This is a descriptive writing graphic organiser on a single A3 sheet, aimed at KS3 and KS4. Print on a large sheet of paper for planning and creative thinking, or on a smaller A4 sheet if needed. This organiser prompts your students to plan for writing about:
5 senses
Thoughts and emotions
Nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs
Textures and patterns
Similes and personification
Colours and synonyms
Varied punctuation
…and includes a selection of scenes to choose from and describe if writer’s block hits. Available with both UK and US spellings.
Encourage developed sentences in creative writing with this summer-themed worksheet. Using the prompts (what, who, where, when, how, and why) your students start with a single detail and build it into a fully developed, image-filled sentence.
One sentence-building process is modelled for your students, then two prompts are provided, and finally there are two empty spaces for students to create their own ideas from scratch.
This worksheet is in graphic organizer format, comes in 2 black and white styles and 2 color styles, and all of these come in both US letter and UK A4 document sizes with appropriate spellings and terminology on each.
Coach your students through the close reading and annotation of an extract about Chapter 13 from Wonder, then instruct them in the use of the differentiated essay frame to challenge and stretch pupils at all levels.
What are August’s thoughts and feelings in this extract?
The extract and annotation sheet includes instructions and suggested quotations underlined, and the essay frame shows a clear route of progress and has a built-in example and extension column.
This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size documents, and in colour and black/white versions.
Fully editable template for you to create a takeout menu full of homework tasks for your subject or topics. Just replace the task texts with your own activities! I recommend stipulating that pupils need to choose a starter, main and dessert task for each homework deadline.
Use the ‘Set Meals’ for pre-set combinations, or the ‘Extras’ page for Gifted and Talented tasks.
This resource comes in UK A4 and US letter size documents, and with a few pizza and food graphics to get you started.
This July 4th activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great seasonal starter, brain break or exit ticket. Learn about eight different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included.
The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions, and US and UK spellings.
Analyse the figurative language and literary devices from eight Tiktok sound trends and viral songs seen during April 2021! Use either as a full lesson in preparation for a bigger analysis task, as individual recap tasks for skills, or as a series of engaging starters for figurative language and device lessons. Best suited to upper KS3 and KS4.
This resource comes in both US and UK document sizes (letter and A4), features eight sets of lyrics (recognisable to many students who use Tiktok), colour-coded answer keys, and an additional PowerPoint version for class collaboration.
If you love this resource, follow me for an update when I release the sound trend tasks for May 2021 and beyond!
A peer assessment carousel not only lightens your workload, but it also allows each student to gain feedback from six different classmates whilst also seeing and evaluating examples of work from their peers.
How it works…
Just print a six-box feedback sheet for every student and staple it to their work. The work and these feedback sheets will be passed around the carousel to collect feedback. Next, group your students equally, according to their strengths. Each student reads a piece of work and fill out the feedback box for their focus, using the student guide sheets for prompts.
When the time is up for reading and giving feedback, each group piles up the work, and the piles are passed on to the next group.
You can use the premade sheets, which works around the concept of six focus groups, or you could make your own with the included blank editable version.
Easily adapted for different tasks, this product will serve you year in, year out! Includes a handy ‘How to Use’ guide.
Deconstruct and conduct a pre-reading study of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas… without the poem! This pre-reading pack of six mini-lessons will guide your students as they consider the settings, sensory elements, emotions and movement in the poem they are about to study, before creating a hexagonal thinking map of their expectations.
Need the lesson plans too? Check out my FREE Lesson Plans for Poetry Deconstruction!
Deconstructing the poem means to pull it apart and and study the broken segments before putting it back together. Your students’ depth of understanding when you finally read the poem together may surprise you!
Includes…
Deconstruction of Setting worksheet and slides
Deconstruction of Sound worksheet and slides
Deconstruction of Emotions worksheet and slides
Deconstruction of Movement worksheets and slides
Deconstruction of Objects worksheets and slides
Instructions for Hexagonal Thinking handout and slides
Printable pre-populated hexagons
Digital hexagon map with moveable elements
Please note that a copy of the full poem itself is not included with this pack.
