Having taught primary school for 18 years within the state and private sector, I have honed many skills and creating tried and tested resources in my spare time, is one of them. All of my resources produce exceptional book and lesson outcomes and as well as consistency in writing across the week. I’ve also spent several successful years working as an English Lead leading various initiatives and supporting and advising colleagues.
Having taught primary school for 18 years within the state and private sector, I have honed many skills and creating tried and tested resources in my spare time, is one of them. All of my resources produce exceptional book and lesson outcomes and as well as consistency in writing across the week. I’ve also spent several successful years working as an English Lead leading various initiatives and supporting and advising colleagues.
This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support the book, Stone Age Boy and can be used as an independent write. Visuals, word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the camp setting- according to the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page.
Lesson 1: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 2: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch.
Lesson 3: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 4: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
For other lessons and resources on Stone Age Boy, please see:
Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780
Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889
Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905
Stone Age Boy- character description
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103
Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650
This is a 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support character description. The activity is based on describing the character’s (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension.
Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support the book, Grandad’s island and can be used as an independent write. Visuals, word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the setting- island according to the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page.
Lesson 1: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 2: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch.
Lesson 3: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 4: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
For other planning for Grandad’s Island see :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-by-benji-davies-teaching-powerpoint-lesson-1-to-5-based-on-front-cover-of-the-book-12712686
This is an 8 day Teaching PowerPoint complete with success criteria’s and differentiated/adapted resources that leads to a long writing task - Diary entry of David ( Chapter 1 ) which is based on the book, Friend or Foe by Michael Mopurgo.
The lessons include a vocabulary starter, talk tasks and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels for Year 4, 5 and 6. See breakdown of teaching materials below.
All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task.
This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive. The PowerPoint allows you to teach and model the writing.
The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners and a word bank for all children for the long write.
Lesson 1: Comprehension: To make a prediction( based on the front cover)
Lesson 2: Comprehension: To make a prediction( based on the blurb)
Lesson 3: Comprehension: To raise a range of questions. (based on Chapter 1)
Lesson 4 : Grammar : To create expanded noun phrases ( based on nouns in Chapter 1 )
Lesson 5: Grammar/Writing : To use figurative language (similes based on diary entry)
Lesson 6 : Grammar/Writing: To identify features of a diary entry ( Diary entry of David)
Lesson 7 : Planning: To plan a diary entry (Diary entry of David based on events in Chapter 1)
Lesson 8 : Composition : To write a diary entry (Diary entry of David based on events in Chapter 1)
For other resources based on Friend or Foe, please see :
Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo- setting description of the kitchen, farm and school- based on Chapter 3
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/friend-or-foe-by-michael-morpurgo-setting-description-of-the-kitchen-farm-and-school-12900696
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives.
The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners.
This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.
This is a 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, Light and Shadow or Volcanoes. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, The Firework Maker’s daughter can be used. The activity is based on describing Lila’s /height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension.
Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
This is a 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, Light and Shadow or Volcanoes. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, The Firework Maker’s daughter can be used. The activity is based on describing Chulak’s /height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension.
Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
This is a 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Boy with the Bronze Axe. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, The Boy with the Bronze Axe can be used. The activity is based on describing Tenko(height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension.
Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
This is an 8 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Stone Age. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, Stone Age Boy can be used. The activity is based on describing the Stone Age boy/girl(height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension.
Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
Lesson 5: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 6: To plan a character description.
Lesson 7: To write a character description.
Lesson 8: To edit a piece of writing.
For other lessons and resources on Stone Age Boy, please see:
Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780
Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889
Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905
Stone Age Boy- character description
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103
Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650
**This is an 11 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources to teach character description -the witch and is based on the book, The Lost Happy Endings. **
The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and is pitched at National Curriculum levels for Y3, 4 and 5. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write a character description of the witch. Thereafter, the last two lessons is to innovate and plan and write a new ‘bad’ character for, ‘The Lost Happy Endings’
The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Most lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners.
This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are adapted and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself.**
Lesson 1: Comprehension: L.O: To raise a range of questions. (about the witch)
Lesson 2: Comprehension: LO: To answer questions. (about the witch)
Lesson 3: Grammar: LO: To use a range of adjectives or expanded nouns to describe a character. (Role on the wall)
Lesson 4 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation.
Lesson 5: Grammar: To create similes.
Lesson 6: Planning: To plan a character description (about the witch)
Lesson 7: Speaking and Listening: To participate in roleplay and ask questions ( about the witch)
Lesson 8: Composition: To write a character description (about witch)
Lesson 9: Editing: To edit and evaluate my writing.
Lesson 10: Planning: To plan a character description. (new bad character)
Lesson 11: Composition: To write a character description. (new bad character)
For other resources for the book, The Lost Happy Endings, please see :
Prediction based on the front cover
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-lost-happy-endings-prediction-from-front-cover-12721580
Character description of Jub
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-lost-happy-endings-character-description-of-jub-12802420
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy.
The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives.
The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners.
This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.
This is a 6-day editable Teaching PowerPoint complete with success criteria and differentiated/adapted resources that leads to a long writing task – diary entry of Michael based on Chapter 3, Kenusuke’s Kingdom.
