Prepare your Higher tier GCSE students for their maths exam with our GCSE Higher maths - key skills revision pack. This student revision pack comprises 15 worksheets, each featuring 15 GCSE exam-style questions and answers to revise and practise essential skills. Questions include space for workings. Modelled on questions from past papers, this practice paper pack is great for assessment, for identifying learning gaps, as an independent revision resource or for weekly homework tasks leading up to the exam. The pack features calculator and non-calculator questions and covers key topics covered in past papers including fractions, decimals, percentages, quadratics, trigonometry, simultaneous equations, inequalities, indices, angles, averages and spread, graphs and probability, helping students hone their problem-solving skills and improve their GCSE exam practice and performance. GCSE Higher Maths - key skills revision is relevant for all exam board specifications including AQA and Edexcel, making for perfect exam preparation for your GCSE Higher tier students. Key features: 15 papers of 15 exam-style questions Answers and explanations included Space for workings

If you’re teaching year 4, Spellings for year 4 does your spelling planning for you. The pack is divided into six terms of six weeks. Each week focuses on a different spelling rule and features two differentiated spelling lists, a worksheet and a challenge. The packs also include ideas for spelling games and useful templates. The pack has been designed to ensure all the planning and thinking is done for you - you can simply photocopy and go! What’s included? Divided into six terms of six weeks, each focusing on a different rule Weekly differentiated spelling lists and worksheets Spelling templates and suggestions for games What’s inside? Introduction (page 4) Term 1, week 1 — plurals with words that end in -y (revision) (pages 5-7) T1, wk 2 — adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words of more than one syllable (pages 8-12) T1, wk 3 — words beginning with mis- (pages 13-15) T1, wk 4 — adding -ly to words ending in -le (pages 16-18) T1, wk 5 — homophones (pages 19-22) T1, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 1 (Pages 23-25) T2, wk 1 — words containing g or -ge that sound like j (revision) (pages 26-28) T2, wk 2 — words ending in -eous (pages 29-33) T2, wk 3 — words ending in -sion (pages 34-36) T2, wk 4 — words beginning with sub-(pages 37-41) T2, wk 5 — homophones (pages 42-45) T2, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 2 (pages 46-48) T3, wk 1 — words beginning with wr- (revision) (pages 49-53) T3, wk 2 — words beginning with anti-(pages 54-57) T3, wk 3 — words ending in -ssion (pages 58-61) T3, wk 4 — words ending in -ous (pages 62-65) T3, wk 5 — homophones (pages 66-69) T3, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 3 (pages 70-74) T4, wk 1 — adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words ending in consonant +y (pages 75-78) T4, wk 2 — words ending in -ious (pages 79-81) T4, wk 3 — words beginning with inter- (pages 82-85) T4, wk 4 — words ending in -gue or -que (pages 86-88) T4, wk 5 — words families (pages 89-92) T4, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 4 (pages 93-96) T5, wk 1 — adding suffixes to words ending in -e (revision) (pages 97-100) T5, wk 2 — words beginning with super- (pages 101-104) T5, wk 3 — words containing ch that sound like sh (pages 105-107) T5, wk 4 — words ending in -ly (pages 108-112) T5, wk 5 — homophones (pages 113-115) T5, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 5 (pages 116-119) T6, wk 1 — contractions (revision) (pages 120-123) T6, wk 2 — words ending in -cian/-sion (pages 124-126) T6, wk 3 — words beginning with auto- and aero- (pages 127-131) T6, wk 4 — mix and match reminders (pages 132-135) T6, wk 5 — word families (pages 136-139) T6, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 6 (pages 140-144) Spelling games (pages 145-147) Look/Say/Cover/Write/Check template (page 148) Word of the week template (page 149) You might also like Spelling for year 3 and Spelling for year 5.

