A Functional Skills lesson on writing a persuasive speech. The question is, ‘In a recent survey, a number of people said that we would be better off without the Internet. Do you agree? You have been asked to give a talk to your classmates giving your opinions. Write would you say.’ The following is included: 43-slide PP Common SPAG issues Famous speech examples Structure Paragraphs Language features Planning Writing a successful intro

Fun starter that I use in a lot of classes. Creates a great debate! All answers included.

Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 12 landmarks. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 12. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.

A collection of 28 articles that can be used for the reading and writing exams. Really good for debating. The students love it! Some of the 28 articles are listed below: 1930s dating Funny 999 calls Man posts himself in a big envelope Most embarrassing moments Fashion industry ignores bigger women Facebook brags A nation of creeps

A really fun, interactive and informative PowerPoint that the students love. All resources and worksheets provided!

A really fun, interactive and informative PowerPoint that the students love. All resources and worksheets provided!

A fantastic, fun & informative lesson PowerPoint which covers all punctuation. The PP is very in-depth while being student-friendly. They really enjoy it!

A really fun, colourful quiz on writing devices. The students love it!

A great lesson on complex sentences. PowerPoint and three worksheets included.

An in-depth PowerPoint lesson which is fun, informative and interactive. It gives explanations and over 15 tasks for the students to complete.

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 whole SOW with all resources for the Spoken Language unit of GCSE English Language. This particular SOW looks in detail at an interview between Paris Hilton and David Letterman. Video clip included. The students love it!

An informative and interactive lesson looking at using sentence starters to improve any type of writing. The PowerPoint has individual & group tasks and uses videos (mainly Ricky Gervais) to grab the students' attention. Also includes a grade 9 exemplar work that uses sentence starters successfully. They love this lesson!

A fun, informative and interactive lesson that my students like. It also comes with all worksheets, answers and a lecturer podcast on the topic.

Over 18 fun and interactive starter activities I have used. All are on separate Powerpoints and the students love them all! The resource bundle includes the following: WORD ASSOCIATION FUNNY YEAR BOOK QUOTES FUN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS WOULD YOU RATHER SPOT THE DIFFERENCE WITH A TWIST RIDDLES CATCHPHRASE THE CUBE CELEBS AS KIDS CATCHPHRASE PROOF READING ONLY CONNECT DINGBATS RIDDLES TABOO TONGUE TWISTERS WORDWHEELS

56 slide PowerPoint on how to structure a grade 9 description for a narrative or descriptive work. Also includes a lecturer podcast. The following topics are covered: Zooming in and out 360 degree video experience Sensory Language Figurative Language Grade 9 answer Exemplar work ranking activity

Sensory language resource bundle including two PPs of over 70 slides. The resource also includes a grade 9 answer and a lecturer podcast. This can be used for any writing task for GCSE English Language.

Over 15 PowerPoints and twenty worksheets on everything you need to cover in SPAG. The following topics are covered: capital letters proofreading commas apostrophes homophones structure speech marks engaging the reader paragraphs connectives colons & semi-colons sentence structure

43 page PowerPoint on the evaluation question on the paper 1 exam. This can be used for any exam board but mainly aimed at EDUQAS and AQA. There is a lecturer podcast also provided by a GCSE examiner. Grade 9 answer analysis.

A video which explains how to answer question 2 on paper 1 (the HOW question) of the GCSE English Language exam. Based on an extract from No Country For Old Men. Can be used for any exam board. The following are included: PowerPoint - 70 slides 27 different documents included Extracts Chapter by chapter analysis Word classes sheet Perfect Pee sheet Interactive images