Below are a series of resources that are free to download, use and share. I will try aim to continually upload to this page throughout the year – enjoy!
Curriculum
Reading Materials
Professional Development
Mastering Exposition
The first in the CPD sequence on effective exposition (without lesson examples for obvious reasons).
Mastering storytelling
The second in the CPD sequence on effective exposition (without lesson examples for obvious reasons).
Mastering Tethering
The third in the CPD sequence on effective exposition (without lesson examples for obvious reasons).
History
NOUN APPOSITIVE INSTRUCTION Y7
A template for direct grammatical instruction of noun appositives at year 7.
SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION INSTRUCTION Y7
A template for direct grammatical instruction of subordinate conjunctions at year 7.
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION INSTRUCTION Y7
A template for direct grammatical instruction of correlative conjunctions at year 7.
WRITING CURRICULUM Y7
A writing curriculum intended to run alongside your conventional curriculum. Inspired by the Writing Revolution.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/writing-curriculum-y7-.pdf
WRITING CURRICULUM Y8
A writing curriculum intended to run alongside your conventional curriculum. Inspired by the Writing Revolution.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/writing-curriculum-y8.pdf
WRITING CURRICULUM Y9
A writing curriculum intended to run alongside your conventional curriculum. Inspired by the Writing Revolution.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/writing-curriculum-y9.pdf
‘HOW TO’ – EXPOSITION/ DIRECT INSTRUCTION
A quick guide to direct instruction and exposition within the History classroom.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/direct-instruction-how-to.pdf
‘How To’ – Sentence Level Instruction
A quick guide to sentence level instruction. For more information on this, see my blog post.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/how-to-sentence-level-instruction.pdf
‘How To’ – Robust vocabulary instruction
A quick guide to vocabulary instruction. For more information on this, see my blog post.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/how-to-vocabulary-instruction-.pdf
THE COLD WAR: TWO-PAGE HISTORY
Template inspired by @MrThorntonTeach. Paper 2 key content condensed onto a double side of A3.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/2-page-history-cw.pdf
RICHARD AND JOHN: TWO-PAGE HISTORY
Template inspired by @MrThorntonTeach. Paper 2 key content condensed onto a double side of A3.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/2-page-history-rj.pdf
THE VIETNAM WAR: TWO-PAGE HISTORY
Template inspired by @MrThorntonTeach. Paper 3 key content condensed onto a double side of A3.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/2-page-history-vietnam-war.pdf
KS3 KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
A selection of knowledge organisers for use with years 7 and 8.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/ks3-knowledge-organisers.pdf
gcse KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
A selection of knowledge organisers for use alongside Edexcel GCSE units.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/gcse-knowledge-organisers.pdf
Y12 KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
Knowledge Organisers for the India route in the Edexcel A Level History paper.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/y12-knowledge-organiser.pdf
PAPER 2 – ELIZABETH: VERSATILE VOCABULARY
A list of versatile words that can be taught alongside the Elizabeth Edexcel unit.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/paper-2-elizabeth-versatile-vocabulary.pdf
WRITING CURRICULUM: 5 YEAR PLAN
A 5 year curriculum designed to run alongside a conventional curriculum and guide student writing.
https://mrvallanceteach.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/twr-progression-model.pdf
Mr Vallance Teach 