SPAG revision session - ideal for online/remote learning

Tiger King research workbook - aimed at GCSE English learners. Perfect for some indepdent learning/remote learning.

Selection of GCSE English extracts for paper 1

Compare and contract activity - comparing two newspaper covers following Donald Trump’s election.

Creative writing resource to encourage learners to be more descriptive with their writing - this resource is aimed at covertly describing the emotions of a character.

‘Describe me’ activity – Split learners into pairs and provide one learner with a ‘describe me card’, they must describe the object on their card to their partner without saying explicitly what the object is. The other learner must guess what the object is. Demonstrate the activity with a learner to ensure everyone understands the task.

A creative writing resource inviting learners to re-write a classic fairy tale from a different point of view.

Narrative writing thematically linked to BLM. Aimed at GCSE English AQA - Paper 1, Question 5 but adapatable. Creative Writing!

Developing creative writing powerpoint - aimed at GCSE learners but is transferable.

Improving creative writing skills lesson - developing spelling, punctuation and grammar leading into a guided story starter.

This resource is aimed at encouraging learners to consider how they start each sentence and to vary it for effect.

A full lesson powerpoint aimed at encouraging learners to think of origional and creative ideas for their fiction writing.

A lesson focussing on improving descriptive writing. Aimed at GCSE English AQA - Paper 1, Question 5 (but adapatable).

Creative writing lesson working on skill building - sentence starters and showing character emotion.

Analysing text with an extract from Frakenstein looking at comprehension and pathetic fallacy.

A speech writing lesson on climate change - suitable for a remote session or distance/independent learning.

Quick starter activity - read the given extract and answer the questions recapping language features/adjectives.

Speaking and listening presentation powerpoint. Provides some socially relevant topics for discussion including video clips and suggestions on how to create, structure and present it.

Analysing an extract from Animal Farm - focusing on language features in the text leading to views on animal rights and speech writing plan.