Designed to develop year 8-9 students’ reading comprehension skills and their confidence approaching an unseen fiction text, Mastering comprehension will help upper KS3 students to make the transition to GCSE English Language study. This teaching pack includes eight literary fiction or prose texts from the 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century. The activities are designed for upper KS3 (years 8-9) or higher attaining KS3 students and should provide a helpful transition to the GCSE/IGCSE assessment focus on unseen literary fiction. You’ll find extracts from celebrated novels and short stories to appeal to younger students, as well as a range of genres, literary and narrative styles, including first- and third-person narration. What’s included? The teaching pack is student-facing for use in the classroom, and is designed to provide a series of comprehension practice activities for eight one-hour lessons: Each lesson includes: a choice of two pre-reading starter activities (focusing on context, prediction, vocabulary development, inference skills, oracy skills etc.) a set of three lesson activities to build students’ reading comprehension skills and strategies, and comprehension and inference questions and tasks: skimming, scanning, selecting, summarising and synthesising information analysing language, literary devices and structure evaluating the text critically writing analytically an extension writing task to anticipate some of the fiction and non-fiction writing tasks students will complete in their GCSE English Language exams a plenary or formative assessment activity. Each activity includes answers, where appropriate and there is also a summative assessment task, which includes exam-style questions, with suggested answers for self or peer marking, or to support teachers. The resource pack also includes a focus on vocabulary development by building students’ confidence approaching unfamiliar or challenging new words. The lessons can be used in sequence or as one-off English lessons, for cover activities or for independent homework tasks. The pack includes extracts from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Brick Lane by Monica Ali, The Trial by Franz Kafka, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, The Happy-Go-Lucky-Morgans by Edward Thomas, ‘The Story-Teller’ by Saki, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘Invisible Mass of the Back Row’ by Claudette Williams.

Murder and madness; perfect for engaging your KS4 students! Designed for the GCSE English Literature specifications for AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC Eduqas, this pack will develop your students’ critical reading skills ready for the exam. ‘In writing this pack, I aimed to make the resources as varied and interactive as possible, drawing on my own teaching methods and my deep knowledge of the text. I firmly believe Shakespeare texts are accessible to all students and should not be taught solely in a desk-bound manner. This pack offers a menu which teachers can select from and there is something for every learning style.’ Angela Topping, writer Comprising 25 creative lessons, exam-style questions and resources, the work has been done for you. What’s included? 25 lessons exam-style questions for the relevant exam boards activities to develop students’ critical reading skills in preparation for the GCSE exam. What’s inside? Introduction (page 3) Specification summaries (pages 4-7) Act 1 (pages 8-47) Lessons 1-5 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 2 (pages 48-82) Lessons 6-10 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 3 (pages 83-125) Lessons 11-15 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 4 (pages 126-158) Lessons 16-20 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 5 (pages 159-183) Lessons 21-25 and accompanying resources Exam style questions

Mastering vocabulary – French offers research and evidence-based approaches to accelerating vocabulary acquisition for KS3-4 students. It includes differentiated PowerPoints, collaborative learning activities and photocopiable resources to support comprehension skills for students in years 9, 10 and 11. The resources draw on: cognitive research into memorisation examiners’ reports from reading and listening papers vocabulary lists from all exam boards best classroom practice by experienced teachers. Suitable for any exam board, this pack covers approaches to learning, vocabulary starters, games and revision, as well as exam strategies. What’s included? Includes vocabulary starters, games, revision, learning strategies and exam tips. Differentiated resources for years 9-11. For use with AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas/WJEC exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-4) 1. Learning strategies (pages 5-17) 10 tips for memorising vocabulary Memory challenge template (PowerPoint 1) Word wheel template False friends quilts 2. Vocabulary starters (pages 18-42) Word play starters: opinions (PowerPoint 2) Triangle puzzles: time expressions Make the link: synonyms, antonyms and connected words 3. Vocabulary games (pages 43-52) Verb games (PowerPoint 3) Snakes and ladders: decodable verbs Speedy verb race 4. Vocabulary revision (pages 53-68) Take 10 words (PowerPoint 4) Revision quiz cards Pick ‘n’ mix worksheets 5. Exam tips (page 69) 10 exam tips to share

Mastering vocabulary – Spanish offers research and evidence-based approaches to accelerating vocabulary acquisition for KS3-4 students. It includes differentiated PowerPoints, collaborative learning activities and photocopiable resources to support comprehension skills for students in years 9, 10 and 11. The resources draw on: cognitive research into memorisation examiners’ reports from reading and listening papers vocabulary lists from all exam boards best classroom practice by experienced teachers. Suitable for any exam board, this pack covers approaches to learning, vocabulary starters, games and revision, as well as exam strategies. What’s included? Includes vocabulary starters, games, revision, learning strategies and exam tips. Differentiated resources for years 9-11. For use with AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas/WJEC exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-4) 1. Learning strategies (pages 5-17) 10 tips for memorising vocabulary Memory challenge template Word wheel template False friends quilts 2. Vocabulary starters (pages 18-42) Word play starters: opinions Triangle puzzles: time expressions Make the link: synonyms, antonyms and connected words 3. Vocabulary games (pages 43-52) Verb games Snakes and ladders: decodable verbs Speedy verb race 4. Vocabulary revision (pages 53-68) Take 10 words Revision quiz cards Pick ‘n’ mix worksheets Exam Tips (page 69)

