Neutral Tones - AQA This two-lesson mini-unit explores Thomas Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’ in detail. Designed to teach pupils studying the poem at GCSE with the AQA exam board, this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write an essay comparing it to another poem. The resource is made up of a 64-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 8 worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Making predictions – From the title alone, what do you think the poem is about? Context – Learning the importance of context. How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Hardy, his world view and his literary influences. First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included and comprehension questions with answers to assess understanding. Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem in detail. Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided. Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes a model answer and peer assessment opportunities. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the poem’s themes: love, loss, memory and emotional trauma. Language – Exploring Hardy’s use of language, poetic techniques and the semantic field. Includes an exploration of imagery and a line-by-line annotation of the poem and questions with detailed answers. Structure and Form – How Hardy uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme, rhythm, and enjambment and how he organises the stanzas and uses a cyclical structure. The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Comparing ‘Neutral Tones’ with ‘When We Two Parted’ and ‘Winter Swans’. To preview the full resource (view all slides and worksheets), click on the images.

Searching for Shakespeare (Reading Non fiction, research and note making skills) is a 40 slide Powerpoint unit of work for teaching research and note making skills. This series of lessons teaches pupils the cross curricular skills of how to research a topic efficiently. The resources cover skills such as skimming & scanning, using contents and index pages, searching on the web and how to make independent notes. Designed for KS2 English.

KS4/GCSE English - Macbeth - Characterisation (36-slide PowerPoint teaching resource with 6 accompanying worksheets) Lessons begin with the close analysis of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and build towards a complete ‘Escape Room’ activity. ‘Macbeth - Characterisation’ is designed to engage and promote independent learning and co-operation, as well as long term retention through a kinaesthetic style of learning. Lessons include answers to all the differentiated tasks and regular intervals are built in for feedback to ensure that learning is inclusive and collaborative. The resource also provides a healthy competitive element to maximise motivation, engagement and enjoyment.

SATs Survival GPS (46-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 13 worksheets) ‘SATs Survival GPS’ is designed to help learners revise for the KS2 SATs paper. The resource covers key spelling, punctuation and grammar skills including: Word types Tenses Prepositions Prefixes ricky spellings Homophones Synonyms and antonyms Modal verbs Pronouns Determiners Relative clauses Subordinate clauses Active and passive voice Each short lesson includes a class activity and individual pupil worksheet which are ideal for English warm-ups or homework tasks.

Planning, Drafting and Writing - Year 3/4 (28-slide PowerPoint teaching resource with 3 worksheets) This Year 3/4 English resource provides a range of ideas for how to plan a story, including techniques for visual, practical and auditory learners. The PowerPoint presentation takes learners through an example story, from first idea, to plan to rough draft. The lesson gives children the opportunity to write their own story and develop their planning and drafting skills.

Improving Reading Skills - Year 7 ‘Improving Reading Skills’ has been created to help pupils develop their prose reading skills. The resource explores a range of key reading skills including: Examining form, language and mood Developing reading for meaning and understanding skills Inference and deduction Non-fiction (travel writing and autobiography) Improving Reading Skills also includes two example texts and assessment materials within a worksheet booklet. ‘Improving Reading Skills - Year 7’ is fully editable, giving teachers the freedom, if required, to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching requirements.

Room on the Broom - Story Sequencing - KS1 In this resource children read ‘Room on the Broom’ and are then asked to retell the story orally and in their own writing. This is an engaging and fun lesson which covers a range of Year 1 English curriculum objectives. All activities are easy to follow and can be used by teachers, home schooling parents and students following distance learning. Contents include: Whole class oral retelling of the story activity. Retelling writing task (15 accompanying worksheets). Cut out pictures sequencing task. Links to ‘Room on the Broom’ additional activities. ‘Room on the Broom - Story Sequencing - KS1’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource if required to meet their individual teaching requirements.

