One hour’s worth (at least) of literacy activities to use with your child at home. Includes a starter, some key knowledge tasks and challenge/extension activities. Answer sheet provided at the end. Key knowledge/skill: INFERENCE Most suitable for KS2 but covers important skills for older students too. Designed to be printed off but could simply be viewed on screen once downloaded. Work could then be completed in a notepad or exercise book.

One hour’s worth (at least) of literacy activities to use with your child at home. Includes a starter, some key knowledge tasks and challenge/extension activities. Answer sheet provided at the end. Most suitable for KS2 but covers important skills for older students too. Key knowledge/skill: VOCABULARY Designed to be printed off but could simply be viewed on screen once downloaded. Work could then be completed in a notepad or exercise book.

One hour’s worth (at least) of literacy activities to use with your child at home. Includes a starter, some key knowledge tasks and challenge/extension activities. Answer sheet provided at the end. Key knowledge/skill: DESCRIBING A SETTING Most suitable for KS2 but covers important skills for older students too. Designed to be printed off but could simply be viewed on screen once downloaded. Work could then be completed in a notepad or exercise book.

One hour’s worth (at least) of literacy activities to use with your child at home. Includes a starter, some key knowledge tasks and challenge/extension activities. Answer sheet provided at the end. Key knowledge/skill: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Most suitable for KS2 but covers important skills for older students too. Designed to be printed off but could simply be viewed on screen once downloaded. Work could then be completed in a notepad or exercise book. Apologies for typo, I have corrected it now! My proof reading eyes aren’t what they used to be…

A series of tasks to explore Act 3 Scene 2 of the play.

Two resources: a plan table for writing about tension in Act 1; a simplified essay frame to write about tension in Act 1.

Two resources: Key quote table with quotes for all characters and space to analyse; quotes for Mrs Birling in Act 2.

An easy to use revision worksheet for the novel. Questions about each chapter; key quote for each chapter; chapter title match task.

Plan tables for 4 exam questions. Questions on: guilt; Eric Birling; responsibility; Mrs Birling.

A cloze task to summarise Act 2.

A worksheet to revise and explore key themes and link them to scenes/events and characters.

Detailed questions to guide students through Acts 4 and 5 of the play. Useful for revision.

A cloze task summarising events in Act 4.

Simple to use character files for: Mr Birling, Mrs Birling, Sheila, Eric, Gerald and the Inspector.

A six round revision quiz with a variety of questions. Also, an ABC quiz about the play and its ideas.

A selection of helpful and easy to use revision task sheets about the opening chapters of Conan-Doyle’s ‘The Sign of the Four’. Includes: True or False statements to summarise Chs. 1-3, differentiated questions about Chs 1-3, tasks relating to the description of the journey to the Lyceum Theatre in Ch3.

Tasks and questions that will guide students through ‘Kamikaze’ stanza by stanza. Gets students looking at meaning, language use and connections to other poems.

A vocabulary and story board task followed by questions on each stanza to help students explore the poem.

A selection of Paper 2, Question 5 planning practices. Also, some key skills worksheets breaking down the writing task into: FORM, OPENINGS, PLANNING and DEVELOPING IDEAS. To support AQA English Language Paper 2.