My slides for the KS3 assembly I did on the importance of reading. Obviously aimed at our students so reading ages etc are specific to them. Feel free to adapt so it's fit for your purpose!... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Based on Talk for Writing. My classes made this 'Plan It, Link It, Express It, Check It' self/peer-assessment grid.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
One page extract from 'Hurricane Gold' from the 'Young Bond' series by Charllie Higson. Designed for SEND and uninterested boys in KS2/3.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
3 week SOW for Y8 students on Animals in Literature covering anthropomorphism and extracts from a range of 19th and 20th Century Literature.Slideshow, Resource Booklet and Planning Overview.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading, Vocabulary
A writing support frame to help students properly analyse language techniques.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A collection of extracts and poems based around the theme of 'Growing Up'. Used to explore and bulk out the theme whilst reading 'King of Shadows'. Brief sketch of some topics/ activities included. Extracts: Great Expectations Huckleberry Finn Catcher in the Rye To Kill a Mockingbird Romeo and Juliet Jamaica Kincaid; “Girl” Tintern Abbery, WordsworthPeter Pan (not inc) Sonnets (not inc)... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
This is a collection of extracts and poems about animals. I did this for a small class of Waldorf students who were really into animals and really nervous about starting new English lessons. I found it time consuming to find good extracts so hope this might help someone- the extracts could be used in many different ways/ ages/ classes.Extract from White Fang, Hawk Roosting by Hughes, the Swan by Oliver, Chris Packe article on Insects, Ugly Duckling, Wolf and the Dog Fable, and some other ideas of writers I looked at but didn't have time to use.Also didn't get to Magical Animals (Rowling/ Tolkien etc?)... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Guidelines for University of Sussex "Faster Read".... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A worksheet introducing and exploring the Cognitive Grammar concept of specificity and granularity and their role in creating tension in a text. Short extract taken from Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) with brief writing prompt.Could work as short homework task, or in lessons... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing
A worksheet that can be used in a lesson or as homework looking specifically at the role of verbs in expressing action. Extract taken from Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer), tasked based on Cognitive Grammar and exploring stative vs dynamic verbs.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A reading programme based on free-reading at KS3. Rather than online testing or comprehension questions, the programme relies on a range of writing activities linked to reading, along with the minimum expectation of 20/30 minutes reading per night.It uses the Rosenshine principles of retrieval practice, alongside promoting tier 2 vocabulary and inference skills. This is based on students having a bi-weekly lesson; this SOW has sessions planned for our Autumn term, but also has a template for lesson prompts and writing tasks.I have printed and laminated these, to make packs for use by students whilst teachers monitor engagement with reading through their writing tasks.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
The extract has been uploaded separately. It explores an article on prisons and was made to accompany a Macbeth SOW... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Extracts from the novel 'Darkside'... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Vocabulary
A PPT with some reasons for reading and a range of quotations on the subject to try to enthuse and encourage students to read more.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A collection of posters/memes/inspirational quotations to display around the classroom to encourage reading.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Sitting in silence reading can be very difficult some students. This PPT can be projected during a reading lesson and the teacher can interrupt the reading every now and again with a question or a task. Works well to share which books are being read by pupils and to give recommendations within the classroom.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
I have been updating my scheme of work on AMND and thought I would share it - it includes response to reading, poetry, creative writing and non-fiction writing opportunities. I hope you find it useful!... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing
A sheet I use at the start of a half term to organise my planning of a topic.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
This is a 15-lesson scheme of work (fully-resourced) on world myths and legends.We have used it with Year 8 and it has been excellent at keeping them engaged and enthusiastic about English in the final half term of the academic year.It covers a range of skills, but focuses mainly on speaking and listening, as well as creative writing.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Poetry, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A book review designed for incoming year 7 students to complete over the summer holidays - gives a starting point for discussion on their first lesson in September. Could be used with any KS3 class though!... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
Created for KS3 to introduce Language paper 2 skills. Idea and some resources from someone on here or TES (sorry, I have forgotten your name but it was really helpful) and then adapted for our KS3.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
This SOW is meant to increase pupils' cultural capital. It starts with the general information about literature, introduces literary timeline, explains how literary canon is created. It then moves to Ancient Greece the development of writing, Homer, the philosophers, Aesop's fables - oral tradition. Next there is the study of the Greek theatre - Antigone by Sophocles. Then, we move on to study the Bible and link it to the story of creation in the GreekMythology. After that there is the closer look at the Medieval Period -Chaucer, The Renaissance and Paradise Lost, and finally the Romantics and poetry. This SOW included the baseline assessment (lesson to introduce as well) and the end of unit assessment (the Romanticism). There are 6 core lessons and some of the suggested lessons - it is a work in progress and I will upload all lessons at the end of this half term.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Poetry, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
A great booklet which can be used with any year group to explore language and structure.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
12 differentiated tasks to accompany the reading of a text/class reader. Easy to adapt. ... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Reading, Writing
