This FREE activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great starter, brain break or exit ticket. Learn about interesting information whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. See the video preview for a fuller demonstration!
The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions.
Deconstruct and conduct a pre-reading study of a well-known poem… without the poem! This pack of nine pre-reading lesson plans will help you prepare to guide your students as they consider the settings, concepts, people, emotions, movement and imagery in the poem they are about to study, before creating a hexagonal thinking map of their expectations.
Use these lesson plans alongside the pre-made poem packs here on TES and on TPT, and let the students do all the hard work!
Deconstructing the poem means to pull it apart and and study the broken segments before putting it back together. Your students’ depth of understanding when you finally read the poem together may surprise you!
Includes…
Deconstruction of Setting lesson plan
Deconstruction of Color lesson plan
Deconstruction of Sound, Smell and Taste lesson plan
Deconstruction of Concept lesson plan
Deconstruction of Emotions lesson plan
Deconstruction of Movement lesson plan
Deconstruction of Objects lesson plan
Deconstruction of Imagery lesson plan
Hexagonal Thinking lesson plan
Deconstruction of People lesson plan coming soon!
PACK AVAILABLE:
Poem Deconstruction of Goodbye by Alun Lewis | Pre-Reading
Poem Deconstruction of Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath | Pre-Reading Activity
Poem Deconstruction of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
Poem Deconstruction of My Mother’s Perfume by Pascale Petit | Pre-Reading
A simple poster or handout aimed at 11-16 year olds. This resource should prompt students to develop their vocabulary in English Language and Literature, and makes a good addition to a Literacy display.
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Alternative statements and sentence starters for the phrase ‘it makes the reader want to read on.’ Encourage variation in your students’ analyses!
Comes in UK A4 size and US letter size documents, and with both colour and BW options.
If you want an overview of my product quality, or you love what you see and just want to download a collection of my freebies in one go, I’ve tried to make it a little easier for you! This collection is best suited to middle and high school classrooms.
Includes:
Half-page character autopsy trio sheet
Any book codebreaker sample
Persuasive writing introduction scaffold
Activity page for chapter 10 of Tears of a Tiger
Quick opinions chain reaction example
Mindful coloring notebook cover
Blackout poetry activity page
Text to World comprehension sample
Greek and Latin roots through Dinosaur Names
Sell a haunted house planning page
Half-page wellbeing daily check-in sheet
Examples of autumn haiku
Thanks for visiting my store!
A full main task for a lesson on extract responses using Nigel Hinton’s Buddy.
Aimed at Year 9, this resource includes:
A close reading and highlighting task with a single-page extract
A differentiated challenge grid for structuring an extract response to the question
The grid supports pupils to four levels of difficulty, and encourages contextual, social and personal responses as well as the initial PEE format. Great for mixed ability classes with both ALN and MAT students present. Models included.
An editable version of the differentiated challenge grid can be found here.
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Give your students time to practice using adjectives for effective description! Adjective Island allows pupils to design their own island by drawing and labelling a map with features of their choice, using adjectives to build imagery. A range of pre-populated maps are provided for differentiated support, or use the editable Google Docs version included to tailor the task to your students.
A clear ‘Checklist for Success’ is featured on the sheet as well as examples, and there are two extension or ‘challenge’ tasks for more able, gifted and talented or fast finishers.
US and UK document sizes provided for easy printing.
This activity for KS3 and KS4 can complement any topic with links to the ocean. Learn about six different superstitions 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.
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To gather quick responses from your students about any chapter from any novel or text, simply print and hand out this single sheet. It is provided in A3 size for larger sheet printing, but it can be resized to UK A4 or US letter size for smaller sheets. Editable Word version included for you to adapt or differentiate the sheet for your students.
This one-pager asks for…
Novel name
Chapter name or number
Character links or connections
Favorite quotation
Three personal reactions
Map of setting
Questions raised
Predictions for later in the text
Reaction to the chapter ending
US and UK spellings are provided
An editable venn diagram for comparing the key characters of any novel, play or poem. Editable Word documents and Google Docs versions are included, allowing you to add precise examples to model the task to your students.