Embed key reading strategies and comprehension skills in your younger learners. This beautifully-designed pack focuses on 10 key skills: listening; sequencing; using what you know; checking for sense and self-correcting; making inferences; answering and asking questions; making predictions; discussion; identifying cause and effect and role-play. What’s included? 12 texts and 72 engaging resources, including answer sheets where relevant supporting PowerPoint presentations opportunities to introduce, practise and consolidate key grammar elements includes starters, main activities, plenaries, assessment opportunities, extension ideas and home learning tasks links to the curriculum. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 4-7) Unit 1 – Listening skills (pages 8-21) Session 1 - Retelling Rapunzel Session 2 - Using precise language Resource printouts Unit 2 – Sequencing skills (pages 22-36) Session 1 - Sequencing Rapping Rapunzel Session 2 - Story map Resource printouts Unit 3 – Using what you know (pages 37-51) Session 1 - Birds of Prey Session 2 - An Owl Called Alfie Resource printouts Unit 4 – Checking for sense and self-correcting (pages 52-66) Session 1 - The reader’s tool kit Session 2 - Character traits Resource printouts Unit 5 – Making inferences (pages 67-84) Session 1 - Reading detectives Session 2 - Character traits Resource printouts Unit 6 – Answering and asking questions (pages 85-101) Session 1 - Stone Soup – Asking questions Session 2 - Stone Soup – answering questions Resource printouts Unit 7 – Making predictions (pages 102-120) Session 1 - What happens next? Session 2 - Jane the Giant Killer Resource printouts Unit 8 – Discussion (pages 121-138) Session 1 - A trip to the zoo Session 2 - Zoo complaint Resource printouts Unit 9 – Identifying cause and effect (pages 139-160) Session 1 - Cause and effect Session 2 - Exploring cause and effect with stories Resource printouts Unit 10 – Role play to explore characters (pages 165-171) Session 1 - Role play: An Owl Called Alfie Session 2 - Role play: The Forgotten Princess Resource printouts

If you’re teaching year 3, Spellings for year 3 could be just what you need. The pack is divided into six terms of six weeks. Each week focuses on a different spelling rule and features two differentiated spelling lists, a worksheet and a challenge. The pack also includes ideas for spelling games and useful templates. What’s included? Divided into six terms of six weeks, each focusing on a different rule Weekly differentiated spelling lists and worksheets Spelling templates and suggestions for games What’s inside? Introduction (page 4) Term 1, week 1 – words ending with -el/-il/-al (pages 5-8) T1, week 2 – adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words of more than one syllable (part 1) (pages 9-13) T1, wk 3 – adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words of more than one syllable (part 2) (pages 14-17) T1, wk 4 – words that contain y as a vowel (pages 18-20) T1, wk 5 – homophones (pages 21-24) T1, wk 6 – common exception words from year 2 (pages 25-27) T2, wk 1 — words containing -dg/-dge (revision from year 2) (pages 28-31) T2, wk 2 — words containing -ou (pages 32-35) T2, wk 3 — words beginning with dis- (pages 36-39) T2, wk 4 — words ending in -ation (pages 40-43) T2, wk 5 — word families (pages 44-46) T2, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 1 (pages 47-49) T3, wk 1 — words beginning with gn-/kn- (revision from year 2) (pages 50-52) T3, wk 2 — words beginning with in- (pages 53-56) T3, wk 3 — words ending in -ly (part 1) (pages 57-60) T3, wk 4 — words ending in -sion (pages 61-63) T3, wk 5 — homophones (pages 64-66) T3, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 2 (pages 67-70) T4, wk 1 — words ending in -ness/-ment (revision from year 2) (pages 71-74) T4, wk 2 — words beginning with il- and ir- (pages 75-79) T4, wk 3 — words ending with -sure/-ture (pages 80-82) T4, wk 4 — words ending in -ous (pages 83-87) T4, wk 5 — word families (pages 88-91) T4, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 3 (pages 92-96) T5, wk 1 — compound words (revision from year 2)(pages 97-101) T5, wk 2 — words ending in -ly (part 2) (pages 102-106) T5, wk 3 — words beginning with im- (pages 107-109) T5, wk 4 — words containing ch that sound like hard c (pages 110-112) T5, wk 5 — words that are homophones (pages 113-116) T5, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 4 (pages 117-120) T6, wk 1 — words ending in -less/-ful (revision from year 2) (pages 121-124) T6, wk 2 — words beginning with re- (pages 125-127) T6, wk 3 — words containing sc that sound like s (pages 128-132) T6, wk 4 — words containing eigh that rhyme with ay (pages 133-135) T6, wk 5 — word families (pages 138-140) T6, wk 6 — year 3/4 word list 5 (pages 141-143) Spelling games (pages 144-146) Look/Say/Cover/Write/Check template (page 147) Word of the week template (page 148) You might also like Spellings for year 4 and Spellings for year 5.

