Inference Worksheets 3 - A Christmas Carol & The Wizard of Oz These worksheets support learners in developing the skills of reading for meaning and making inferences. The teacher guide at the start helps you navigate through a series of activities that support learners in understanding a text. Each text will take approximately an hour to complete. These work particularly well with groups of 3-6 learners but can also be used 1-1 and with larger groups. These activities help learners to practise: making connections with current knowledge visualising questioning word meaning explaining subtext empathy prioritising summarising The two texts in this pack are extracts from The Wizard of Oz and A Christmas Carol. Also available in my shop are: Inference Worksheets 1: Peter Pan & The Wind in the Willows Inference Worksheets 2: Treasure Island & The Secret Garden A bundle offer including all six extracts

A Christmas Carol Revision Board Game is a great way to engage learners in revising quotations and elements of plot, character and theme. This is a particularly effective resource for learners who may struggle with engagement/motivation at times when it comes to revision. This resource includes: 32 questions and answers about plot, character and theme 32 questions and answers about key quotations A game board ‘How to Play’ guide The cards can be used as a simple Q&A activity where quick revision is required. For a more sustained activity, the full board game version can be played. The cards can be printed double-sided so that the question is on the front and the corresponding answer on the back. The page should be printed double-sided along the long edge. Additional equipment you will need: dice counters

The Merchant’s Tale (Chaucer) annotated extracts. These worksheets are designed to help GCE English Literature students practise extract analysis/annotation in preparation for analysing a specific extract in the exam. There are differentiated resources per extract depending on pupils’ ability and the learning intention of the lesson. Each extract has a specific question attached to it. The duration of the worksheet will depend on the learning intention of the lesson, but would take approximately 15-25 minutes to annotate and go through as a class as a revision activity. There are three versions of each sheet: blank extract and the question for use as an individual assessment differentiated highlighted version to guide less confident students towards important quotations highlighted and annotated version as a teacher guide, a good example of annotation to display to pupils/for self-assessment, or a revision handout to give to pupils There are five annotated extracts: 33-54: presentation of January 318-341: presentation of marriage 611-638: presentation of January 948-972: presentation of January 1108-1133: presentation of January and May If you haven’t seen it already, there’s also a free annotated extract available - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13030820

World Oceans Day Literacy Activities This editable PowerPoint contains 20 literacy-based activities for World Oceans Day. These make perfect starter activities or form time tasks. Slides have a simple colour scheme so that they can be printed at a lower cost if hard copies are needed. As well as being enjoyable and competitive, these activities will encourage learners to apply their knowledge of the alphabet, vowels, consonants and languages. Activities include: placing words into alphabetical order matching terms to different languages anagrams identifying missing vowels/consonants word grids creating their own words

Halloween Word Games | Literacy | KS3 Learners/Age 11-14 This literacy task pack is perfect to use with KS3 learners/ages 11-14 during the build-up to Halloween. There are ten activities included with an answer sheet for each one. The activities are: wordsearch x3 anagrams x3 wordgrids x3 colour by number x1 Where there are multiple examples of an activity, there are different levels of complexity to enable differentiation within the classroom. Tasks can be used in English lessons or as part of a whole-school literacy incentive during form/tutor time. The task pack encourages learners to consider spelling, the alphabet, consonants/vowels and language features. Designed so that sheets can be printed in colour or grayscale without compromising on clarity, depending on resources available to you. If you have found these resources useful, you may also be interested in: General anagrams for use throughout the year with KS3 learners/ages 11-14 - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-anagrams-12934233 Cross-curricular anagrams, containing subject-specific terms for six different subjects, for high school learners - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cross-curricular-literacy-anagrams-12972642

Christmas/Festive Anagrams includes two different anagrams worksheets all connected to Christmas and the answer sheets. These worksheets are designed to help KS3 pupils develop their language skills (such as the alphabet) and extend their vocabulary. The anagrams on each worksheet are listed in alphabetical order. Each sheet will take 10-20 minutes to complete, depending on the age/ability of the class. In these tasks, pupils will unscramble the letters to identify the words. They will also be required to apply their knowledge of the alphabet and elements of language to help them unscramble less familiar words. An answer key for staff is included for both worksheets. General anagrams are also available in the following: Anagrams 1-3 Anagrams 4-6 Anagrams 1-6 (bundle)

Common Spellings Colour by Number Christmas theme worksheet, including answer key. This worksheet is designed to help KS3 pupils learn/revise common misspellings. This resource is suitable for KS3 pupils. It will take about 30 minutes to complete. In this task, pupils will select the correct spelling to fill in the blank. Correct answers will provide a key to use to colour in the image. The image is of Santa going down a chimney in the snow so is a perfect festive activity. An answer key for staff is included for both elements of the worksheet. For other festive activities, you might want to try: Christmas anagrams: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-anagrams-12942667 A Christmas Carol characters CBN: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-colour-by-number-12942738

Lady Macbeth Shakespeare Unit of Work | With Resources This Lady of Macbeth unit of work can be taught as a unit on its own or integrated into a larger unit on the whole play. It has been designed to introduce learners to Shakespearean language in a less threatening way by focusing on two key scenes. Both scenes revolve around Lady Macbeth, and the unit comprises a character study. A range of reading skills are developed throughout the unit, resulting in a detailed analysis and comparison of Lady Macbeth’s character between the start and end of the play. This pack is ideal for non-specialists as teacher notes/answers are included for key tasks. This resource has been used with 13-14 year old pupils as an introduction to studying Shakespeare but could also support teaching of the play for 15-16 year olds. This resource includes: a two page teaching & learning overview, that can be taught as a standalone unit or integrated into a larger unit on the play a 38 slide PowerPoint that covers all aspects of the T&L overview, including differentiated versions of language analysis grids that can be given to pupils of differing abilities an additional 19 pages of resources, for pupils and staff, including annotated copies of the extracts Teaching time is based on 3 weekly lessons of 50 minutes - 1 hour.

King Lear A-Level Quote Revision Game This resource is targeted towards A-Level students in need of key quotes revision. It is a great way to get students revising whilst making it feel like a game. There are 32 cards included, each containing a quote, act and character. A student will read the quote on their card, and students must identify whether the character on their card said this quote. They must also identify whether the character said it in the act specified on their card. Full instructions are included in the resource, as are all of the answers on a separate teacher sheet. There are also suggestions for differentiation, including making the game more or less challenging, as needed. If you found this resource helpful, you may also like: King Lear Exemplar Annotated Extracts - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/king-lear-a-level-extract-analysis-13018351 King Lear Revision Bundle - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/king-lear-a-level-revision-bundle-13019013

A Christmas Carol | Quotes Revision | I Have Who Has | GCSE This resource is targeted towards high school students in need of key quotes revision. It is a great way to get students revising whilst making it feel like a game. There are 36 cards included, and these are divided into two games of 18 cards each. There are also two blank cards with each set in case you would like to write in a couple of your own to each game. Each card contains a quote and stave. The blue version of the game includes quotes that describe characters. The green version of the game includes quotes said by different characters. A student will read the quote on their card, and students must identify whether the character on their card said this quote, or whether the description is about their character (depending on which version of the game they’re playing). They must also identify whether the quote is from the stave specified on their card. Full instructions are included in the resource, as are all of the answers on a separate teacher sheet. There are also suggestions for differentiation, including making the game more or less challenging, as needed. If you found this resource helpful, you may also like: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-annotated-extracts-12933695 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-bundle-12972692 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-board-game-12989845

An Inspector Calls | Quotes Revision | I Have Who Has | GCSE This resource is targeted towards high school students in need of key quotes revision. It is a great way to get students revising whilst making it feel like a game. There are 40 cards included, and these are divided into two games of 20 cards each. Each card contains a quote and act. The two games have been colour-coded - blue and green - for ease of use. A student will read the quote on their card, and students must identify which character said it. They must also identify whether the quote is from the stave specified on their card. Three cards per game include stage directions rather than speech. Full instructions are included in the resource, as are all of the answers on a separate teacher sheet. There are also suggestions for differentiation, including making the game more or less challenging, as needed. If you found this resource helpful, you may also like: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-essay-structures-12973418 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-essay-planning-tool-12973414 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-revision-bundle-12973433