7 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on extracts from American texts published in the 1930s. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. Tasks focus on comprehension, inference, vocabulary, sentence structures and punctuation. Extracts from: 1 - The 42nd Parallel by Jon Dos Passos (1930) 2 - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (1930) 3 - Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1934) 4 - The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway (1936) 5 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) 6 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939) 7 - The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West (1939)

Macbeth Act 1 Quiz and Answers worksheet A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Act 1. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed. Worksheet includes: 15 questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d) or write the answers in the space provided. Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding. Answers are included on a separate page.

7 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on extracts from classic Gothic texts. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. Tasks focus on comprehension, inference, vocabulary, sentence structures and punctuation. Extracts from: 1 - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1765) 2 - The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (1794) 3 - Caleb Williams by William Godwin (1794) 4 - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1803) 5 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1838) 6 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847) 7 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847)

5 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on Power and Conflict Poetry. 17 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. This is the teacher copy, with correct answers already highlighted. A separate file is available to purchase, without correct answers highlighted, designed for pupil use. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems: 1 - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias 2 - William Blake - London 3 - William Wordsworth - Extract from, The Prelude 4 - Robert Browning - My Last Duchess 5 - Alfred Lord Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade

5 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on Power and Conflict Poetry. 17 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. A separate file is available to purchase, with correct answers clearly highlighted for all 5 poems. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems: 1 - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias 2 - William Blake - London 3 - William Wordsworth - Extract from, The Prelude 4 - Robert Browning - My Last Duchess 5 - Alfred Lord Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade

A printable A3 Knowledge Organiser for Macbeth including Context, Plot, Characters, Quotations, Key Terms and Themes. Designed as a large flashcard: Part 1: Learn the content Part 2: Test yourself (turn sheet over and fill empty template) Perfect for exam revision.

A printable A3 Knowledge Organiser for Macbeth including Context, Plot, Characters, Quotations, Key Terms and Themes. Part 1: Learn the content Part 2: Test yourself (turn sheet over and fill empty template) Perfect for exam revision.

Answers Booklet 5 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on Power and Conflict Poetry. 17 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. This is the teacher copy, with correct answers already highlighted. A separate file is available to purchase, without correct answers highlighted, designed for pupil use. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems: 1 - Wilfred Owen - Exposure 2 - Seamus Heaney - Storm on the Island 3 - Ted Hughes - Bayonet Charge 4 - Simon Armitage - Remains 5 - Jane Weir - Poppies

5 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on Power and Conflict Poetry. 17 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. A separate file is available to purchase, with correct answers clearly highlighted for all 5 poems. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems: 1 - Wilfred Owen - Exposure 2 - Seamus Heaney - Storm on the Island 3 - Ted Hughes - Bayonet Charge 4 - Simon Armitage - Remains 5 - Jane Weir - Poppies

English Homework - Paragraphs 5 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet. Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class. Tasks focus on the following: Homework 1 – Shifts in Time or Place Organise the text in paragraphs by adding // to indicate a break in time or a change of place Remove any paragraphs you think are incorrectly placed and organise the text into functional paragraphs by adding // to indicate a break in time or a change of place. Homework 2 – Paragraphing for Effect Organise the text in paragraphs to entertain, amuse, or surprise the reader. Homework 3 – Speech Paragraphing Re-write the conversation, inserting paragraphs where they should be. Homework 4 – Developing and Contrasting Read the paragraph. Instead of maintaining the same style, develop the passage by writing your own second paragraph Read the dialogue. This time, instead of maintaining the same style, create a sense of contrast by writing your own paragraph that creates a strong sense of contrast with the dialogue. Homework 5 – Topic Sentences and Sentence Expansion Insert the appropriate topic sentence and discourse markers so the argument makes sense Expand these short sentences into longer ones or several by providing answers to the following questions: when? with whom? how? why? how much? what? or what do they do?

Answers Booklet 7 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on poetry. 23 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. A separate file is available to purchase, with correct answers clearly highlighted for all 7 poems. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems: 1 - A Poison Tree by William Blake (1789) 2 - Romance by Edgar Allan Poe (1843) 3 - A Birthday by Christina Rossetti (1862) 4 - The Voice by Thomas Hardy (1912) 5 - The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (1915) 6 - Cedars by Grace Hazard Conkling (1920) 7 - Touched by An Angel by Maya Angelou (1993)

7 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on poetry. 23 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. A separate file is available to purchase, with correct answers clearly highlighted for all 7 poems. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems included: 1 - A Poison Tree by William Blake (1789) 2 - Romance by Edgar Allan Poe (1843) 3 - A Birthday by Christina Rossetti (1862) 4 - The Voice by Thomas Hardy (1912) 5 - The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (1915) 6 - Cedars by Grace Hazard Conkling (1920) 7 - Touched by An Angel by Maya Angelou (1993)

5 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on Power and Conflict Poetry. 17 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. A separate file is available to purchase, with correct answers clearly highlighted for all 5 poems. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems included 1 - Carol Ann Duffy - War Photographer 2 - Imtiaz Dharker - Tissue 3 - Carol Rumens - The Émigrée 4 - John Agard - Checking Out Me History 5 - Beatrice Garland - Kamikaze

Power & Conflict Poetry Part Three (Teacher Copy) Answer Booklet 5 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on Power and Conflict Poetry. 17 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. A separate file is available to purchase, with correct answers clearly highlighted for all 5 poems. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems included 1 - Carol Ann Duffy - War Photographer 2 - Imtiaz Dharker - Tissue 3 - Carol Rumens - The Émigrée 4 - John Agard - Checking Out Me History 5 - Beatrice Garland - Kamikaze

5 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet. Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class. Tasks focus on the following: Homework 1 – Identifying verbs Complete the clauses Underline the verbs Homework 2 – Present and past tense Turn to the past tense Turn present to past Homework 3 – Correcting tenses Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses Homework 4 – Correcting tenses Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses Homework 5 – Correcting tenses Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses

English Homework - Sentences and Punctuation 6 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet. Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class. Tasks focus on the following: Homework 1 – Identifying sentences Label the subject and the verb in each sentence Identify the sentences Homework 2 – Simple or compound? Turn the simple sentences into compound sentences Identify whether the sentences are simple or compound Homework 3 – Simple, compound or complex? Turn the simple sentences into complex sentences Identify whether the sentences are simple, compound or complex Homework 4 – Demarcating sentences Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation Homework 5 – Correcting punctuation Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation, removing comma splice or run-on sentence errors Homework 6 – Colons and semicolons Rewrite the sentences placing a colon where required Rewrite the sentences placing a semicolon where required

Dickens’ vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.