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Adjectives, Settings and All That
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson looks use of adjectives, nouns and verbs in story settings. Activities in this lesson include answering higher and lower order questions, writing a paragraph for a story and writing instructions to make a snowman.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Looking at the Start of Treasure Island
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£3.00Add to basketActivities include answering higher and lower order questions based on an extract from the start of Treasure Island and writing an alternative opening paragraph for the book. Activities also include looking at aspects of descriptive writing such as powerful verbs and adjectival phrases.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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The Cook is really Long John Silver
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£3.00Add to basketThis lesson explores the plots used in pirate stories and also looks at the features of pirate stories. Activities include completing a story mountain and summarising the story Treasure Island as well as putting the features of a pirate story in the correct order.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Pandora’s Box
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include reading the full text of Pandora’s Box, learning about the features of a myth, explicitly going through the six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy of thinking skills, comparing two myths, writing a myth and writing a different ending to Pandora’s Box.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Red Riding Hood Gets a New Ending
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include explicitly going through the six stages of Bloom’s Taxonomy of thinking skills and writing a sequel to Red Riding Hood. Activities also include putting the events in the story in the right order using time connectives.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Cinderella Shows her Nasty Side
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include explicitly going through the six stages of Bloom’s Taxonomy of thinking skills (higher and lower order) and a task based on Cinderella’s diary entry.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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The Very Big and the Very Bad Wolf
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include learning what a parody is, looking at a parody of the Three Little Pigs and then creating a new parody and answering higher and lower order questions about the parody.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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Real Stories vs Fantasy Stories
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£3.00Add to basketActivities in this lesson include looking at real vs fantasy stories, real vs imaginary settings, real vs imaginary characters and the conflict between good and evil. Activities include answering higher and lower order questions.
There is a five-minute evidence-based CPD activity at the end of this lesson which will develop classroom teachers’ skill set. This CPD consists of a research extract on thinking skills with a five-minute activity based on this extract.
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