Rarely do volcanologists get to watch the birth, growth, and death of a volcano. Paricutin provided such an opportunity. Paricutin is a cinder cone volcano located in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. The volcano erupted on 20th February 1943, and continued to be active till 1952, during which it destroyed the villages of Parícutin and San Juan Parangaricutiro. Dionisio Pulido and his wife Paula witnessed the volcanoes birth. Using the information given, the students are tasked to write their memories about that extraordinary day from the Mexicans point of view. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

The bright dancing lights of the Aurora Borealis are the result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun which enter the Earth’s atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. In the past, some cultures have explained the presence of the Northern Lights as deceased relatives attempting to communicate with the living. Others have believed they are a way to conjure up ghosts and spirits. There are many different myths and stories and more romantic beliefs. The student’s task is to create their own explanation of this natural phenomena. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

We all believe in something. It may be one thing; it may be lots of things. Some may be easier to believe than others, but this is down to each person’s opinion. These worksheets help students to question what they believe and why, and which sources can be relied upon to support those opinions. Using the legend surrounding the reported survival of the Russian princess, Anastasia, after the Russian Revolution of 1917, the students research the evidence behind the myth and assess them for their reliability. Discussions are also held regarding how we decide what we believe in. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation, Instagram @willsoneducation and Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

There are a number tricks of the trade to help you write and deliver a confident, convincing and persuasive speech to win over the crowd…you just need to make sure you go for a walk through A FOREST… Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation, Instagram @willsoneducation and Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This seven page worksheet helps students to understand types of sentences, connectives and conjunctions and complex sentences

Commas are either used far too often or not often enough so it’s important students learn how to use them correctly and write clearly. These two worksheets help them to do this.

The English language is full of words which are pronounced the same way but mean very different things and so it can be difficult to remember which spelling to use. It is important for students to be able to communicate clearly and correctly in written correspondence and in academic writing. These 21 posters have been designed to define each term and give an example of its use to help students use the correct terms within their work.

This booklet is designed to help students distinguish fact and opinion and offer both positive and negative arguments to real and artificial Christmas trees. They discover the history behind the origins of the Christmas tree and discuss why they think it’s so popular. The social, economic, and environmental implications of each type of tree are discussed and analysed to aid the students in deciding which they think is more appropriate. Their task is to use what they have learnt to design a leaflet highlighting their opinion to help the public decide; this is then peer assessed. The lesson concludes with the students designing their own alternative Christmas tree using their hobbies as inspiration. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This posters gives students suggestions on best how to learn their spellings if they are a kinaesthetic, auditory or visual learners

This poster explains parts of our speech and what they are called. For example similes, metaphors, personification, amongst others, with each giving an example to help with understanding

This poster shows hoe apostrophes should be used in both the omission and possession with clear examples

This poster displays five ways in which student should check their work on completion. For example punctuation, Sentence formation and paragraphs

This poster explains different parts of speech and gives examples. The poster includes definitions for nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and others

This worksheet allows students to understand the differences between similes and metaphors by using examples from Noyes The Highwayman

This worksheet explains what alliteration is, gives and explains an effective use. Students are able to give their own examples and highlight examples within The Highwayman

This worksheet allows students to understand what is meant by onomatopoeia by highlighting terms within a poem, creating their own and identifying examples within the Noyes poem 'The Highwayman&' or a book they are studying.

This worksheets asks students to read extracts from The Tyger, The Highwayman, Daffodils, Sonnet 18, The Lady Of Shallott and Blackberry Picking and predicts when they were written as well as draw pictures to represent what they see when reading the extract

This crossword uses clues from the poem for the students to work out and complete

This booklet explains who David Livingstone was and allows students to discuss and consider what would be important to pack on a trip to Africa, how he would have travelled there, problems he may have come across and discoveries he may have made

This document highlights how different punctuation marks are used with examples