The lessons include talk tasks, vocabulary and meanings as well as grammar based on the book, and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels for Year 5/6. See breakdown of teaching materials below.
All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task.
This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive. The PowerPoint allows you to teach and model the writing.
The learners can use their work from Day 1 to Day 5 and interweave it into the Long Write. Lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners and a word bank for all children for the long write.
Lesson 1: Comprehension: To answer questions. (events - Chapter 3)
Lesson 2: Grammar: To identify features of a diary entry. (Model text- diary entry of Michael based on Chapter 1)
Lesson 3 : Grammar/Writing: To use colons
Lesson 4 : Grammar/Writing: To use contractions.
Lesson 5: Planning: To plan a diary entry (order events logically- based on events of Chapter 1)
Lesson 6: Composition: To write a diary entry ( based on events of Chapter 3)
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Bonus lessons:
• Vocabulary based on Chapter 3
• Comprehension lessons based on Chapter 1,2,3 and 4 of the book.
Other resources for this book:
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo - Diary entry of Michael based on Chapter 1
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13015164
Kensuke’s Kingdom planning- setting description - Chapter 3
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12537433
Kensuke’s Kingdom descriptive writing bundle - 13 lessons altogether
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12734700
Character description of Kensuke- Kensuke’s Kingdom
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12734675
Character description of Michael-Kensuke’s Kingdom
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12734665
This is a differentiated resource and 4 day plan based on the book, The BFG. The activities are based on character description of the BFG using adjectives or expanded nouns and includes a success criteria for each day and task as well as a picture stimulas on the planning scaffold. It includes the four day planning for each of the lessons. You can also use the video as a stimulus for writing.
For other planning and resources on the BFG, see :
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-bfg-planning-prediction-from-front-cover-12665844
This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support the book, Stone Age Boy and can be used as an independent write. Visuals, word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the cave setting- according to the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of a character in this setting using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page.
Lesson 1: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 2: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch.
Lesson 3: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 4: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
If you like this Stone Age Boy descriptive writing resource pack, you may also like:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-prediction-from-front-cover-teaching-powerpoint-and-resources-12663552
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-describing-the-camp-setting-12419660
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-describing-the-river-setting-12419664
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103
For POWERPOINT lessons and resources on Stone Age Boy, please see:
Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780
Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889
Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905
Stone Age Boy- character description
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103
Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650
This is a 4 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan complete with success criteria’s for each day and accompanying resources and can be used as an independent write. It includes visuals and word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the setting- Michael on the deck, in the storm using the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting and thoughts using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and figurative language and includes a success criteria.
Lesson 1: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 2: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch,taste, feelings and thoughts.
Lesson 3: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 4: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
This is an 20 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Stone Age. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, Stone Age Boy can be used. The activity is based on describing the Stone Age boy/girl(height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension.
Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 2: To plan a character description.
Lesson 3: To write a character description.
Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
Lesson 5: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character.
Lesson 6: To plan a character description.
Lesson 7: To write a character description.
Lesson 8: To edit a piece of writing.
In addition, the 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support the book, Stone Age Boy and can be used as an independent write. Visuals, word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The activity is based on describing the camp setting- according to the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page.
Lesson 9: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 10: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch.
Lesson 11: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 12: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
River SETTING
Lesson 13: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 14: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch.
Lesson 15: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 16: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
Cave setting
Lesson 17: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 18: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch.
Lesson 19: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 20: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
For other lessons and resources on Stone Age Boy, please see:
Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780
Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889
Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905
Stone Age Boy- character description
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103
Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650
This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Egyptians and can be used as an independent write. Visuals, word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. The power point can be used and after teaching through the story the children would have enough to describe her. The activity is based on describing the setting- River Nile according to the 5 senses(see, smell, touch, taste, emotions of character in this setting using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page.
Lesson 1: To plan a description of a setting using expanded nouns.
Lesson 2: To roleplay and jump into the setting and act out what is seen ,heard, smelt, touch.
Lesson 3: L.O: To describe a setting.
Lesson 4: LO: To evaluate and edit a piece of writing.
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. The teaching powerpoint also allows you to model answers on the different task pages.
L.O : Use speech marks.
This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning.
For more resources on Stone Age Boy, please see:
Stone Age Boy-writing the opening of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-opening-to-the-story-12718400
Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780
Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889
Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905
Stone Age Boy- character description
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103
Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650
This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with the success criteria for the task and differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. The teaching powerpoint also allows you to model answers on the different task pages.
L.O : To use common nouns
This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning.
For other lessons based on Grandad’s Island, please see:
Grandad’s Island -character description of Syd- 5 day Teaching Powerpoint
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-character-description-of-syd-5-day-teaching-powerpoint-12722600
Grandad’s Island by Benji Davies -Teaching powerpoint Lesson 1 to 5 based on front cover of the book
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-by-benji-davies-teaching-powerpoint-lesson-1-to-5-based-on-front-cover-of-the-book-12712686
Grandad’s Island by Benji Davies - comprehension questions
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-by-benji-davies-comprehension-questions-12715882
Grandad’s island-describing a setting
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-describing-a-setting-12412064
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This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. The teaching powerpoint also allows you to model answers on the different task pages.
L.O : Use similes
This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning.