Phonics Phase 2 Captions - EYFS ‘Phonics - Reading Captions - Phase 2’ is an EYFS/KS1 English phonics teaching resource that uses the suggested captions for words in sets 1-5 of the DfES ‘Letters and Sounds’ phonics teaching programme. Children move on from reading single words to reading captions. They use and apply their decoding skills on simple material appropriate for their word-reading level. All 35 captions are illustrated with a cute and colourful picture to engage the learner. This PowerPoint teaching resource includes activities aimed at giving children practise in decoding captions, 4 accompanying worksheets and flashcards that can be printed off and laminated to use for learning activities such as matching games, whats in the box? and pictures and captions snap. ‘Phonics Phase 2 Captions - EYFS’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class taught.

s, a, t, p - Letters and Sounds - Phonics Phase 2, Set 1 ‘s, a, t, p - Letters and Sounds - Phonics Phase 2, Set 1’ is a bright and colourful introduction to the DfES phase 2, set 1 Letters and Sounds phonics teaching programme. This animated 142 slide PowerPoint presentation introduces the letters and sounds s, a, t, p. Once each letter and sound has been covered there are 2 worksheets that give children the opportunity to practise writing the new letter and recognising the sound of the letter in everyday objects. Once all the set 1 letters and sounds have been introduced there are activities that allow children to practise blending and segmenting the decodable words for set 1 ( as, a, at, tap, pat, sat, sap). Materials include: 4 video links introducing each new letter and sound interactive activities 8 worksheets set 1 decodable words flashcards ‘s, a, t, p - Letters and Sounds - Phonics Phase 2, Set 1’ is completely editable so that teachers have the freedom to adapt each slide to suit teaching needs.

Christmas SPAG Activities 1 - KS1 This Christmas themed KS1 SPAG teaching resource concentrates on word class, covering many of the curriculum objectives of the year 1 and 2 English programme of study. Content includes: A noun explanation with an activity and an accompanying worksheet An adjective explanation with activities and an accompanying worksheet A verb explanation with activities and two accompanying worksheets An adverb explanation with activities and two accompanying worksheets A word class sorting activity with an accompanying worksheet A Christmas super sentences activity with an accompanying worksheet 'Christmas SPAG Activities 1 - KS1’ is a fully editable resource so you can adapt, personalise and differentiate it to suit your teaching requirements.

Christmas SPAG Activities 2 - KS1 This Christmas themed KS1 SPAG teaching resource concentrates on punctuation, sentence structure, plural nouns and alphabetical order. Content includes: Capital letters and end of sentence punctuation activity with an accompanying worksheet Using commas to separate items in a list explanation with an activity and an accompanying worksheet Possessive apostrophe explanation with an activity and an accompanying worksheet Ordering words in a sentence activity with an accompanying worksheet Singular nouns to plural nouns (adding -s) explanation with activity and an accompanying worksheet Alphabetical order explanation with an activity and accompanying worksheet 'Christmas SPAG Activities 2 - KS1’ is a fully editable resource so you can adapt, personalise and differentiate it to suit your teaching requirements.

A Guide to Descriptive Writing This editable PowerPoint-based teaching resource is designed to help students improve their descriptive writing skills. It explains how to structure a piece of descriptive writing and how to use certain techniques to create engaging and imaginative description. A Guide to Descriptive Writing has been put together with KS3 pupils in mind but it could also be used with higher ability upper KS2 children. The resource is made up of an editable PowerPoint presentation with step by step directions to help you teach the lesson.

Romeo and Juliet – Act 1 (83-slide PowerPoint and 20 worksheets) This resource is made up of 10 lessons that cover Act One of Romeo and Juliet in detail. It explores the characters of Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Nurse and Lady Capulet and the servants, the themes of love, hate and violence, Shakespeare’s language and use of imagery, the role of women in Elizabethan England, a plot summary and a range of extension tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more Romeo and Juliet resources: Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Romeo and Juliet - Act 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - House of Games

English Teaching Resources: The Nativity Story - KS1 ‘The Nativity Story - KS1’ has been designed to cover many of the year 1 and 2 curriculum objectives for ‘Reading - comprehension’ and ‘Writing - composition’ outlined in the English programme of study. ‘The Nativity Story’ is a bright and engaging PowerPoint presentation that includes: Colourful telling of the story with quiz questions to assess understanding Story sequencing activity with cut out worksheet Story re-telling with accompanying worksheets Select a character from the story and then draw and describe them Nativity scene colouring page ‘The Nativity Story - KS1’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit each class they teach.