Fun starter. The students have to name a different FICTIONAL CHARACTER for each letter of the alphabet. 6 of them have to be 6 letters+. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different VERB for each letter of the alphabet. At least 6 of the words have to be 6+ letters. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different PART OF THE HUMAN BODY for each letter of the alphabet. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different CARTOON CHARACTER for each letter of the alphabet. 6 of them have to be 6 letters+. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different SPORT and/or HOBBY for each letter of the alphabet. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different FILM for each letter of the alphabet. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different country for each letter of the alphabet. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different FAMOUS PERSON for each letter of the alphabet. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different food for each letter of the alphabet. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Fun starter. The students have to name a different animal for each letter of the alphabet. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
An 'outstanding' lesson on Figurative Language. The following is included:
Fun metaphor or simile Catchphrase starter
Sarah Close music activity (great song for teens!)
Jigsaw learning task
Group activities
Celeb writing activity
Bad similes fun task
A revision PowerPoint on the IMPRESSIONS question on the paper 1 reading exam. I have included the PowerPoint, the extract, grade 5-8 model answers and the extract annotated. Very helpful for students.
Fantastic PowerPoint lesson and L2 pass example on writing a SPEECH. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
LEAFLET form
LEAFLET conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint lesson and L2 pass example on writing an ARTICLE. Also comes with a podcast from an examiner. The resource looks at the following:
GRADE 9 example
Sentence starters
LEAFLET form
LEAFLET conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a L2 REPORT. Also comes with a grade 9 answer on separate Word pages + highlighted versions focusing on language devices and sentence starters. The resource looks at the following:
L2 example
Sentence starters
REPORT form
REPORT conventions
DAFOREST
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
A fun, informative and interactive lesson on writing an ARTICLE for the writing exam. The following resources are included:
Fun starter
53 slide PowerPoint
L2 Pass exemplar work
Language techniques
Sentence starters
Structure
A whole SOW on one PowerPoint. This resources examines how to get a grade 9 on the creative writing part of the exam. Also includes a 40min lecturer podcast. All of the following topics are covered:
Exemplar work
Structure
Zoom-in paragraph
Sensory Language
Adjectives & verbs
Show, not tell
Sentence starters
Figurative Language
Lecturer annotations and comments
A PowerPoint lesson introducing non-fiction texts and Touching the Void. Interactive lesson which introduces the book and the key characters. Comprehension activities, language task and extracts included.
33 slide PowerPoint on common grammar mistakes. The following topics are covered:
wrong-word errors
commonly confused words
punctuation errors
usage errors
tense errors
preventing errors
I have included two worksheets and a PowerPoint on punctuating dialogue.