Can I set how many weeks the scheme covers?

Yes. Set the number of weeks and lessons per week in the advanced options, and the rows are spread across those weeks. Leave them blank and the lessons are grouped into sensible weeks for you.

Can I edit what the AI produces?

Yes — every section is editable. You can rewrite any field, reorder or delete lessons, duplicate a lesson, insert a new one between two existing lessons, change a lesson's duration, and regenerate a single lesson without touching the rest.

Which plans include this?

Unit plans and schemes of work are part of the Plus and Pro plans, and of school licences. On the free plan you can read these pages and edit the sample, but generating your own needs an upgrade. The single lesson plan generator stays free.

When does a generation come off my monthly allowance?

When you save. Generating a draft and deciding you don't want it costs you nothing, and a failed generation never reduces your allowance either. Once saved, editing, exporting and regenerating a single lesson or section are all free — only generating a fresh resource and saving it spends another.

Which languages are supported?

English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi and Mandarin. The whole resource is written in the language you pick, including headings, activities and assessment descriptions.

How does curriculum alignment work?

If you paste in your own standards or outcomes, they are used exactly as you wrote them and marked as teacher-supplied. If you do not, the tool describes alignment in words and labels it "Suggested alignment—teacher review required". It never invents curriculum codes.

Can I turn one lesson into a full lesson plan?

Yes. Every lesson in the sequence has a button that carries its title, objectives and duration into the full EasyLessonPlan lesson-plan generator, so you get a complete minute-by-minute plan for that single lesson.

Can I export to Word and PDF?

Yes, both. Unit plans export portrait. Schemes of work export landscape so the full table stays readable, and the Word export is a real table you can keep editing.

Scheme of Work Generator

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Plan a whole term in one table

Get a scheme of work laid out week by week and period by period — outcomes, competencies, teacher and learner activities, resources, assessment, differentiation and homework in one editable table.

Create a scheme of work See a sample

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How it works

1
Describe the unit
Title, subject, grade, how many lessons and how long each one runs. Advanced options are there if you want them, tucked away if you don't.
2
Review your inputs
A summary screen shows exactly what will be generated, so you can fix a detail before you run it.
3
Generate the sequence
You get a connected set of lessons that build on each other, with outcomes, activities, assessment and differentiation.
4
Edit and export
Change anything, regenerate a single lesson for free, save it to your dashboard, and export to Word or PDF.

What the scheme of work includes

The scheme arrives as an editable table, one row per lesson or period, with the narrative sections your school's template usually asks for alongside it.

Week and lesson or period number
Topic and subtopic
Learning outcome for each period
Competency or standard
Teacher activities
Learner activities
Resources
Assessment method
Differentiation
Homework
Notes or reflection column
Plus overview, outcomes, vocabulary and assessment overview

An editable sample

This is a real scheme of work in the exact format you would get. Switch on editing and change anything — nothing here is saved, it is just to show you how the editor behaves.

Scheme of work: one row per lesson or period, with outcomes, activities, resources, assessment and differentiation.
Week	Lesson / Period	Topic	Subtopic	Learning Outcome	Competency / Standard	Teacher Activities	Learner Activities	Resources	Assessment	Differentiation	Homework	Notes / Reflection
1	1	Ecosystems	Living and non-living parts	Name living and non-living parts of a local ecosystem	Interdependent relationships	Lead observation warm-up; introduce vocabulary	Observe habitat; sort organism cards in pairs	Organism cards, habitat photo	Exit slip	Picture-supported cards; decomposer extension	Sketch one producer and one consumer	Check the producer/consumer distinction is secure before Period 2.
1	2	Food chains	Direction of energy flow	Construct a food chain with correctly directed arrows	Energy transfer	Model one chain aloud; circulate and check arrows	Build three chains; discuss a reversed example	Organism cards, glue, notebooks	Teacher check of first chain	Pre-cut sets; five-link extension	Write a food chain for an animal seen today	Arrow direction is the usual error.
2	3	Food webs	Connecting chains	Combine chains into a web and identify shared organisms	Interdependent relationships	Run string web; support group transfer to paper	Build string web; draw group web; identify hubs	String, chart paper, markers	Group web checked for shared organisms	Assign well-connected organisms; decomposer extension	None	Keep the group webs — Period 5 reuses them.
2	4	Energy flow	Loss between levels	Explain why energy is lost at each trophic level	Energy transfer	Run counter demonstration; model an explanation	Model with counters; write an explanation	Counters, notebooks	Written explanation	Sentence starters; proportional-loss extension	Explain to someone at home	Watch for the phrase being repeated without meaning.
3	5	Disruption	Removing an organism	Predict and justify the effect of a removal	Constructing explanations	Facilitate removal demonstration; chair presentations	Map knock-on effects; present scenario	String web, group charts, scenario cards	Group presentation	Single-step scenarios; two-predator extension	Prepare one summary sentence	Push for reasoning traced through the web.
3	6	Assessment	Final explanation task	Produce a justified written prediction for an unseen habitat	Constructing explanations	Brief the task; share success criteria	Write explanation; self-assess	Task sheet, criteria, habitat diagram	Summative written task	Word bank and frame on request; two-change extension	None	Mark against the four scheme outcomes.

