**What is COVID19? RESEARCH TASK ** Learning Objectives • To be able to read and understand texts for a wide range of purposes and audiences. • To be able to critically evaluate nonfiction sources of information for reliability. • To be able to write objective summaries effectively. Perfect for a Nonfiction Reading / Research UNIT Key skills in this lesson focus on summarizing and evaluating nonfiction sources of information for reliability. This is a great introduction to a research unit. Students will develop their independent research skills in this COVID19 focused lesson. Students will explore a range of questions to learn more about the virus and demonstrate their evaluation skills and ability to draw out central ideas in a text. Find more awesome resources at: www.theponderbox.com !

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KS2/KS3/SEND/Intervention English Resources Holes by Lois Sachar Resource Support your students in being able to identify various linguistic devices by exploring the use of sensory imagery in the novel Holes by Louis Sacher. Students can use this worksheet to identify sentences or phrases throughout the book and record them according to the sense that has been used. This is a great way to get students engaged with their own writing and understanding how they can make it more descriptive. Find more awesome Holes resources at www.theponderbox.com for all the key stages!

Use this mind map early on in the book to get students to think about how Stanley feels about certain people and situations. This will encourage students to develop a strong understanding of who Stanley is and how he's being described by the narrator. This worksheet can be used as an independent exercise or as part of a group activity.

The start of the new academic year isn’t far away! Use this worksheet to give to your class on the first day and term to get to know who they are, there likes and dislikes. Research shows that students have a higher chance of success if lessons are personalized to their likes and dislikes. Getting to know your students is essential in developing a strong student-teacher rapport. Find more awesome resources for all the key stages and lots of FREE printables at www.theponderbox.com !

If you’re a teacher, it’s likely that you will have heard your students talking about the MoMo Challenge with their peers or even asking you questions about the challenge. As parents and teachers we want to ensure that our students know how to stay safe online, and a huge part of staying safe is understanding how to identify fake news (like the MoMo challenge) from real news and how to act responsibly when we encounter content that can encourage harmful behaviour. This Powerpoint aims to highlight where the MoMo challenge came from, how it spread throughout the internet and reasons behind the attention it has received. The lesson aims to highlight how negative news attracts more attention than positive news, how images such as the Japanese sculpture are used as “click bait” to attract more clicks on websites to earn more money, and so on. This lesson has been designed to be completed in an IT lab where students have access to the internet in order to complete research tasks and the poster task at the end.

Celebrate Women’s Rights Day (8th March) by teaching your students about Women’s Rights. Contained in this powerpoint are key facts surrounding the current climate of Women’s Rights and why they’re important. Enjoy!

Animal Alphabet Flashcards These animal alphabet flashcards are a super versatile resource! Use them to support young learners in: Letter recognition Phonics Animal > Letter > Sound association Use them for as a part of a physical / online learning classroom display, a memory game and more! Please let me know how you get along with this resource in the feedback below :-)

Keep thinks creative with these innovative ice-breakers to adapt for any lesson in any classroom.

Use this resource to teach students about the different types of characters they may find in a novel, relating it directly to the novel Holes. Included in this resource: 1. A list of character types and definitions (I recommend cutting them out and laminating the character type and definition separately, and using it as a starter task that gets students to match character type to definition). 2. A table which students complete to identify the different character types in Holes.

Use these creative writing prompts to get your students thinking more deeply about the characters in the novel.

Use this worksheet early on in the phase of reading to allow your students to practice making inferences from quotes in the text.

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Use this fun creative writing worksheet to assess how well your students know the characters in the novel . This is a great little activity to assess comprehension, writing development and SPAG.

Help your students enhance their vocabulary with this nifty little word bank that they can use to record new words they encounter while reading. Students can stick it in their exercise books or keep it in their folders, and record new words each or every other lesson.

Black & white flashcards help stimulate the development of the optic nerves the eyes of babies. As baby’s attempt to focus on the contrasting black & white images, their eye muscles and brain will be working hard to get in sync, improving their vision and focus. Babies love these contrasting images! These are the perfect images for little ones.

Stone Cold iGCSE / GCSE English Lesson 2 In this lesson students will explore the context of homelessness and form their own understanding of what it means to be homeless in order to understanding ideas presented throughout the text. This is a whole lesson ready to go!

Teach your students about growth-mindset, what it is and why it’s important to work on developing a growth mind-set. By the end of this lesson, you’re students will know: What growth mind-set is The habits of people with a growth / fixed mindset Ideas on how to transform from a fixed mind-set to a growth mind-set Enjoy this 55 minute fully prepared PSHE lesson including group, individual and home learning activities!

Teacher your students about what the term “growth-mindset” means and why developing one is so important. This resource is a full 55 minute lesson, including assigned learning tasks and optional home learning tasks to further learning outside of the classroom.

What is theme? iGCSE / GCSE English Stone Cold Novel Study Facilitate the understanding of the concept of theme in this ready to go lesson! Included in this resource: Google Slide (whole lesson) PDF / word documents for the relevant activities (colour and B&W) Let me know how you liked this resource by leaving feedback! Find more resources at www.theponderbox.com !