I have been teaching since 2010.
I am currently head of English and PE in a SEN school.
My specialist subject is English,
I enjoy making resources for a range of subjects and abilities.
Hope you find these useful and inspiring, and they help you to save some time.
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I have been teaching since 2010.
I am currently head of English and PE in a SEN school.
My specialist subject is English,
I enjoy making resources for a range of subjects and abilities.
Hope you find these useful and inspiring, and they help you to save some time.
Happy shopping
Set of literacy activities/lessons along with diffentiated writing frames to work alongside Around the World in 80 Days.
This would link in well with AO1 and A05 of GCSE or Step up to English
Resource is also suitable/adaptable for KS3/SEN students
All on 1 PowerPoint for ease.
Includes reading and writing activities
Hope you enjoy :)
A visual placemat or classroom display resource to aid GCSE students with revision and prepare for their GCSE examination.
The resource covers aspects from the Non-Fiction paper- persuasive devices, punctuation and structure.
Also a great resource to help SEN students with their writing in the classroom/on their desk
Print and laminate!
Suitable for KS3/4/GCSE/SEN
Suitable for KS2/3 PSHE/Careers/ ASDAN
Students are given writing frame to complete about what their strengths are and what they could improve.
PowerPoint to explain the differences between qualities and skills.
Students are then given a outline of a body and asked to write their qualities on the inside and skills around the outside.
Small but effective activity that can be adapted to suit learners.
A set of lessons on a PowerPoint presentation that can be used for EL English, AQA Step up to English or lower GCSE.
The legend of sleepy Hollow
Dracula
Creative writing activities
Language analysis activities
43 slides
PowerPoint presentation which helps students understand different punctuation marks and when to use them.
This is a visual presentation that can be printed and used as classroom display/posters.
There are two short activities for students to complete at the end of the presentation.
Punctuation marks addressed:
Full stops
Capital letters
Commas
Apostrophes
Colon
Semi-colon
Question Marks
Exclamation Marks
Hope you enjoy :)
This resource can be adapted and used in a PSHE, Careers or a ASDAN PSD/CoPE lesson.
Activity 1- students research and complete the cost of living budget sheet. This enables them to work out their monthly costs and yearly costs
Activity 2- Students complete a budget for a weekly shopping comparing 3 supermarket prices.
I used this with a SEN class.
This resource is a PowerPoint presentation that includes two activities for students to complete
- Identifying features of non fiction texts
- Identifying the PURPOSE of text; why we write.
Both activities come with writing frames
Also included with this resource is two revision aids for PAF that students can use in their revision notes, they can be laminated and used as desk mats or they can be used for classroom displays
Hope you enjoy these visual resources :)
Suitable for GCSE students
Ideal for L2-6 students or SEN students
Resource can be adapted
A Creative writing lesson (can be used for GCSE/KS3)
Students watch parts of the film and carry out a series of descriptive writing activities:
- Describing Scrooge and his personality
- Creative writing and the 3 spirits
- Scrooge’s transformation diary task
Writing frames included
Fun and engaging starter activity
Wordsearch- you need to find the definition to the description in the wordsearch
Helps consolidate students learning and understanding as well as improving spelling of key term definitions
Appropriate for KS3 and 4
AQA Step up to English
GCSE English Language
Literacy activity where students get to create their own robot assistant whilst developing their creative writing.
A great resource for getting students to use adjectives.
Writing frame and activities included.
My students loved this activity.
Suitable for SEN/KS2/KS3
A series of writing and English activities for students reading/studying Treasure Island.
Suitable and adaptable for KS2/3/4 or SEN.
All resources are creative and visual. Activities are differentiated.
Individually resources would cost £15
The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes literacy lessons (6 weeks worth)
A set of creative, differentiated literacy resources that link with KS2/KS3
Suitable for SEN students
Activities include:
-Writing a letter
-Writing poetry
Writing instructions
Drawing from description
Newspaper reports
Creating own story
Wanted posters
A resource made for students studying pirates or Treasure Island and looking at non-fiction literacy techniques.
Students are asked to create a letter using the template provided.
PowerPoint presentation that includes full lesson and resources.
Starter- students draw from character descriptions
Activity 1: Students are given a picture of character and they need to write a description for other students to guess who they are describing
Activity 2: Students are given 3 key cards (setting, character and object) they need to create short story from this using adjectives and linguistic devices
Writing frames and resources all included
Suitable for KS3/4/GCSE/SEN
I have created this resource for my GCSE students (LA)
It tells the story of Frankenstein in a short story board to help them remember the plot. I have included Mary Shelley’s description of Frankenstein’s monster in chapter 5
Students then have an activity of creating their own monster and monster story using linguistic devices
This resource can be adapted
Literacy resource.
Useful for teaching KS2/3/SEN
Recount writing mat that can be laminated and used as a visual aid for students who require extra support.
Small activity to get students using the writing mat.
Resource is adaptable.
Lesson Activity where students get to create their own pirate character.
PowerPoint includes lesson outline, characteristics table and writing frame
Suitable for KS2-KS4 and SEN students
Resource can be adapted.
Print writing frame on A3
Differentiated lesson activity and resources to develop creative writing skills with KS2/3 and SEN students.
Lesson concentrates on students extending their sentences.
Students look at giving more meaning and life to their writing by using adjectives and verbs.
All tasks are differentiated.
In the pack:
PowerPoint (11 slides) introducing lesson objectives, outlines differentiated tasks, includes x3 writing frames.
x3 self assessment and extending sentences writing frames
Lesson plan
Note: Word cards are not included these were brought from TES prior to the lesson
I used this for a lesson observation and got outstanding.
A simple writing frame to get students to plan a piece of creative writing using their senses.
This writing frame can be used to aid them to write about their summer/holidays.
Suitable for KS2/3/SEN
Can be adapted
Hope you find useful