Shakespeare introduction from B and D Publishing. The KS3 scheme of work Introducing Shakespeare is an introduction to Shakespeare’s England and Theatre. There are worksheets on Elizabeth I, Elizabethan Clothes, Houses and Homes, Food, Life in Town and Country, Shakespeare’s Home and Family, Stratford-on-Avon, School, Games and Sport, Fairs and Festivals, Ships and Sailors, and Shakespeare’s London. The section on Shakespeare’s theatre includes worksheets on Plays and Pageants, Travelling Players, Elizabethan Theatres, Actors and Writers, Plays, Plague and Poems, Shakespeare’s Histories, Comedies, Tragedies, The Globe, The Stage, Stage Properties, Costume and Special Effects. This pack includes a simple model of the Globe theatre for pupils to make - an effective way of making the essential features of the Elizabethan stage clear to students. The pack is also suitable for home learning. The scheme of work is 40 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-shakespeare-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11889712 We also offer a KS4 Shakespeare pack, providing an introduction to the author and his works, with worksheets about the Bard’s life and times and examining extracts from a selection of his works: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-shakespeare-pack-scheme-of-work-12346647 Also available are Introducing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Introducing Romeo and Juliet. These KS3 teaching resources are written in three sections: a shortened, simplified version of the play in Modern English; a matching shortened version in Shakespeare’s English; and worksheets on the play: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-scheme-of-work-11895881 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-romeo-and-juliet-scheme-of-work-11891511 We also offer the Starting Shakespeare series, short simple introductions to the plays for KS3, available for: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Much Ado About Nothing; The Tempest; The Merchant of Venice; Julius Caesar; Henry V; Richard III. Also available is our ‘In Focus’ series of KS3 classroom display materials and worksheets for the following plays: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest; Henry V; Twelfth Night; Richard III. KS4 schemes of work are also available for: Othello; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Henry V; Romeo and Juliet; Julius Caesar; The Merchant of Venice; Macbeth; Twelfth Night; Much Ado About Nothing; The Tempest; Richard III. KS4 Shakespeare resource packs contain scene by scene notes on the play, story summaries and differentiated worksheets. The workbooks can also be used by pupils for GCSE exam revision. See our Shop for more high quality English resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 PowerPoint scheme of work on Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson covers the whole novel in six parts, corresponding with the six parts of the book. This resource pack covering Part Three includes story summaries, notes on the text, language, historical context, writing topics, revision questions and work on topics including punctuating speech and descriptive writing. Also available Part One: The Old Buccaneer: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-one-powerpoint-lesson-pack-20-slides-12050299 Part Two: The Sea Cook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-two-powerpoint-lesson-pack-17-slides-12055031 Part Four: The Stockade: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-four-powerpoint-lesson-pack-12-slides-12088456 Part Five: My Sea Adventure: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-five-powerpoint-lesson-pack-15-slides-12120170 Part Six: Captain Silver: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-six-powerpoint-lesson-pack-20-slides-12153203 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-powerpoint-lesson-bundle-12153611 The work in this resource pack and more is also available as a full key stage 3 scheme of worksheets. The pdf resource pack includes story summaries, notes on the text, cloze passages, language, historical context, speaking and writing topics and quiz questions: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-11863296 For even better value, the slide packs can also be purchased as a bundle with the pack of pdf worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-and-powerpoint-bundle-12154638 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 PowerPoint scheme of work on Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson covers the whole novel in six parts, corresponding with the six parts of the book. This resource pack covering Part Four includes story summaries, notes on the text, language, historical context, writing topics and revision questions. Also available Part One: The Old Buccaneer: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-one-powerpoint-lesson-pack-20-slides-12050299 Part Two: The Sea Cook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-two-powerpoint-lesson-pack-17-slides-12055031 Part Three: My Shore Adventure: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-three-powerpoint-lesson-pack-23-slides-12085631 Part Five: My Sea Adventure: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-five-powerpoint-lesson-pack-15-slides-12120170 Part Six: Captain Silver: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-six-powerpoint-lesson-pack-20-slides-12153203 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-powerpoint-lesson-bundle-12153611 The work in this resource pack and more is also available as a full key stage 3 scheme of worksheets. The pdf resource pack includes story summaries, notes on the text, cloze passages, language, historical context, speaking and writing topics and quiz questions: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-11863296 For even better value, the slide packs can also be purchased as a bundle with the pack of pdf worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-and-powerpoint-bundle-12154638 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s scheme of work on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, suitable for KS4 and above. This resource pack contains the full 1834 text with Coleridge’s marginal gloss. It is illustrated with engravings by Gustave Doré and others. It has worksheets and ample notes to enrich the study of this important poem. The pack can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. The pack is 52 pages and free sample pages are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12092012 See also our Language for Literature resource packs. Pupils need to talk and write about many