Week 1 · Lesson 1

Week: 1
Lesson / Period: 1
Topic: Ecosystems
Subtopic: Living and non-living parts
Learning Outcome: Name living and non-living parts of a local ecosystem
Competency / Standard: Interdependent relationships
Teacher Activities: Lead observation warm-up; introduce vocabulary
Learner Activities: Observe habitat; sort organism cards in pairs
Resources: Organism cards, habitat photo
Assessment: Exit slip
Differentiation: Picture-supported cards; decomposer extension
Homework: Sketch one producer and one consumer
Notes / Reflection: Check the producer/consumer distinction is secure before Period 2.

Week 1 · Lesson 2

Week: 1
Lesson / Period: 2
Topic: Food chains
Subtopic: Direction of energy flow
Learning Outcome: Construct a food chain with correctly directed arrows
Competency / Standard: Energy transfer
Teacher Activities: Model one chain aloud; circulate and check arrows
Learner Activities: Build three chains; discuss a reversed example
Resources: Organism cards, glue, notebooks
Assessment: Teacher check of first chain
Differentiation: Pre-cut sets; five-link extension
Homework: Write a food chain for an animal seen today
Notes / Reflection: Arrow direction is the usual error.

Week 2 · Lesson 3

Week: 2
Lesson / Period: 3
Topic: Food webs
Subtopic: Connecting chains
Learning Outcome: Combine chains into a web and identify shared organisms
Competency / Standard: Interdependent relationships
Teacher Activities: Run string web; support group transfer to paper
Learner Activities: Build string web; draw group web; identify hubs
Resources: String, chart paper, markers
Assessment: Group web checked for shared organisms
Differentiation: Assign well-connected organisms; decomposer extension
Homework: None
Notes / Reflection: Keep the group webs — Period 5 reuses them.

Week 2 · Lesson 4

Week: 2
Lesson / Period: 4
Topic: Energy flow
Subtopic: Loss between levels
Learning Outcome: Explain why energy is lost at each trophic level
Competency / Standard: Energy transfer
Teacher Activities: Run counter demonstration; model an explanation
Learner Activities: Model with counters; write an explanation
Resources: Counters, notebooks
Assessment: Written explanation
Differentiation: Sentence starters; proportional-loss extension
Homework: Explain to someone at home
Notes / Reflection: Watch for the phrase being repeated without meaning.

Week 3 · Lesson 5

Week: 3
Lesson / Period: 5
Topic: Disruption
Subtopic: Removing an organism
Learning Outcome: Predict and justify the effect of a removal
Competency / Standard: Constructing explanations
Teacher Activities: Facilitate removal demonstration; chair presentations
Learner Activities: Map knock-on effects; present scenario
Resources: String web, group charts, scenario cards
Assessment: Group presentation
Differentiation: Single-step scenarios; two-predator extension
Homework: Prepare one summary sentence
Notes / Reflection: Push for reasoning traced through the web.

Week 3 · Lesson 6

Week: 3
Lesson / Period: 6
Topic: Assessment
Subtopic: Final explanation task
Learning Outcome: Produce a justified written prediction for an unseen habitat
Competency / Standard: Constructing explanations
Teacher Activities: Brief the task; share success criteria
Learner Activities: Write explanation; self-assess
Resources: Task sheet, criteria, habitat diagram
Assessment: Summative written task
Differentiation: Word bank and frame on request; two-change extension
Homework: None
Notes / Reflection: Mark against the four scheme outcomes.

Why teachers use it

Built for term planning

Tell it how many weeks and how many lessons per week, and the rows are distributed across the term for you.

Readable at a glance

Each cell is a phrase or a short sentence, not a paragraph — a scheme of work you can actually scan in a planning meeting.

Exports landscape

PDF and Word exports use landscape orientation so all thirteen columns stay legible, and the Word file is a real table you can keep editing.

Works on a phone

On a small screen each row becomes a stacked card, so you are never dragging a wide table sideways.

Curriculum alignment you can trust

Paste your own standards and they are used verbatim and marked teacher-supplied. Leave them out and alignment is described in words and clearly labelled “Suggested alignment—teacher review required”. Curriculum codes are never invented.

Differentiation that names the need

Pick the learner needs in your class — ADHD, dyslexia, hearing impairment, gifted and talented and more — and each one gets its own practical strategies at unit and lesson level, rather than a generic paragraph.

Word and PDF export

Unit plans export portrait. Schemes of work export landscape so the whole table fits, and the Word version is a real table you can keep editing in your school's template.

Available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi and Mandarin.

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