I have been teaching since 2010.
I am currently head of English and PE in a SEN school.
My specialist subject is English,
I enjoy making resources for a range of subjects and abilities.
Hope you find these useful and inspiring, and they help you to save some time.
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I have been teaching since 2010.
I am currently head of English and PE in a SEN school.
My specialist subject is English,
I enjoy making resources for a range of subjects and abilities.
Hope you find these useful and inspiring, and they help you to save some time.
Happy shopping
Set of literacy activities/lessons along with diffentiated writing frames to work alongside Around the World in 80 Days.
This would link in well with AO1 and A05 of GCSE or Step up to English
Resource is also suitable/adaptable for KS3/SEN students
All on 1 PowerPoint for ease.
Includes reading and writing activities
Hope you enjoy :)
PowerPoint presentation with writing frame included.
Can be used alongside Charlie and the Chocolate Factory audio or text.
Lesson activity that gets students discussing and writing using their 5 senses.
Will also need to purchase chocolate with this activity :)
Suitable for KS2/3/SEN
Suitable for KS2/3 PSHE/Careers/ ASDAN
Students are given writing frame to complete about what their strengths are and what they could improve.
PowerPoint to explain the differences between qualities and skills.
Students are then given a outline of a body and asked to write their qualities on the inside and skills around the outside.
Small but effective activity that can be adapted to suit learners.
I have created a engaging and interactive revision booklet for GCSE students who are sitting their GCSE.
It is focused around the writing questions (section B of the exams) AO5/6
(it can be used for other exam boards also)
It is detailed and contains key information regarding both papers with various exam style activities to aid revision. Each paper is broken down and contains revision material
It also looks at the stages of PAF, Linguistic techniques SPAG
It contains up to 40 pages and would fill a weeks worth of lessons easily. This can also be printed for students to complete independently for homework/revision.
My students have found this a worthwhile booklet and it has helped them loads
It can be adapted to suit different abilities
I have used it with KS3/4 students and SEN students.
Hope you enjoy :)
Exploring famous mythical creatures.
Reading Activity- comprehension task
Writing Activity- Creative writing.
Key facts and questions to help develop understanding of text.
Creative writing activity - create your own mythical creatures with word mat to help.
This can be used and adapted for KS2-KS4
Can be used in conjunction with AQA Step up to English, Component 2
All clipart is royality free and sourced from Pixabay
All information is sourced from various books and internet sites
A set of lessons on a PowerPoint presentation that can be used for EL English, lower GCSE.
The legend of sleepy Hollow
Dracula
Creative writing activities
Language analysis activities
43 slides
A resource made for students studying pirates or Treasure Island and looking at non-fiction literacy techniques.
Students are asked to create a letter using the template provided.
Literacy resource.
Useful for teaching KS2/3/SEN
Recount writing mat that can be laminated and used as a visual aid for students who require extra support.
Small activity to get students using the writing mat.
Resource is adaptable.
The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes literacy lessons (6 weeks worth)
A set of creative, differentiated literacy resources that link with KS2/KS3
Suitable for SEN students
Activities include:
-Writing a letter
-Writing poetry
Writing instructions
Drawing from description
Newspaper reports
Creating own story
Wanted posters
A Creative writing lesson (can be used for GCSE/KS3)
Students watch parts of the film and carry out a series of descriptive writing activities:
- Describing Scrooge and his personality
- Creative writing and the 3 spirits
- Scrooge’s transformation diary task
Writing frames included
PowerPoint presentation which helps students understand different punctuation marks and when to use them.
This is a visual presentation that can be printed and used as classroom display/posters.
There are two short activities for students to complete at the end of the presentation.
Punctuation marks addressed:
Full stops
Capital letters
Commas
Apostrophes
Colon
Semi-colon
Question Marks
Exclamation Marks
Hope you enjoy :)
Differentiated lesson activity and resources to develop creative writing skills with KS2/3 and SEN students.
Lesson concentrates on students extending their sentences.
Students look at giving more meaning and life to their writing by using adjectives and verbs.
All tasks are differentiated.
In the pack:
PowerPoint (11 slides) introducing lesson objectives, outlines differentiated tasks, includes x3 writing frames.
x3 self assessment and extending sentences writing frames
Lesson plan
Note: Word cards are not included these were brought from TES prior to the lesson
I used this for a lesson observation and got outstanding.
A small starter or plenary activity.
Suitable for GCSE/KS3/KS4/SEN
Cut out descriptions and characters and give to students.
They have to read the descriptions and draw picture of that character.
Students then match description to the real fictional character.
Good for getting students thinking about descriptions and creative writing.
PowerPoint presentation that includes full lesson and resources.
Starter- students draw from character descriptions
Activity 1: Students are given a picture of character and they need to write a description for other students to guess who they are describing
Activity 2: Students are given 3 key cards (setting, character and object) they need to create short story from this using adjectives and linguistic devices
Writing frames and resources all included
Suitable for KS3/4/GCSE/SEN
A useful resource for classes studying Billionaire Boy by David Walliams.
Journal highlights key chapters and a range of resources and activities that link to chapters.
Writing Letters
Writing Newspaper Report
Creating own Bum Fresh brand
Book Review
Creating own revolting recipes
Importance of friendship
If I had a billion pounds
Perfect for KS2/3/SEN
All on PowerPoint
Would provide enough work for a few weeks worth of lessons.
This resource can be adapted and used in a PSHE, Careers or a ASDAN PSD/CoPE lesson.
Activity 1- students research and complete the cost of living budget sheet. This enables them to work out their monthly costs and yearly costs
Activity 2- Students complete a budget for a weekly shopping comparing 3 supermarket prices.
I used this with a SEN class.
I created this pack which contains 33 worksheets to help students develop their money skills.
I used this pack for my AQA Entry level students in a SEN school. However it can be used for KS2/3/4
Worksheets can be adapted if needed .
This could cover a whole unit of work.
Topics include:
Recognising coins
Exchanging money
Addition
Converting pence to pound
Decimal notation
Working out change
Equivalent values
Using calculators
This pack is differentiated starting LA and working up towards HA (Entry level 1-3)
Hope this helps
Lesson Activity where students get to create their own pirate character.
PowerPoint includes lesson outline, characteristics table and writing frame
Suitable for KS2-KS4 and SEN students
Resource can be adapted.
Print writing frame on A3
Fun and engaging starter activity
Wordsearch- you need to find the definition to the description in the wordsearch
Helps consolidate students learning and understanding as well as improving spelling of key term definitions
Appropriate for KS3 and 4
AQA Step up to English
GCSE English Language
A simple writing frame to get students to plan a piece of creative writing using their senses.
This writing frame can be used to aid them to write about their summer/holidays.
Suitable for KS2/3/SEN
Can be adapted
Hope you find useful