For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.
For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.
A recap of persuasive techniques and a lesson on using persuasive language. The PowerPoint begins with a code breaker exercise to reveal the lesson's lesson objectives (WALT and WILF). The pupils are given a series of useless items then asked to discuss possible uses in groups. They decide what the item is and write a persuasive speech using techniques to sell the item to the class. A modelled example is given and an opportunity for peer assessment. Great for KS3 English lessons.
A cut-out activity that creates a timeline of key points from Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol. The points explain the important details and makes inferences for the students. Students cut out the boxes, place them in the order they appear in Stave 3, stick them onto a timeline as a revision resource then add any key quotes to the boxes. Ideal for Year 11 GCSE students, especially those stdyin WJEC English Literature.
A sheet designed to show the difference between a good introduction and a weak one. It uses Larkin's 'An Arundel Tomb' to show how to write a good introduction and Duffy's 'Havisham' to show how to embed quotations. The sheet is designed for Section A of the WJEC English Literature A Level.
An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Send No Money' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.
A full analysis of ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron. The PowerPoint explains the important contextual information needed to be known to access the poem as well as line by line analysis of the poem. Literary and Linguistic terminology is clearly labelled and gives students everything they need to adopt a forensic knowledge of the poem. The resource is created specifically for WJEC AS English Literature and Language.
A PowerPoint presentation making speech marks as easy as possible. Contains a starter looking for increasing volume verbs for said, an easy step by step guide to using direct speech punctuation and a full task where they can demonstrate understanding. A peer assessment slide is included.
A worksheet teaching how to use the apostrophe of possession (or of belonging to make it easier). The worksheet allows pupils to add the apostrophes when changing sentences and a task linking items to those who own them using pictures as aids. An extension task at the end allows pupils to create the own sentences using some words that own something. Excellent for KS3 and for KS2.
A worksheet teaching the difference between there, their and they're. On the back of the sheet, are and our are taught. The sheet contains the definitions, task to check understanding and an extension activity.
The Ghost of Christmas Present - A Christmas Carol. A Point, Evidence and Explanation grid used to help students identify points to make in the WJEC English Literature exam. The 'Point' column is filled, page numbers given so students can find evidence and an explanation column to allow pupils to analyse details. The resource can be used in lessons or as a high quality homework.
The Ghost of Christmas Past - A Christmas Carol. A Point, Evidence and Explanation grid used to help students identify points to make in the WJEC English Literature exam. The 'Point' column is filled, page numbers given so students can find evidence and an explanation column to allow pupils to analyse details. The resource can be used in lessons or as a high quality homework.
2 documents. A Learning Objectives (WILF) sheet outlining what is expected from the essay. The second document is an easy to use essay plan for KS3 pupils to follow and produce a strong essay. The essay plan follows a cloze activity format but allows pupils to select their own evidence and to analyse language. Excellent for KS3 classes.
A PowerPoint lesson on writing scripts centering around a conversation between a complaining customer and a checkout cashier who does not care. Great fun for KS3 English lessons.
A PowerPoint recapping how to use semi colons and colons. It is a single lesson designed to make usage as clear as possible. Great for KS3 or 4 English Language or Literacy lessons. Contains explanation of how to use them, examples, a task for each and shows incorrect usage too.
This is a PowerPoint design to make simple, compound and complex sentences as simple as possible. It begins simply with what makes up a simple sentence (Subject and verb phrase), then looks at creating compound sentences from two main clauses and a connective, then shows what a subordinate clause is and how to use commas to separate the main clause from the subordinate clause. Perfect to use with KS3 or KS4 classes. Can even be used at KS2. Fits into English language lessons or Literacy lessons.
11 very high quality worksheets for Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak. This unit of work is designed for lower ability KS4 classes to help prepare them for the NEW WJEC English Language exam (2016). Worksheets include proofreading and editing practice based on myths including vampires and werewolves, a planning sheet for creating a leaflet based on the circus, a plan for a persuasive speech, differentiated letter templates for a persuasive letter to the council, a sheet about leaflet writing structure in exams, persuasive techniques cutout activity, and a very well designed assessment objective sheets. Ideal for lower ability KS4 classes and KS3 classes studying the class. Excellent preparation for new WJEC English.
3 documents to help students write a review of David Walliams' Gangsta Granny. The first sheet is a learning objectives or WILF sheet to show what is expected of the task. The second is a paragraph plan to help students write their review. The third sheet is a differentiated version of the template with sentences to help. Excellent for KS2 and KS3 classes to help prepare for KS4 review writing. Can also be used with low ability KS4 classes.
An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'The Importance of Elsewhere' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.
An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Nothing To Be Said' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.
An introduction to Carol Ann Duffy's 'Mean Time'. Designed for the new WJEC English Literature AS Level, this is a PowerPoint designed to get students thinking of the title and themes, and also shows them an analysis of 'Valentine' with annotations, sets homework and gives some more poems to analyse in groups.
An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Days' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.