Help children to develop their understanding and enjoyment of stories and non-fiction with our Comprehension pack for lower KS2. Featuring six texts alongside engaging comprehension tasks, questions and answers, this pack will encourage your children to retrieve information, draw inferences, make predictions, identify and summarise ideas and analyse language and structure. All you need to address these key skills! What’s included? six original texts and 17 supporting resources, including comprehensions and answer sheets includes starters, main activities, plenaries, assessment opportunities, extension ideas and home learning tasks links to the curriculum. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-6) Unit 1 – The Little Prince (pages 7-16) Resource - unlocking words Unit 2 – The Velveteen Rabbit (pages 17=25) Resource - old-fashioned to modern day Resource - what’s in the bag? Unit 3 – The Little Mermaid (pages 26-36) Resource - underwater similes Resource - through the eyes of a mermaid Unit 4 – Robin Hood (pages 37-48) Resource - retelling Robin Hood Resource - Robin Hood’s arrows Unit 5 – Four square (pages 49-56) Resource - instruction text detectives Unit 6 – A letter (pages 57-64) Resource - a letter in reply Resource - letter-writing ideas

All you need to develop children’s reading comprehension skills and prepare them for their KS2 reading assessments. Inspire a positive attitude to reading and consolidate those all-important comprehension skills ready for KS2 English SATs. Featuring six fiction and non-fiction texts alongside engaging lesson plans, reading comprehension activities and worksheets, this pack will encourage your children to build the comprehension strategies of information retrieval, drawing inferences, making predictions, identifying and summarising ideas and analysing language and structure. What’s more, this pack is editable, meaning you can tweak questions to suit your UKS2 learners. What’s included? six original texts and 21 supporting teaching resources, including comprehension questions and answer sheets includes lesson plans, assessment opportunities, extension ideas and home learning tasks links to the National Curriculum Programme of Study for English. What’s inside? Introduction (pages3-6) Unit 1 – Five Children and It (pages 7-20) Resource - picturing the Psammead Resource - that’s Greek to me Unit 2 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (pages 21-33) Resource - pass the parcel words Resource - he said, she said Resource - Seen the movie? Now read the book! Unit 3 – Alice in Wonderland (pages 34-47) Resource - illustration by Sir John Tenniel Resource - Alice grows Resource - comprehension chatterbox Unit 4 – Odin’s Reward (pages 48-59) Resource - pairs game Resource - comic strip format Unit 5 – Samuel Johnson biography (pages 60-70) Resource - Dr Johnson’s wonderful words! Resource - my biography notes Unit 6 – Newspaper report (pages 71-78) Resource - fact or opinion? Resource - complete the headline

Spellings for year 5 offers year 5 teachers all they need for weekly spelling tasks. The pack is divided into six terms of six weeks. Each week focuses on a different spelling rule and features two differentiated spelling lists, a worksheet and a challenge. The packs also include ideas for spelling games and useful templates. The pack has been designed to ensure all the planning and thinking is done for you - you can simply photocopy and go! What’s included? Divided into six terms of six weeks, each focusing on a different rule Weekly differentiated spelling lists and worksheets Spelling templates and suggestions for games What’s inside? Introduction (page 4) Term 1, week 1 – words beginning with -in/-il/-im/-ir (pages 5-7) T1, wk 2 – words ending in -cious/-tious (pages 8-10) T1, wk 3 – words ending in -cial/-tial (pages 11-13) T1, wk 4 – words ending in -ant/-ent (pages 14-18) T1, wk 5 – homophones (pages 19-22) T1, wk 6 – year 5/6 word list 1 (paages 23-26) T2, wk 1 — words ending in -ation (pages 27-31) T2, wk 2 — words ending in -able (pages 32-34) T2, wk 3 — words ending in -ible (pages 35-37) T2, wk 4 — words ending in -ance/-ancy/-ence/-ency (pages 38-42) T2, wk 5 — homophones ending in -ce/-se (pages 43-45) T2, wk 6 — year 5/6 word list 2 (pages 46-49) T3, wk 1 — words ending in -ly (pages 50-52) T3, wk 2 — adding suffixes to words ending in -fer (pages 53-56) T3, wk 3 — hyphenated words: prefixes and root words (pages 57-59) T3, wk 4 — hyphenated words: compound words (pages 60-62) T3, wk 5 — homophones (pages 63-65) T3, wk 6 — year 5/6 word list 3 (pages 66-69) T4, wk 1 — words ending in -sion/-tion/-ssion/-cian (pages 70-72) T4, wk 2 — words containing ough (pages 73-75) T4, wk 3 — words containing ei (pages 76-80) T4, wk 4 — words with silent letters: t, u, w (pages 81-83) T4, wk 5 — words that are homophones (pages 84-87) T4, wk 6 — year 5/6 word list 4 (pages 88-91) T5, wk 1 — words ending in -ous (pages 92-97) T5, wk 2 — words with silent letters: b, c, g, h (pages 98-100) T5, wk 3 — adding prefixes (1) (pages 101-105) T5, wk 4 — adding prefixes (2) (pages 106-109) T5, wk 5 — words that are homophones (pages 110-114) T5, wk 6 — year 5/6 word list 5 (pages 114-117) T6, wk 1 — words ending in -ture/-sure (pages 118-120) T6, wk 2 — words with silent letters: k, l, n, p, s (pages 121-123) T6, wk 3 — mix and match reminders (1) (pages 124-127) T6, wk 4 — mix and match reminders (2) (pages 128-130) T6, wk 5 — words that are homophones (pages 131-133) T6, wk 6 — year 5/6 word list 6 (pages 134-138) Spelling games (pages 139-141) Look/Say/Cover/Write/Check template (page 14) Word of the week template (page 143) You might also like Spellings for year 3 and Spellings for year 4.

