Get your learners to plan a school Christmas party!

Two colouring pages.

England’s first four matches poster

Two colouring pages.

A lesson designed for KS2.

Overview of Lesson Starter Activity Pupils to read the information the sheet on their tables and will write down three key facts about the painting. The pupils will have a few minutes to summarise the information on their table’s fact sheet. They will pick out three main points about the painting they have been given and this will be shared when the painting is introduced in the story. Later on in the lesson, once the painting is introduced, the teacher will ask a particular table to give the rest of the class three facts about the painting. Each table will be learning about one out of the five paintings. Teaching and Learning Activities The teacher will read a short story to the class which is entitled: Katie and the British Artists. She will read through the book and stop the story when a new painting is introduced. The table who has summarised that painting’s factsheet, will then relay three facts about the painting to the rest of the class. Once the story is finished, the class will be able to ask any questions that they have. They will also be asked which painting was their favourite and why. The day’s task will then be introduced: pick a painting we have discussed and draw yourself inside of the painting. There will be five paintings to choose from, with each one being mentioned in the story. The pupils will be told that the focus of this lesson is on their drawing skills. They need to draw in the style of the artist they choose by replicating their work. They also need to decide where in their drawing they will place themselves and how this may affect the focus of the picture.

Can you sequence the members of the Royal Family in the order in which they stand in line to the throne?

These are double sided cards which can be laminated and given to students with SEMH needs. The contact details are of UK based support services who are their to help young adults 24/7, to help them to access support quickly in their time of need. ( print double sided flip on short edge)

A fifteen question multiple choice quiz. Students will be given a each from each poem and must write down on the white board which poem it is from. Answers are given on the PPT once they have answered the question. I also have an alternative quiz with other key quotes from the anthology which you can download for free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-anthology-power-and-conflict-quotes-quiz-12636653

A sheet for learners to colour in with the dates of Queen Elizabeth’s birth and death.

A five question reading task with answers. The text itself is a case study taken from the Comic Relief website. Topic: Food Banks / Food Poverty

A good lesson starter. Get students to cut out the different pictures and stick them on the A3 timeline. Their task is to guess which fashion trend belongs to which decade. A PPT is attached with the pictures and answers.

A PPT and worksheet that I used to introduce the KS3 class to poetry. I have started off with an easy poem and then throughout the lesson taught them skills in how to analyse the poem. Some information contained in this slide has been taken from free resources available on TES. Thank you for sharing your resources.

This is a task that I have created. Students will use their skills to rewrite an informal letter into a formal letter.

How to read and annotate the text before moving on to answer the exam questions 1- 4.

A fun lesson starter to see how much students remember from chapters 1 - 15 .

This was originally made when this was a topic discussed in the daily papers. Students will research the subject and then will take part in a discussion. The purpose of the exercise is to be able to look at both sides of an argument - no matter how controversial the topic is.

A lesson introducing Unseen Poetry and what to expect in the exam paper. It explains to learners how to annotate a poem using the SMILE technique and they will analyse Plath’s poem ‘The Mirror.’ Please note: I created this PPT using mostly my own ideas, however, to create this lesson, I have also adapted/ pasted some information from other ‘FREE download’ poetry resources that I found on TES. Thankyou for sharing your work.

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This is a lesson on answering Q1 and Q2 on the paper 1 English Language paper. This was used with my KS3 class to introduce them to answering the questions. Would work for KS4 for low / mid level learners. The teacher can guide them through the questions step-by-step using the PPT slides.