Welcome. My resources include CPD self-study units for teachers as well as whole units of work specifically designed for the English classroom. Whole units come with detailed teacher notes, teaching PPTs and all student resources. I hope you enjoy using them as much as I have. Questions are very welcome and I can be contacted at roseandmay2@virginmedia.com.
Best wishes, Sam
Welcome. My resources include CPD self-study units for teachers as well as whole units of work specifically designed for the English classroom. Whole units come with detailed teacher notes, teaching PPTs and all student resources. I hope you enjoy using them as much as I have. Questions are very welcome and I can be contacted at roseandmay2@virginmedia.com.
Best wishes, Sam
AQA Step Up to English: Creative Writing Tasks
This resource consists of a series of titles linked to pictures in the style of AQA’s Step Up to English Paper 2 Section B Creative Writing questions. The images are my own and you are very welcome to use them as practice questions.
More Step Up to English Resources
Complete courses and individual teaching units on all component 1 and 2 topics are available. They include teaching PPTs, all student resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes and can be found at:
RoseandMay’s TES English Classroom Resources
New individual units:
AQA Step Up to English: Component 1 STYLE Unit
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 CRIME Unit
New Complete Course
AQA Step Up to English: Complete Course (Leisure, Crime and Style Units)
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AQA Step Up to English: Grammar and Punctuation Starters
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 Creative Writing Unit
This resource is a series of questions in the style of Cambridge’s English Language IGCSE Paper 2 Composition exam paper. I have added some extra creative tasks with my own images.
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Cambridge IGCSE English Language: Imaginative Writing Unit
This unit of work is designed with a particular focus on Component 2 or 3 Imaginative writing. It explores descriptive and narrative writing within the context of gothic fiction, and includes a superbly presented 104 slide teaching PPT plus all 19 student resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes.
Cambridge IGCSE English Language: Speaking and Listening Unit
This unit prepares students for their Cambridge IGCSE Speaking and Listening test (individual talk and conversation) on a specific topic agreed with their teacher. It guides students through the whole process by looking at aspects of effective talks such as openings, rhetorical devices, endings, use of cue cards to structure a talk and responding to questions. A 40 slide PPT is included as well as all eight resources in both word and pdf formats and a detailed set of teacher’s notes.
Edexcel IGCSE English Language: Paper 2 Imaginative Writing Tasks
This resource includes a series of questions in the style of Edexcel’s English Language IGCSE Paper 2 Imaginative Writing exam paper. I have added some extra creative tasks with images which are my own and which colleagues are welcome to use.
More Edexcel English Language Resources
Pearson Edexcel IGCSE English Language: Imaginative Writing Unit
This unit of work is designed with a particular focus on Component 2 or 3 Imaginative writing. It explores descriptive and narrative writing within the context of gothic fiction, and includes a superbly presented 104 slide teaching PPT plus all 19 student resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes.
This unit of work is designed to help build the skills necessary for success in the speaking and listening assessment for AQA Functional Skills English as well as those valued by employers. It is a discussion based unit and explores skills such as asking questions, leading a discussion, researching and planning a presentation. It leads to two assessment activities, a ‘meeting’ in which students discuss setting up a series of lunchtime clubs for younger pupils followed by an individual presentation in which students showcase their own plans for a school club. I have included a detailed set of teacher’s notes, a 42 slide teaching PPT and all resources in both word and pdf format.
More AQA Functional Skills in English Units
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 - Complete Course
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12458768
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Climate Change Crisis
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12458750
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Leisure
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446306
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Taking the Next Step
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12443289
This resource bundle for teachers of Cambridge IGCSE First Language English includes the following:
Narrative and Descriptive Writing Unit
This highly engaging unit of work is designed to help prepare students for the Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500 with particular focus on building skills in descriptive and narrative writing within the context of gothic fiction. This style of creative response is relevant to Cambridge IGCSE Paper 2 Section B Composition where students are given a choice of descriptive and narrative tasks or Component 3 Coursework Portfolio assignment 2 ‘writing to describe’ and assignment 3 ‘writing to narrate’.
Speaking and Listening Teaching Unit
This unit prepares students for their Cambridge IGCSE Speaking and Listening test (individual talk and conversation) on a specific topic agreed with their teacher. It guides students through the whole process by looking at aspects of effective talks such as openings, rhetorical devices, endings, use of cue cards to structure a talk and responding to questions. Strategies include exploring good examples of talks as well opportunities to try out a variety of techniques to help make their own talks lively and engaging .
