Writing to imagine, which often involves creating fiction, encourages students to think creatively, and use their imaginations.  Writing to imagine helps students to develop empathy, as they must consider the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of others. These skills are not only essential for artistic pursuits, but also for problem solving and innovative thinking in various fields. Mr L’s 17-page booklet includes explanation, exercises, quiz, answers and aide memoire A4 poster. This resource is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

This booklet will help students to think critically about a topic, consider multiple perspectives and develop a coherent argument.  This skill enhances students’ ability to analyse information, identify logical connections and make reasoned judgements. Writing to argue is a skill in which students learn to present points logically, support their arguments with evidence and address counter arguments.  These skills are essential not only for academia, but for life. Mr L’s 14 page booklet includes explanation, exercises, quiz and answers. It also includes an A4 poster that is a useful aide memoire for students to remember the features of writing to argue. This booklet is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

Writing to entertain helps students to learn how to captivate their audience’s attention.  It teaches them the importance of word choice, tone, and pacing, which are essential skills for effective communication in both personal and professional settings. This 13-page booklet includes explanation, exercises, quiz and answers. It also contains a writing to Entertain A4 colour Poster. This non-fiction resource is estimated to last for 3 x 1 hour lessons.

Writing to explain helps students develop the ability to convey information clearly and concisely, ensuring that their audience comprehends the subject matter. This type of writing requires students to analyse information, break it down into understandable parts and explain the relationships between concepts, processes, or ideas and present it logically.  It is a skill crucial in both academic and everyday contexts. Mr L’s 15 page booklet includes explanation, exercises, quiz and answers. This non-fiction resource is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

This 25-page booklet will help students to understand how to present information and communicate ideas about patterns and conclusions in an organised manner. Analytical writing is a skill in which students learn to gather, evaluate and synthesize information, basing their arguments on evidence rather than personal opinion.  Mastering this skill will empower the student, not only in English, but in history, science and other disciplines, contributing to their overall academic success. Mr L’s non-fiction resource includes an explanation, exercises, quiz and answers. It also contains an A4 Poster cheat sheet to help students remember the features of writing to analyse. This resource is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

Writing to comment requires students to analyse and evaluate content, whether it’s a piece of literature, a scientific article, or a social issue. This process enhances their critical thinking skills, encourages their confidence in articulating opinions and helps them to understand different perspectives. Mr L’s 17-page booklet has an explanation, exercises, quiz and answers.  It also comes with an A4 colour poster, which is a useful aide memoire to help students remember the features of non-fiction writing to comment. This resource is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

Writing to advise involves providing guidance, recommendations and suggestions to help someone make a decision or solve a problem. This 13 page booklet includes explanation, exercises, quiz and answers. It also has The Writing to Advise A4 Poster, which is a cheat sheet to help students to remember the feautures of this non-fiction style of writing…

This 15-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences. A better understanding of Apostrophes for contractions and when to use the right apostrophe at the right time, will ensure more precision in writing.  This will therefore avoid misunderstandings in student’s written and oral work. Explanation, exercises, quiz and answers included. This grammar booklet is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

This booklet will help students to understand how to emphasise the action, or recipient of the action, rather than the doer.  This is useful in scientific writing, formal reports and certain types of storytelling, where the focus should be on the event rather than on who preformed the action. Knowing both voices, Active and Passive, allows students to vary their sentences structures, making their writing more engaging and dynamic.  Overusing either voice can lead to monotonous writing, so the ability to switch between them is a valuable skill. This resource includes an explanation, exercises, quiz and answers. It is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

This 15-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences. A better understanding of Apostrophes for contractions and when to use the right apostrophe at the right time, will ensure more precision in writing.  This will therefore avoid misunderstandings in student’s written and oral work. Explanation, exercises, quiz and answers included. This grammar booklet is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

Understanding the active and passive voices in grammar is important for students. By understanding and appropriately using the passive and active voices, students become more versatile writers and communicators, capable of adapting their language to different contexts and purposes. This 32 page booklet is estimated to provide 2 x 1 hour lessons on the active voice and includes explanation, exercises, quiz and answers.

This 18-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences. A better understanding of Gender Specific Nouns will ensure more gender precision, thereby avoiding misunderstandings in students’ written and oral work. This grammar booklet includes explanation, exercises, a quiz and answers. This resource is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

This 18-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences. A better understanding of how Relative Pronouns operate as glue, connecting subjects or objects of the subordinate/dependent clause, will improve written and spoken communication, ensuring that the intended meaning is clear. This grammar resource includes explanation, exercises, a quiz and answers. This resource is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

Interrogative Nouns (who, whom, whose, what, which) are essential tools for asking questions and gathering information.  They help in starting conversations, seeking clarification and understanding others’ perspectives. This grammar booklet includes explanation, exercises, a quiz and answers. This teaching resource is estimated to last for 2 x 1 hour lessons.

Cognate nouns, which are words in different languages, that have similar forms and meanings due to common origin, help students expand their vocabulary more efficiently, help students with spelling and punctuation and improve reading comprehension. Recognising cognates can accelerate the learning process as students can leverage their existing knowledge of their native language to understand and remember new words in a foreign language.

This booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences. Compound nouns expand students’ vocabulary, allowing them to express complex ideas more precisely; understanding compound nouns helps students comprehend what they read more accurately, especially in academic and technical subjects where compound nouns are frequently used.

This booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences. A better understanding of Distributive Nouns such as “each,” “every,” “either,” and “neither,” help specify how actions or attributes are distributed among individuals or items within a group. This precision ensures that communication is clear and that the intended meaning is conveyed accurately.

The purpose of this 23 page booklet is to test students’ understanding of the grammatical rules that govern the English language. 100 questions and answers. Suitable for age 8 and up, including adult learners.

This booklet will help students identify antonyms allowing them to understand and use a wider range of words. Finding antonyms requires students to analyse words and their meanings critically, promoting higher order thinking skills.

The purpose of this booklet is to enhance the students’ understanding of words that sound alike and help them in identifying when to use the right word in the right context.