A full lesson dedicated to focusing on Scrooge's past and Christmas at Fezziwig's when Scrooge was an apprentice The first section deals with the challenging language There's a link to a short video link to use as a visual aid Then the main activity is for students to find key quotes and discuss what they reveal about Scrooge's character - worksheet is on the last page of the PowerPoint

Starter image with thinking questions on for students Group work activity follows Students will focus on different members of the Cratchit family and the opinions that they form of them At the end of the PowerPoint there is an image, whereby the language term 'juxtaposition' can be taught Students could then spend time noting down where juxtaposition occurs elsewhere in the novel and how this links to the moral ideology of Dickens

This is an introduction to writing to advise All of the statements will be relevant to students They could work in groups and write their advice on large sheets of paper When sharing ideas, students could then look to see if they've used modal verbs etc

4 different coloured poker chips e.g. red, blue, orange and green You hand out the blank chips to students and you keep the chips with the varied questioning starts on them The question starts have been taken from a question matrix It is up to you, you can use them as a differentiation tool, but the idea is that you take a red one for example, from your own pile and then look for an answer from a student who has a blank red poker chip. And so on. It's as simple as that!

I use this sheet with my year 11s to help them prioritise their revision. Simple but effective.

Low ability resource to get students thinking about the difference between thoughts and feelings - visual aid

8 different table mats that follow the Kagan structure These are bright and colourful and they can be laminated and stuck down on desks Each one has a character in the middle from a novel or play

Key character revision sheet I printed this on A3 and then asked students to add their own key quotations

Here are 2 practice assessment questions that have been pieced together based on the new AQA specification for 2017 onwards entry

Starts with a short video clip from YouTube Resource on the demonstrate phase allows students to demonstrate their understanding of Stave 1 though key characters, quotes and symbolism

Narrative writing assessment planning sheet - can be changed and adapted to suit own theme Thus was for a gothic theme

A full lesson that looks at the description of the first spirit and its significance

Descriptive writing WAGOLL with lots of ambitious vocabulary

A colourful resource with 17 different starter activities

A short lesson that can accompany any book Starter images lead into the discussion on everyone having their own opinion The end result is the student producing a paragraph based on personal responses

Has images and spellings on it linked to Roald Dahl's 'The Witches'; however these can be easily changed to suit any novel being studied

A range of themed images to prompt students to focus on specific detail

A really simple but effective resource

Poetry terms with definitions match up Print and laminate

I created this quiz sheet to use at my school at the year 7 open evening. It's a great way of learning students how to use the library referencing system.