A bank of 23 extracts of non-fiction (all extracts are taken from websites that have published the extracts) and accompanying slides to prompt discussion. Useful for KS4 and KS5 tutor time literacy, whole school literacy or homework tasks for students. Raises cultural capital, exposes students to a range of texts on a variety of topics. Suitable for use by non-specialists.

A complete quote bank for Malorie Blackman’s Boys Don’t Cry - currently on the Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications. The document includes 135 quotations with the character who said it and the page number.

Suitable for KS3 or KS4 English Language, a lesson reading a funny restaurant review, and then asking students to create their own review based on this. Complete with a prompt for teachers to discuss reading for pleasure, as well as a SPAG activity on apostrophes.

A complete lesson which focuses on the conventions of different types of transactional writing, with one page printable handouts for students. Students are then asked to transform a piece of writing to other text types, while making it engaging. Models are provided for students and there is a peer assessment task at the end. I hope you enjoy using this lesson!

A lesson on transactional writing for GCSE students with success criteria and a model paragraph

A fun quiz of book covers split into categories - teen reads, children’s books, toddler books, classics. Great for promoting reading. Can be used as a fun reading lesson starter, or as a quiz for groups to compete in class or as tutor groups. There are 60 book covers in total.