Here are two 30+ page English work packs I made for my SEMH Y8 and Y9 students who are self-isolating. It has sections on SPaG, reading and writing, with an extras section at the back with some fun creative tasks. They will easily suit upper KS2 though. They might look a bit wonky in the preview but they are properly formatted- all you need to do is print them double-sided and staple! One is aimed at low-ability KS3 students (at the old NC levels 3-4 or thereabouts) and the other medium- to high-ability students who are levels 5+. Please leave a review if you can. I’d really appreciate it. Hope they help you. Stay safe!

I made this SOW for my Y7s in an inner-city all-boys school as a way of getting them familiar with some canonical gothic literature before they study it later on in KS3. They produced some wonderful writing. Hopefully it will save some time and afford you a glass of wine if you find it useful. Forgive any errors- it was written bleary-eyed in my first HT as an NQT. Some of the videos are long. Start the J&H cartoon at 5mins and the Dracula clip 16mins until 19mins or so. A few bits are lifted from TES, so am carrying on the sharing that has saved me time. Contact me if you need anything else!

This is a one-off lesson that was team taught by myself and three of my G&T students to my high ability Year 7s. They came to me with an idea for a lesson and they worked on characters and their fact files. I planned the lesson around these and they delivered part of it. They fielded the questions (in costume!) and took on TA roles to make sure all groups knew what they were doing. The answer the newspaper groups should be getting is Idan Trueblade - the jealous best friend. There are some confusing red herrings in there though. This can be easily differentiated down. All handouts are on the presentation. Hope it helps! Any questions or if you need more information, just let me know.

This is a fun GSCE revision lesson that reinforces quotes and context, etc. It has rounds on themes, quotes and Pictionary, etc. It makes for a nice break from the revision grind!

This is a fully formulated spreadsheet with a promotion zone, middle of the table zone and relegation zone (I know there’s no promotion zone in the Prem- humour me!) You enter reward points in as the weeks go by and you can order who’s where by the points by using the ‘sort largest to smallest’ function. It’s super easy to use, easy to introduce with classes, and if yours are as football mad and competitive as mine, it should be effective! I use the final half term points to see if they’ve met the class reward trip on the points thermometer on my wall. Please get in touch if you have any questions, and leave a review with suggestions or feedback. It’d be very much appreciated.

Here is a complete lesson that is fully differentiated and has clear links to the PSHE curriculum too. This lesson was observed by Ofsted and went down very well. Used as a lesson on imperatives with KS3 SEND students, they become agony aunts and answer a dilemma by writing a response. It could used successfully with UKS2, LKS3 and EAL students too! Download includes: WALT and differentiated WILFs (purple = HA, gold = MA and Blue = LA) 3 differentiated letters for the students to respond to (included on presentation slides) Differentiated Bingo Sheets *Bingo sheets and differentiated letters are included as slides after the presentation! I hope it goes well, and more importantly, saves you some crucial time! Please review with feedback and suggestions! I’d really appreciate it.

A lesson I made for my KS4 SEND class on Charity, as part of a Different Types of Media unit.

Resources for an analysis lesson on Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger

A restorative reflection sheet to be used after a behavioural incident.

Resourced and Differentiated lesson based on the amazing poem by Mike Garry.

Here is a lesson that I used to get my KS4 SEND class’ imaginations going, and to also gauge their resourcefulness! It was lots of fun and involved banging everything from shoes to frying pans on the wall (sorry, caretaker!). You obviously don’t have to do this, though! It could be for UKS2, mainstream KS3 and EAL students too. The PowerPoint includes fully differentiated WILFs, differentiated tasks and opportunities for self-assessment. I hope you enjoy it and it saves you a bit of time! Please leave a review to give feedback or to leave suggestions. I’d really appreciate it.

This is a lesson that uses extracts to compare two very different, very gruff characters. It introduces a bit of 19th Century literature too, getting younger KS3 students at least a little familiar with what’s in store for them! This download includes: Detailed lesson plan Bright, engaging PowerPoint presentation with differentiated objectives Writing frames Quote sheets Extracts Templates for the Boggle starter Hope it saves you some time. Please feel free to leave feedback or any suggestions. I’d really appreciate that.

Here is a set of two lessons I developed for my G&T Students when interviewing both of these remarkable people. It would be a great exercise to carry out with GSCE aged students or HA KS3.