Enchant, amuse and inspire your children with our first whole-school teaching pack – Poetry for all. The pack features 14 poems and a range of engaging teaching ideas and resources for Reception through to year 6, saving you precious time searching for age-appropriate poems and activities. Including activities for comprehension, drama, creative writing and art and design, this pack is perfect for encouraging your children to respond imaginatively to both modern and classic poems. What’s included? 53 quality teaching resources, alongside 14 carefully selected poems seven PowerPoints complete with illustrated versions of each poem SAT-style comprehensions, when appropriate, including answers links to the curriculum. What’s inside? Introduction (page 3) Statutory requirements (pages 4-10) Reception (pages 11-23) Ye Spotted Snakes by William Shakespeare Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth Year 1 (pages 24-41) Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson Please Do Not Feed the Animals by Robert Hull Year 2 (pages 42-67) The Months by Sara Coleridge Granny Is by Valerie Bloom Year 3 (pages 68-87) Silver by Walter de la Mare Vegan Delight by Benjamin Zephaniah Year 4 (pages 88-112) The Jumblies by Edward Lear Extinct by Mandy Coe Year 5 (pages 113-139) From a Railway Carriage by Robert Louis Stevenson The Door by Miroslav Holub Year 6 (pages 140-164) Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll His Nine Sympathies by Carol Ann Duffy

A practical toolkit for supporting students with handwriting difficulties at key stage 3 and key stage 4. Dysgraphia toolkit is intended to help young people develop the fine motor skills they may be lacking and offers a full dysgraphia intervention programme targeting specific areas of need. What’s included? This 71-page toolkit includes: information about neurodiversity, the strengths of neurodivergent people and some of the challenges they face information about dysgraphia and the difficulties in obtaining a dysgraphia diagnosis a CPD PowerPoint for staff training, parents’ evenings and senior leadership meetings handwriting assessment tools for you to monitor and record students’ specific difficulties display resources on writing posture and pen grip general classroom strategies, including whole-class warm-ups activity ideas and games for practising visual motor skills and fine motor skills letter tracing worksheets and cursive writing patterns worksheets How does it support dysgraphic students? Dysgraphia toolkit offers time-effective and straightforward ways of diagnosing and supporting dysgraphia in teens. It suggests warm-ups and motor skill activities that are helpful not just for teaching students with dysgraphia but for teaching all young people, and it presents simple ways of supporting dysgraphia in the classroom, without the need for special equipment – although examples of assistive technology are suggested where appropriate. The intervention programme that it proposes does not need to be followed systematically and can be dipped into by subject teachers and teaching assistants in the mainstream classroom. The toolkit presents arguments for and against print and joined/cursive writing and recommends that at secondary school students should not be required to adopt one or the other as long as their handwriting is legible and pain-free. It outlines the additional challenges faced by left-handed students and suggests specific support strategies. Finally, it includes editable handwriting worksheets that can be adapted for any age group and printable handwriting practice sheets for older students. About the writer Dysgraphia toolkit was written by Abigail Hawkins, who runs SENDCO Solutions, an SEN consultancy, and SENsible SENCO CIC, a not-for-profit networking support group. She has been a SENDCo for over 25 years and has taught a multitude of subjects across all phases, from two-year-olds to adults. Abigail works with software companies developing supportive software for SEN and safeguarding purposes, has developed and delivers a teaching assistant apprenticeship programme. She has authored several books on SEN and exclusions, and runs a support network for over 10,000 SENDCos. Abigail has a no-nonsense, practical approach to SEN issues faced by schools, believing that many high-incidence needs can be met in the classroom with basic teaching tweaks.

