17 LESSONS (ONE HOUR LESSON PER CHAPTER OF BOOK) *resources for lessons included Engaging lessons based on ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ by J K Rowling. Lessons lead to a final assessment point where the children write their own descriptive story. Each lesson begins with key vocabulary for each chapter Originally created for a SEN Year 7 literacy class. Would work for Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 literacy lessons. Planning is high-quality from Head of Literacy at a secondary school and previous Year 6 teacher. The planning follows structure of practising skills in the following areas: Improving Vocabulary Reading Comprehension Writing techniques Applying skills POWERPOINT OF 107 SLIDES INCLUDED

4 weeks worth of high quality literacy planning! Plans created by literacy lead and year 6 teacher based on ‘Fox’ by Margaret Wild. Easy to follow SmartNotes leading to children independently creating an epilogue and a prologue for the story. Lessons were originally created and taught to a year 6 class but can be easily adapted to suit a younger year group. All lessons are engaging, easy to follow and informative. Plenty of grammar starters, videos/photos and opportunities for independent writing. *All plans are included as Powerpoints and PDFs as well. Perfect for online learning. Please leave a review

High quality guided reading planning to be taught alongside the novel ‘Skellig’ by David Almond. Perfect for a year 5/6 class. Amazing value with 9 weeks worth of 45minute lessons (3 per week). The planning uses the VIPER scheme, giving children plenty of opportunity to answer Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation and Retrieval. Lessons are available as a SMART notebook and as a Powerpoint. PDF of the lessons are also included which are great for online learning. *SATS style questions included Planning is high-quality and engaging. Please leave a review

High quality, engaging literacy planning! 3 weeks worth of literacy planning based on the story Tuesday by David Wiesner. This planning is suitable for Key Stage 2 pupils or SEN Key Stage 3 pupils. It was original successfully delivered to a Year 6 class. It could potentially be adapted for Key Stage 1. Each week has 4 lessons planned and includes all resources. End of unit outcome would be the children writing a fictional story. Planning overview, Smartnotes, PDFs and Powerpoints included. Please leave a review

Whole Class Guided Reading Planning for ‘The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips’ by Michael Morpurgo Previously taught to a year 6 class but would work for any KS2 class. can also be used as an intervention or extra literacy lessons for KS3. 4 x 30 minute lessons designed to be taught over 7 weeks Smart notebook and Powerpoints included Follows the VIPERS scheme Retrieval questions and SATs style questions included Designed to be taught alongside the whole text You will need a copy of the text Please leave a review

Intervention designed for the teaching and improving of vocabulary. Designed by a Head of Literacy at a secondary school. Previously worked really well in improving vocabulary. Focus on a range of Tier 2 words. The intervention is designed to be repetitive and thorough in the teaching of the new words. It can be used to support Key stage 2, 3 or 4 students. Structure: -Introduce new word Learn definition Create flash card for the new word Go through flashcards of all known words with new word added in Fill out Frayer model to support vocabulary consolidation Synonym challenge game Provided will be a Powerpoint with all new words (over 40), their definitions, synonyms. The first 2 lessons have notes attached to really easy to follow and plan from. The other lessons provide a blank canvas so students can fill in the Frayer model and make the flashcard as part of the learning process. Powerpoint and Excel spreadsheet of all the words are included.

A selection of short videos/songs/film trailers with comprehension questioned. Designed to rehearse comprehension skills such as inferencing, predicting explaining, retrieval and summarising but through videos. An engaging alternative for children who find reading challenging or daunting but still need support improving their comprehension skills. Used successfully in primary and secondary settings. A HUGE variety in clips- Please check suitability before showing to your class! All the following clips and questions are included. Suitable for Primary: The Bear short film Edgar the Dragon advert Rag n Bone Man- Grace song Becoming trailer Perfect Planet trailer 2020 Christmas adverts Suitable for Secondary: The Tale of the Three Brothers animation (year 6 would probably be fine) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas trailer (year 6 would probably be fine) TILL trailer BBC Who is Christopher? (short film about the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime) Room trailer

12, hour long lessons based on the book, ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry. Planning is high-quality and engaging. Lessons have been created by the Head of Literacy at a secondary school who previously was a primary school teacher. Originally planned for and taught to lower sets/ SEN year 7,8, 9 and 10 classes. Would work as an addition English scheme for lower sets, SEN English/literacy lessons, interventions, group work etc. The lessons are designed to help in improving vocabulary knowledge, reading comprehension levels and writing skills. Each lesson begins with 1 or 2 chapters of ‘The Giver’ being read aloud so you would need access to the text. Assessment opportunity built into the scheme. Powerpoint, resources and planning overview are all included. Please leave a review

Year 6 literacy planning for the book Alice in Wonderland. 3 weeks worth of high quality planning and resources! Powerpoints included! Smartnotes/ Powerpoints for each lesson have been created that are super easy to follow! Resources also provided. The planning contains: 3 weeks of lessons leading to the outcome of writing a portal story. 4 lessons per week plus an extra lesson for a reading comprehension should you wish. This would suit a year 6 class but could be easily adapted for year 4/5 as well. Example final assessment pieces are also included Please leave a review

