Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker (editable PowerPoint and worksheets) Living Space is a GCSE English teaching resource for the poem ‘Living Space’ by Imtiaz Dharker - as featured in the WJEC Eduqas GCSE Poetry Anthology. The resource includes a range of activities which explore in detail the poem’s context, language, tone, form, style, theme and structure. The resource is aimed at teachers of GCSE students preparing for the WJEC Eduqas GCSE English examinations. Living Space includes: An introduction to Imtiaz Dharker and the context of the poem Consolidation and understanding tasks Exploring Dharker’s use of language and imagery Analysing the poem’s form and structure and Dharker’s use of poetic techniques Modelling how to use P.E.T.E.R. to write about ‘Living Space’ The key themes of ‘Living Space’ Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

English Teaching Resources: La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats (PowerPoint and worksheets) La Belle Dame sans Merci has been made for the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Poetry Anthology and includes an assortment of teaching activities for students of a range of abilities. The resource covers: An introduction to La Belle Dame sans Merci Analysis of the poem A copy of the text and consolidation activities Exploring how Keats uses structure and form Studying the use of imagery in the poem How and why Keats uses poetic techniques Language analysis Key themes explored Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

KS2 ENGLISH - Romeo and Juliet teaching resource (lesson plans, PowerPoint presentation, unit overview and worksheets) This teaching unit contains an editable 230 slide PowerPoint presentation, 30 worksheets, a unit overview and 32 lesson plans Our KS2 Romeo and Juliet resource is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare and includes a variety of activities for pupils of all abilities. It is ready to teach and can be used as it is, or it can be edited and adapted and / or dipped in and out of. Contents include: A mini Shakespeare biography and a guide to the theatre in Elizabethan England. Tasks to help understand the main events. Examining the characters of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Tybalt and more. Exploring the main themes. Developing understanding of Shakespeare’s stagecraft. Using Evidence when writing about the play. Examining Shakespeare’s use of language. Shakespeare’s use of tension and suspense. Empathy writing and spoken English activities. 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 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 - House of Games

Romeo and Juliet’s House of Games (151-slide PowerPoint presentation) Welcome to Romeo and Juliet’s House of Games - an animated Romeo and Juliet themed quiz inspired by the House of Games television show. It works with both individuals and teams and is a fun way to recap and revise the text. 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 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 - GCSE Unit of Work ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a GCSE unit of work containing a 259-slide PowerPoint, 50 worksheets and a 32 lesson unit overview. This engaging unit explores the play act by act and scene by scene, analysing its plot, characters, themes, language and historical context through a range of learning activities. These GCSE Romeo and Juliet teaching resources include planning (a 32 lesson unit of work overview), a fully editable PowerPoint teaching resource and 50 accompanying PDF worksheets. Below are examples of the activities contained in the lessons. Historical / social / literary context - a biography of Shakespeare’s life and the Elizabethan theatre. Scene by scene activities to consolidate understanding. Comprehension questions to assess students’ knowledge of plot, character, language, context and themes. Close analysis of the characters of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and Tybalt. Exploration of key themes - love, hate, fate, loyalty. The social and historical context of Romeo and Juliet and the play’s representation of women. Developing key reading skills - inference and deduction. Using P.E.T.E.R. Point/Evidence/Technique/Explain/Reader to write an effective GCSE exam essay. Detailed analysis of Shakespeare’s language, key quotes and Romeo and Juliet’s soliloquies and monologues. How Shakespeare uses tension and suspense in Romeo and Juliet. Role play - hot-seating activities. Understanding key characters through empathy writing tasks. Video links to help the teaching and learning of key scene.

