Classroom expectations to stick in the front of exercise books

6 PowerPoints and 6 resource sheets: 4-6 hours of work comprising of SPaG skills and writing to describe, suitable for low ability students. Created for once weekly literacy support group. Includes collaborative learning activities.

Used with lowest ability year 7 intervention class. Includes resources themes of Gillian Floyd's 'My sister is a monster', Kenn Nesbitt's 'Mr Brown the circus clown' and 'Digging for diamonds', 'Bee on my Nose' by R. Wayne Edwards, Total resources= 14 Includes: 1 x PowerPoint on similes used with colours 1 x PowerPoint with level 2-4 descriptors 1 x copy of My Sister is a Monster 1 x exemplar story/teacher model of writing narrative from poetry prompt 1 x PowerPoint showing onomatopoeic words 1 x poems of Nesbitt/Edwards (rhyming poetry) 2 x PowerPoints with rhyming games 1 x PowerPoint with success criteria for writing acrostic poems 1 x similes PowerPoint 1 x link to speech marks game 1 x PowerPoint with success criteria for writing a narrative on My Sister is a monster 1 x PowerPoint to revise alphabet 1 x word cloud where students have to match up rhyming words before selecting pairs of words for writing their own poem

PowerPoint to introduce drop in clauses; received outstanding in lesson observation.

A KS3 writing to argue/transactional writing lesson with collaborative learning activities. A PowerPoint with a number of activities, including: key words, videos on gender stereotypes, introduction to argument/counter-argument, scaffolding, modelling and independent writing. Created for year 7.

A lesson on discrimination, created to teach my year 7 class about equality and human rights. Could easily be used with any year group at KS3 or 4 Activities include discussion, watching clips, paired work, group work and writing activity.

Coraline wordsearch

Writing to argue lesson teaching argument and counterargument

Of Mice and Men roaring twenties context starter

Article and accompanying reading activities on bungee jumping.

Comprehension task and article. Lemon sharks.

Activities to revise punctuation marks including self evaluation

War Horse SOL adapted from Collins free SOL 49 resources

List of language devices with examples

T-Rex and velociraptor brainstorm for use when watching selected clips from Jurassic Park for inspiring writing to describe/narrate

Of Mice and Men word cloud USA shaped- key words

Lord of The Flies Word Cloud- key words- in shape of a pig

Romeo and Juliet Word Cloud (heart shaped)- Key words

Twilight word cloud (heart-shaped)

Word cloud in shape of lightning bolt with key words from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone