11 tasks on four worksheets. Each task focuses on an image within the novel Of Mice and Men. Use individually as bell-ringers, starters, plenaries, brain breaks, or give groups of students different pictures for a more developed discussion lesson.
These worksheets are best printed as a booklet. I have also provided US letter and UK A4 size documents, and Google Apps versions of the resources for you to edit as needed, including a Google Slides set of the images for those of us that don’t have colour printing!
Challenge your high school students to recognize a wider range of poetic devices, techniques and terms with these six puzzles and activities based on the definitions of 25 poetry vocabulary words!
This definitions and puzzle set is designed to encourage students to become comfortable with academic and stylistic language.
This pack includes the following printables:
Definitions of 25 poetry devices and techniques
Follow-up reflection activity
Word scramble challenge
Letter shapes puzzle
Matching definitions activity
Word search puzzle
Crossword challenge
Answer Key
A bunting set aimed at high school classrooms featuring eight different writing devices. Decorate your classroom with purposeful and attractive flags! Each poster includes the Greek or Latin word roots for the device, and five quotations from literary works as examples.
The posters demonstrate:
Alliteration
Assonance
Imagery
Metaphors
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Similes
Use as classroom bunting, posters or print as smaller handouts or flashcards.
This Halloween activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great bellringer, brain break or or exit ticket. Learn about the history of Halloween whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included.
The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions.
Aimed at Secondary level, this resource includes six punctuation mats for general writing support. They come in both colour and black and white PDFs. Best stuck in exercise books or to desks as tools for improving students’ written work.
Each mat covers…
Full stop
Single and paired commas
Omissive and possessive apostrophes
Ellipsis
Semi colon
Paragraphs
Aimed at Primary level, this resource includes six punctuation mats for general writing support. There are four fun color versions, one minimalist color and one black and white version.
These work best stuck in exercise books or to desks as tools for improving students’ written work.
Each mat covers…
Full stop
Commas
Omissive and possessive apostrophes
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Paragraphs
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A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Atticus Finch from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents.
Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail.
This product includes…
Sheet with 16 quotations provided
Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas
Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations
…and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task!
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To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley Character Sketch
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To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch’s Closing Speech | Analysis of Persuasive Devices
Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure
Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors
Challenge your MAT and Gifted and Talented students by asking them to edit work using this Ambitious Punctuation mat. There are five styles in this download, including a low-ink option.
Includes guidance on…
Parenthetic commas
Ellipses
Colon
Semi colons
Dashes
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This slideshow and planning pack allows students to think about their own interests and knowledge before they structure it into a presentation.
A great sneaky way to get them preparing their ideas before they are told that they’re giving a talk to the class. No more will you hear “I don’t know what to talk about!”
Includes…
PowerPoint
Printable planning sheet
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Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT
Challenge your MAT and Gifted and Talented students by asking them to edit work using this Ambitious Sentence Structures mat. There are seven styles in this download, including the ones shown in the cover and greyscale/low ink versions.
Includes guidance on…
Four sentence purposes
Starting with conjunctions
Starting with adverbs and verbs
Using parenthetic commas
Dependent clauses
Variation of sentence lengths
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This differentiated art, sketching or drawing task requires students to create a reptile species of their own after reading about the Yellow Spotted Lizard from Louis Sachar’s novel Holes.
There are three styles of worksheet included, and a prompt or ideas handout to help you to differentiate the task for your students.
All versions come in both US letter and UK A4 document size.
Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the characters of the play An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley, or allow them to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces.
Then instruct them in the creation of a hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between characters and explaining their reasons.
This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size versions.
A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Boo Radley from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents.
Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail.
This product includes…
Sheet with 16 quotations provided
Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas
Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations
…and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task!
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Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame
To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch Character Sketch
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To Kill a Mockingbird | Miss Maudie Character Sketch
To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch’s Closing Speech | Analysis of Persuasive Devices
Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure
Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors
A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Miss Maudie from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents.
Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail.
This product includes…
Sheet with 16 quotations provided
Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas
Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations
…and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task!
If you found this helpful, you might also like:
Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame
To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch Character Sketch
To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley Character Sketch
To Kill a Mockingbird | Calpurnia Character Sketch
To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch’s Closing Speech | Analysis of Persuasive Devices
Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure
Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors
Learn about your students by asking them to design themselves as a video game character. As well as asking students to draw themselves as a character, they are also asked to outline the name, color scheme, skills, powers, travel method and mission for their character. For older or more able students, this can be followed up with a ‘why’ explanation to encourage discussion and reasoning.
This pack includes…
US and UK document sizes
US and UK spellings
PDF versions
PNG versions for you to use in your own lesson planning
Encourage students to target punctuation and grammar skills in their work with the Accuracy Passport. These can be printed as A4 or A5 booklets and glued inside folders, exercise books, or kept in a file with the teacher.
When you grade work, simply sign off when the skills have been demonstrated and stamp the skill once your student shows consistency in each area.
Tiny ‘growing plant’ graphics encourage your students to move along to the next stage and indicate progress.
These sheets are linked to seven main writing text types. They are suitable for use from age 11-16, and include annotated models of the text, suggested usage and punctuation prompts, among other information.
The seven text types are:
Explain (essays and analysis)
Instruct
Recount
Report
Exposition (essays)
Narrative
Persuasion (reviews, letters, speeches, etc)
These sheets are also suitable for use as frames, posters or handouts.
A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about Lennie Small from the chapters of the novel Of Mice and Men, building a picture of the character with these references.
This product includes…
‘Blank canvas’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided
That’s three formats for the same task!
A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about George Milton from the early chapters of the novel Of Mice and Men, building a picture of the character with these references.
This product includes…
‘Blank canvas’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided
That’s three formats for the same task!
Aimed at KS4 More Able and Talented students, this is a full lesson guide for comparing several areas of poetry for two or more poems chosen by the teacher. Use this PowerPoint and set of modelling sentence sheets with any poems!
Includes challenging concepts such as semantic fields and forms of poetry.
The slideshow includes built-in discussion prompts and a quick ‘language of comparison’ starter task to draw students in. The sheets can be used as a cloze activity with students’ own ideas, or to be completed as the class discusses and shares suggestions.
Includes both UK and US spellings and document sizes.