English Department

War (Non Fiction)

Range of resources to use on the topic of war-includes war poetry, propaganda articles and speeches. All looking at the theme for non fictional writing tasks and writer's point of view.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Homework, Writing

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Alan Biles-Liddell

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Chaucer and English Language

Resources for year 7 to work on unit of Canterbury tales and evolution of English Language.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Poetry, Vocabulary, Writing

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Alan Biles-Liddell

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These lessons are being taught alongside a reading of War Horse but may be of some use to others. Slides 1-6 have used some activities from Pobble 365 (The Trench) - one or two activities have been adapted to suit my class and aims.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Novels, Poetry, Vocabulary, Writing

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Amanda Uffendell

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Gender debate SOW

A full SOW and lessons based on gender inequality. Students over the last few years have been really engaged with this SOW, which teaches them speaking and listening skills and question 5 paper 2 skills. Some of the lessons use peer and self assessment to make your mark load easier and to help students develop their knowledge of what examiners are marking for.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR

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Kelly Meaden

(BRONZE)

A Midsummer Night's Dream Scheme of Work

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

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Amanda Uffendell

(SILVER)

Persuasive Writing and Argumentation Cover work booklet - Non-Fiction Persuasion

12 lessons worth of cover worksheets to complete independently... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Course: GCSE Language

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: WJEC

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Harley Cross

Year 7 Introduction/Baseline writing unit

10 lesson baseline writing unit. With introduce yourself style task (lesson 1 and 2) and baseline writing task lessons 3-10. Resources included (often at the end of the slides) and marking rubric and student-friendly success criteria.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Sarah R

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Half termly planning sheet

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

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Kayleigh Mills

Science week linked to Dystopian literature Paper 1 & 2 Question 5 options

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Kelly Barrett

World Myths and Legends

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

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Kate Allen

(BRONZE)

Rhetoric Booklet

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Speaking and Listening, Writing

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Kirsty Gurney

(BRONZE)

Year 6 transition day Flash Fiction lesson

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Katherine Morgan

Letter Writing Lesson based on 'Stan' - Eminem

My attempt to make the art of letter writing more exciting. Students listen to Stan and read the lyrics - having done so they are to write a letter to Eminem that he would like to receive.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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kristy sheeran

Y6 transition - Toy Story 4

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Sarah Luckman

(BRONZE)

Language Paper 2 Skills - Zombies Theme

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

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Carla Brennan

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Creative writing knowledge organiser

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Gulay Celik

(BRONZE)

Writing Challenge and Self Assessment

An amalgamation of the 200 word challenges found on Twitter and a self-assessment task getting students to analyse the language they have used.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Carla Brennan

(GOLD)

Literature through the Ages SOW

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

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Kasia Scofield

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English/Media Film and Advertising

This a Media/English Unit- potentially a good end of term fun unit which looks at film and advertising.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Lesley Davison

Film Review: 'Wonder'

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Sarah Luckman

(BRONZE)

Nando's Class Reader Task Takeaway

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

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Zoe Barnes

(GOLD)

Year 6 to 7 Summer Tasks Transition Booklet

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

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Tracey Matthews

(GOLD)

Short Story Collection for Year 7 from BBC 500 Word Stories

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

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Tracey Matthews

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KS3 Exam and Marking Critieria

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Reading, Writing

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Kate Allen

(BRONZE)

Improving creative writing.

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA, WJEC, Eduqas

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Sarah Luckman

(BRONZE)

Restaurant Review

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

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Kasia Scofield

(SILVER)

Travel writing conventions

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

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Kasia Scofield

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Conventions of non-fiction writing/language and grammar

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

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Kasia Scofield

(SILVER)

Creative writing - Creating a superhero a short SOW

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Kasia Scofield

(SILVER)

Gothic fiction SOW complete

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Homework, Reading, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Kasia Scofield

(SILVER)

A letter of complaint

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Kasia Scofield

(SILVER)

The conventions of writing a newspaper article

A sequence of 3 lessons focussing on the conventions of writing an artice. The imphasis put on the use of formal, impersonal language.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Kasia Scofield

(SILVER)

Wonder FULL SOW

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

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Jennifer Webb

(SILVER)

Julius Caesar FULL SOW

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

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Jennifer Webb

(SILVER)

Formal Letter Writing

Used for a functional skills interview but fits nicely with KS3 work if you want them to understand the layout and content.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Kimberley Bateman

50 First Lines of Well Known Novels

Display of famous first lines.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Jill Robinson

Everybody Writes Day planning

This is a list of events that I organised for a whole school literacy day called 'Everybody Writes'. As we were a small school, I was able to create three separate workshops across the day for each pupil in the school. I wanted to make the point that 'writing' isn't just something you have to do at school, but a skill that stays with you for life. I also wanted to include the local business community, so contacted various companies to see what they could offer. I hope this list of ideas might be useful to anyone who is considering planning something similar. Don't hesitate to contact me if you want to know any more.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Whole School Literacy, Writing

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Mark Prowse

Word Bank Template

Editable word bank for LA for feedback/improvements for those unable to use a dictionary easily.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Karen Tutton

Target and Task Marking Feedback WWW and EBI Sheets

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

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Karen Tutton

Old AQA Anthology Short Stories (to 2011)

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

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Hayley Palmer

A Midsummer Night's Dream SoL

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

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Hannah Lester

(BRONZE)

Fantastic Beasts and Curious Creatures (Extract booklet, thematic teaching)

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

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Zoe Barnes

(GOLD)

Survival Unit - KS3 Non-Fiction

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

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Lucy Manning

writing challenge

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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stephanie manning

(BRONZE)

