This is a 5 day tried and tested DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds as well as accompanying resources. All the lessons follow in sequence and the ideas lead up to the long writing task which is to write a postcard and the learners’ can use their ideas from Day 1 to Day 4. It includes a word banks to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and the assessment at the end of the lesson is based on the success criteria. Lesson 1: To identify nouns in a picture. Lesson 2: To answer a range of questions. Lesson 3: To make a prediction. Lesson 4: To use capital letters and full stops. Lesson 5: To write a postcard. Please leave a review, for discounts on other featured resources. For other teaching resources on Grandad’s Island see : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/grandad-s-island-describing-a-setting-12412064

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd- Prediction from front cover The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.

This is a 10 day (80 pages) DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources to teach character description - Max and is based on the book, Where the Wild Things Are. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and is pitched at National Curriculum levels for Y1 and Y2. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write a character description of Max. Thereafter, the last two lessons is to innovate and plan and write a new character for, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Most lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are adapted and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself. Lesson 1: Grammar: L.O: To use common nouns and adjectives (about Max) Lesson 2: Comprehension: LO: To raise questions. (about Max) Lesson 3: Comprehension: LO: To answer questions (about Max) Lesson 4: Grammar: LO: To use adverbs. (based on the story) Lesson 5 - Grammar: LO: To use a range of adjectives or expanded nouns to describe a character. (Role on the wall) Lesson 6: Speaking and Listening: To participate in roleplay and ask questions (about Max) Lesson 7: Planning: To plan a character description (about Max) Lesson 8: Composition: To write a character description (about Max) Lesson 9: Planning: To plan a character description. (new character) Lesson 10: Composition: To write a character description. (new character) For other resources for the book, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’, please see: Prediction based on the front cover https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12783319 Postcard from Max to mum whilst on the island https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12831161

This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation. Lesson 4 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases. Lesson 5: Grammar: To create similes. Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the middle of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs. Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the middle of a story. For other resources on the Egyptian Cinderella see: The Egyptian Cinderella – writing the opening to the story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-7complete-lessons-leading-up-to-writing-the-opening-to-the-story-12714755 The Egyptian Cinderella - character description of Rhodopis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-character-description-of-rhodopis-12411568 The Egyptian Cinderella – setting description of the River Nile https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-egyptian-cinderella-river-nile-12412040

This is an 8 day DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with a success criteria for each lesson, talk tasks, learner tasks as well as accompanying resources for the book, The Egyptian Cinderella. The lessons include comprehension and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether comprehension or grammar builds up to the long writing task, which is to write the middle of the story, The Egyptian Cinderella. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Some lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive and you can model the tasks on the PowerPoint itself. Lesson 1 - Comprehension: To raise questions. Lesson 2- Comprehension: To answer questions. Lesson 3 - Grammar: To use speech punctuation. Lesson 4 - Grammar: To create expanded noun phrases. Lesson 5: Grammar: To edit sentences. Lesson 6 - Composition: To plan the ending of a story. Lesson 7 - Grammar: To use adverbs. Lesson 8 - Composition: To write the ending of a story. For other resources on the Egyptian Cinderella see: The Egyptian Cinderella – writing the opening of the story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-7complete-lessons-leading-up-to-writing-the-opening-to-the-story-12714755 The Egyptian Cinderella – writing the middle of the story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-write-the-middle-of-the-story-12716147 The Egyptian Cinderella - character description of Rhodopis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-egyptian-cinderella-character-description-of-rhodopis-12411568 The Egyptian Cinderella – setting description of the River Nile https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/setting-description-egyptian-cinderella-river-nile-12412040

This is a differentiated resource to support the planning of a descriptive setting.

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.

There are two worksheets. One for the teacher to model using a familiar story-Jack and the Beanstalk and the children get to predict based on the cover of Stone Age Boy. For other lessons and resources on Stone Age Boy, please see: Stone Age Boy-writing the middle of story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-middle-of-story-12720780 Stone Age Boy-writing the end of story https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-write-the-ending-of-the-story-12720889 Stone Age Boy - bundle (beginning, middle and end https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-writing-the-story-12720905 Stone Age Boy- character description https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/describing-the-stone-age-boy-and-girl-12408103 Setting descriptions based on Stone Age Boy https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-3-weeks-planning-covering-descriptive-writing-12423650

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds and accompanying resources. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. The learning objective is making a prediction based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning.

This is a 4 day English plan complete with success criteria for each day and accompanying resources to support Cross Curricular teaching of the topic, The Boy with the Bronze Axe. One of the tasks can be used as an independent write after you have taught them how to describe one of the characters, preferably after teaching the book so that you can make references to character at each point. The book, The Boy with the Bronze Axe can be used. The activity is based on describing Tenko(height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes and includes a success criteria and picture stimulus on each page. The planning task also includes an extension. Lesson 1: To use expanded nouns and adjectives to describe a character. Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.

This is a black and white resource with numbers 1 to 1000 on a number square. It can be displayed on your Maths working wall after being printed on A3 so that children can refer to it. This resource can be used to promote independence of learners that may otherwise struggle with ordering numbers and knowing the place value of numbers from 1 to 1000. It can also be printed for individual learner use and used as part of an individual maths toolkit until the learner becomes familiar with numbers 1 to 1000.

This is an 4 day English plan complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Edmund. The activities is based on role on the wall, describing Edmund’s (height, weight, hair, face, eyes, mouth,teeth, clothes, emotions, voice,speech and movement using adjectives or expanded nouns, powerful verbs and similes Lesson 1: To use adjectives and expanded nouns - role on wall activity Lesson 2: To plan a character description. Lesson 3: To write a character description. Lesson 4: L.O: To edit a piece of writing.

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.

This is a 6 day Teaching Powerpoint complete with success criteria’s and differentiated resources that leads to a long writing task - character description of Sophie. Daily planning is included. The lessons include talk tasks and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels. See breakdown of teaching materials below. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether role play or grammar builds up to the long writing task. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive . The powerpoint allows you to teach and model the writing. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 4 and interweave it into the Long Write. Lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners and a word bank for all children for the long write. Lesson 1: Comprehension : L.O: To raise a range of questions. ( about Sophie ) Lesson 2: Grammar : LO: To use a range of adjectives or expanded nouns to describe a character. Lesson 3: Planning: To plan a character description Lesson 4 : Speaking and Listening : To participate in roleplay and ask questions ( about Sophie) Lesson 5 : Composition : To write a character description Lesson 6: Editing : To edit and evaluate my writing For other resources for THE BFG, please see : Describing the BFG https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12408017 Prediction based on front cover of the BFG https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12665844 Enjoy and happy teaching.

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: The Twits by Roald Dahl. The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: Wonder by R.J Palacio- prediction from front cover The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.

This is a 1 day DIFFERENTIATED English plan/ TEACHING POWERPOINT complete with success criteria’s for the task and differentiated scaffolds for the book: Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson The learning objective is making a PREDICTION based on the clues given on the FRONT COVER. The teaching input and questions guide children to making predictions and to give reasons for their prediction, teaching them to pay attention to all the clues given on the front cover. The lesson also includes a grammar focus of nouns and adjectives. The teaching powerpoint allows you to model answers on the different task pages. It includes a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners. This lesson gives guidance on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners’ already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task (this works wonders for their self esteem), differentiated tasks that are progressive from MILD to Spicy, Spicy to Hot and from HOT to Extra HOT and assessment at the end of the lesson against the success criteria to assess learning and inform future planning.