A sequence of lessons to get pupils to use adjectives, persuasive writing and to evaluate themed around a creative project building pirate forts as part of a topic following the book Treasure Island. I used it in English lessons but could be adapted for DT.

I used this for revision for my class. The items sold in the shop are a bit silly/childish because that’s what my class likes but they could quickly and easily be changed with find and replace if you don’t like them.

Finding percentages and converting percentages worksheets.

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.

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).

6 page SEN handbook with basic information on SEN, teachers responsibilities to SEN learners and strategies to troubleshoot various issues e.g. off task behavior, organisation, time management, specific learning difficulties etc. There is also a section on exams and exam technique that can be given to students to support them with assessments.

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.

Worksheets allowing pupils to make predictions or suggestions about the book based on the cover differentiated to 3 different levels.

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.

Reading comprehension and writing tasks based around Ninja Equipment.

Reading comprehension activity based on the history of Ninja. Includes short text and questions.

Illustrated time line and labelling/matching activity.

Analysing the description of The Captain from the opening of Treasure Island.

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.

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.

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.

A design activity based around tanks including drawing annotated diagrams and evaluating your design.

Step by step method and one worked example of each. 4 Worksheets in total.

Explanation and one step by step example.