Narrative Writing - Show not tell emotions

A double lesson where students develop their ability to show and not tell character emotions. You put slips of paper into a box and the students pick one out to see what their box contains. Ideas for what is inside the box are in one of the slide's notes sections.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Gemma Knightley

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writing challenge

a sample of independent writing lesson. If you are interested in more, please let me know. Can be used for all stages but labelled KS3.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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stephanie manning

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The Christmas Lottery

Stand alone lesson. Includes comprehension questions and a writing task at the end. Very basic but does the job - especially in the last week of term! Student are very engaged in this task and it generates in depth discussions around loneliness, friendships and kindness... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas

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Nadia Collin

The Bear & The Hare Christmas Comprehension

Stand alone lesson based on The Bear and The Hare John Lewis advert. Includes comprehension questions and a writing task at the end. Please note: The comprehension questions taken from The Literacy Shed. I have just placed them into this presentation... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, IGCSE, WJEC, Eduqas

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Nadia Collin

PETAL Paragraph bookmark

A bookmark outlining steps to PETAL with sentence starts and CHRIS RICE analytical verbs.Print slides 2 and 3, flip on short edge, for ready-made bookmarks.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Sarah R

(GOLD)

KS3 Macbeth SOW Resources

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

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Emma Korniewski

KS3 Macbeth Scheme of Work

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

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Emma Korniewski

Famous Book Openings Posters

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

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Richard Gidlow

(BRONZE)

Subject Terms Glossary -Core/KS3

A glossary of subject terms I made for use by KS3 students.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Homework, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Reading, Writing

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Tracey Matthews

(GOLD)

Crafting Creative Writing

A sequence of creative writing lessons using cut up sentences from a story.Can be used with KS3and KS4 as it'suseful for teaching structure and crafting.You can play around with the ideas on the ppt., for example, I asked my studentsto take the first sentence they had after the initial sortand put it to the end to see how it changed the meaning. The original story was written by a student and had a lot more detail in, I have stripped it back to key sentences for these lessons - it is printed in its original format so mix up before giving out or students will identify that it is the dog telling the story straight away, I don't reveal the original until they have all completed theirs. You should get a lot of interesting interpretations of the story from students. I ask them to print the first copy and the final copy which we stick into books and they evaluate their work when finished. You can also use this work toidentify structural techniques and effects as well as using it for language analysis as they can explain clearly the effect they wanted to create.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Alison Harper

Narrative Writing Planning Sheet

The attached narrative writing planning template worked quite well with my college resit students and I managed to get 1 to 1.5 pages of writing out of most of them on the first attempt.... MORE

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing, Paper 1, SPAG, Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

Level: Key Stage 4

Course: GCSE Language

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Mustafa Vanancio

(BRONZE)

'Lost and Found' Benchmark Writing Mini SOW

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

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Zoe Barnes

(GOLD)

Gothic Genre Word Bank

A selection of words (split into word classes and sub-sections) related to the Gothic genre. Supports pupils with extended their vocabulary, choosing precise language, and demonstrating correct spellings. Works well as a prompt for creative writing. Can be adapted.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: 19th Century Literature, SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

Exam/Board: AQA

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Zoe Barnes

(GOLD)

English Language Paper Two Revision for KS3

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

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Kerry Hughes

(SILVER)

Sentence Starter Lesson

KS3 lesson on sentence starters to add variety to writing.Dracular themed.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

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Sarah Jones

Hidden Stories Uncovered

A creative writing task that can cover a lesson or two and become a mini project.Can be linked to texts and contexts studied.Can be to create work for display.I had some students who completed their writing quickly, so they became the editorial board and had to advise and edit writing submitted.Lots of tea-staining went on to create 'authentic' historical documents.A therapeutic end of unit/end of term task that still requires high levels of skill and knowledge.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Tracey Matthews

(GOLD)

Literacy - Using Semi-Colons (Full Lesson)

A fully-resourced lesson with a choice of two starter tasks based on pupils' exisiting knowledge. Suitable for both KS3 and KS4.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

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Zoe Barnes

(GOLD)

Starter - Using Unique Imagery - Fireworks

I used this as a starter in a descriptive writing lesson to encourage the pupils to try to create more unique and unusual imagery and to avoid cliche.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Vocabulary, Writing

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Kerry Hughes

(SILVER)

Language Paper 2 Introduction - Section B

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: Writing

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Claire McCammon

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A View from the Bridge Year 9 SOW doc

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

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Tracey Matthews

(GOLD)

Understanding types of imagery

Planned for low ability Year 11 to give them something to pick out in exams and put in their own writing. Could also be used for KS3 to introduce imagery.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Carla Brennan

(GOLD)

Teaching Extended Metaphors

A resource to teach students extended metaphors to use either when analysing poetry or within their own creative writing using Symphony by Zara Larson.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Carla Brennan

(GOLD)

KS3 Writing 9-1 Gride

A KS3 Student friendly writing grid with GCSE AOs.... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Meera Vasudeva

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Teaching ideas- starters, mains and plenaries!

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Level: Key Stage 3

Unit: Writing

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Meera Vasudeva

(GOLD)

SPaG mat to support accurate DIRT responses

This is a basic reference tool to enable students to read and respond to questions about inaccuracies in SPaG for DIRT lessons, or in grammar teaching. I use it with a writing target bank based on the errors I encounter when marking student work. I use these in a SPaG station for students to take to their desks during DIRT, but others in my department have them sellotaped to desks for everyday reference.The original is found at https://satscompanion.com/product/spag-placemat/... MORE

Level: Key Stage 3

Course: GCSE Language

Unit: SPAG Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Whole School Literacy, SPAG, Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar, Writing

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Marie-Claire Mowlam

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