I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
A one page resource on jargon suitable for GCSE and Functional Skills.
The worksheet has an example of jargon used in climate change and gives examples of jargon for the students to define.
50 varied and fun ideas for writing shot stories. Ideal to use individually for the whole class to write the same story or to use as a whole and let the students choose a prompt.
Prompts can also be used as a starter or discussion points. Also, these are very good to practise planning a piece of work as they promote imagination.
A wordsearch containing 20 words relating to punctuation and writing. Ideal to use as a starter or extension activity. Wordsearches can improve learners reading ability by allowing them to practise their skimming and scanning skills.
This wordsearch includes 16 of Roald Dahl's children's books.
It is a large wordsearch and includes a separate page that lists the books to search for.
There is an extension task at the end of the resource which asks pupils to create a book cover in the template for their favourite Roald Dahl book.
Ideal for lovers for Roald Dahl!
A resource to develop the use of adjectives in creative writing. The inspiration for the story is taken from unusual names for colours. The learners are asked to match names of colours with examples and to find five things they associate with the colours.
The learners then plan a story by drawing a picture and consider their use of adjectives.
Three word-searches based on 16 different presentational features with colour and pictures. The word-searches have varying difficulty levels.
Wordsearch One - Star shaped with 10 presentational features to find.
Wordsearch Two - Large square wordsearch with 16 presentational features to find.
Wordsearch Three - Large Diamond wordsearch with 11 presentational features to find.
Ideal for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 1-2.
This is a dyslexia friendly Power Point with green slides.
The learners are guided through the process of creating an excellent newspaper report on a recent sports day.
The lesson lasts 1- 2 hours. It includes an activity for groups, (a three minute word bomb) planning activities with a mind map and key tips on what the examiners are looking for.
Attention is paid to purpose and audience and the learners are encouraged to use language features in their work.
A bumper wordsearch featuring Shakespeare's comedies. Ideal for a starter or general activity.
14 plays to be found:
All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado about Nothing
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale.
This resource consists of a front cover, a worksheet and an answer sheet.
Ideal for engaging learners with new language and spoken language for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills English.
The worksheet involves the learners completing a table of 21 new words, providing definitions and deciding if each word is formal or informal. This resource can then lead on to an informal writing task. The learners are asked if they would use each word online, with friends or in a formal environment and this resource promotes lots of discussion. It could be used as preparation for a speaking and listening activity on neologisms.
The new words included could allow for a discussion on internet safety.
At least a whole lesson of activities created around building a timeline.
This resource is useful to help learners understand historical context in text and in relation to studying history.
This lesson is very learner centred and involves more facilitation from the tutor. Learners will need some form of electronic devices for research purposes.
This is a lengthy resource that needs access to computers for the learners to complete.
Learners are asked to research different types of writing and to comment on language features and presentational features.
A different way to revise for the exam for learners who struggle with question 3 and 4 of the exam.
Questions for revision or to assess learning.
10 questions - The learners add the commas to the sentence.
5 questions - The learners correct the mistakes.