Student Home Learning Guide
This student-friendly guide is designed to support students in developing their skills in preparation for the Cambridge First Language English IGCSE Paper 2 Section B: Composition exam. It is intended for use at home and includes lots of interactive and practical tasks to help them embed the key skills required at this level. It includes a work booklet as well as accompanying resources in Word and PDF formats including planning frames, narrative extracts and creative writing tasks for exam practice. It will be invaluable for teachers who wish to set revision tasks for their classes or for parents who wish to support with exam preparation.
OCR English Language GCSE: Paper 2 Creative Writing tasks
This resource is a series of titles in the style of OCR’s English Language GCSE Paper 2 Writing Imaginatively and Creatively questions. The images are my own and you are very welcome to use them as practice questions.
More OCR GCSE Resources available
OCR English Language GCSE: Writing Imaginatively and Creatively Unit
This unit of work is designed to help prepare students for the OCR GCSE English Language with particular focus on Component 2 Section B: Writing Imaginatively and Creatively. A 61 slide teaching PPT is included together with 12 resources in pdf and word format. These include planning frames, alternative tasks and self assessment resources.
OCR English Language GCSE: Spoken Language Unit
This unit prepares students for the OCR GCSE English Language spoken presentation. The unit guides students through the process by looking at aspects of effective presentations such as openings, rhetorical devices, endings, use of cue cards to structure a talk, delivery and responding to questions.
Edexcel Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - LEISURE
This highly engaging unit of work is designed to teach some of the key skills required for tackling the Edexcel Functional Skills Level 1 English exam paper. It is built around the topic of Leisure and includes two sections:
Reading section – exploration of three related non-fiction texts including a website and leaflet
Writing section – culminates in an assessed piece of work in which students complete an Edexcel task on review writing
This includes a well-presented 49 slide teaching PPT (editable PPT format) as well as a set of detailed teacher’s notes and all 12 resources in both word and pdf formats. Tasks and texts are relevant and engaging and ideal preparation for the Level 1 exam.
More Edexcel Functional Skills Resources
Edexcel Functional Skills English: Level 1 and 2 Speaking and Listening Unit
Edexcel Functional Skills English: Level 1 Unit - The Next Step
Edexcel Functional Skills English: Level 1 Unit - Climate Change Crisis
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Climate Change Crisis
This engaging and fully resourced unit of work is designed to teach some of the key skills required for tacking the AQA Functional Skills Level 1 English exam paper. It is built around the topic of the climate change crisis.
There are two sections:
Reading section – exploration of three different non-fiction texts including a letter, web pages and a blog.
Writing section – focus on writing a persuasive letter and a blog
This includes a 55 slide teaching PPT (editable PPT format) as well as a set of detailed teacher’s notes and all 10 resources in both word and pdf formats. Tasks and texts are relevant and engaging and ideal preparation for the Level 1 exam.
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AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 - Complete Course
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Leisure
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Taking the Next Step
AQA Functional Skills in English: Speaking and Listening Unit
**Edexcel Functional Skills in English: Level 1 - Complete Course **
This is a collection of four teaching units for Edexcel’s Functional Skills in English Level 1 exam. Together they form a complete course which can be taught across one academic year or form the basis of a 2 year course. The Speaking and Listening unit prepares students for the discussion and presentation assessments on the topic of setting up lunchtime clubs. The Taking the Next Step unit, which explores preparing for the world of work and college, offers alternative speaking and listening tasks and also includes sections on developing key reading and writing skills for the exam. Both the Leisure and Climate Crisis units also explore non-fiction reading and writing with a focus on exam-style tasks and approaches. Each unit comes complete with a teaching PPT, detailed teacher notes and all resources in both word and pdf formats. I hope you enjoy teaching these units.
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Edexcel Functional Skills in English: Level 2 - Complete Course
Welcome to the world of time travel, alien landings and space exploration! This half-termly unit is built around the Step Up topic of Science Fiction and is designed to prepare students for their AQA Step Up to English Component 2 Creative Reading and Writing assessment. It is aimed primarily at Gold award candidates however it is also applicable to those doing the Silver award if, like me, you have candidates doing both awards in the same class. It is designed to ensure students develop the skills necessary to complete the assessment tasks which include responses to reading and an extended piece of writing. It includes a nicely presented 64 slide teaching PPT with lots of engaging activities and extracts from a range of texts including fiction and non-fiction.
All 14 texts and student resources are included as well as a detailed set of teacher’s notes explaining how I have used them.
I have included all resources in PPT, Word and PDF formats.
