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For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.

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For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.
Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti - WJEC English Literature
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Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti - WJEC English Literature

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A PowerPoint guiding students through Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. Begins with an overview of Victorian Society, teaches how to build essays using the PEE method and considers how verbs, imagery and other poetic techniques are employed. Perfect for GCSE English Literature students.
Compare Questions - New WJEC English Language GCSE
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Compare Questions - New WJEC English Language GCSE

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A PPT that shows how to answer 'compare and contrast' questions in line with new WJEC English Language GCSE expectations. The questions are made very simple to answer, short texts are supplied for students to practise on, comparison words are explained and a good example is included.
WJEC English Literature Welsh Writing in Wales-John Ormond 'In September' and Gillian Clarke 'My Box
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WJEC English Literature Welsh Writing in Wales-John Ormond 'In September' and Gillian Clarke 'My Box

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A 44 slide PowerPoint presentation guiding Year 10/11 students through the Welsh Writing in Wales unit for WJEC English Literature controlled assessment. It is a full unit of work taking them from considering the titles of 'My Box' by Gillian Clarke and 'In September' by John Ormond. Tasks include title analysis and predictions, mind maps on different ideas, annotation of stanzas, research of poetic techniques, proofreading activities and teaching how to structure essays using the PEE method with an example.
'Do not Go Gentle' and 'From Father to Son' ANSWERS to poetry comparison  - Thomas and Humphreys
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'Do not Go Gentle' and 'From Father to Son' ANSWERS to poetry comparison - Thomas and Humphreys

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An answer sheet to Dylan Thomas' 'Do not go gentle' and 'From Father to Son' to be used for WJEC GCSE English Literature poetry comparison controlled assessment. It can be used for teachers to formulate a plan on how to approach the two poems. There are a list of excellent points to be made about each poem as well as quotations to be used. There is also a section designed at eliciting the comparison points about the two poems.
Formal Report Writing PowerPoint English Language
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Formal Report Writing PowerPoint English Language

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A full PowerPoint presentation teaching what reports are, the structure required for the exam, a method of planning, example paragraphs and a task to set pupils. It is designed to help C/D borderline pupils with the Unit 2 Non-Fiction English Language Exam for WJEC GCSE but will be appropriate for most exam boards.
Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences - Grammar, structure and technical accuracy
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences - Grammar, structure and technical accuracy

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This is a PowerPoint design to make simple, compound and complex sentences as simple as possible. It begins simply with what makes up a simple sentence (Subject and verb phrase), then looks at creating compound sentences from two main clauses and a connective, then shows what a subordinate clause is and how to use commas to separate the main clause from the subordinate clause. Perfect to use with KS3 or KS4 classes. Can even be used at KS2. Fits into English language lessons or Literacy lessons.
KS3 Greek Mythology Home Learning Challenge Booklet
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KS3 Greek Mythology Home Learning Challenge Booklet

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A 42 page booklet of home learning activities for Key Stage Three English. The booklet focuses on Greek Mythology and is designed to challenge KS3 students to learn independently. The booklet focuses on the Greek oral traditions of poetry, focuses on Greek stories like Icarus and Daedalus, Jason and the Argonauts, and Hercules, as well as providing tasks on Greek influences on the English Language. Perfect for a summer project or to set as home learning.
Article Writing Booklet GCSE Unit 3 WJEC
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Article Writing Booklet GCSE Unit 3 WJEC

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This is a 49 page booklet designed to teach students how to write an effective article for Unit 3 of the English Language GCSE. The booklet explains what an article is, gives real exam articles and explores the marks awarded, demonstrated how to include effective persuasive techniques, gives opportunities to identify purpose, audience, format and tone as well as giving good and bad examples of writing. The mark scheme is included. All article tasks set between 2017 and 2023 are included so students can practise writing articles. Space in the booklet is provided so students can write their answers.
Isolation - Historical Figures
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Isolation - Historical Figures

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A 57-slide PowerPoint presentation designed to teach students about historical figures who have experienced extended period of isolation. As a first lesson back in school, this resource teaches of Anne Frank, the Chilean Miners, and Alexander Selkirk - all of whom students will be able to notice similarities with their own experiences of isolation. The PowerPoint has embedded video clips, tasks and culminates in a piece of writing about their lockdown experiences,
WJEC *New* English Language Unit 3 Section B Writing Types - Booklet
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WJEC *New* English Language Unit 3 Section B Writing Types - Booklet

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A 23 page revision booklet to help students write effective non-fiction pieces in preparation for the new WJEC English Language Unit 3 exam. The booklet helps students understand how to plan, structure and write seven key types of non-fiction writing. Some examples of different writing types are also included to help model the desired form of writing. The booklet teaches how to write formal letters, informal letters, leaflets/guides, speeches/talks, formal reports, articles and reviews. 12 example questions are listed in the booklet to allow students to practise writing each text type. This resource is excellent revision.
Cirque Du Freak 11 English Worksheets for New WJEC English Language
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Cirque Du Freak 11 English Worksheets for New WJEC English Language

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11 very high quality worksheets for Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak. This unit of work is designed for lower ability KS4 classes to help prepare them for the NEW WJEC English Language exam (2016). Worksheets include proofreading and editing practice based on myths including vampires and werewolves, a planning sheet for creating a leaflet based on the circus, a plan for a persuasive speech, differentiated letter templates for a persuasive letter to the council, a sheet about leaflet writing structure in exams, persuasive techniques cutout activity, and a very well designed assessment objective sheets. Ideal for lower ability KS4 classes and KS3 classes studying the class. Excellent preparation for new WJEC English.
A Christmas Carol Workbook - 'Improving Language Skills through Literature' - WJEC English Language
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A Christmas Carol Workbook - 'Improving Language Skills through Literature' - WJEC English Language

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A 40 page workbook using A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to practise WJEC English Language skills. This booklet contains Language Unit 2 proofreading exercises on the context of ACC, sequencing questions using events from the text, 'What impressions ...' questions using an extract from ACC, 'How does the writer ...' questions which help both Language and Literature examinations, 'Compare and contrast' questions, 'access, search and retrieve' questions and a list of possible character and theme questions. The resource was created because schools are not focusing so heavily on English Literature because of it no longer is used for schools' L2+. Using the Literature text to work on Language skills is an excellent way of addressing both examinations. This is an excellent workbook for lessons, homework or for catch up or tutoring sessions.
Philip Larkin - The Whitsun Weddings - Revision PowerPoint - WJEC AS English Literature
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Philip Larkin - The Whitsun Weddings - Revision PowerPoint - WJEC AS English Literature

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A 28 slide presentation with revision notes on Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings. It is split up into sections focusing on A01 - Terminology to apply, AO2 - Language and Structure Analysis, A03 - Historical and autobiographical details that can be used, A04 - How the poems may link together under certain themes and A05 - How other interpretations can be seen. The PowerPoint is designed as a revision session for Year 12 English Literature AS exams.
National Reading Test Practice for KS3
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National Reading Test Practice for KS3

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4 National Reading Test practice papers for KS3 students. Topics include battery farming, a letter from Hogwarts, a first hand account of the Hillsborough Disaster and a review of Despicable Me.
She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron - AS English Language and Literature
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She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron - AS English Language and Literature

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A full analysis of ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron. The PowerPoint explains the important contextual information needed to be known to access the poem as well as line by line analysis of the poem. Literary and Linguistic terminology is clearly labelled and gives students everything they need to adopt a forensic knowledge of the poem. The resource is created specifically for WJEC AS English Literature and Language.