Information about tanks of the future with illustration that I used for a reading/research activity where my student summarised each section into one or two sentences. you could also make comprehension questions to use with this.
This is suitable for Entry Level Certificate or very basic GCSE students as an initial introduction (Note: I have simplified this a lot for my ELC students so some scientists may feel parts are wrong)
Survey to find the cost people with pay for a Bacon Sandwich followed by 3 activities to create a pictogram, scatter graph and a bar graph.
Because I work in a special school we have been able to make and sell bacon sandwiches which has been motivating for pupils.
Following of from writing about the description of The Captain at the opening of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island this activity gets students to write their own description of a pirate encouraging the use of adjectives, similes, metaphors, and speech, with speech marks.
There is then a guided self and peer assessment activities followed by redrafting and final write up. I used this over a sequence of 3 lessons but mainstream learners would progress more quickly.
Following on from my free resource The Captain.