US and UK document sizes and spellings included.
A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet for older students with an Earth Day theme. For example, would your students rather have an hour of electricity a week, or an hour of clean water?
Encourage discussion around seven prompt pairs, all focused on environmentally friendly activities, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice.
This resource comes in three styles (two colour and one greyscale), and in both UK A4 and US letter document formats for easy printing.
Create an interactive decoration for your classroom by asking your students to fill out one of these strips as a record of their reading.
Each strip includes space for the title and author of the book, and the name of the student who finished the book as well as the date they finished it.
Simply add the book loop to the chain or garland and watch your class’s collective book log grow!
Five styles of ‘link’ are provided in this pack: library shelf, comic books, pages, white with color text, and white with black text for printing on colored paper.
Do you need to boost group speaking skills in Years 7-11? These Oracy Mats are printable placemats or posters, designed to show kids the ways in which different sentence starters can be used for impact and precision in discussions and presentations.
You will receive a file of four documents: 2 plain-text editable versions so you can customise the sentence starters for your own class, and 2 PDFs with slightly more jazzy fonts and graphics that are ready to print.
These can be printed in different sizes and easily laminated for durability.
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A single page writing frame or scaffold to guide KS3 or KS4 pupils through writing a five-paragraph descriptive piece of writing. The page features five sections for planning five paragraphs, and there are three columns for each paragraph: what to include, useful sentence starters, and space to plan or make notes for the written content. Matching writing paper included for those who like a theme!
There are prompts for appropriate punctuation at the bottom of the page, and this can be used as a worksheet, handout or poster.
This resource comes in both UK A4 and US letter document sizes.
A single page writing frame or scaffold to guide KS3 or KS4 pupils through writing a five-paragraph persuasive piece of writing. The page features five sections for planning five paragraphs, and there are three columns for each paragraph: what to include, useful sentence starters, and space to plan or make notes for the written content. Matching writing paper included for those who like a theme!
There are prompts for appropriate punctuation at the bottom of the page, and this can be used as a worksheet, handout or poster.
This resource comes in both UK A4 and US letter document sizes.
An opportunity to teach persuasive language devices through literature; students read and annotate Atticus Finch’s closing speech in To Kill a Mockingbird.
This resource includes:
Editable and PDF versions of all sheets
Options to provide students with the full speech (best printed as a short booklet) or one of six parts of the speech (best printed as a double-sided sheet)
Suitable for individual or group work
Every version of the sheet includes written student instructions and a table of persuasive devices. However, instead of differentiating by difficulty, the devices have been split into different style categories. This way, students can select the styles they engage with most, without ‘coasters’ opting for the simplest choice.
These categories are:
Numerical devices
Emotional devices
Visual devices
Social devices
Logical devices
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Aimed at Years 5-11, this resource includes two Literacy Mats for general writing support in middle and high school. 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…
Common errors
Apostrophes
Connectives and conjunctions
Paragraphs
Sentence types
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A single page writing frame or scaffold to guide KS3 or KS4 pupils through writing a five-paragraph narrative piece of writing. The page features five sections for planning five paragraphs, and there are three columns for each paragraph: what to include, useful sentence starters, and space to plan or make notes for the written content. Matching writing paper included for those who like a theme!
There are prompts for appropriate punctuation at the bottom of the page, and this can be used as a worksheet, handout or poster.
This resource comes in both UK A4 and US letter document sizes.
Support your students to write about literature and language with this PEEL mat, filled with sentence starters to help them take their main Point, back it with Evidence, Explain their thoughts and Link them back to the original question.
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An easy cheat-sheet to prompt your students into considering at least six aspects of a poem. Ready to print in A4 or A3, you can stick these in folders and exercise books, or laminate them as reusable class handouts.
Me? I laminate them and stick them to the desks, so they’re always on hand!
The six areas are…
themes
tone and mood
poetic forms
common symbolism
the vocabulary of structure
senses
…plus a couple of handy tips.
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