Year 6 Whole Class Guided Reading Planning for ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Currently using as an intervention for SEN year 8/9 students so would work for secondary too! 4 x 30 minute lessons designed to be taught over 7 weeks Follows the VIPERS scheme Retrieval questions and SATs style questions included Designed to be taught alongside the whole text You will need a copy of the text Please leave a review

High-quality and engaging comprehensions created by Literacy leader and year 6 teacher. Successfully used in a year 6 class but could also be used in other years as well. Perfect for christmas learning across Key Stage 2. Comprehension lessons based on famous 2020 chirstmas adverts. Comprehensions for: Disney John Lewis McDonalds All provide excellent opportunity for improving comprehension skills in an engaging way. Each lesson designed to last between 45mins and one hour! *Available as Smartnotes and Powerpoint Please leave a review

Hour long literacy lessons for ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’. These lessons were planned for a SEN/lower set year 10 class as extra support with literacy skills. The lessons are designed to support the development of vocabulary, reading skills, writing skills and then opportunities to apply it. There are many references to AQA English Language Paper 1/2 Question 5 with opportunities to practise mock questions. The planning is high quality and engaging, planned by Head of Literacy in a secondary school with 6 years primary school experience as well. Resources are included Ideal for lower sets/ SEN classes/ interventions

Year 6 literacy planning for ‘How to Live Forever’ by Colin Thompson. Really high-quality, engaging planning. Planning completed by a Head of Literacy. Originally created for year 6 but could work for year 4/5/7/8. The planning contains 3 weeks worth of daily lessons (with one lesson left free for comprehension tasks) The lessons lead to the end of unit outcome of the children writing a discussion text. Contains a planning overview Please leave a review

Year 6 literacy planning for the poem, ‘The Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carrol. 3 weeks worth of high quality planning and resources created by a literacy lead and year 6 teacher. Smartnotes for each lesson have been created that are super easy to follow! Resources also provided. The planning contains: 3 weeks of lessons leading to the outcome of writing a poem. 4 lessons per week plus an extra lesson for a reading comprehension should you wish. This was successfully taught to a year 6 class but could be easily adapted for year 4/5 as well. *Planning includes Smartnote, Powerpoint and PDF so can be easily adapted for online learning as well. Please leave a review

Notebook: Activities based around a ‘Rainbow theme’ 6 activities looking at the following topics: Red- We are Respectful Orange- We are Kind Yellow-We are Thinkers Green- We are Unique Blue- We are Ambitious Purple-We are Proud These would fit at the beginning of the year when a teacher is getting to know their class. Previously used for a year 6 class. Also included… Powerpoint: Similar activities but pitched for Year 7s transitioning into a secondary school. Focuses on literacy Please leave a review

9 weeks worth of HIGH-QUALITY topic planning for World War 2! Successfully taught to a year 6 class but would easily work for children from year 5 to year 9. 2 lessons per week (lasting at least an hour each- perfect to fill an afternoon session) Lessons include/ topic covered: What do they already know? How did the war start? Key figures in WW2 Timeline of key events Countires involved (map reading etc) Local History (based around Devon) D-Day Evacuation The Blitz Women in War Propaganda Alan Turing/Code Breaking Vera Lynn How did the war end? National curriculum coverage includes: History, Geography, Art, PSHE and ICT objectives. The lessons come as Smartnotes and Powerpoints, along with a range of engaging resources. Excellent value. PLANNING DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED

Sentence construction scaffold. Used with my year 11s to support with varying sentence structures and starter sentences. Useful for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1, Question 5 Best printed in A3. Great revision tool. Space for students to construct generic sentence styles to then use in their exam or other creative writing opportunities. Hopefully it is useful!

Originally created for KS3 Literacy planning based on the text ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne ENGAGING PLANNING FOR RELUCTANT READERS AND WRITERS Planning was originally created for a low ability year 8/9 class. It focuses on improving skills in vocabulary, reading comprehension and writing techniques. Inlcudes an extended write assessment opportunity 19 hour long lessons plus resources all included! Each lesson is based on a chapter of the book. Planning made by Head of Literacy at a secondary school with 6 years of primary school experience. Perfect for interventions, SEN groups, low ability English groups, dyslexia support. Would also work for Year 6 literacy lessons.

Planning for ‘Ghost Boys’ by Jewell Parker Rhodes 12 x hour long lessons on the book ‘Ghost Boys’ Focuses on skills to improve Vocabulary (3 lessons), Reading skills (3 lessons), Writing skills (3 lessons), then opportunity to apply (3 lessons). Each lesson includes starter activities designed to improve basic grammar skills. It uses the mastery approach to learn skills such as capital letters, subject/verb identification, tenses etc. These lessons were originally planned to support lower ability/SEN Secondary school children (Year 7, 8 or 9). It would also work for a Year 6 class but check the themes are suitable first! Very engaging planning from a Head of Literacy at a secondary school (previously a Primary School Teacher)