A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 (17-slide editable PowerPoint and 2 worksheets) This GCSE lesson enables learners to continue to explore Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchit family in Stave 3 of ‘A Christmas Carol’. Please note that it focuses on the following passage: From: ‘At last the dinner was all done…’ Down to: ‘…on hearing his own name.’ The lesson begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ starter activity which encourages revision and retrieval of quotations from the novella so far. In preparation for their reading, learners will then consider how an image of a caterpillar eating a leaf might represent Scrooge. The image is intended to illustrate the idea of the ‘insect on the leaf’ metaphor contained within the passage. Learners will then read the passage indicated above and following on from this, they will respond to five passage-focused tasks on a worksheet. Suggested answers are included on the PowerPoint. The lesson concludes with a quick plenary that asks learners to think of points that either support or challenge a statement regarding the Cratchits’ function in Stave Three. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits (Part 5) (17-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 6 worksheets) This is the final lesson in the five part series that looks at Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchit family in Stave Three. Please note that it focuses on the following passage: From: ‘”Mr Scrooge!” said Bob. “I’ll give you the founder of the feast!”’ Down to: ‘…especially on Tiny Tim, until the last.’ The lesson begins with a differentiated Do Now activity which encourages revision and retrieval of ideas from the novella so far. Learners will then read the passage indicated above and transform the events of the passage into three images. Following on from this, learners will then analyse Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchits by responding to prompts on a passage-based worksheet. Suggested ideas are included on the PowerPoint. The lesson concludes with a quick review that asks learners to map their learning journey in relation to the Cratchits. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

A Christmas Carol - Ghost of Christmas Present (Part 3) (22-slide PowerPoint based lesson with 4 worksheets) This is the third in a trilogy of GCSE lessons on the Ghost of Christmas Present. Please note that it assumes that learners have read the following passage: From: ‘”Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost…’ down to: ‘“A tremendous family to provide for,” replied Scrooge’. The lesson starts with a differentiated (Bronze/silver/Gold) ‘Do Now’ starter activity/task which asks learners to read and understand a short passage which briefly explains Dickens’ inspiration for the character of the Ghost of Christmas Present. Following on from this, learners will recap some of the main ideas from the passage indicated above. Students will then analyse Dickens’ presentation of the Ghost using a worksheet and pre-set questions. Suggested answers are included within the PowerPoint. The lesson concludes with a brief learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family (PowerPoint and worksheets) This GCSE lesson explores how Belle’s family is presented in Stave 2. It also allows pupils to reflect on how Scrooge has changed throughout the course of Stave 2. There is a differentiated starter activity which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave 2. Following this, students will read from, ‘”No more!” cried Scrooge’, down to ‘…he sank into a heavy sleep’, thinking about: How the lives of Scrooge and Belle contrast How Dickens presents Belle’s family And how Dickens presents Scrooge’s reaction to this ‘shadow’. Students will then reflect on the lessons that Scrooge has learnt in Stave Two as a result of the ‘shadows’ presented to him. This activity involves linking characters, ‘lessons’ and quotations and there are two different ways of approaching it, depending on the ability and needs of your class. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to think of words to describe Scrooge at the beginning, the middle and the end of Stave 2. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle

This is the second of three GCSE lessons on the Ghost of Christmas Present from Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol. It focuses on the following passage: From: ‘”Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost…’ down to: ‘“A tremendous family to provide for,” replied Scrooge’. The lesson begins with a starter activity which asks learners to read and reflect on a short passage explaining the origins of the term Plenty’s horn. Following on from this, learners will read the above passage, focusing on: How Dickens presents Scrooge as he enters the room Why the Ghost has ‘more than eighteen hundred brothers’ The significance of Scrooge’s response to the Ghost at the end of the passage. Learners will then examine two images. One of these is the John Leech illustration of the Ghost of Christmas Present from 1843. The other is a drawing of Old Christmas from December 1842. Learners will consider the similarities and differences between the two images and suggest inferences that can be made about the Ghost based on the image of Old Christmas. The lesson concludes with a brief learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4 A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5 A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want

A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past (15-slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets) This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ presentation of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Contents include: A differentiated starter activity that encourages learners to revise characters, quotations and ideas from Stave One. Activities exploring how Dickens presents the Ghost of Christmas Past and why Scrooge yearns to see the Ghost put on its extinguisher cap. Learners use a sheet of visual clues to help them interpret key details from Dickens’ description of the Ghost. The lesson concludes with a differentiated review which asks learners to examine three images and suggest how they relate to Scrooge. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle (19-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 2 worksheets) This GCSE lesson allows students to explore the end of Scrooge’s relationship with Belle in Stave 2. It begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave One. Following on from this, learners will read from, ‘His former self turned down the lamps…’ down to ‘”One shadow more!”, thinking about: Why Belle chose to end her relationship with Scrooge; how Dickens presents Scrooge in this passage and how our understanding of Scrooge’s character is developed as a result of what Dickens reveals in this part of the book. There is also a detailed analysis of two of the passage’s more complex ideas, including Scrooge’s worship of the ‘golden idol’. Learners will then complete a ‘how far do you agree?’ activity involving a differentiated range of statements on the subject of Scrooge and Belle’s breakup. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to summarise why Scrooge and Belle broke up in no more than 15, 10 or 5 words. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits (15-slide PowerPoint-based GCSE lesson with differentiated worksheets) At the end of Stave One, Scrooge sees into the purgatorial realm that he is currently doomed to enter. This resource enables students to examine how Dickens presents the penitent spirits that Scrooge observes. It includes: A differentiated starter activity quiz to help revise the main ideas in Stave One Students will then study from, ‘It held its chain up at arm’s length…’ down to the end of chapter, thinking about how Dickens describes the scene outside of Scrooge’s window and its implications for Scrooge himself. After this, pupils will examine an illustration of the scene in question, evaluating the artist’s depiction of the passage they have just read. The lesson concludes with learners producing a short list of the different things that Scrooge might learn in Staves 2-4. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

This resource provides an introduction to the plot of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ for GCSE. It includes a differentiated ‘Do Now Task’ in which learners link illustrations of key moments in the novella to relevant quotations. At higher levels, learners will think about the order in which the illustrations could be placed and which is the most important and why. The resource also includes a detailed plot summary of A Christmas Carol split up into 5 sections corresponding with each stave in the novella. There are 11 worksheets, one for each section, to promote understanding, inference-making and analysis of the novella’s main ideas. The tasks on many of the worksheets contain opportunities for further challenge to stretch more able learners. Click on the images opposite for more details. If necessary, this resource can be split over two 50-60 minute lessons. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - Introducing Ebenezer Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave One A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

A Christmas Carol - Introducing Ebenezer Scrooge This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ introduction to the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’. It includes a differentiated Do Now activity, in which learners read a short passage of text on the biblical background of the name Ebenezer and consider how it might be relevant to readers’ understanding of Dickens’ main character. At higher levels, learners will also reflect on the meaning and the connotations of the surname Scrooge. After this, learners will read from the beginning of the novella to the end of Dickens’ introduction to Scrooge. As they read, learners will consider What they learn about Scrooge’s character What Dickens does not tell us about Scrooge How Scrooge may develop in the future. The main activity is for learners to use one of three differentiated templates to design Scrooge’s Twitter profile page, based on what they have read in the introductory passage. This activity encourages learners to think about sub-textual layers of meaning as well as surface level information. Teacher suggestions provided. The lesson concludes with learners reflecting on what they have learnt during the lesson about the character of Scrooge. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl contains a variety of activities designed to help children understand the book's plot, characters, language, and themes. Includes: - A unit of work with 11 lessons - A Roald Dahl biography, a video by Michael Rosen, a comprehension task and a class game - Reading, writing and speaking and listening activities - Developing making predictions skills using book covers (images, title, author, blurb) about plot, characters, themes and genre - Exploring how Roald Dahl creates characters - Writing-frames to help children write about characters - Examining Roald Dahl's use of language - Creating a comic strip version to asses understanding of the plot - Tips for tackling new words - Cross-curricular content - Endangered species (Geography, Citizenship, nature and the environment)

