70 bright and vibrant cards that are perfect for your dinosaur loving students (30 colours cards; 30 counting cards and 10 shapes cards.) The cards asking students to focus on colours increase in difficulty, asking for one then up to three colours. This is a good exercise for students to develop their spelling skills by filling in the blanks provided. It can also be used to reinforce ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a vowel or consonant.

Teacher notes on 'How does Shakespeare present Lear in the opening scene of the play?". This could also be used as an exemplar answer demonstrating how students should integrate literary techniques into their answers. (Not a full essay response.) Key terms match up exercise (answers included) Worksheets on Lear and Edmund comparison Worksheet on how characters handle rejection Match the image to the character / circumstance Focus on Lear’s speech in the storm; labeling of literary techniques. Match the character to the quote domino type game. Short classroom activities / do nows.

13 worksheets focusing on identifying and explaining literary techniques in Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart. Focus on sound devices, such as assonance and alliteration, before moving onto general techniques. Example paragraph included. This has been differentiated for lower ability and higher ability students. Cut and paste paragraph structure activity with answer sheet. ‘What not to write in your paragraphs’ worksheet. Ideal for students who need to stop using vague statements. 4 pages of Do Nows that focus on identifying word classes and explaining techniques.

8 Worksheets included in this pack focusing on the opening scene. 2 quote sheets (matching the speaker with the quote (answers included) 3 sheets asking for definitions on literary techniques (this could be used anywhere in the play) ‘Wheel of Fortune’ sheet. Students have to make notes on how the characters fortunes have changed by the end of the scene. Answers included as suggestions but obviously other points can be added. Quick quiz (answers included) Literary Techniques Treasure Hunt sheet. 12 techniques. Students have to find an example from the opening scene of each technique listed.

10 poems, differentiated for student ability. These sheets are designed to be used as a quick confidence building activity for students by scaffolding the annotation process. They can also be used as a revision activity once students know what the literary techniques are. Answer sheets included.

50 cards of various characters and symbols in Homer’s Odyssey. You can also print these and use for classroom display purposes too. 5 scorecards featuring characters and symbols from the card pack. Scorecards are varied and pictures placed at random. A fun group revision activity for students. A student shuffles, selects a card and calls out the name on the card. Students then have to mark off or place a counter over the picture (if they have it) on their scorecard. The first group to mark off at least two full columns or rows wins. (This can be adjusted to suit.) As an extension activity students then complete the theme worksheet for each character / symbol in one of the rows they have marked off. Example is included on the first sheet of the PDF file.

14 picture cards to be matched up with the corresponding analysis. Ideal for revision once students are familiar with Orwell’s text. Group or individual activity

10 pack of worksheets for students to complete on Athenian Architecture and Sculpture. Structures include: The Parthenon Athene & Marsyas The Eleusis Relief Mourning Athene Diskobolos The Karaytids The Erechtheion Temple of Nike Propylaia Tyrannicides Similiar revision question for each; some are asked to provide information about the myth connected to the structure where relevant.

Using Heaney’s Digging and Follower, this activity contains the following: 9 point cards 9 evidence or quote cards 9 analysis cards Students have to to match up the correct point, evidence and analysis cards to form a paragraph. Whilst each paragraph needs developing, this is an ideal activity for students who have studied the poems but need some help organising their ideas into paragraphs.

An extract from Mansfield’s short story, ‘At the Bay’. 4 questions are included with answers. Questions focus on identifying literary techniques and the key difference between how the author establishes an idea and how it is then developed further in the passage. Suitable for KS 3 - 4.

8 bright, vibrant classroom posters. Classic, yet distinctive genres are profiled on each poster providing hints and tips on how students can create their chosen writing / genre style.

Designed for NCEA Level 2 Written Text Standard. Example essay of Glenn Colquhoun’s poem Uncle Tu. Merit level (imbalanced, the analysis gets better as the essay continues). Designed to show students the difference in paragraph quality (the first main body paragraph needs to follow an effective paragraph structure more closely, address the question and increase the analysis provided.) Paragraph 2, whilst providing relevant information, needs extending. Paragraph 3 contains secure analysis and addresses the question. Students are able to annotate (editable document) and explain where / how / why the essay receives a Merit grade at Level 2 once familiar with the standard and poem.

45 page workbook that allows students to develop their cursive letter formation. Pages include: All 26 letters Upper and Lower case combined All 26 letters Upper case All 26 letters Lower case Days of the week Months of the year

Level 3 NCEA Visual Text exemplar essay on George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road.

7 slide Power Point on The Propylaea. Key information provided as part of the Athenian Architecture in the 5th Century unit.

A neat flashcard game for students who mispronounce blended sounds. Students need to match the cards based on the full beginning blend with its “opposite”, the card with the part of the blend missing. For example, plate = late; brush = rush; branch = ranch. 19 sheets (3 pairs per card), 57 colourful pairs that need to be precut for students.

50 bright, vibrant posters of phonic sounds and alphabet letters. Perfect for classroom display when teaching phonics and the alphabet. Posters are A3 size.

20 pages of beginning blend sounds. A perfect interactive resource for teaching phonic sounds. Ideal as a group literacy activity, students will need dice to play the game and practice pronouncing the words. Words become more difficult the higher the number rolled.

A bundle of activities for helping students embed their knowledge of irregular verbs. Bookmarks Bingo sheets x 6. Irregular verbs word cards included. Word wall (answers included) and blank template. Irregular verb wordsearch. Students have to convert the words in the word bank into the past tense in order to find the verb.

General knowledge / geography style quiz for primary aged students. Literacy skills included through the spelling of country names. 55 cards (flashcards) displaying a geographical map of the country, the flag and general iconography such as national bird, flower or famous landmark. Based on these pictures students have to write the name of the country.