The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross Year 6/7 Unit of Work (146-slide editable PowerPoint-based teaching resource with 28 accompanying worksheets) This unit of work explores the Gillian Cross novel The Demon Headmaster and is designed to help Year 6/7 learners develop key English reading skills. Contents include: Reading and comprehension activities (answers included) Analysing characters and writing about them in detail using quotations Developing inference and deduction skills Exploring the author’s use of language Developing descriptive writing skills Quizzes to assess understanding informally – crossword, word search and pub quiz Using constructive criticism to improve key skills Exploring and discussing the novel’s themes Examining how the author builds tension Writing empathetically in character to show understanding Post-reading review writing And lots more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular upper KS2 / lower KS3 novels: The Silver Sword War Horse Skellig Holes - KS3 Holes - KS2 Charlotte’s Web Billionaire Boy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A Christmas Carol

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - KS3 Unit of Work (22-lesson unit of work with 374-slide PowerPoint presentation and 53 worksheets) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Unit of Work contains a 374-slide PowerPoint presentation, 53 PDF worksheets and 22 lessons. This scheme of work explores the novel chapter by chapter in incredible detail, analysing the book’s plot, characters, themes and language through a range of engaging activities. This unit of work’s contents include: Comprehension tasks including questions and discussion Chapter by chapter ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ differentiated activities Research - learning about autism and Asperger’s Syndrome Exploring and discussing themes in detail Close character analysis of Christopher, Christopher’s father (Ed Boone), Christopher’s mother (Judy Boone), Mrs. Shears, Roger Shears Understanding and analysing how Mark Haddon uses language in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Developing inference and deduction skills Puzzles, games and quizzes based on the novel’s plot, characters and themes Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more resources for popular KS3 novels: Boys Don’t Cry Cirque Du Freak Face Holes Noughts and Crosses Skellig Stone Cold The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Demon Headmaster The Silver Sword

Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 (14-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with four differentiated worksheets) This KS1 resource explains how nouns can be turned into adjectives with the addition of suffixes, using ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ as examples. A whole-class activity is included to promote discussion and address misconceptions before the children work on the differentiated activities. Full answer keys are provided. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 The Suffix ‘-ous’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ed’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ation’ - Year 3/4 The Suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ - Year 2 The Suffixes ‘-tion’, ‘-sion’, ‘-ssion’ and ‘-cian’ - Year 3/4 Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 Add Suffixes to Spell Longer Words - Year 2 Suffixes - Developing KS2 Reading Skills

Back to School - All About Me ‘Back to School - All About Me’ is a handy PowerPoint teaching resource (with two accompanying worksheets) designed to be used in the Autumn Term at the start of a new school year to enable pupils to introduce themselves and set personal targets for the year. Content includes: Strengths and weaknesses activity with an accompanying worksheet Create your own coat of arms activity with an accompanying worksheet ‘Back to School - All About Me’ can be edited so teachers are able to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Back to School Icebreaker Activities

The Suffix ‘-ous’ - Year 3 / 4 (19-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet activities) This Year 3 / Year 4 resource explains how to spell words with the suffix ‘-ous’ accurately. The lesson provides an easy-to-understand definition of the ‘-ous’ suffix with examples, and explains how to change a noun into an adjective using ‘-ous’. The lesson also covers the three main exception rules that children need to know when adding the ‘-ous’ suffix. The resource includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable learners of all abilities to be challenged, and full answer keys are included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ed’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ation’ - Year 3/4 The Suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ - Year 2 The Suffixes ‘-tion’, ‘-sion’, ‘-ssion’ and ‘-cian’ - Year 3/4 Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 Add Suffixes to Spell Longer Words - Year 2 Suffixes - Developing KS2 Reading Skills

Time Conjunctions - Year 7 Essential English Skills Our ‘KS3 English Essential Skills’ resources are designed to help Year 7 learners master key English skills that were not fully developed at KS2. In this differentiated lesson (lower, middle and higher ability activities), pupils recap time conjunctions then practice using them in a range of sentences. There are a mix of whole-group tasks that students can complete before attempting the differentiated individual worksheets where they match sentences, choose suitable time conjunctions and write sentences of their own. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Causal Conjunctions - Year 7 Subordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Co-ordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Conjunctions Bundle - Year 2 Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Causal Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Time Conjunctions - Year 3/4

Blockbusters is a fully editable 5 slide PowerPoint presentation which can be adapted to provide a quick and fun starter or plenary activity to any lesson. Blockbusters works in exactly the same way as the TV show. The resource contains three ready made boards which can be changed or added to. Blockbusters provides a lively and engaging end to a lesson and can help teachers informally assess how much pupils have understood. It can also be used as a starter activity as it is an effective way of engaging and focusing pupils at the start of a lesson.

