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.

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

A film project designed for y9, but could be adapted for any ks3 group. The project is designed to last for 5/6 lessons. Student activities are focused on Spanish character descriptions, giving opinions, film comprehension questions, past tense and future tense verbs, dictionary skills, film predictions, film review in English, film summary in Spanish. Student booklet is ready to print and teacher powerpoint clearly shows each of the lessons.

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.

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

Having had a lot of interest on social media, I have decided to make available (for the cost of 1 English pint of beer!) the PowerPoint that I use to help teach the scheme. The PowerPoint covers 16 1 hour lessons, including 2 assessments, one written (included with answer sheet, and one Socrative, again, the link and SOC code are included). The making will take longer than first thought, though as the resource is completely editable can be adapted for all needs and expectations. Each lesson is just one A4 portrait slide - when in presentation mode, press the + and - buttons to zoom into an area and back out again - forgive me if I’m teaching ‘grandma to suck eggs’! I hope this save you a lot of prep time, and for the cost of a beer I think it is well worth it! Cheers! Oz Bennett

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.

This is a Playground Project activity I have used many times before and adapted it to suit the needs of the age group and audience. I have provided a wide variety of tasks which will hopefully allow all children to develop creativity in their presentation skills and writing tasks. I have used this as an after SATs activity and it worked pretty well.

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.

A 6-lesson mini scheme of work, ‘The Island Project’ is a creative writing scheme that imagines the students have been stranded on a deserted island. Written in the form of journal entries, this scheme allows students to develop their creative writing skills, understand how to build descriptions and write to persuade and inform. Lessons are fully planned with a starter and learning objective. There is opportunity for peer assessment at the end of each lesson to encourage further development. File in this resource: The Island Project - PowerPoint of all lessons.

Looking for a KS3 creative writing booklet for the Easter, Christmas or summer holidays? Look no further! This booklet is made up of 11 sections, which include: 1/ How to describe settings 2/ How to describe characters 3/ How to choose a narrative structure 4/ How to use punctuation with accuracy and for effect 5/ How to research and plan a story 6/ A full example story and tasks reflecting on that 7/ How to write the story, with self-reflection checkpoints 8/ How to redraft and proofread a story 9/ How to create a title for a story 10/ How to design a book cover and blurb 11/ A premade teacher feedback slip Enjoy!

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.

Barnabus project by the fan brothers English planning for KS1 - aimed at year 1 or beginning of year 2 . 11 lessons can easily shortened to 8 or 9 lessons. Also leaves scope for adding PSHE based lessons around what makes a perfect pet/ do we need to be perfect? Lesson 1 I can answer questions in response to a story Lesson 2 I can give reasons for sorting animals Lesson 3 I can write sentences to describe a pet Lesson 4 I can write instructions Lesson 5 I can use adjectives to describe a pet Lesson 6 I can create my own hybrid pet Lesson 7 I can write sentences about my pet Lesson 8 I can write instructions for lookingafter my pet Lesson 9 I can write a fact file for my pet Lesson 10 I can edit my work Lesson 11 I can re-draft my work

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.

This resource is a complete 6-9 week KS3 unit on the planning and making of bookmark. It includes 6 other stitches: cross-stitch, running stitch, daisy chain, chain, blanket and sewing on a button. It can be joined to any reading promotion project. It provides all the visual imagery on how the stitches look. This resource contains student examples and is EAL friendly, as language is clear and is used in conjunction with visual imagery.

Pupils’ love being creative with this hands-on project. Students are tasked with creating a mini prototype piece of flat-pack furniture for a furniture manufacturer. I have used Cardboard and envelopes (to personify flat-pack packaging) with a craft knife but this project could be adapted for other materials such as HIPS or wood. Also Included are differentiated resources and student/teacher examples. In this series of lesson, students are introduced to the benefits of flat pack furniture in logistics and manufacturing through class discussions and group tasks. They then create their own piece of ‘to-scale’ cardboard furniture that can be disassembled and flat packed. Students work in teams of four with a skills mapping sheet and are each assigned the job role of ‘Designer’, ‘Manufacturer’, ‘Quality Control’ and ‘Team Leader’. There is are also guides included to help with the design and assembly of their product. Introduction to SOW ♦ Class discussion/group tasks on flat pack furniture ♦ Modelling ♦ Optional extension Activities should be spread over 2/3 lessons If you enjoyed this lesson, please see the other lessons in this or other Product Design series/SOW (where the full iterative design process is covered). In this unit, pupils will gain an understanding into what is product design and the creative process of a designer, from initial ideas, final isometric sketching, writing a specification and clay model making (prototyping). If you enjoyed this project/scheme of work. Please visit my shop where there are a range of creative and engaging design and engineering projects. ↠This file may be zipped. Once downloaded right click the file and select ‘extract all’ to open. ↞ ✎Please note I am a UK seller and unless otherwise stated the product uses standard English. This should not affect the use of this product in other countries. ✎ ♥ After using this product please leave a rating and comment. ♦ If there are any issues with the product please contact me (via the Ask a Question tab) before leaving feedback. © DesignandEngineering

An easy to follow group project which asks students to create a Kahoot Quiz to test their peers. This is a versatile resource which can be used in nearly any subject, I have used this in English and Spanish. Includes: Group roles and Instructions Printable Kahoot question planner

I created this booklet for 3 lessons of cover work with a non-specialist cover teacher. It involves collaborative group work and cross-curricular links with their English focus of persuasive writing/speech. I have lovingly lifted some maps and the English persuasive techniques devices from existing resources - gracias!

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.