Lessons are tailored very specifically to each student's requirements. Establishing colour and font are vital, for SEN purposes (and also for their own preferences). I find Google Slides to be absolutely spot-on for displaying lesson content, and will create any worksheets in whichever accessible format is preferred. I tailor make my own practice papers - I don't use past papers per exam board si...
Lessons are tailored very specifically to each student's requirements. Establishing colour and font are vital, for SEN purposes (and also for their own preferences). I find Google Slides to be absolutely spot-on for displaying lesson content, and will create any worksheets in whichever accessible format is preferred. I tailor make my own practice papers - I don't use past papers per exam board since we want to avoid accidentally redoing the same assessment, and draw upon a huge range of extracts and poems for the unseen components of GCSE.
In terms of the structure of the lessons, they will often take shape as follows:
- Brief catch up - checking student energy levels and updating on their in-school English endeavours;
- Plan of action - I bullet point the goals we're looking to achieve in the session (subject to breakout moments to address any lingering confusion);
- Core learning - depending on the skill, whether we're studying Language or Literature, and the Section therein, we either train (learn / practice / refine) or apply (test / mark / upgrade).
- Future plan - we end the lesson by agreeing on our next steps. If homework is preferred, this is set depending on what would be realistically achievable (and effective) for the student.