Track Arthur Kipps’ emotional reactions to various events in this chapter. Includes grids with quotations, without quotations, and a teacher answer guide. Example rows included on all versions.
Included as A4 landscape size documents, but easily printed as A3 using your printer resizing settings.
Track Arthur Kipps’ emotional reactions to various events in this chapter. Includes grids with quotations, without quotations, and a teacher answer guide. Example rows included on all versions.
Included as A4 landscape size documents, but easily printed as A3 using your printer resizing settings.
Track Arthur Kipps’ emotional reactions to various events in this chapter. Includes grids with quotations, without quotations, and a teacher answer guide. Example rows included on all versions.
Included as A4 landscape size documents, but easily printed as A3 using your printer resizing settings.
Track Arthur Kipps’ emotional reactions to various events in this chapter. Includes grids with quotations, without quotations, and a teacher answer guide. Example rows included on all versions.
Included as A4 landscape size documents, but easily printed as A3 using your printer resizing settings.
Track Arthur Kipps’ emotional reactions to various events in this chapter. Includes grids with quotations, without quotations, and a teacher answer guide. Example rows included on all versions.
Included as A4 landscape size documents, but easily printed as A3 using your printer resizing settings.
Everything you need in a single lesson for your students to compare an extract from TS Eliot’s Preludes and Rupert Brooke’s Seaside, resulting in a final essay assignment.
Student read two seemingly different poems, and consider the setting or place of the two texts before comparing details, imagery, and use of figurative language.
Push your students to be accountable for their progress with these print and go accountable feedback sheets!
Stick or staple them to the student work, or hand them out before submission. Students select an improvement area from the checklist, decide a course of action and provide a demonstration sample.
Are they on the right track? You let them know in your response, and they have done most of the work!
Includes…
Worksheets for comprehension, creative writing, essays, and the basic mechanics of writing
Full size, half size and quarter size sheets of all of the above
Full red, full black and mixed color versions of all of the above
…that’s 36 PDF worksheets!
Everything you need for your students to design a persuasive leaflet for a school club of their choice using differentiated, printable worksheets that can also be combined into a booklet!
Students earn their budget in dollars, pounds, or currency of your choice in the starter task, which they then cash in for features to include in their leaflet design and content. Check out the preview for the version featuring dollars!
Includes…
PDF worksheets with budgeting in dollars
PDF worksheets with budgeting in pounds
PDF worksheets with budgeting amounts, but no currency reference
Editable PowerPoint worksheets for you to add your own amounts and currency
…that’s 24 pages total!
These worksheets come in simple black and white format for easy printing.
Everything you need for your students to compile an end of year playlist - differentiated, printable one-pagers.
Includes…
All worksheets for end of year 2022, 2023 and blank for your own year
All worksheets in standard January-December format
All worksheets in August-July format to reflect the school year
Versions with and without prompts
Everything in US letter and A3 size
…that’s 60 PDF worksheets!
These worksheets come in simple black and white format for easy printing.
40 printable book report templates in the style of a bento box!
Student can either write, draw, or glue information or images into the sections to represent their book. Fantastic for creating visual summaries with appealing results!
Four designs each differentiated to multiple levels - with prompts, with four or five sections, with flaps to lift, and totally blank for student organization or for you to instruct on specific content requirements… that’s 48 pages!
11 tasks on four worksheets. Each task focuses on an image within the novel Of Mice and Men. Use individually as bell-ringers, starters, plenaries, brain breaks, or give groups of students different pictures for a more developed discussion lesson.
These worksheets are best printed as a booklet. I have also provided US letter and UK A4 size documents, and Google Apps versions of the resources for you to edit as needed, including a Google Slides set of the images for those of us that don’t have colour printing!
These mindful coloring sheets for older students feature 20 sheets of inclusive winter messages and images, with borders for extra detail. Simply let students choose their colors for a beautiful stained-glass window effect.
TIP:
Choose blues, purples and grays for winter
Choose reds, greens and golds for Christmas
Perfect for fast finishers or wellbeing activities. 20 sheets included. Trim for additional effects!