Functional Skills English - Entry Level 1 (Unit includes 147-slide editable PowerPoint and 34 worksheets) This unit of work covers all the requirements of 2019 Functional Skills English for Entry Level 1. It includes a range of differentiated, engaging and practical tasks that help students develop key functional skills. The unit covers Speaking, Listening, Communication, Reading and Writing. Contents include: What are Functional Skills? An explanation. Self assessment – ‘Strengths and weaknesses’ EL1 key words spellings tests (incorporated into each lesson) A – Z challenges to strengthen alphabet skills Radio ad and Tannoy announcement activities to help develop listening skills Arranging a party and a family holiday – to develop practical organisation, planning and communication skills How to make your voice heard in a group How to build arguments and find information quickly by skimming and scanning Taking an active part in a debate Exploring non-verbal communication skills Consolidating essential writing skills – capital letters, full stops, sentences, etc How to take messages (on the phone or face to face) and make notes whilst message taking And lots more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more English Functional Skills resources: Functional Skills Entry Level 2 Functional Skills Entry Level 3 Functional Skills Level 1 Functional Skills Level 2

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - 130 slide PowerPoint, 10 worksheets and scheme of work overview Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde contains 11 lessons designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the plot, characters, language, themes and historical context of the novel. Contents: -A brief biography of Robert Louis Stevenson -An explanation of the context of the novel (Victorian London, gothic traditions, the Theory of Evolution, Jack the Ripper) -Activities to explore the narrative structure of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -Indepth analysis of the characters of Gabriel Utterson, Dr Lanyon, Henry Jekyll and Mr Hyde -Exploration of themes - the duality of human nature, the supernatural and science and the unexplained -Developing awareness of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style and language -Examining Stevenson's use of language - setting, description, contrast, symbolism and pathetic fallacy - And much more!

Animal Farm is made up of a 175-slide PowerPoint presentation, a 50-page booklet of worksheets, and a 14 lesson scheme of work overview. This Animal Farm resource is designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the plot, characters, language, themes, and historical context of Orwell’s modern classic. The resource includes a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities: -A biography of George Orwell -An explanation of the historical context of Europe in the 1930s and the rise of the USSR - notes and BBC documentary -Russian Revolution research task -Activities to explore the narrative structure and develop knowledge of the plot of Animal Farm -In-depth analysis of Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer, Boxer, and Benjamin -Exploration of the key themes of Animal Farm - power, idealism, corruption, class, socialism, propaganda, social control

The Landlady by Roald Dahl is a Year 9/10 unit of work with a 50-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and an 11-page booklet of worksheets. The Landlady by Roald Dahl teaching resource includes a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities: - A unit overview with 5 four part lessons covering literary context, plot, character, themes and language - Analysis of the characters of Billy Weaver and The Landlady - Extension activities - Cloze and sequencing exercises to consolidate plot knowledge - Literary context exploration - the influence of fairy tales - Analysing Roald Dahl's use of language to build mood and tension - Essay question with planning guidance - and much more!

Punctuating Speech ‘Punctuating Speech’ is an animated PowerPoint presentation with 2 accompanying worksheets designed to teach pupils how to use speech marks accurately in their writing. Content includes: An explanation of how and why we use speech marks in our writing Adding speech marks activity Speech marks consolidation and assessment activity three accompanying worksheets ‘Punctuating Speech’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource to suit the individual needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Direct and Reported Speech Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4

Types of Nouns English SPaG Teaching Resource In ‘Types of Nouns’ pupils practise recognising common and proper nouns. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective with two accompanying worksheets ‘Types of Nouns’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Nouns - Year 1 Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1 Concrete Nouns Collective Nouns Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs

This Charlotte’s Web unit of work has been created to develop key KS2 reading skills by exploring the popular children’s novel in detail. It covers the following areas of study: Inference and deduction skills Discussion and research skills Exploring character in detail How to write a response using quotations Examining plot, themes and language Activities for individuals, pairs and groups Think, pair, share tasks Hot seating and storyboarding Making a quiz Writing a front-page newspaper story Writing a book review Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular KS2 novels: The Silver Sword War Horse The Demon Headmaster Skellig Holes Billionaire Boy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory