Activities based around the picture book “The Barnabus Project”.

This engaging investigation activity allows students to use develop their innovation, creativity and collaboration skills to control the direction of their enterprise project. The resource set guides students through the entire project, from conception to evaluation, and includes resources/ guidance for the following activities: -Deciding upon different roles within their groups, in order to carry out multiple tasks effectively; -Designing a company name and appropriate logo and slogan; -Researching their product area, including competitors and USPs; -Conducting market research; -Budgeting; -Detailed product design; -Packaging design; -Creating instructions for users; -Formulating and presenting a persuasive pitch; -Surveying the target audience for their feedback; -Self-evaluating strengths and areas for development. A comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the project. There are at least a week’s worth of resources in here, enabling students to fully immerse themselves in the project. I orignally have used this with KS2 and KS3 students, but they could reasonably be adapted for students in KS4. All images have been cited at the end of the PowerPoint presentation and are licensed for commercial use.

5 lesson sheets which can be used as cover or homework to help students learn about creating and marketing a product centered around chocolate. Perfect for KS3 or KS4 Lessons are structured with tasks that involve looking at data and explaining ideas, persuasive writing, analysing language used in adverts, and writing a pitch (Dragons’ Den)

Attached are some resources for students to use in groups in order to make a magazine. This would be perfect for year 7 and 8 since from this age students need to be encouraged to read a wide range of non fiction texts in preparation for GCSE and magazines are a good place to start. I would suggest that you provide piles of different types of magazines for them inspect and scrutinize such as ones based on music, fashion, teen girl, cars, football/sport and gaming. Within their groups, students can assign roles and each student can plan and design their own page. Since I can't share images of front covers or pages from real magazines, I have left boxes on some of these planning sheets blank so that students can stick their own in to demonstrate their decision making. I have made these resources into PDFs so that the text boxes don't shift. The resources attached include: - Magazine Planning Sheet (a sheet to record their group's initial decisions) - Front Cover Analysis Sheets (provides space to stick examples and thinking prompts) - A suggested questionnaire for students to distribute or an exemplar which students can build on - Design a Contents Page - a planning resource - Design a Front Cover - a planning resource - Design a Letters or Problem Page - a planning resource - Design a Product Review - a planning resource - Page Templates - boxed sections to place text and images - Planning an Advert - a planning resource - Spellings - suggested spelling lists which can be adapted - Write a Feature Article - a planning resource.

A KS3 project (three-four lessons) to prepare students for a persuasive presentation on a chocolate bar they have designed. This resource is designed to prepare students for the following skills: Persuasive writing AFOREST devices Speaking and listening Understanding target audiences and purpose of text Improving vocabulary for non-fiction writing Lesson 1: LO: To analyse how advertisements use techniques to cater to differing audiences. Students watch advertisements of chocolate bars, exploring and discussing target audiences and persuasive techniques used in the adverts. Lesson 2: LO: To analyse how language is used to create effects and to persuade audiences. Students extend vocabulary to describe chocolates. Students practice using AFOREST devices to describe them and think about target audiences (packaging, flavour, etc.). You can either give the students the chocolates to taste, or you can just based this lesson on their knowledge of the chocolate flavours already. Lesson 3: LO: To create a speech that uses AFOREST and language devices to persuade audiences. Students to plan and create a chocolate bar of their own design, ready to present to the class. Students to vote on which chocolate bar was the most persuasive in its pitch to the target audience chosen by the student. Optional - extend L3 to a full writing lesson, followed by L4 as speaking and listening lesson.

Three differentiated project booklets, linked to the theme of oceans, to develop different English objectives. Each section has instructions so that the children can complete the learning independently if required. As shown in the preview of the middle difficulty resource. I mostly developed these for use in SEMH schools where the children responded better to having a project to work through. I have many of these booklets that follow different themes but with similar layouts so the children know what to expect and are confident in their ability to succeed. Lower difficulty:  I can explore adventurous vocabulary.  I can use interesting vocabulary in my sentences.  I can spell words with the /er/ sound spelt ‘or’ after w.  I can answer questions about an informative video.  I can pick out the key points of a recount.  I can write a recount. Middle Difficulty:  I can find synonyms for words.  I can use interesting vocabulary in my sentences.  I can spell words with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘ch’ (Greek in origin).  I can answer questions about an informative video.  I can pick out the key points of a recount.  I can write a recount. Highest Difficulty:  I can find synonyms for words.  I can use interesting vocabulary in my sentences.  I can spell words with ‘silent’ letters.  I can answer questions about an informative video.  I can pick out the key points of a recount.  I can write a recount.

Unit plan for teaching Persepolis at IBDP - 100 slides/25 lessons! 3 assessments: Formative project Investigative writing task Summative practice (written) IO Includes: Non-literary Paper 1 example texts A focus on texts in translations and key concepts Combination of creative and analytical Literary and Non-Literary tasks Emphasis on Global Issues and wider context of the texts Assessments provided as separate, editable files Quick Note - Slides were created on Google Slides and amended on Office 365 so any slight formatting issues should be easily addressed in PowerPoint or Google Slides.

7 lessons worth of non-fiction teaching and activities set for a Year Two class but could easily be adapted for any KS1 and LKS2. Activities look at descriptions using expanded noun phrases, features of non-chronological reports, planning and finally writing a report. Adaptable powerpoint and resources included. With thanks to Slidesgo for their colourful template.