This is a fully resourced, fully differentiated and high-quality 9 document lesson that only takes about 5mins of prep time, depending on how fast you are with scissors! It’s based around creating recipes from random ingredients. Students will use imperative verbs to write recipes. I created it for my KS4 SEND class but it would work a treat for primary, early KS3 and EAL learners too. It could quite easily work as a fun transition activity on an open/taster day etc. I tried to make it as visual and fun as possible- Instructions isn’t the most exciting of topics! I used it for an observation and it was graded as Outstanding. You could easily extend it to include writing restaurant reviews or using some drama etc. Included: Lesson Plan - includes WALT, differentiated WILFs, primary national curriculum targets and differentiated ability group information. 3x worksheets (fully differentiated HA, MA and LA) PowerPoint - visual with WALT, WILFs and opportunities for self assessment and challenge. Starter cut-and-stick matching activity, which can then be used as a support sheet for the main task (you could differentiate this further by scrambling the words for HA, etc.) Plenary cards Differentiated food lists for tasks …all you need is some envelopes! Hopefully, it will save you some time planning and mean treating yourself to that glass of wine, extra boxset session or bath. Please take the time to leave some feedback letting me know how it worked for you and if you can suggest any improvements. I’d really appreciate it. N.B. I’ve left it how I use it, really- my class are far too competitive to have red, amber and green groups- they’d figure out who’s top and who’s bottom very quickly and it would cause no end of bother, hence why I have purple, gold and blue groups instead. I hope it’s straightforward!

This is a resource made for Y9 SEMH students. It touches on the idea of dystopias and utopias and will generate lots of student discussion about what makes a society ‘perfect’. It is part of our Y9 RE unit on suffering. It can be used for an English task or a standalone cover activity. It is highly visual and creative. It also has a numeracy element. There are two main tasks- the first is to create their idea of a better society with a budget and a differentiated question for each ability. The second is to create a tourism poster for their society. You will get a highly visual and engaging PowerPoint with differentiated outcomes for HA, MA and LA. There are three differentiated sheets, a price list and a poster design sheets.

Included are two files to coordinate a lesson where students are given random cards to formulate their own Shakespeare play. The first is a document to cut up and distribute into different envelopes/boxes etc. This includes character names, plots, jobs, antagonists and so on. I’ve tried to keep them as Shakespearean as possible! The other is a worksheet set that includes a plot mapper and a storyboard that they plan in six parts. I’ve used this a few times and it’s always been brilliant. I split the group into two and call them the Bards and the Players. We have a competition and develop props and staging. There are LOADS of ways you can develop this. I hope you enjoy using this. Please leave feedback or suggestions! It’d be really appreciated.

This resource is a standalone lesson on Frankenstein and the characterisation of his monster. It’s ideally used for HA Y7 up to LA Y9. Can easily be pitched up or down, however all resources are fully differentiated. It has lovely links to classroom discussion and can be used as a springboard for other horror/gothic work. This was an observation lesson and was graded as ‘Outstanding’. This resource is also part of a SOW: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/murderous-horror-stories-ks3-scheme-of-work-12109498

Hello! Thanks for viewing the resource. Included in this download: 1x highly visually engaging and fully differentiated lesson 3x differentiated worksheets to support group work. Covered in the lesson: James I Gunpowder Plot North Berwick Witch Trials For some reason, the previews on TES make the worksheets look a bit wonky. I promise they are ready to print and go! I hope it will engage your students and afford you a bit of extra self care time! Please check out my other Macbeth resources too. Always do get in contact if you have any questions or comments, and please leave a review if you can. I’d really appreciate the feedback.

Hello! Thanks for viewing the resource. Included in this download: 1x highly visually engaging and fully differentiated lesson 3x differentiated worksheets I hope it will engage your students and afford you a bit of extra self care time! Please check out my other Macbeth resources too. Always do get in contact if you have any questions or comments, and please leave a review if you can. I’d really appreciate the feedback.

I’m reuploading this resource of a very popular card game template with a different name so I don’t get another slap on the wrist! I teach SEND so these are giant sized and good for those students with weaker fine motor skills. It’s an engaging activity which takes little planning and is excellent for reinforcing learning/revision/hooking reluctant learners/generating discussions/etc. They’re super easy to make- get the students to populate the cards and then print, stick pages together, cut round and laminate two at a time. They can be brought back out for revision of topic areas covered and are suitable and adaptable for all subjects. Enjoy!