A fabulous resource that can be utilised by parent, teachers and students to aid with CEM style 11 Plus English Language assessments/exams. a comprehensive 22 page PowerPoint that will maximise student potential and their understanding of common questions in CEM style exams with a particular focus on shuffled sentences. shuffled senteces are sentences out of sequence, usually along with a superfluous word. Students are asked to identify the surplus word that does not fit the sentence. This amazing guide offers a staged approach to support children’s confidence and success with CEM style questions. Each stage in this guide is designed to break down specific areas of grammar that are implicitly tested. The guide contains 88 example exercises complete with answers. -A fabulous resource that will help you and your students to plan for success.

A 10 page PowerPoint that addresses the historical context of the play and the two characters: Macbeth and Banquo. Each PowerPoint page is dedicated to an Act and various scenes from the play, offering great annotations of important quotes needed for the exam. Lesson includes: Act 1 - Act 3 analysis with notable, important scene and character analysis of both Macbeth and Banquo. Key quotes that have been analysed in great depth on each slide. Includes overall conclusion of the two chracters and what each represents in the play Useful discourse markers to successfully structure essay writing. Close language analysis star paragraph guide. A great resource that successfully analyses character and identifies key quotations from the play.

A great resource to use as a starter task or to consolidate understanding of subordinate clauses. Resource explains what subordinate clauses are with four tasks - answers are also included.

A creative resource that I have used to stir excitement on entrance to an imaginative writing lesson based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or can be used as reward tickets for recognition of excellent work.

A 34 page PowerPoint with resources that addresses all Section A reading questions on the Paper 1 English Language exam. This package can easily be split into two, one hour lessons. Includes the following: 34 page Powerpoint Reading resource with exam style questions linked to the PowerPoint A step by step approach wit teacher tips and guidance when answering each specific question on the paper. Extract ’ The Landlady’ by Roald Dahl This bundle can be used as either an introduction to the AQA paper or as a refresher. Students can also watch the televised version from ‘Tales of the Unexpected.’ It’s a great watch!!

A lesson that helps support student understanding of : topic sentence, supporting sentences and linking sentences. Demonstrating how to use them effectively in non-fiction writing, linking to question 5 on the Paper 2 exam. Lesson includes: Annotated 8 page PowerPoint Do Now Activity Language feature examples - how to utilise them and how they are effective in non-fiction writing. Links to mark scheme Suggested plan A student model paragraph framework for writing to persuade. A teacher model paragraph framework for writing to persuade.

Paper 1: Fiction - language focus. A ten page PowerPoint aimed at close language focus. using extracts from: Charles Dickens ‘Great Expectations’ Bram Stoker ‘Dracula’ Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ John Steinbeck ‘The Pearl’ JRR Tolkein ‘The Hobbit’ Ian McEwan ‘Enduring Love’ AC Doyle ‘The Hound of The Baskervilles’ Ray Bradbury ‘A Sound of Thunder’ Harper Lee 'To Kill a Mockingbird Roald Dahl ‘The Landlady’ Addressing the four questions: Three details you have identified What? (is the point the writer is trying to make?) How? (what method or technique does the writer employ?) Why? (what impressions is the writer trying to convey?) What do we think? What do we feel?

A 12 page PowerPoint that explores: character, action, setting and theme. Additionally, textual references and context. Includes the following: -Romeo and Juliet clock resource 12 page PowerPoint. Lesson addresses key exam style questions, such as: ‘How does Shakespeare present attitudes toward death?’ ‘How does Shakespeare present the idea of fate?’ With many more… Includes four separate extracts A great pack to introduce key themes and ideas or can be used as a revision resource.

A really fun and interactive lesson - perfect for either KS2 or KS3. The pack consists of a full lesson with PowerPoint and resources to support the different activities, promoting paired and group work, using chatter boxes to consolidate learning. The learning, specifically focuses on the identification of : word class/language features and devices used for effect in two different extracts - ‘James and the Giant Peach’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ Key Learning Question: ‘Can I identify a variety of language devices/word classes in a text?’ Lesson Includes: Starter activity; nouns, verbs and adjectives. Guided reading task. Challenge task: 4,3,2,1 adjectives, similes, alliterations and metaphors. Find four things activity (information retrieval tasks) using ‘James and the Giant Peach’ extract Find four things (information retrieval tasks) using ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ Extract included in PowerPoint. Mini plenary (4 top tips) Comprehension task Word class task. Chatter box task with intructions and template.

A 45 page interactive quiz that can be used at both KS3 and KS4 level. The quiz aims to inject a bit of fun and team spirit when teaching about language devices (which we all know can be onerous for some students) The quiz also identifies the effect on the audience. I Instructions: Students pick a number on the grid which will then take them to a language device question. If the answer is given successfully - brilliant, if not an answer is provided. This quiz is great for: an introduction to language devices, revision purposes, to address any misconceptions or for end of term fun.

A great introduction to the effectiveness of emotive language and other language techniques. This lesson, specifically focuses on AO3 skills: demonstrating understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they are written. Lesson Includes: 10 slide PowerPoint. Statements task. Modal verbs activity sheet (slide 3) Summary questions: 'what effect is the writer trying to create…? Includes example extract. Identifying language techniques activity - more importantly their purpose and what effect they have on a reader/audience. Teacher model with examples shown (slide7) Explanation on how writers’ techniques achieve a particular effect with examples.

