The Giver – Adapted & SEN-Friendly Writing Lessons

The Giver – Adapted & SEN-Friendly Writing Lessons

The Giver – SEN-friendly and adapted writing lessons designed to support pupils with SEN/SEND, dyslexia, EAL, lower reading ages and additional learning needs.

These accessible writing lessons use Lois Lowry’s The Giver as a stimulus for developing essential English writing skills, while providing clear scaffolding and differentiated support for learners who may find extended writing challenging.

The lessons are ideal for KS3 English, lower-attaining students, literacy intervention, small-group teaching, 1:1 support and mixed-ability classrooms.

Perfect for:

• SEN / SEND learners
• Dyslexic students
• EAL learners
• Lower-attaining readers and writers
• Students with additional learning needs
• Literacy intervention
• KS3 English
• Mixed-ability English classes
• Small-group and 1:1 teaching
• Independent writing practice

Key features:

• SEN-friendly and accessible writing activities
• Adapted and simplified instructions
• Step-by-step writing scaffolds
• Sentence starters and writing frames
• Vocabulary support
• Modelled writing
• Guided writing activities
• Structured paragraph support
• Differentiated tasks
• Opportunities for independent writing
• Clear, student-friendly layouts
• Support for developing confidence in extended writing

Students are supported to develop vocabulary, sentence construction, descriptive writing, creative writing, characterisation, setting, paragraph structure and extended written responses through engaging activities linked to The Giver.

The resources can be used as stand-alone writing lessons, intervention activities, revision, homework or part of a wider The Giver unit.

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