This GCSE teaching pack consists of 10 PowerPoint files with accompanying photocopiable resources and is designed to improve students’ skills at translating from Spanish to English. Based on careful analysis of examiner reports and on teacher feedback, the pack focuses on 10 key skills, each linked to a different topic. The pack includes tasks for Foundation and Higher tiers and exam-style assessments. Weave the activities into your teaching throughout the GCSE course or use as a revision tool in the run-up to the exam. Mastering GCSE translation – Spanish to English will prepare students for the last question in the Spanish reading exam with AQA, Edexcel or Eduqas. What’s included? 10 differentiated PowerPoint lessons on GCSE translation skills (into English) Engaging learning activities across 10 topics Exam-style assessments for Foundation and Higher, with answers. What’s inside? Introduction (page 4) Teaching Notes (pages 5-6) Lesson 1: Precision (Topic: family and friends) (pages 7-11) Learning activity: quiz, quiz, trade Precision assessment and answers Lesson 2: Time frames (Topic: technology) (pages 12-15) Learning activity: collaborative translation Time frames assessment and answers Lesson 3: Negatives (Topic: free time) (pages 16-20) Learning activity: verbal dominoes Negatives assessment and answers Lesson 4: Articles and adverbs (Topic: customs and festivals) (pages 21-27) Learning activity: one pen, one dice Articles and adverbs assessment and answers Lesson 5: Pronouns and possessive adjectives (Topic: house and town) (pages 28-32) Learning activity: four in a row game Pronouns and possessive adjectives assessment and answers Lesson 6: False friends (Topic: social issues) (pages 33-36) Learning activity: card sort False friends assessment and answers Lesson 7: Connectives (Topic: global issues) (pages 37-41) Learning activity: running translation Connectives assessment and answers Lesson 8: Unknown words (Topic: holidays) (pages 42-46) Learning activity: card game Unknown words assessment and answers Lesson 9: Checking the basics (Topic: school) (pages 47-53) Learning activity: find it and fix it Checking the basics assessment and answers Lesson 10: Common sense (Topic: work and future plans) (pages 54-58) Learning activity: back to back Common sense assessments and answers

This six-week teaching pack addresses the 19th century text elements of the English Literature GCSE and provides students with a practical, accessible route-through the text – and plenty of exam practice to boot. Crammed, as always, with engaging activities and resources – including comprehension, language analysis and creative tasks – plus advice for differentiation and sample exam questions, the pack contains all you need to bring Stevenson’s novel to life. What’s included? assessment objective mapping lesson plans and ideas along with 52 tailor-made resources exam-style questions for all exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-9) Route through week 1: Pre-reading and introducing Chapter 1 (pages 10-36) Reactions to Victorian London Book cover predictions Gothic mini saga Ethical issues Introducing Mr Utterson Gothic literature – style and language Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – research topics Story of the door Victorian times Stretch and challenge Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Chapter summary table Route through week 2: Finishing Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (pages 37-60) Nightmares Design your own villain Introducing Mr Hyde Speak to the hand Questions on chapters one and two Mr Utterson’s reaction (Chapter 2) Villain cards Reputation, reputation, reputation Practice exam 1 Route through week 3: Chapters 3, 4 and 5 (pages 61-89) Carew colour coding An odd relationship Discussion questions Analysis of ‘Incident of the letter’ (Chapter 5) Bingo! (Chapters 1-3) The detective role? Silence, secrecy and style – developing themes in the novel Structuring analytical paragraphs Evaluating a PEE paragraph PEE Mobile Route through week 4: Chapters 6, 7 and 8 (pages 90-104) Door symbolism Chapter 7 – focused reading Dr Lanyon’s change Questions on chapters 6 and 7 Chapter 8 – true or false The self and society Route through week 5: Chapters 9, 10 and summarising (pages 105-123) Narrative diamond 9 Chapter 9 questions The duality of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Chapter 10 match up Questions that focus on the popularity of the story Evil Practice exam 2 Route through week 6: Revision activities (pages 124-129) The structure of the novel Who said what? Exploring structure The role of Mr Utterson The significance of place in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde RAG rating

