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I hold an MA in literature and a CELTA in language, and over the last 20 years I've taught language and literature in the UK and USA as well as ESOL in France and Tanzania. In addition to my work as a teacher, I am the Literacy and Grammar Consultant for Zephyr Learning and Professional Development. These resources have been refined in my own classroom and are the same ones I reference in my CPD for teachers. Prices for complete lessons are based on the current cost of an Americano at my local.

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I hold an MA in literature and a CELTA in language, and over the last 20 years I've taught language and literature in the UK and USA as well as ESOL in France and Tanzania. In addition to my work as a teacher, I am the Literacy and Grammar Consultant for Zephyr Learning and Professional Development. These resources have been refined in my own classroom and are the same ones I reference in my CPD for teachers. Prices for complete lessons are based on the current cost of an Americano at my local.
A Level Language - Grammar - Verbs - tense, voice and aspect (lesson 4)
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A Level Language - Grammar - Verbs - tense, voice and aspect (lesson 4)

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Complete A-level English language grammar lesson on verb phrases. Includes slide presentation and worksheet with exercises (answers included in slide presentation). The lesson covers: grammatical person grammatical number active and passive voice of verbs verb tense (past, present and future) verb aspect (progressive, perfective and perfect progressive)
A Level Language - Lexis / Word Class (lesson 2)
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A Level Language - Lexis / Word Class (lesson 2)

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Complete lesson which includes a slide show explaining concepts to students, a printable worksheet with exercises for practice (answers included in slide show) and a printable knowledge organiser (in both colour and black and white). Focus of the lesson is on lexis and identifying these 9 word classes within texts: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, determiner, interjection.
Seamus Heaney - Digging - A Level Lang/Lit
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Seamus Heaney - Digging - A Level Lang/Lit

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Two lessons on Seamus Heaney’s ‘Digging’ (day 1 - reading and analysing, day 2 - discussing student findings), designed for students studying the Poetic Voices portion of the AQA A-level Language and Literature Combined course. Also includes a slideshow explaining the format and mark scheme for the *Poetic Voices *assessment (Paper 1, Section C)
Heaney - Blackberry Picking - A Level
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Heaney - Blackberry Picking - A Level

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Two lessons on Seamus Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’ designed for students taking AQA A-level Language and Literature Combined. The first (day one) lesson introduces the poem to students and guides them in conducting a linguistic analysis of the text; the second (day two) lesson invites discussion of their findings and covers important aspects they may have overlooked.
A Level Language - Language Levels and Sentence Elements (lesson 1)
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A Level Language - Language Levels and Sentence Elements (lesson 1)

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Complete lesson on language levels with slide show, printable exercise sheet (answers included in slide show), and printable notes for teacher and/or students. Designed for use with both A-level English language and A-level English language and literature combined classes. Introduces students to the following language levels: lexis, grammar, discourse, semantics, pragmatics, phonology, graphology. Also explains and provides students with practice in identifying the following sentence elements: subject, copular verb, dynamic verb, subject complement, direct object, indirect object, object complement, adverbial.
A Level Language - Grammar - Phrases (lesson 3)
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A Level Language - Grammar - Phrases (lesson 3)

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Complete grammar lesson focusing on grammatical phrases; it includes a slide show with explanations and examples, a printable worksheet with exercises (answers included in slide show), and a knowledge organiser summarising key points of the lesson. The lesson covers these phrase classes: noun phrases adjective phrases verb phrases adverb phrases prepositional phrases Students practise classifying prepositional phrases by function as either: adverbials post-modifiers
AQA Language Paper 1 Mock (GCSE)
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AQA Language Paper 1 Mock (GCSE)

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Question paper, source insert and and mark scheme with exemplar response samples plus response planning grids for each question to help students prepare answers as well as DIRT sheets to help you provide feedback more quickly. The source text is an extract from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. As always, please leave a positive review if you find this resource helpful to help spread the word!
Simple and compound sentences bundle
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Simple and compound sentences bundle

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Three lessons that teach students how to recognise, punctuate and compose simple and compound sentences. Each lesson includes worksheets with explanations, examples and practice exercises along with Powerpoint presentations that can be used to guide the lesson and display correct answers. Lessons are organised as follows: Lesson 1: how to recognise when a simple sentence is complete and requires a full stop. For the final task students are given an informative article about the Titanic which contains no full stops or sentence-signaling capital letters. They must insert full stops in the correct places. Lesson 2: how coordinating conjunctions can be used to combine simple sentences into compound sentences (and when joining commas should be included). Students are given pairs of simple sentences which they then join with coordinating conjunctions, inserting joining commas as appropriate. Lesson 3: how semi-colons can be used to join simple sentences to form compound sentences. Students practise using semi-colons and linking adverbs to combine simple sentences into compound sentences. I have also added a bonus resource examining simple sentences that do not follow conventional word order (i.e. questions, imperatives and inverted sentences). It includes two pages of explanation and examples followed by an exercise designed to help the teacher assess students’ ability to identify the subject in sentences with unconventional word order.
Grammar knowledge organisers - words, phrases, clauses and sentences
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Grammar knowledge organisers - words, phrases, clauses and sentences

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The fundamentals of English Grammar on three colourful A4 handouts, plus a bonus handout explaining the different types of subordinate clauses for more advanced students. Equip your students with meta-language that will enhance their analysis and understanding of English and prepare them for exams.