Picture of the front cover with boxes in which to write your analysis. Differentiated to four different levels from blank to prompts and sentence starters.
Writing activity based on reading the blurb. One with questions to answer the other asking students to write what the blurb tells them and to explain why they think this.
A list of over 30 ways to differentiate broken up into no effort, low effort, medium effort and 'the extra mile' to support teachers to quickly and easily differentiate in lessons. Also, a large bank of teaching techniques to use in the classroom to make lessons engaging.
CPD session on identifying and teaching SEN learners. Learning outcomes: Understand the distinction between Barriers to learning and SEN.
Gain knowledge of the stigma associated with SEN.
explanation of and strategies for differentiation.
PPT with activities on identification of needs and labeling (and the problems of this).
A bundle of resources I used with as student with Autism who was finding creative wring challenging. Concrete experiences (receiving letters, doing a mock interview, photographs) and a clear structure helped him to construct a successful narrative with descriptions, and a clear structure.
Unit of work following the abridged version of Treasure Island edited by Pauline Francis in the ‘Fast Track Classics’ collection.
I think this could be easily adapted/extended to follow the original text.
A scheme of work based on an abridged copy of Treasure Island from the Fast Track Classics series by Pauline Francis. This includes a diary of questions and activities that follow the story and test comprehension of the text. There are also some extended activities based on the original text including some practical activities.
I used this unit of works over 12 lessons with a group of ASD students in Year 7 and 8.
Illustrated history of tanks. Can be used to cut and match information to pictures as a reading activity or for note taking or for information capture depending on how you set up your lesson.
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.
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.