I’m now retired from teaching after decades in the classroom.

I’d like to help the younger generation.

One aspect I don’t miss in Sundays. Trying to fill in planning grids that were rarely used or looked at. What a nightmare!

So I’ve put together my teaching plans etc from the various schools I was in.

The zip contains loads. I’ve put a sample in the ordinary download to give you a flavour

It’s mainly to do with Kensuke’s Kingdom. But there’s othet stuff too included for free. There’s stuff on Dolphin Boy, Butterfly boy etc.

Feel free to adapt for your planning grid.

Sample planning :
Recount one event from holiday. Note features and language patterns to list.
Chronological, time connectives, 1st person, past tense, personal views. Write a recount for the Easter holiday. Individual revision task. Focus on organization and links using temporal connective phrases. Personal views.
Introduce ch 1 for Kensuke’s Kingdom. Record initial response with prediction. Select examples to show Michael’s feelings. List reasons for and against yourself and family setting off on a round the world sail, Justify relating to evidence selected from the text.
Red: format provided
Gr/Or: list reasons from two places
Bl/Y: form contrasting sentences… begin with, “even though…”
Read ch 2. In pairs. How does Mom feel about the trip and Dad’s ideas? What is the alternative? 1. Why has Michael decided now to tell his story?
2. Who are the members of Michael’s family?
3. What do the family do together on the weekends? Can you describe how it makes them feel?
4. Why do the family stop sailing?
5. What is the atmosphere like in the house?
6. What happened to Michael’s best friend?
7. What happens to Michael’s father and why?
8. What do you think happens next?
9. Describe the father when they meet up again. What sort of mood is he in?

Read chapter three. List examples of each character’s feelings. How do Mom and Dad’s feelings compare.

1. When Michael and his family first set sail, how many miles a day do they want to do?
2. How many miles a day do they actually do?
3. What game do Michael’s parents play?
4. What do they eat?
5. What creatures do they see off the coast of Africa?
6. In November they went to Brazil. Where did they stop?
7. What did Michael do in Brazil?
8. What did they do on Christmas Day?
9. Describe, in your own words, the incident with Stella Artois. Record the incident with Stella as a personal diary entry.
   Refer to events in the chapter.

HA: personal style to include worries for the future.
MA: Organise into paragraphs with links
LA: use ed-ing-ly openers.

You get 8.7 mb of stuff so that’s good value imo. In it are lesson plans, powerpoints, questions etc.

Enjoy your Sundays!