Personal Pronouns - KS2 FREE English Grammar Teaching Resource ‘Personal Pronouns - KS2’ is a handy English grammar teaching resource focusing on using personal pronouns accurately. Content includes: What are personal pronouns explanation Why we use personal pronouns in our writing Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 2 accompanying worksheets Personal pronouns cut-out cards that can be used for interactive activities ‘Personal Pronouns - KS2’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit each class they teach. THIS RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Pronouns - Year 3 and 4 Personal Pronouns - Year 3 and 4 Using Pronouns to Avoid Repetition

Beginning Sounds - s, a, t, p ‘Beginning Sounds - s, a, t, p’ is an EYFS phonics PowerPoint activity and accompanying worksheet that can be used to check understanding at the end of a lesson or as a recap activity at the beginning of a lesson. In this cute animated activity, children are asked to find the letter that corresponds to the beginning sound of the word illustrated on each slide. ‘Beginning Sounds - s, a, t, p’ can be edited so teachers are able to adapt the resource to meet all their teaching needs.

Middle and End Sounds - ck, ff, ll, ss ‘Middle and End Sounds - ck, ff, ll, ss’ is an EYFS phonics PowerPoint activity and accompanying worksheet that can be used to check understanding at the end of a lesson or as a recap activity at the beginning of a lesson. In this cute animated activity, children are asked to find the digraph that corresponds to the middle or end sound of the word illustrated on each slide. ‘Middle and End Sounds - ck, ff, ll, ss’ can be edited so teachers are able to adapt the resource to meet all their teaching needs.

The Number Line - EYFS In this EYFS teaching resource pupils are introduced to the number line to 10, covering some of the EYFS curriculum objectives - Mathematics (Numbers). This colourful animated PowerPoint presentation includes: A number line explanation and how it is useful An identify the greater or smaller number activity with accompanying worksheet Identify 1 more and 1 less activity with accompanying worksheet 1 further number line worksheet with answers ‘The Number Line - EYFS’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt each slide to suit their individual teaching needs.

Number Bonds to 10 - Year 1 In ‘Number Bonds to 10 - Year 1’ pupils use their knowledge of number bonds to explore bonds to 10 systematically. This maths teaching resource supports the White Rose small steps guidance for Year 1 - Autumn - Block 2 - Addition and Subtraction. Content include: Animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 3 accompanying worksheets 1 further worksheet with answers ‘Number Bonds to 10 - Year 1’ is fully editable, allowing teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet all their teaching requirements.

Ordering Numbers to 100 - Year 2 In this maths teaching resource pupils practise comparing numbers up to 100 and placing them in ascending and descending order as per the curriculum objectives of the year 2 maths programme of study (Number - number and place value). This animated PowerPoint presentation includes: 1. Ascending and descending order explanations 2. An ascending order activity with accompanying worksheet 3. A descending order activity with accompanying worksheet 4. 1 further worksheet with answers 'Ordering Numbers to 100 - Year 2' can be used exactly as it is or it can be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.

Rounding to the Nearest 10 - Year 4 In ‘Rounding to the Nearest 10 - Year 4’ pupils practise rounding numbers to the nearest 10. This teaching resource covers the year 4 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 4 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Multiples of 10 recap with activity and accompanying worksheet A rounding numbers to 10 explanation Activities to practise rounding numbers to the nearest 10 with 3 accompanying worksheets 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Rounding to the Nearest 10 - Year 4’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.

Number Bonds - The Story of 2- Year 1 In this KS1 maths teaching resource pupils will practise number bonds for 2 as per the statutory requirements of the year 1 maths programme of study (Number - addition and subtraction). This colourful PowerPoint presentation includes: An interactive activity Timed quick fire quiz Two accompanying worksheets Ladybird and spots teaching aid, Wall display Colouring pages ‘Number Bonds - The Story of 2 - Year 1’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs.