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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.

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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.
Stone Age Boy writing the story
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Stone Age Boy writing the story

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This is a 23 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources to teach the book, Stone Age Boy. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels that lead to writing the whole story. 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, which is to write the opening of Stone Age Boy. 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 and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria. Writing the opening of the story. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To make a prediction. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 -Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 4 - Grammar: To accurately use speech punctuation. Lesson 5 - Composition: To use adjectives and expanded noun phrases. Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the opening of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs as sentence starters. Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the opening of a story. Writing the middle of the story: The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 6 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners and a word bank for all learners to support the long writing task. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases. Lesson 4: Grammar: To create similes. Lesson 5 - Composition: To plan the middle of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs. Lesson 7 - Composition: To write the middle of a story. Writing the end of the story: The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 6 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners and a word bank for all learners to support the long writing task. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation. Lesson 4: Grammar: To create similes. Lesson 5: Grammar: To use expanded noun phrases. Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the middle of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs. Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the ending of a story. Please leave a review 
Kensuke's Kingdom- Prediction from front cover
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Kensuke's Kingdom- Prediction from front cover

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This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: Kensuke’s Kingdom 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.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON PLANNING -Prediction from front cover
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON PLANNING -Prediction from front cover

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This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on 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.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe-character description of Lucy
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe-character description of Lucy

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This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Lucy. The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Lucy’s (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
Character description- Describing a character
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Character description- Describing a character

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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.
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo- prediction based on front cover
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The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo- prediction based on front cover

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This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on 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.
Flood-Alvaro F.Villa-Prediction from front cover.pdf
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Flood-Alvaro F.Villa-Prediction from front cover.pdf

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This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. The learning objective is making a prediction based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The children will learn how to look at pictures for clues. 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 and a plenary that extends children’s learning by asking them to share their opinions.
The Twits by Roald Dahl- prediction from front cover
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The Twits by Roald Dahl- prediction from front cover

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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 Twits by Roald Dahl. 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.
The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
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The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

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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.
The Lost Happy Endings-character description of the witch
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The Lost Happy Endings-character description of the witch

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**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
The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd- Prediction from front cover
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The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd- Prediction from front cover

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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 Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd- Prediction from front cover 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.
Character description of Traction Man - Traction Man is here
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Character description of Traction Man - Traction Man is here

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This is a 6 day Teaching Powerpoint complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Traction Man. Daily planning is included. The lessons include talk tasks and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. See breakdown of teaching materials below. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether role play 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 and tasks. 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: Grammar : L.O: To use common nouns and adjectives ( Traction Man) Lesson 2: Comprehension : LO: To raise questions Lesson 3: Comprehension: To answer questions Lesson 4 : Speaking and Listening : To participate in roleplay and ask questions ( about Traction Man) Lesson 5 : Planning : To plan a character description Lesson 6: Composition : To write a character description For other resources for the book, Traction Man please see : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/traction-man-is-here-prediction-from-front-cover-12722104
Where the Wild Things Are- Maurice Sendak - character description of Max
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Where the Wild Things Are- Maurice Sendak - character description of Max

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This is a 10 day (80 pages) DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources to teach character description - Max and is based on the book, Where the Wild Things Are. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and is pitched at National Curriculum levels for Y1 and Y2. 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 Max. Thereafter, the last two lessons is to innovate and plan and write a new character for, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. 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: Grammar: L.O: To use common nouns and adjectives (about Max) Lesson 2: Comprehension: LO: To raise questions. (about Max) Lesson 3: Comprehension: LO: To answer questions (about Max) Lesson 4: Grammar: LO: To use adverbs. (based on the story) Lesson 5 - Grammar: LO: To use a range of adjectives or expanded nouns to describe a character. (Role on the wall) Lesson 6: Speaking and Listening: To participate in roleplay and ask questions (about Max) Lesson 7: Planning: To plan a character description (about Max) Lesson 8: Composition: To write a character description (about Max) Lesson 9: Planning: To plan a character description. (new character) Lesson 10: Composition: To write a character description. (new character) For other resources for the book, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’, please see: Prediction based on the front cover https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12783319 Postcard from Max to mum whilst on the island https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12831161
The Egyptian Cinderella-writing the ending
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The Egyptian Cinderella-writing the ending

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This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some 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 differentiated and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation. Lesson 4 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases. Lesson 5: Grammar: To edit sentences. Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the ending of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs. Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the ending of a story. For other resources on the Egyptian Cinderella see: The Egyptian Cinderella – writing the opening of the story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-7complete-lessons-leading-up-to-writing-the-opening-to-the-story-12714755 The Egyptian Cinderella – writing the middle of the story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-write-the-middle-of-the-story-12716147 The Egyptian Cinderella - character description of Rhodopis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-character-description-of-rhodopis-12411568 The Egyptian Cinderella – setting description of the River Nile https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-egyptian-cinderella-river-nile-12412040
The Egyptian Cinderella resource bundle -descriptive writing
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The Egyptian Cinderella resource bundle -descriptive writing

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8 DAYS OF PLANNING WITH DIFFERENTIATED RESOURCES. 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 Rhodopis who is a 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. 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. Part 2- 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.
The Firework Maker's Daughter planning- character description of  Chulak
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The Firework Maker's Daughter planning- character description of Chulak

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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.
Character descriptions- Dragons linked to Vikings
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Character descriptions- Dragons linked to Vikings

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This is a one week English plan complete with accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Vikings. The book, How to train your dragon could be linked. Lesson 1: To raise a range of higher order thinking questions. Lesson 2: To bank descriptive words and phrases about an imaginary dragon. Lesson 3: To turn a phrase into a sentence using interesting sentence starters, powerful verbs, conjunctions and prepositions. Lesson 4: To write a character description. Lesson 5: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.
Beegu - Prediction based on Pg 2
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Beegu - Prediction based on Pg 2

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This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on 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.
The Storm Whale- Prediction from front cover
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The Storm Whale- Prediction from front cover

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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 Storm Whale by Benji Davies. 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.
Grandad's Island by Benji Davies - comprehension questions
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Grandad's Island by Benji Davies - comprehension questions

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This is a 6 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, Grandad’s Island. The lessons are based on reading comprehension and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. Some learning zooms in to making predictions based on the front cover. Other focus on predictions teaches the learners to use what is already known from the text and pictures to predict what will happen next. Children can then apply these skills learnt to other books that they read. 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 and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To identify nouns Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 -Comprehension: To make a prediction. Lesson 4 - Comprehension: To make a prediction. Lesson 5 - Comprehension: To make a prediction. Lesson 6 - Grammar: To raise questions. For other lessons on 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 Setting description of Grandad’s Island: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-describing-a-setting-12412064