A reading record I put together for my Y7, Y8 and Y9 pupils. Included is space for pupils to record what they are reading and comments (a reading log), recommended reads as well as reading activities for pupils to complete.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for War Poetry, aimed primarily at Year 8 (but can be adapted to suit Year 9). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). The unit looks at many different poems from Who’s for the Game? and Disabled to In Flanders Field, Suicide in the Trenches and Dulce et Decorum Est Blessing as well as the causes of WW1, use of propaganda, trenches, life as a soldier and the Christmas Truce. All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment and a reading assessment (comparison essay).

A collection of marking stickers that I have used very successfully in lessons. Some are even personalised (just change my name to yours). It can save a lot of time in writing comments in pupils’ books!

Fully planned and resourced 5 week scheme of work for a general introduction/background to Shakespeare with a focus on Romeo and Juliet. Included are: unit overview, detailed weekly short term plans, PowerPoint for each lesson along with all resources. Lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills. Lessons are aimed at Year 8 but can be easily adapted to suit other year groups. Planned and ready to teach!

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for The Circus of Nibblewick, aimed primarily at Year 5 (but can be adapted to suit Year 4 and 6). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). The unit focuses on the fictional town of Nibbleswick and their reaction to a circus coming to town. Lessons range from the history of the circus, circus acts and the controversy it causes to exploring argument writing features and writing a letter and creating advertising materials using presentational devices… All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for the novel The Tornado Chasers, aimed primarily at Year 6 (but can be adapted to suit Year 5). Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills and also includes a writing assessment.

A fully planned, resourced and ready to teach scheme of work for classic children’s fiction aimed primarily at Year 6 (but can be adapted to suit Year 5). The unit covers texts such as Oliver Twist, Treasure Island, Goodnight Mr Tom, The Hound of the Baskervilles and Alice in Wonderland. Included is a unit overview, weekly lessons plans, a PowerPoint to accompany each lesson as well as all resources needed (differentiated ones included). All lessons cover reading, writing and spoken language skills.

A lesson that I put together for my new Year 8 class all about WW1 trenches. We study War Poetry in the Autumn term so this serves as a little introduction as to the sort of lessons we will be doing.

To help pupils recap key word classes in preparation for the SPAG test, I have created a simple PPT where pupils are given a sentence and then must label each word with its word class as well as identifying what type of sentence it is. It has proved extremely useful as a quick starter to a grammar lesson.