Turn your favourite book into a board game. Stuck with what to do with your students in the final week of the summer term? Use this powerpoint and handy templates for a week’s lessons of fun. Students can choose any text they have studied with you over the year and create their own board game. This could be a brand new game or something inspired by a classic. Included is a powerpoint with rules and suggestions, and three templates inspired by monopoloy, snakes and ladders and cluedo. All are left blank so students can adapt. Ie. instead of snakes they could use prospero’s staff

The Barnabus Project – Vocabulary Book This handmade Vocabulary Book has been carefully created to support Year 4 children while reading The Barnabus Project. It contains key vocabulary selected directly from the text, helping pupils to deepen their understanding of the story and explore ambitious language. Each word includes: A clear, child-friendly definition The word class (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) Language chosen to be accessible, meaningful, and age-appropriate This book supports children to: Understand unfamiliar words in context. Use new vocabulary confidently in speaking and writing. Develop richer descriptions and more precise language. Build independence when reading challenging texts. The vocabulary has been carefully levelled to stretch Year 4 learners while remaining supportive, making it ideal for guided reading, writing tasks, and cross-curricular work linked to The Barnabus Project.

A fun, engaging group literacy project in which pupils design and pitch their own reality TV programme. Perfect for KS3 English, this structured resource supports pupils through the full creative process from generating ideas to producing a persuasive pitch. Designed for 4–6 lessons, the resource can be photocopied into a 12-page A5 booklet, making it ideal for project work, end-of-term activities or enrichment lessons. Pupils work collaboratively to develop their concept, plan episodes, create contestants and presenters, design promotional materials, and present their show professionally to the class. Skills practised include: • Persuasive writing • Speaking and listening / presentation skills • Collaboration and negotiation • Critical thinking and creativity • Avoiding stereotypes and promoting equality • Responding professionally to feedback and criticism The booklet includes pages on: What is a reality TV show? The BIG idea Deciding on your show Episode guide Presenters Contestants Application form Location Promotion TV advertising Professional debates Ideal for: • KS3 literacy projects • KS3 English lessons • End-of-term creative projects • Cover lessons or enrichment A low-prep, high-engagement resource that encourages creativity while building essential literacy and communication skills.

Series of lessons which allows students to design their own chocolate egg, packaging, produce a piece of sensory description and deliver a persuasive speech. Project uses persuasive language exploration and real life examples to explore how to embed language devices into a piece of writing. Encourages creativity through writing and design of new chocolate egg product. Includes Power Point and Word document with separate tasks. Power Point includes: Logo guessing game Descriptive language model Descriptive writing framework Slogan game Persuasive language devices Riddles and word play task Box design task Persuasive speech model Persuasive speech framework All images from Google. All videos from You Tube.

An accompanying booklet for the book ‘The Middle of Nowhere’ by Geraldine McCaughrean. This can be used as a stretch and challenge project for students to complete independently, or as a Guided Reading project for smaller groups of students. The booklet is divided into 6 weeks. Each week contains instructions on which pages to read, an accompanying vocabulary builder to support student vocabulary acquisition and cultural capital, and an overarching history-based question about the pages read. There are prompt ideas for students so scaffold their responses to the questions outlined. Instructions feature at the start of the booklet, as well as some introductory context to help support students’ understanding. This booklet can be used as a reading initiative in its own right, or alongside the English curriculum in a secondary setting.

Two extended booklets to promote Literacy in Year 7. Booklets start with word exploration, creativity through book Insta-posters/ book toks and work through comprehension skills. Attached with a Word Bank that students are expected to use alongside this project and in all cross-curricular lessons.

This booklet includes everything you need to immerse your pupils in a project that will encourage teamwork, creativity and perseverance. This is a perfect project for Year 6 after the SATS, to prepare for the transition to highschool and have some fun. Pupils work together to design a theme park, adhering to the costing limits, as well as creating designs and advertising campaigns that have links to maths, english, science, computing and DT. There are also opportunities to extend this project into different areas, depending on your pupils needs. This project can take as long or as little time as you want. Each team has a booklet and will come up with a name for their theme park. Groups will then assign each other a job role in their company so that some children can take a lead in designing, accounting, managing, and research. In this booklet, groups calculate the cost of their theme park for one day, the income made from admissions, and the total profit of the theme park. They will then do an advertising campaign, this could include a newspaper article, a poster, a radio advert or anything the children can come up with. There is also an opportunity to design a rollercoaster, and then build a prototype of this rollercoaster, using their knowledge from DT. At the end of the project, a company is chosen to build the theme park. This is based on a presentation of their ideas and the points gained throughout the project for teamwork, communication and perseverance. Included is an editable version of the booklet so you can adapt it to meet your class’ needs, as well as teaching slides that accompany the team booklet.

This class was made for international students studying Business English for the first time at roughly Cambridge BEC Preliminary level. It could also be a fun project for Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4 students who are new to studying business. It was over 10 hours of classes for my students, and about 15 hours including homework tasks. The PPT guides students through understanding important vocabulary for branding, analysing effective logos, conducting market research, understanding graphs, advertising techniques, creating and giving a pitch. It is designed as a group project in the style of the Apprentice and follows an Apprentice episode based on designing baby food. The students will be designing a new fast food restaurant.

An end of term project that allows students to design a themed cafe that they will create the branding and marketing for. They will need to consider their use of descriptive writing techniques for their menu items, persuasive writing in their advert and writing to inform for an article for the local newspaper. Finally, they need to bring everything together to create a pitch for their cafe to win £1,000,000 funding!

A selection of three dynamic tasks/challenges that students can do at home or in school, individually or in pairs. Part of an English diploma originally, these projects are creative yet entertaining: Write a letter to your future self Build a stage for your favourite book Turn your favourite book into a video game. Each task comes with powerpoint instructions.

Students create a magazine in groups, using this step-by-step guide and checklists to help them. A detailed overview of the project.

This is a seven week scheme of work, designed to be used over three-four lessons each week. There is also an activity booklet attached that students can use within lessons....the booklet provides quite a lot of the resources needed.

Series of activities for lower ability groups to accompany watching the film.