My students love this!
A fun and interactive group activity that you can play like dominoes. Cut out the cards and get every single student involved. The two resources provided are a general English one (literary terms, grammar etc.), one general knowledge / trivia one and one on Of Mice and Men.
A fun, informative and interactive quiz on letter writing.
It comes in a PowerPoint or video format.
I have also included marked exemplar working on letter writing. Marked by the exam board.
A full lesson on how to write a grade 9 letter of complaint. All resources provided. The main 111 slide PowerPoint has a fun starter activity and goes through the process step-by-step in a fun way.
Six different versions of the grade 9 letter are included which focus on the following:
language techniques
DAFOREST
emotive language
paragraphs
sentence structure
sentence starters
Over 18 fun and interactive starter activities I have used. All are on separate Powerpoints and the students love them all!
The resource bundle includes the following:
WORD ASSOCIATION
FUNNY YEAR BOOK QUOTES
FUN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
WOULD YOU RATHER
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE WITH A TWIST
RIDDLES
CATCHPHRASE
THE CUBE
CELEBS AS KIDS
CATCHPHRASE
PROOF READING
ONLY CONNECT
DINGBATS
RIDDLES
TABOO
TONGUE TWISTERS
WORDWHEELS
A collection of GCSE English resources using Charlie Brooker as its main theme.
The following topics are covered:
writing techniques
figurative language
proof reading
sentence starters
room 101 activity
fun starter activity
reading comprehension
56 slide PowerPoint on how to structure a grade 9 description for a narrative or descriptive work. Also includes a lecturer podcast.
The following topics are covered:
Zooming in and out
360 degree video experience
Sensory Language
Figurative Language
Grade 9 answer
Exemplar work ranking activity
A collection of resources for writing a show, not tell story for GCSE English Language. This includes a 60 slide PowerPoint, a grade answer, a worksheet and a lecturer podcast.
Sensory language resource bundle including two PPs of over 70 slides. The resource also includes a grade 9 answer and a lecturer podcast. This can be used for any writing task for GCSE English Language.
An interactive and fun lesson on TATTOOs. The students love it.
Lesson plan:
tattoos proofreading
tattoo facts
design your own tattoo
tattoo class discussion
tattoo letter writing
Two in-depth Powerpoints (over 60 slides each) on how to get a grade 9 in a descriptive and / or narrative tasks. Each PowerPoint included an examiner podcast. All other resources and worksheets are included.
The following topics are covered:
Structure
Style
SPAG
Figurative Language
Sensory Language
Show, not tell
Zoom-in paragraphing
Grade 9 exemplar work
Creating character
Exam tips
Over 15 PowerPoints and twenty worksheets on everything you need to cover in SPAG. The following topics are covered:
capital letters
proofreading
commas
apostrophes
homophones
structure
speech marks
engaging the reader
paragraphs
connectives
colons & semi-colons
sentence structure
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 SPEECH. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
SPEECH form
SPEECH conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 REVIEW. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
REVIEW form
REVIEW conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 REPORT. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
REPORT form
REPORT conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 LEAFLET. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
LEAFLET form
LEAFLET conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG