I am an English teacher and SENDCo in my 9th year of teaching. I am an English and American Literature and Creative Writing specialist but have taught across a range of areas within English, Media Studies and SEND. I also have my MissC YouTube channel for English revision videos for students!
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I am an English teacher and SENDCo in my 9th year of teaching. I am an English and American Literature and Creative Writing specialist but have taught across a range of areas within English, Media Studies and SEND. I also have my MissC YouTube channel for English revision videos for students!
Please subscribe and support. Feel free to message me directly with any video or resource requests!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ0s1bwC0V6qohf-YBtWyvw
An 18 slide PowerPoint on the context surrounding Geoffrey Chaucer, day to day life in the Middle Ages and The Canterbury Tales.
Engaging and suitable for all ages!
A 14 slide whole lesson on suspenseful descriptive writing using Show don’t tell techniques, imagery and short sentences for effect.
Includes:
images as springboard for creative writing (creepy rooms)
checklist for effective suspense writing
model suspense text for analysis
Engaging PowerPoint promoting learning - suitable for all ages!
A 10-15 minute assembly on Christmas, its traditions and a glance at how it is celebrated across the world. With a couple of unusual facts and some lovely engaging images and points for thought, this assembly is brief and informative.
Suitable for all ages!
A 14 slide PowerPoint on sensory descriptive gore writing, selecting effective vocabulary and describing in detail while avoiding cliched horror writing.
Includes model gory paragraph and opportunity for peer assessment!
(nothing too horrific, don’t worry!)
Engaging lesson on creative writing in which the students describe the experience of going camping Includes snippets of other writing to analyse for linguistic/structural techniques used for effect and to engage a reader.
Includes interesting adjectives list and model written piece with questions for students to analyse.
Suitable for KS2-KS3!
A 10-15 minute assembly on Canadian hero Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope. Inspiring and motivational for students including questions on what makes a real hero. Great springboard for discussion.
Easily adaptable for tutor time!
Suitable for all ages!
PowerPoint going through different types of sentence and how to identify them. It also includes activities for students to complete a creative written task employing their newly acquired skills.
Suitable for both primary and secondary ages as well as as a Literacy tool for the whole school.
A 43 slide Poetry Unit aimed at KS3 and lower attaining KS4 classes that covers different types of poems from the Haiku to the Lyric Ode including their structures.
Includes:
different structural/linguistic poetic devices.
different types of poem and their structural ingredients.
fun activities for students that can be completed in class or as homework.
self-assessment success criteria for students
assessment opportunities for teachers/parents/tutors
engaging and interactive slide layouts
Links to the English GCSE exam criteria
The 'Literacy Bundle' includes:
1)Crucial Connectives- A 7 slide PowerPoint defining what connectives are and their uses in writing.
Includes:
Definition of 'connective'.
Exploring where connectives are appropriately used.
Exploring where connectives are inappropriately used.
Activity for students to highlight where connectives are appropriate/inappropriate in relation to sentence endings.
Plenary consolidating learning.
2) Sorting Out Spelling- A 7 slide PowerPoint exploring the definition of homophones, homographs and heteronyms as well as the importance of accurate spelling.
Includes:
Definition of homophones, homographs and heteronyms.
Activity to identify the correctly spelt word in a sentence.
Activity to spot and correct spelling errors.
A quick spelling test to consolidate learning.
3) Pesky Pararaphs - A 9 slide PowerPoint exploring when it is and is not appropriate to begin a new paragraph in your writing.
Includes:
The definition of 'paragraph'.
An activity for students to discuss prior knowledge of paragraphing.
Examples according to BBC Bitesize of where use is appropriate including TiPToP memory method for the rules.
Activity for students to choose where or when paragraphing is used appropriately.
Exemplar text for analysis.
Plenary consolidating learning
4) Sentence Types - An 11 slide PowerPoint introducing different sentence types and features of imagery as aids for improving creative writing.
Includes:
Compound and complex sentence examples and exploration.
Features of imagery and its effectiveness.
Key vocabulary: olfactory, tactile, etc for imagery.
Activity for students to complete brief descriptive creative piece using both varied sentence types and features of imagery.
A 21 slide PowerPoint surrounding Sensory descriptive writing.
Includes:
Definition of “sensory writing” “imagery” .
Exploration of sample sensory writing - focus on linguistic and structural devices employed by the writer.
Activity for students to create their own sensory descriptive piece using imagery.
Activity for students to peer assess using success criteria.
Activity for students to refine their initial description after peer assessment.
Reflection and consolidation of learning as plenary exercise.
A 12 slide PowerPoint on the features for writing a newspaper article and explicitly, the 5 'W's.
Includes:
The key features of a newspaper article.
The 5 'W's.
An activity allowing students to write their own newspaper article surrounding being abandoned on a desert island with their classmates.
A peer assessment activity with suggested success criteria.
A plenary consolidating learning from the lesson.
This resource includes an information page about Grace Nichols and how her personal experiences as an immigrant and changes in culture have influenced her poetry writing.
It also includes a 9 slide PowerPoint guided reading through her poem ‘Island Man’ with thought-provoking questions connecting to the poet and her life.
This bundle includes the PowerPoint, lesson plan for a top ability year 10 group and the resources for an Ofsted graded 'Outstanding' lesson aimed at helping students understand the criteria for attaining a Grade A and B at GCSE in Of Mice and Men (Controlled assessment 3a).
It allows the teacher to act as a facilitator to the independent learning of students and is ideal for a KS4 class!
This is a PowerPoint to accompany the reading of The Black Cat with a ‘horror genre’ language focus.
It is suitable for ages 11-16 and allows students to zoom in on specific language employed by Poe.
It also includes a quiz on the plot and central characters within the story to concrete understanding of what has been read.
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A PowerPoint containing the definition of a connective and tasks for students to complete both as a class and independently on using them in sentences and English subject writing.
Suitable for primary and secondary ages as well as for a LD or SEN department Literacy tool.
A PowerPoint covering the definitions and use of:
Homophones
Homographs
Heteronyms
It also covers the importance of good spelling and includes tasks for students to complete.
Suitable for primary and secondary ages as well as as a whole school Literacy tool.
A 10 slide PowerPoint analysing language, symbolism and key themes within Armitage’s ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass’.
Includes questions to inspire independent analysis and thought. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem.
Suitable for AS and A level Literature.
Comparative Poetry Essay Writing
With structure and template
Structure, tone, form and language comment examples
Using quotes for reference
Choosing a thesis statement
MITSL strategy
Conflict and Character & Voice for reference (AQA syllabus)