aspects of the texts they use. To do this well they need to be familiar with the major technical terms. B & D Publishing’s two Language for Literature schemes of work spanning key stages 3 and 4 give pupils a sound understanding of many literary terms. The literary terms covered include Acrostics, Alliteration, Anecdote, Clerihew, Epic, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Myth, The Ballad, Fable, Assonance, Autobiography, Cinquain, Cliché, Elegy, Haiku, Ambiguity, Rhyme, Rhythm, Kenning, Legend, Ode, Parable, Parody, Personification, Sonnet, Limerick, Soliloquy, Pun, Spoonerisms, Dialect, Dialogue, Epitaph, Onomatopoeia, Proof Reading, Proverbs, Riddles, Anachronism, Allegory, Diaries and Journals, Dramatic Irony, Hyperbole and much more. Language for Literature Series One (KS3) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-series-one-scheme-of-work-11911638 Language for Literature Series Two (KS4) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-series-two-scheme-of-work-11911644 For even better value a KS3 and KS4 Language for Literature & Forty Favourite Poems Bundle is also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-and-poetry-bundle-ks3-and-ks4-11930332 B and D Publishing’s Forty Favourite Poems Series One and Two poetry resource packs each contain 40 poems that are essential reading for all lovers of English literature, by poets including Blake, Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Keats, Emily Bronte and more. Series One is suitable for KS3 pupils and Series Two for students working at KS4 and beyond. The copyright free text plus work on each poem is provided. Forty Favourite Poems Series One (KS3) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-forty-favourite-poems-series-one-scheme-of-work-11904418 Forty Favourite Poems Series Two (KS4) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-forty-favourite-poems-series-two-scheme-of-work-11902267 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 Responses to Reading Series Two is aimed at Years 8 to 9. The pack consists of prose extracts and poems covering a range of topics. Each extract is followed by ample opportunity for written response. Many of the extracts provide a good introduction to pre-20th century texts. The pack also provides a varied and instantly available source for one-off lessons, homework and home learning. The resource pack is 48 pages and sample pages are available for free download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-responses-to-reading-series-two-sample-pages-12084717 Also available is Responses to Reading Series One, aimed at Years 7 to 8: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-responses-to-reading-series-one-12081224 For even better value, Bundles are also available: 4 SoW Responses to Reading and Poetry Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/responses-to-reading-and-forty-favourite-poems-bundle-12280141 3 SoW Responses to Reading and Poetry Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/responses-to-reading-and-forty-favourite-poems-ks3-bundle-12280205 Also available: KS2 English Skills Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-bundle-12072596 See also our KS3 English Skills resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-resource-pack-bundle-11860826 Also useful is our Working With Words series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/working-with-words-series-1-4-scheme-of-work-bundle-11961274 See also the Reading Record scheme. This pack provides KS3 pupils with a structure for recording their reading progress, ideal for use in library lessons. Students are guided through three levels - BRONZE, SILVER and GOLD - with targets that must be reached within each level. Each level is rewarded with a certificate. The resource pack contains a variety of worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-record-scheme-of-work-for-library-lessons-12011584 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 scheme of work on The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets and oral and written assignments suitable for key stage 3 pupils. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. The Machine Gunners is a great little adventure story set in the North East of England during the Second World War. It follows the adventures of a group of school children who find a crashed German plane and take away the machine gun. The police realise that the machine gun has gone from the wreckage and are anxious to find it. Written by Robert Westall, who was himself a boy growing up on Tyneside during the war, the novel gives an interesting and realistic account of what it was like to live in Britain during those years. Our Machine Gunners resource pack contains 48 pages of worksheets covering story, characters, background information, themes and ideas. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-machine-gunners-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12224674 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 scheme of work on Buddy by Nigel Hinton. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets and oral and written assignments suitable for key stage 3 pupils. Although it is now some years since Buddy was written, the problems Buddy faces growing up have not changed. The book always strikes a chord with teenagers. The characters are interesting and the storyline is dramatic. Our Buddy resource pack contains over 40 pages of worksheets covering story, characters, themes and ideas. The pack can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/buddy-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12177268 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 scheme of work on Talking in Whispers by James Watson. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets and oral and written assignments suitable for key stage 4 pupils. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. Andres Larreta, a young musician, lives in Santiago, Chile. Andres and his friends Isa and Beto battle, not merely to survive but to fight tyranny in their native land. The characters in Talking in Whispers are the creation of the author, but events such as those portrayed have happened in the past in Chile, and continue to happen in countries around the world today “where the force of arms rules the people instead of democracy and the rule of justice”. Our Talking in Whispers resource pack contains over 40 pages of worksheets covering story, characters, themes and ideas. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/talking-in-whispers-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12251010 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.