I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
A one page resource on jargon suitable for GCSE and Functional Skills.
The worksheet has an example of jargon used in climate change and gives examples of jargon for the students to define.
50 varied and fun ideas for writing shot stories. Ideal to use individually for the whole class to write the same story or to use as a whole and let the students choose a prompt.
Prompts can also be used as a starter or discussion points. Also, these are very good to practise planning a piece of work as they promote imagination.
This resource has plenty of games/puzzles and revision activities.
Rather than purchase each resource for £2.00 get this Bumper Pack.
Four Picture One Word Starter.
Catchphrase Starter
Language Features Snakes and Ladders
Language Feature Wordsearch X 4
Presentational Feature Wordsearch X 3
Language Features Crossword
Language Feature Quick Revision Table with Effects on the Reader
Practise Inference Workbooklet
Revision Activity for Question 3 and 4.
Normally worth £20.00. Buy now for £7.00
Bumper pack of games and puzzles to revise English Language GCSE or Functional Skills English Level 1 and Level 2.
Pack includes:
Language feature snakes and ladders
Four language feature based wordsearches
Three presentational features based wordsearches
Two starter activities, English based Catchphrase and Four Pictures One Word.
Language features bingo for up to 30 students.
A game to practise the use of imperative verbs
Language features crossword.
These resources are all available to buy separately. £16.00 of resources for £6.00.
This resource is a Power Point with tasks and activities to help learners revise word classes.
There is a workbook for students to follow the exercises including a wordsearch, a crossword, anagrams, a board blast style game and other activities.
I have included some pictures for the imperative verb game.
This resource is perfect for learners studying GCSE English language and Functional Skills Level 1- 2. It helps learners understand how to use word classes to help their writing.
This activity takes one and half to two hours.
This is a seven page workbook to help learners understand inference.
The workbook includes four short pieces of fiction with questions on what is inferred in each text.
The learners are then asked to describe a character to a reader and guided through the process of using inference in their writing.
The booklet also includes a peer assessment sheet to allow the learners to evaluate the success of the inference.
This resource has simplified inference making it ideal for learners who struggle to find inference in more complex texts.
Suitable for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills learners.
This booklet takes about an hour to complete and a highlighter should be used to complete the reading section.
This is a Power Point presentation and worksheet perfect for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills Level 1- 2.
The learners are asked to act as journalists, watching a report about the Hatton Garden Gang and taking notes to locate the vital information.
The learners then get into groups of three or four and answer questions on the report. The worksheet allows the students to answer the questions on paper. The answers are provided on the Power Point.
The Power Point then asks the learners to partake in a board blast to list what they would include in a newspaper article and some answers are provided.
Finally, the learners can use some time to research the gang before creating a newspaper article on the Hatton Garden Gang appealing to the public for information on the missing suspect.
This lesson last around an hour and a half and can be split into two equal lessons of the listening comprehension and the writing task.
GCSE English Language revision sheet could be used in lessons for revision, to help complete classwork and practise questions.
A glossary of 22 language techniques with definition and the effects the techniques have on the reader.
This resource is two pages long, easy to read, easy to understand and colourful. It can be used to help learners start to think how language features are effective.
Perfect to include in a revision pack for learners. Can also be used for revision of Functional Skills Level 2.
A huge bumper pack of resources for the revision of the AQA GCSE English Language Foundation paper.
***Warning*** This is by no means a definitive pack of resources for the GCSE but it is a bumper pack of my resources for people who want to save money, rather than purchasing all of them. This makes it EXTREMELY good value for money. Please read carefully and consider carefully before purchasing because I sell these resources to help not offend.
Resources include:
Three whole lessons, two activities, seven games/puzzles and two resources to focus on revision.
The pack includes two resources on writing a newspaper article, word classes, language features, presentational features and inference.
Over £25.00 of resources for £15.00.
Perfect for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 2 revision.
Language Features Bingo includes 30 different game cards and can be used for up to 30 learners.
The language features can be used to revise language features, language techniques and persuasive writing techniques.
After each feature is called out the learners should give a definition of the technique and the winner is the first to fill their bingo card.
The resource can also be used to quiz the learners on how each feature has an effect on a reader.
After the quiz the learners can use their game card to guide them through a writing task, using the language features on their card.
Language features included are:
Rhetorical Question
Repetition
Alliteration
Rule of Three
Adjectives
Powerful Verbs
Comparative
Direct Address
Imperative Verb
Exaggeration
Fact
Oxymoron
Proper Noun
Adverb
Hyperbole
Statistics
Short Sentences
Emotive Language
Humour
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Pun
Onomatopoeia
Anecdote
Opinion
Rhyme
Common Noun
Pronoun.
Questions for revision or to assess learning.
10 questions - The learners add the commas to the sentence.
5 questions - The learners correct the mistakes.
A resource to develop the use of adjectives in creative writing. The inspiration for the story is taken from unusual names for colours. The learners are asked to match names of colours with examples and to find five things they associate with the colours.
The learners then plan a story by drawing a picture and consider their use of adjectives.
A wordsearch featuring the tragedies of William Shakespeare. Ideal as a starter or general activity.
12 plays are included:
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida.
Huge bumper pack of lesson starters for GCSE English Language legacy and new exam.
This pack includes:
Catchphrase
Four Pictures One Word
4 Language Features Wordsearches
British Authors Wordsearch
Neologisms Task Sheet
Ice Breaker Bingo
25 Quick Starter Ideas
Book Quiz.
Each resource normally costs £2.00. This pack includes £18.00 worth of resources for £7.00. Bargain!
A wordsearch featuring Shakespeare's histories. Ideal as a starter or general activity.
11 plays are included:
Henry IV Part I
Henry IV Part II
Henry V
Henry VI Part I
Henry VI Part II
Henry VI Part III
Henry VIII
King John
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III.
Four bumper A4 wordsearches featuring Shakespeare's plays.
Ideal to use as starters or a general activity.
Each wordsearch can be purchased for £2.00 from my shop. This pack of four wordsearches is £4.00 as part of a bundle offer making this a half price offer!
A quiz of 20 slides that asks learners to decide which century each British author is from.
This quiz is ideal for GCSE English Language/Literature and will promote the reading of a wider range of books.
Each slide includes a picture from all three centuries on a particular topic such as food, transport etc to increase knowledge of historical context. They also include animation features so the answers are revealed per slide, not at the end of the quiz.
Each slide can become a discussion point to allow learners to imagine what life would be like in each century and other tasks can be created from these discussions.
A resource designed to engage students in reading and books. This resource has 20 questions and asks learners to name an author from a picture of the author with a picture of their book. Easy answers included to engage learners but learners are also stretched with authors they may not necessarily know.
This resource was designed with British literature in mind but does contain some popular international authors. All answers include multiple choice options to help further expand learners knowledge of authors.
This resource is ideal as a starter, a general activity or as a basis for further discussion/self assessment on reading.
This resource will have to be printed in colour.
Four resources at a reduced price.
This bundle includes two lengthy Power Point book quizzes, one general book quiz and one quiz to match the author to the correct century.
The bundle also features worksheets - a multiple choice author quiz with pictures of the authors and novels.
When used over four lessons these resources will promote reading and encourage students to try new authors.
Finally, this reduced price bundle includes a wordsearch of British Authors.
All resources can be used as starters or general activities.
Usually, each of the four resources sell for £2.00 each. This bundle is half price at £4.00.