This GCSE teaching pack consists of 10 PowerPoint files with accompanying photocopiable resources and is designed to improve students’ skills at translating from French to English. Based on careful analysis of examiner reports and on teacher feedback, the pack focuses on 10 key skills, each linked to a different topic. The pack includes tasks for Foundation and Higher tiers and exam-style assessments. Weave the activities into your teaching throughout the GCSE course or use as a revision tool in the run-up to the exam. Mastering GCSE translation – French to English will prepare students for the last question in the French reading exam with AQA, Edexcel or Eduqas. What’s included? 10 differentiated PowerPoint lessons on GCSE translation skills (into English). Engaging learning activities across 10 topics. Exam-style assessments for Foundation and Higher, with answers. What’s inside? Introduction (page 5) Teaching notes (page 6) Lesson 1: Precision (Topic: family and friends) (pages 6-11) Learning activity: quiz, quiz, trade Precision assessment and answers Lesson 2: Time frames (Topic: technology) (pages 12-15) Learning activity: collaborative translation Time frames assessment and answers Lesson 3: Negatives (Topic: free time) (pages 16-20) Learning activity: verbal dominoes Negatives assessment and answers Lesson 4: Articles and adverbs (Topic: customs and festivals) (pages 21-27) Learning activity: one pen, one dice Articles and adverbs assessment and answers Lesson 5: Pronouns and possessive adjectives (Topic: house and town) (pages 28-32) Learning activity: four in a row game Pronouns and possessive adjectives assessment and answers Lesson 6: False friends (Topic: social issues) (pages 33-36) Learning activity: card sort False friends assessment and answers Lesson 7: Connectives (Topic: global issues) (pages 37-41) Learning activity: running translation Connectives assessment and answers Lesson 8: Unknown words (Topic: holidays) (pages 42-46) Learning activity: card game Unknown words assessment and answers Lesson 9: Checking the basics (Topic: school) (pages 47-53) Learning activity: find it and fix it Checking the basics assessment and answers Lesson 10: Common sense (Topic: work and future plans) (pages 54-58) Learning activity: back to back Common sense assessment and answers

World War One inspired the war poets to respond to the horrors and brutalities of war in new ways, writing some of the most vivid, profound and powerful poetry in English Literature. Help your year 7, 8 and 9 students to appreciate their sacrifices with this thoughtful and engaging scheme of learning. This student-facing pack includes 8 lessons with a range of classroom resources and activities to develop students’ understanding and appreciation of poetic form, structure and style, while building their core reading, writing, comprehension, vocabulary and oracy skills. What’s included? Each lesson includes starter activities, followed by 5-6 main activities, and an extension or homework task, with answers for self- or peer marking in class. There are 8 PowerPoint presentations to help you to deliver each lesson, and a summative assessment with an accompanying PowerPoint to review and check students’ progress and learning. Activities in this scheme of learning include: scaffolded writing tasks to develop students’ analytical writing skills comparative tasks looking at two poems and approaches to tackling unseen poems comprehension questions to check students’ understanding discussion tasks, reading aloud and performance ideas to build oral skills and reading confidence word decoding tasks, glossaries and word banks to build students’ vocabulary formative assessment tasks and low-stakes quizzes. There are also carefully scaffolded and differentiated poetry analysis tasks to help students understand how to use World War I poetry quotes in their written work. The pack aims to bring the context of the poems to life, with a range of historic texts including propaganda posters, soldiers’ diaries and letters sent home, as well as facts about the Great War. There are 13 famous World War I poems to explore, including ‘The Troop Ship’ by Isaac Rosenberg, ‘Futility’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen, ‘First Time In’ by Ivor Gurney, John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’, ‘Owl’ by Edward Thomas and ‘Recruiting’ by E.A Mackintosh, as well as poems by Henry Smalley Sarson. Women’s poetry from World War I is also recognised, including ‘The Gift of India’ by Sarojini Naidu, ‘Who’s for the Game?’ by Jessie Pope, May Wedderburn Cannan’s ‘August 1914’ and Sara Teasdale’s ‘Spring in War-Time’. Taking a thematic approach to war poetry throughout the lessons, students will consider the start of the war, propaganda, recruitment and the call-up, before exploring life at the front, the horror of war in the trenches and the camaraderie between soldiers who served on the frontlines. There is also a focus on women’s lives on the home front and a lesson on the significant contribution of British Empire soldiers, looking at Caribbean, Indian and black British recruits. This 78-page teaching pack includes everything you need to explore the context, power and impact of World War I poetry with KS3 English Literature students.