An in-depth 12 page booklet with extracts. The extracts featured incorporate British values and tackle societal and socioeconomic issues in a sensitive manner - very interesting extracts that will evoke passion and opinion. This booklet can be used as a four week independent challenge to help students improve reading and writing comprehension skills in the classroom or it can be used as a homework booklet to support with revision at KS4 level. Booklet also includes high level challenges for those higher ability students. Texts include: ‘Black Panther’ - finally gives Marvel the super villain needed - A.A Dowd. ‘We Need a Culture Shift.’ It’s not just rainbow coloured laces for players to come out - Liam Rosenoir ‘Jamie Oliver.’ Poor People Putting Food on The Table Trumps Diet… Kathleen Kerridge. Activities include: Writing articles to demonstrate viewpoint. Agree/disagree statements Comprehension/info retrieval questions based on each extract How does the writer show? What do these words and phrases suggest? How do you know? Link to context of article. What is your opinion? What is the writer’s opinion.

A full in depth pack that can be used over the span of two 1 hour lessons. Suitable for both KS3/KS4 learners who are studying the Engish GCSE Language pathway. The PowerPoint includes 12 ngaging activities plus resources. The pack address both AO5 and AO6 skills required for success in creative/descriptive writing. Can also be used as a series of revision lessons prior to assessment or exams. Includes the following: Creative Writing Clock to write on. Visual resources Synonym tasks Sentence upgrade exercises Semi-colon revision tasks Upgrade your sentences resources Show Don’t Tell tasks Sentence opener grid/examples Sensory writing tasks Group discussion task Ideas for re-drafting work to demonstrate progress Self - assessment task.

A really fun and engaging lesson that focuses on writing to describe. Learning Question: How do I communicate an image through written text? Includes a 9 page PowerPoint, images and prompts. Encourages- Think-Pair-Share and partnered work.

A very engaging and interesting lesson with resources- ideally suitable for KS4 English GCSE learners. Can be used for both AQA or EDUQAS as skills focused as opposed to question specific. Pack includes: FIRST PART: READING SKILLS A 20 page PowerPoint Reflection tasks on progress required for GCSE (language and inference) Spotlight activities on’Arthur ;‘The Joker.’ Inference activities on character and relationships. Two visual clips from ‘The Joker’ identifying positive and negative relationships between mother and son. ‘The Joker’ Script extract. Quotation explosion examples and grid resource. Key learning question ‘How does the writer use language to…?’ Accompanying example response. SECOND PART: WRITING SKILLS What is defamiliarization? Example of clown description - ‘The art of making strange.’ Describing objects using the defamiliarization technique with a teacher example response - very entertaining, great for creaive and descriptive writing. Mini peer assessment activity. Two David Attenborough clips with descriptions - making the familiar unfamiliar. Flash fiction 200 word challenge task - ‘The Joker’s’ Journal entry.

A fabulous lesson, that can be used to aid with struggling readers. All reading clinic PowerPoints are created by me, using the successful Toe by Toe reading methods and techniques. Pack Includes: A 13 page PowerPoint. Task 1: Focus on ‘er’ and ‘ing’ endings. Task 2: Putting words into context. Task 3: The two sounds of ‘oo’ Task 4: Putting words into context. Task 5: Real words revisin task. -This pack also contains five activity grids from the Toe by Toe book to aid with the consolidation of learning. Identification of modal verbs in a description slide. There are other lessons in this series that effectively boost struggling readers and aid with literacy skills. Are also extremely effective with dyslexic learners.

An interactive session that uses the successful approach of Toe by Toe to aid struggling or weak readers. This session also includes scaffolded activities from the widely acclaimed book to support young readers. The lesson addresses: Explicit letter sounding. Recognising/ understanding and pronunciation of: sh,ch,th,ck,qu. Blending letters and sounds to form word and phrase. Task 1: Letter and image sounding task. Task 2: Guided reading- letter sounds Task 3: Toe by Toe grid to consolidate learning (pronunciation) Task 4: As above but with different word and phrase. Task 5: Pronunciation grid from Toe by Toe. The lesson can be used for short sharp intervention or to address pronunciation difficulties.

A beneficial one page document that contains over 70 key character quotations from the play, these can be matched to thematic links. All quotaions are from key characters. Resource can be used as an introduction to character or as a revision tool to reflect on character and theme.

This fun and interactive lesson can be used to support descriptive/creative writing at many different levels from KS2 right up to KS4. The lesson can be used either as a great starting point, introducing descriptive/creative writing or as a filler lesson to support. This 9 page PowerPoint is a great way to engage young learners when asking to describe settings and locations - " could you draw a picture without seeing it?" the lesson will encourage students to work in pairs. the lesson will display four images for students to describe and draw. Partner A will start off facing the white board and describing the picture for Partner B. Partner B will then be drawing. Includes images and clues. Final task to demonstrate new skills taught . Includes plenary.

A 26 page practise booklet packed full of questions for both component 1 and component 2. Addresses all assessment objectives and skills required for success. Includes: both fiction and non-fiction articles and extracts a variety of transactional and creative writing questions. An amazing revision tool.