Please check current list of NEAs with AQA and note that information, guidance, support and resources are available from AQA.
AQA Step Up to English: Component 1 Hobbies Unit
This Step Up to English unit of work is designed to prepare students for the Component 1 Literacy topics Hobbies unit. It supports students to engage with relevant text types, develop some of the key skills and practice the style of assessment questions before they tackle the actual AQA assessment papers. It is designed to last around 4-5 weeks depending on the number of English lessons you have. I have not broken it down into individual lessons as all classes are different and some will need longer on some activities than others. It is designed in a way that classes can practice how to answer the Step Up style of questions thus building confidence before completing the AQA assessments. It includes a 56 slide teaching PPT, all 12 student resources in both word and pdf formats plus 5 digital resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes explaining how the unit can be delivered.
Please check current list of NEAs with AQA and note that information, guidance, support and resources are available from AQA.
More Step Up to English Resources
Complete courses and individual teaching units on all component 1 and 2 topics are available. They include teaching PPTs, all student resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes and can be found at:
RoseandMay’s TES English Classroom Resources
New individual units:
AQA Step Up to English: Component 1 STYLE Unit
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 CRIME Unit
New Complete Course
AQA Step Up to English: Complete Course (Leisure, Crime and Style Units)
You may also like:
AQA Step Up to English: Grammar and Punctuation Starters
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 Creative Writing Unit
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 Exploring Practice Unit
This half-termly practice unit is aimed mainly at Gold award candidates however it is also applicable to those doing the Silver award if, like me, you have candidates doing both awards in the same class. It includes a well-presented 48 slide teaching PPT with lots of engaging activities and texts to ensure students develop the skills necessary to complete the assessment tasks for reading and writing. All 14 student resources are included in word and pdf formats as well as a detailed set of teacher’s notes based on my experience of teaching the unit.
Please note that the Exploring unit will not be assessed after 2023 therefore this is intended as a practice unit only. Please check current list of NEAs with AQA and note that information, guidance, support and resources are available from AQA.
More Step Up to English Resources
Complete courses and individual teaching units on all component 1 and 2 topics are available. They include teaching PPTs, all student resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes and can be found at:
RoseandMay’s TES English Classroom Resources
New individual units:
AQA Step Up to English: Component 1 STYLE Unit
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 CRIME Unit
New Complete Course
AQA Step Up to English: Complete Course (Leisure, Crime and Style Units)
You may also like:
AQA Step Up to English: Grammar and Punctuation Starters
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 Creative Writing Unit
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 Heroism Unit
This half-termly unit is designed to prepare students for their AQA Step Up to English Component 2 Creative Reading and Writing HEROISM assessment. It is aimed mainly at Gold award candidates however it is also applicable to those doing the Silver award if, like me, you have candidates doing both awards in the same class. It includes a well-presented 41 slide teaching PPT with lots of engaging activities and texts to ensure students develop the skills to complete the assessment tasks for reading and writing. All 11 resources are included in word and pdf formats as well as a detailed set of teacher’s notes based on my experience of teaching the unit.
Please check current list of NEAs with AQA and note that information, guidance, support and resources are available from AQA.
More Step Up to English Resources
Complete courses and individual teaching units on all component 1 and 2 topics are available. They include teaching PPTs, all student resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes and can be found at:
RoseandMay’s TES English Classroom Resources
New individual units:
AQA Step Up to English: Component 1 STYLE Unit
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 CRIME Unit
New Complete Course
AQA Step Up to English: Complete Course (Leisure, Crime and Style Units)
You may also like:
AQA Step Up to English: Grammar and Punctuation Starters
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 Creative Writing Unit
Junior Certificate English: Non-fiction Unit - Climate Change Crisis
This engaging and fully resourced unit of work is designed to teach some of the key skills required for responding to and writing non-fiction texts. It is built around the topic of the climate change crisis.
There are two sections:
Reading section – exploration of three different non-fiction texts including a letter, web pages and a blog.
Writing section – focus on writing a persuasive speech and an internet blog.
This includes a nicely presented 61 slide teaching PPT (PDF and editable PPT formats) as well as a set of detailed teacher’s notes and all student 13 resources in both Word and PDF formats.
Junior Cycle English Learning Outcomes
Writing
Demonstrate their understanding that there is a clear purpose for all writing activities and be able to plan, draft, re-draft, and edit their own writing.
3.Write for a variety of purposes.
Write competently in a range of text forms using appropriate vocabulary, tone and a variety of styles to achieve a chosen purpose for different audiences.