Take a step by step approach to building your students’ confidence in understanding and analysing unseen poems. ‘The way to understand poems, whether unseen or not, is to get under their skin – and that requires active strategies, which this teaching pack and resources provide.’ Trevor Millum, writer and poet This time-saving teaching pack includes seven pairs of carefully-selected poems for comparison alongside a resource workbook, providing you and your students with all you need to prepare for the unseen poetry element of the GCSE exam. What’s included? 7 pairs of poems a resource workbook for students to complete detailed teaching notes for each poem a mix of older and contemporary poems exam-style questions for all exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction Top tips for approaching an unseen poem Unit 1 ‘At the Draper’s’ by Thomas Hardy ‘Remember’ by Christina Rossetti Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 2 ‘Late Love’ by Jackie Kay ‘Love and Friendship’ by Emily Brontë Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 3 ‘Finding the Keys’ by Robin Robertson ‘October’ by Robert Frost Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 4 ‘Calling Card’ by Tracey Herd ‘For Meg’ by Fleur Adcock Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 5 ‘A London Thoroughfare. 2am.’ by Amy Lowell ‘Frost Fair’ by Rowyda Amin Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 6 ‘Long Life’ by Elaine Feinstein ‘Fish oil, exercise and no wild parties’ by Beatrice Garland Comparison resource Exam questions

Bring this popular and thought-provoking play to life with our comprehensive six-week teaching pack for GCSE. ‘An Inspector Calls is such a popular play at GCSE that I wanted to bring together a mix of teaching approaches and ideas to appeal to a wide range of teaching styles. I had used many of these successfully in my classes, building in activities such as freeze frames and peg puppets, as well as feeding in some of the latest pedagogical trends, like the learning grids. There’s plenty of choice of engaging and active teaching and a close text focus throughout, leaving students with a lasting enjoyment of the play.’ Helen Stacey, writer Choose from socratic discussions, venn diagrams, game templates, visual learning grids and sequencing activities – tasks to engage even the most reluctant readers! What’s included? lesson plans and ideas along with tailor-made resources practical, student-facing activities. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 1-2) Route through – week one (pages 2-3) de Bono’s detective skills Word wall Play production template Pre-teaching (intro) Quiz on BBC’s Text in Context series Tension graph Historical context Jigsaw pieces Route through – week two (pages 4-5) Role on the wall Analysing stage directions Pyramid Tricky situations Act One: Who said …? Act One learning grid Point, evidence, explanation technique Route through – week three (pages 6-7) Wordplay in Act Two Gerald’s affair Chat show: who is to blame? Describing character Write Eva Smith’s diary Bullseye Whose bag is it? Route through – week four (pages 8-9) Theme definitions An Inspector called Speaking and listening: The committee meeting Socialism and capitalism Links in a chain Route through – week five (pages 10-11) Pictures strip exercise Bingo! Socratic discussion Moral message team game Politics and persuasion in the final speech Snakes and ladders Treasure hunt Route through – week six (pages 12-13) Engdoku Taboo revision game Tension graph Word analysis quadrant Revision game Mind palace revision Decorate a chair! Revision calendar

Engage your students in this classic text and develop their critical reading skills with our teaching pack, A Christmas Carol. The pack takes your students through the five staves of the text, providing social and historical context, discussion points, structured lesson ideas and supporting resources. Tasks include close-text analysis, comprehension, drama and exam-style questions – perfect for preparing your students for their GCSE. What’s included? twenty-five lessons exam style questions for the relevant exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction (page 3) Specification summaries (pages 4-6) AQA GCSE English Literature Edexcel GCSE English Literature WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Stave One (pages 7-46) Lesson one – Understanding Dickens and Victorian London Lesson two – The writer’s craft Lesson three – Scrooge as an outsider Lesson four – Contrasting characters and family feuds Lesson five – Introducing the supernatural Stave Two (pages 47-69) Lesson one – Creating atmosphere Lesson two – Ghostly visions Lesson three – Memories and regrets Lesson four – Mirth and merriment Lesson five – Victorian family ideals Stave Three (pages 70-95) Lesson one – A sumptuous celebration Lesson two – Larger than life Lesson three – Community: the Christmas spirit Lesson four – Family affairs Stave Four (pages 96-123) Lesson one – Gothic and ghostly Lesson two – Life in the slums Lesson three – Reactions to Scrooge’s Death Lesson four – Intense emotions Stave Five (pages 117-144) Lesson one – A second chance Lesson two – Changing relationships Lesson three – Themes and characters: revision summaries Lesson four – Exam skills and final practice