Lesson objective: To generate and describe linear number sequences
In this lesson, students will be taught how to identify the rule of a number sequence. They will then complete a range of problems which require them to identify and generate their own number sequences by finding the rule in one and two-step equations.
3 differentiated activity sheets are provided with answers.
Duration: 1 hour
This is an engaging lesson which comes with an interactive power point presentation and all corresponding activity worksheets. It is designed for Year 6 but could easily be modified to suit lower KS2 and KS3.
In this lesson, students will learn what dissolving is including terminology such as solution, solute and solvent. They will learn how to differentiate between dissolving and melting and will complete a quiz on what they have learnt.
They will test materials for their solubility by dissolving them in water following the experiment proforma before analysing and presenting their results.
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children’s fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit is set within Tolkien’s fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit.
This lesson is based on The Hobbit, Chapter 2. It looks at the rules for speech punctuation and how to alter speech according to different characters. Students will add in the correct speech punctuation to an extract as well as write the dialogue for a clip of the trolls.
A great lesson for studying speech and/ or the novel.
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This sequence of lessons is based on the Victorian period. The model story ‘The Fall’ tells the story of a young coal miner who is nearly involved in a mine disaster. The lessons cover how to write a story, links to the Victorians and SPAG coverage.
The unit lessons follow this sequence:
Lesson 1- Show what you know
Lesson2- whole class guided reading on the story ‘The Fall’
Lesson 3- identifying suspense
Lesson 4- Identifying adverbials and subordinate clauses
Lesson 5- Planning own historical fiction story
Lesson 6- whole class guided reading- Queen Victoria
Lesson 7- Writing the opening
Lesson 8- Writing the build up
Lesson 9- Writing the problem
Lesson 10- Writing the resolution and ending
Lesson 11 & 12- Writing own historical fiction story
Lesson 13-15- editing, improving and sharing stories
These lessons are intended for use with Year 5 & 6 children, however they can be easily modified to suit KS3 and lower KS2.
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Persuasive Advertising is a type of product promotion that aims to persuade a consumer for buying a particular product.
In this lesson, students will learn the FREDEPTORS acronym for:
F- facts and font
R- repetition
E- exaggeration
D- description
E- emotive language
P- pictures
T- the rule of three
O- opinions
R- rhetorical questions
S- slogans
They will look at a range of persuasive adverts and will be challenged to decide how they are made persuasive to their audience. They will then try to sell an item themselves using these techniques using the activity sheet provided.
In this lesson students will learn the difference between direct and indirect speech. They will identify this in a newspaper report and write their own version of a newspaper report using both versions of speech.
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Lesson objective: To compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles.
In this lessson, students will recap 2d shapes and their properties such as lines of symmetry and parallel lines. They will look closely at the different types of triangles and will play ‘Who am I?’ guessing the different shapes. They will then learn how to calculate missing angles in triangles and to consider the properties of the different triangles when doing so.
3 levels of differentiated activity sheets are then provided as well as answer sheets.
Duration: 1-2 hours.
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In this lesson, students will work towards the objectives: To describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system and to describe the sun, Earth and moon as approximately spherical bodies.
They will first learn about how the Solar System formed before learning how we know that the planets are spherical. After this, they will be tasked to explain what they have learnt so far. Following this, they will learn about how the planets orbit the Sun and will be tasked to demonstrate this by creating a Solar System from toilet roll and fruit.
The presentation- with links to online video clips and an activity sheet are all provided.
This lesson is intended for Year 5 students but can easily be modified for all KS2 and KS3 students.
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In this lesson, students will compare the lives of rich and poor Victorian children. They will learn what jobs poor Victorian children did through videos and reading and will undertake research on each of these: ideas will be given.
They will also learn about how the lives of Victorian children were changed as a result of the actions of Dr Barnardo and Lord Shaftesbury and will be tasked to write a persuasive letter to Queen Victoria arguing for the rights of Victorian children.
All resources for this lesson are provided.
This lesson is intended for KS2 but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
At its height, the Roman Empire ruled over much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. In this lesson, students will investigate how the Roman Empire finally fell. They will learn what an ‘empire’ is. How far the Roman Empire spread, where it covered at its peak and the events that led to its fall.
As an activity they will complete questions on the text read and plot the events of the fall on a timeline. They will also write a script to serve as the commentary to the video clip of Rome’s rise and fall.
This lesson is intended for KS2 students but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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A help sheet to support children identify and use prepositions in their writing.
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In this unit of work students will explore:
Impressionism
Pointillism
Surrealism
Abstract Art
Pop Art
This unit of work comes with an engaging presentation and detailed medium term plan. Great for KS2 and KS3 students.
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In this lesson, students will identify common factors and common multiples. They will learn what a highest common factor is, a lowest common multiple and will problem solve with factors and multiples.
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In this lesson, students will learn what the metric and imperial units of measurement are and will relate these to objects in real life contexts. They will learn how to convert between the two and during the activity will practise this skill. They will also complete word problems and be encouraged to produce a poster as a help sheet for themselves.
The activity sheets come in 3 different levels and answer sheets are provided.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
Increase their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and books from other cultures and traditions
Check that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context
Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
Pupils will learn the background and context of the tale and then read it as a class. A teacher’s version is attached which gives ideas of questions to pose throughout reading. Following this, pupils will answer a range of comprehension questions requiring them to infer, deduce, retrieve and evaluate.
In this lesson students will learn to interpret and construct line graphs and use these to solve problems. They will look at when line graphs are used, how they are structured and they will how to draw their own.
3 differentiated worksheets of past SATs questions provided with answers.
Duration: 1 hour
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In this lesson, pupils will learn how to translate and reflect shapes in a 4-quadrant axis. They will then complete a number of past SATs questions which require them to use their reasoning and problem solving skills.
Worksheets on both translation and reflection are provided with the mark schemes.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
-Ask questions to improve their understanding
-Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction
Pupils will look at a short extract from the text and be asked to infer what the text is about. They will then read the text as a class with the teacher posing questions throughout. They will then complete comprehension questions on the text before ‘hot-seating’ the subject of the biography to better understand their life.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
-Participate in discussions about books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, building on their own and others’ ideas and challenging views courteously
-Read books that are structured in different ways and read for a range of purposes
Pupils will first discuss formal and informal vocabulary before reading two versions of a school letter to parents. As a class, both texts will be compared with pupils asked which is most appropriate. Their task is then to write their own letter as a headteacher explaining an incident in school using the formal letter as a WAGOLL.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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This lesson focuses on 3 NC objectives:
-Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence
-Prepare poems and plays to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience
-Continue to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
In this lesson, pupils will learn what Blood Brothers is and will read the text as a class with questions posed by the teacher. They will then complete comprehension questions on the text and will continue the next part of the playscript. An example of how to do this is provided for them.
This lesson is suitable to KS2 children but can easily be modified to suit KS3.
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