Reading
Use a wide range of reading comprehension strategies appropriate to texts, including digital texts.
Use an appropriate critical vocabulary while responding to literary texts.
Read their texts to understand and appreciate language enrichment by examining an author’s choice of words, the use and effect of simple figurative language, vocabulary and language patterns, and images.
Identify and comment on features of English at word and sentence level using appropriate terminology, showing how such features contribute to overall effect.
**AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 - Complete Course **
This is a collection of four teaching units for AQA’s Functional Skills in English Level 1 exam. Together they form a complete course which can be taught across one academic year or form the basis of a 2 year course. The Speaking and Listening unit prepares students for the discussion and presentation assessments on the topic of setting up lunchtime clubs. The Taking the Next Step unit, which explores preparing for the world of work and college, offers alternative speaking and listening tasks and also includes sections on developing key reading and writing skills for the exam. The Leisure and Climate Crisis units also explore non-fiction reading and writing with a focus on Level 1 exam-style tasks and approaches. Each unit comes complete with a teaching PPT, detailed teacher notes and all resources in both word and pdf formats. I hope you enjoy teaching these units.
All AQA Functional Skills in English Units available individually
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Climate Change Crisis
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12458750
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Leisure
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446306
AQA Functional Skills in English: Level 1 Unit - Taking the Next Step
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12443289
AQA Functional Skills in English: Speaking and Listening Unit
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12408090
This half-termly unit of work is designed to help prepare students for the CCEA GCSE English Language Unit 4 Creative writing. The unit focuses specifically on developing narrative writing skills by looking at good and engaging models of texts and identifying successful features before moving to students composing their own creative pieces. I have included a 53 slide teaching PPT plus all eleven resources in both word and pdf formats. This unit is accompanied by a detailed set of teacher’s notes. I hope you and your students enjoy this unit.
This highly engaging and enjoyable unit of work is designed for Entry Level 3 students who are required to complete a piece of narrative writing for Unit 5 English through Prose. It supports them in actively exploring and enjoying narrative extracts, looking at models from a range of literature and identifying successful features before moving to composing their own creative responses in the style of the writing assessment. A well presented 71 slide teaching PPT is included as well as a detailed set of teacher’s notes with suggested approaches and all thirteen classroom resources
English Key Stage 3 Creative Writing Unit for Years 7-8
This highly engaging and enjoyable unit of work is designed to help students write creatively with a particular focus on narrative and descriptive writing. It supports students in actively exploring and enjoying both descriptive and narrative texts, looking at excellent and varied models from a range of literature and identifying successful features before moving to composing their own creative responses. It is ideal for a Year 7-8 class. A very nicely presented 83 slide teaching PPT is included as well as a detailed set of teacher notes with suggested approaches and all thirteen classroom resources. Please see the Preview for a selection of slides from across the unit.
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English Key Stage 3: Travel Writing (Literary Non-fiction) Unit for Years 8-9
This unit is designed to teach key reading and writing skills in the context of travel literature and to help build some of the key skills required at GCSE level when studying non-fiction texts. It moves from reading to writing and is based on the study of a number of short travel extracts from writers such as Paul Theroux, Jonathan Raban and Dervla Murphy. It is aimed at Year 9 as preparation for GCSE and would work equally well with Year 8 groups. Outcomes include analytical as well as creative writing.
Creative Reading and Writing - Heroism Unit
This engaging and enjoyable half-termly unit is designed to develop key skills in reading fiction and non-fiction as well as writing creatively. It is based on the topic of Heroism with lots of activities and great texts to help students develop key reading skills such as locating information, inference, commenting on structure and comparison as well as key narrative writing skills such as opening and ending a story, writing direct speech, varying sentences, improving vocabulary and planning. Texts include extracts from non-fiction and fiction texts including 'Pat Barker’s ‘Regeneration’, Remarque’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ and Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’. All 18 well-presented student resources are included in word and pdf formats as well as a 68 slide teaching PPT (see Preview) and a detailed set of teacher’s notes. I hope you enjoy teaching the unit.
This teaching bundle includes a highly engaging and enjoyable unit on narrative and descriptive writing as well as a series of starter lessons on grammar and punctuation which can be delivered in 10-15 minute starter activities at the beginning of each lesson. They are ideal for Years 8-9. The teaching units come with well-presented teaching PPTs as well as all resources for students and detailed sets of teacher notes based on my own experience of delivering these units. The bundle also comes with a self-study professional development unit on teaching creative writing. Both teaching resources are also available as separate units. I hope you enjoy teaching them.
