I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
A fun, interactive resource to fully engage and allow pupils to fully understand specific grammar points; present progressive, past progressive and past simple, present perfect tenses, the use of comparative and superlatives, adverbials.
Particularly aimed at Year 6 (SAT's) and EAL students, but can be used for all classes studying grammar points.
This package contains 5 class, grouped, paired or individual tasks which, when completed the racing car wins the race. The tasks should last for 5 lessons.
Resource includes:
Fun PPT, which when followed to the end finishes a racing car race ( with embedded video)
5 Task Sheets
Full lesson plan.
Bundle Including:
The Macbeth Cluedo game (updated):
Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted for discovery based learning.
Resource includes Learning Objectives, Rules, Crime scene Investigation Report, Cluedo Board, Character cards, Quotation cards, Room cards, player chart and differentiation ideas.
To introduce students to the theme of Tragedy, Murder, Suspicion,
Motive and Revenge in Macbeth.
To familiarise students to the main characters, language, setting and plot.
To enable discovery-based learning within small groups.
To lead to further discussion of character roles and motivation, based on exploration of quotations.
Once this resource has been downloaded and laminated it can be used time and time again in a variety of ways
Also including Macbeth Snap game.
The Romeo and Juliet Board Game and Role Play.
Exciting and innovative resource. Starts with Board Game, pupils collect 'Gansta' card (which will decide whether they are in the Capulet or Montague gang) and quotation cards on the way around the board. They finish with a Prince question card. This will then lead to a matching activity, character with quotation. Differentiated cards allow for progression and allowing the more able students to be challenged.
Activity leads onto a class discussion and role play as to each characters' responsibility for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Learning Aims:
To introduce students to the theme of Tragedy, Revenge, the ‘Butterfly effect’ and characterisation and motivation.
To familiarise students to the main characters, language, setting and plot.
To enable discovery-based learning within small groups.
To lead to further discussion of character roles and responsibility towards Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, based on exploration of quotations. Prince holds court with questioning suspects.
Resource includes:
Game Board
Heart Counters
'Gangsta' cards.
Quotation cards
Differentiated quotation cards
Police question cards
Pupil chart to complete at end of task
Shakespeare Bundle:
Macbeth Cluedo (updated)
Macbeth Snap
Romeo and Juliet Board Game and Role Play
Aimed at GCSE or Year 6 SATs pupils learning to analyse extracts and to recognise Language and Structure devices. Particularly for the GCSE English Language Paper 1. A fun and interactive game resource for student centred learning, to learn and recognise the terminology needed for the exam. Can be used as a starter to develop into an analytical approach to reading a sample exam extract.
Included is a revision booklet for progression, which includes GCSE exam questions.
A fun, interactive resource to fully engage and allow pupils to fully understand specific grammar points; present progressive, past progressive and past simple, present perfect tenses, the use of comparative and superlatives, adverbials.
Particularly aimed at Year 6 (SAT's) and EAL students, but can be used for all classes studying grammar points.
This festive version contains 5 class, grouped, paired or individual Christmas related tasks which, when completed decorates a Christmas Tree in time for Christmas. The tasks should last for 5 lessons.
Resource includes:
Fun PPT, which when followed to the end decorates a Christmas Tree ( with embedded video)
5 Task Sheets
Full lesson plan.
A full unit of work for teaching Forces KS2; including machines and levers and pulleys - incorporating lesson plans, numerous activities (differentiated) and presentations.
An assortment of resources to aid teaching of KS3, includes descriptive writing tasks; both fiction and non-fiction. Also included is a fun activity to introduce pupils to the language and theme of Macbeth.
GCSE Literature (AQA, WJEC, Edexcel, OCR: full set of lessons and lesson plans to cover the teaching and context of An Inspector Calls. Original and innovative An Inspector Calls resources, including board game and role play for full understanding of the historical, social and cultural background to the text and character culpability. Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted for discovery based learning. The resource leads to an exam style question and planning sheets.
Resource includes:
* Lesson Plans
Board Game
Role Play and activities
Worksheets
Essay planning sheets
Character Cards downloads.
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A fun, full resource consisting of various fiction and non-fiction activities, aimed at all Key Stages.
Including:
Writing Monologues
5 Senses
Writing Newspaper Articles
Various writing tasks.
Various writing task, Christmas
Sentence Auction
Sentence Auction, Christmas.
A essential guide to GCSE English Language 9-1 exam success and preparation. This intensive handbook is aimed at the borderline students; who are currently stuck at a 2/3 grade, to enable them to access a grade 4 and above. However, is would be useful for all students from all bands, in preparation for the exam. It equips the students with the essential skills necessary to answer the exam questions, notably analysis of both Language and Structure.
The handbook is relevant to all exam boards, including both an original modern extract as well as a 19th Century piece. The revision tool includes sample exam questions, as well as a mark scheme.
Contents:
Reading an unseen extract
Learning to ‘infer’ and 'deduce’
Using Language Techniques
How to approach each exam question
Structural Techniques
Answering a sample GCSE paper, with a modern text.
Answering a past paper with a 19th Century extract
Mark Scheme
Incorporating fun and exciting resources to cover the teaching of: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls and Blood Brothers. Highly recommended resources.
Full bundle of resources for KS 2 including SOW, lesson plans, assessment and activities for a full range of curriculum areas; including Science, Literacy, Maths, Tudors, Drama, Dance, Egypt.