing prompts and general independent tasks. AO5 Lang: Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts AO6 Lang: * Candidates must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.

Task: You will write the information down on the next page about yourself. You will create a PowerPoint about yourself. You will check the PowerPoint with me. You will present to the class (or group). You will review how you went and assess yourself. Use for PDS of VCAL in the Australian Curriculum

A ‘how to’ of using PowerPoint and use as a starter to the year

Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Activity Use as a starter or tutoring activity

Growth Mindset and Mindfulness activity Use as a lesson starter or tutoring activity

Mentoring/Tutor Activities and Lesson Starters I did NOT take these images, but I have found them very useful!

More activities for mentoring or lesson starters I did NOT create this images but have found them very useful!

Mentoring activities and lesson starters Prompts for activities - best used to display on the board and writing ideas on the board

Logo Quiz to play with students - use as starter or mentoring activity.

Quiz or Bingo of Language Techniques - good for revision.

Here is a poster or display (can be stuck in students’ books). This is the newest form of PEEL and TEEL!

SCITTLES is a variation on the old PEEL and TEEL. Here is a template for your students to fill in. Works with other resources

This is one way to structure an essay or paragraph. Instead of the old PEEL or TEEL - try this! A poster, structure and full example included.

Introductory lesson to verbs and verb forms. Additional worksheets and activities also available. L/O: to be able to understand verb forms and tenses to develop sentence structures

Writing prompts for creative writing Use as a starter or as a full task I did NOT create these but found them extremely useful!

Poster with all the major parts of speech defined.

This is part of a whole unit of work - based upon teaching word classes and different text types. The final summative assessment will be analysing and article before creating their own. Lesson 7 - Pronouns (LG – to use pronouns to produce our own article)

This is part of a whole unit of work - based upon teaching word classes and different text types. The final summative assessment will be analysing and article before creating their own. Lesson 6 - Adverbs (LG – to use adverbs to produce our own article)