The English section of a whole school summer tasks booklet.Students self or peer mark answers in lessons.Teachers have slides with answers to share.Not prescribed how teachers use it.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Stories written by children from KS2-KS3 from BBC2's 500 Words competition.All stories freely available online.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Allows students to analyse quotations in detail and by considering four different perspectives. Worksheet can be applied to any text and allows low ability students to improve their analytical skills.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A 4-week unit exploring and analysing various forms of advertising (Posters, videos, articles etc) and developing skills in analytical annotations and paragraphing. (I do a lot of modelling with the visualiser and slow teaching with texts, including videos)Designed for year 7, but would also suit year 8 or LA-MA yr 9 - room for extension.Main analysis tasks focus on the same campaign: VisitGuernsey's Great Things Happen in Guernsey, to alleviate text anxiety and focus on skills.Week 1: Introducing Guernsey; Persuade me: Persuasive Devices (DAFORREST)Week 2: Analysing Advertising - Print Media (Posters)Week 3: Go Do Great Things - Text Media (Articles)Week 4: Go Do Great Assessment Prep- (Articles)Based on 4 x 35/40-minute sessions per week (depends how long we read for at the beginning).Includes: Lesson slides, spelling lists, quizzes, quiz answerssupport materialsassessment task, with marking rubric and success criteria bookmark... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Full SOW for Y7 studying Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Focus on reading and transformational writing.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
SOW for KS3 reading Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. Focus is on speeches and persuasive writing.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas
Selection of activities based around the novel 'Private Peaceful'.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Selection of activities for KS3 based around Shakespeare.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Marking and feedback sheets for all skills. Printable tick sheets which can be either printed for LA or displayed for HA.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A mix of reading lessons and creative writing lessons using the old (until 2011) AQA Anthology of short stories: Your Shoes, Growing Up, Flight, Chemistry, Snowman etc..... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A full term's scheme of learning for KS3 on AMND. Includes contextual work and language work. Approx 40 lessons with resources and powerpoints.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A generic class reader booklet with assorted tasks to develop reading comprehension and analysis. ... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
5 lessons for teaching Private Peaceful, aimed at a mixed-ability Y7 group. Include reading assessment and feedback lesson.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A selection of texts, extracts, and poems to develop skills across Language and Literature. Each text has a small number of related comprehension and analysis questions. Can be used across KS3 and KS4. ... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
This unit was originally designed for Y8 students. I chose non-fiction extracts from the EMC KS3 Non-Fiction book and the Syria speech resources were from TES.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Designed to be printed in A3 size- comprehensive knowledge organiser for any classes studying Of Mice and Men- we use with Year 9 to develop their skills of revision and independent study.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas
Lessons on most chapters of Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman. Some GCSE links. Designed for Y9 reading lessons.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
Scheme of Work to accompany the reading of Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights. Designed for Y9 Middle ability with plenty of GCSE skills and links. Fully resourced using booklet.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Novels, Reading, Whole School Literacy
Exam/Board: AQA
All of the resources to accompany the KS3 Macbeth SOW uploaded. They should be in numerical order for the lessons.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A SOW designed for high ability Year 8 students. GCSE AO's used to develop student's knowledge and application of these skills.Accompanying resources are on a separate upload.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Plays, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
Posters featuring famous book openings to encourage students to consider how they will open their own stories.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Whole School Literacy, Writing
SOW for To Kill a Mockingbird aimed at Yr8 students. Mostly just bit and pieces pick pocketed from all over - hope it is of some help.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading
Developed for 16+, this is the second lesson following an introduction and coverage of Q2 and 3 (available on end slides).Contains differentiation and scaffolding for lower level students.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
A glossary of subject terms I made for use by KS3 students.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Homework, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Lo: To apply core structural subject terminology. Showing students how to zoom in on shifts and establishments within the opening of OMAM. This lesson should be taught after lesson one - three key moments (also uploaded)... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Introducing structure to year 9 students getting them to identify the key three moments in a text using OMAM.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
This file includes four fully-resourced lessons and a GCSE-style descriptive/narrative writing question. It has been designed as a start of year benchmark assessment for Year 8, however it would be suitable for most year groups.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
This uses the Year 8 paper on the AQA website (Carriage Dogs one) - the KS3 papers can be found on the secure site. I have used it with KS3 to prep for end-of-year exams in the style of Paper 2 and for KS4 also.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading, Writing
Exam/Board: AQA
A reading list of YA and MG Fiction titles from BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) authors with author portraits. Recommended usage:Read through the list and recommend to your studentsOrder these books for your LibraryUse the images for display in libraries and classrooms to visibly role model diversityUse one of these texts as a KS2/ KS3 class readerGet in contact with these authors on Twitter and get a discussion going about their novels!... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
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Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
After our discussion in the Facebook group, here is a list of several short stories that have been recommended by all.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Abridged version of the text with tasks following each chapter. Please use/edit etc. Suitable for Year 7/8.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: 19th Century Literature, Novels, Reading
Originally designed as part of a KS3 Non-Fiction SOW, to introduce the Paper 2 examto Y9, but could be used on lower ability KS4 groups.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
Originally designed as part of a KS3 SOW for Y9 Non-Fiction. It can be used to introduce Paper 2 to Y9 students, or for lower ability KS4 groups.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
I have lesson slides and all resources if anyone wants them - email me traceylm99@gmail.com, or ask in the FB group. Lesson slides are in Active Inspire rather than ppt.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Plays, Reading, Writing
Real examples taken from Eng Lang GCSE scripts.Useful for KS3 and KS4.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading
A student friendly reading grid for KS3, using the GCSE AOs.... MORE
Level: Key Stage 3
Unit: Reading