’Christmas Taskmaster’ Based on the comedy TV panel game show Suitable for KS2 - 4 22 challenges included, although you could always adapt or add your own Requires no preparation for challenge (apart from the odd biscuit and sheet of paper) I’ve used these with my KS3 and KS4 classes for years. They make a fantastic, fun end to the year! Answers the age old question of, “Miss, are we having a fun lesson today?”

Eduqas GCSE Media Studies, Component 2, Taylor Swift ‘The Man’ A 28 page pupil booklet, to accompany a 367 slide PowerPoint. PDF and adaptable Word document of the pupil booklet included, to maintain formatting. Information content largely based on the Eduqas factsheet, with additional research articles and video embedded. PowerPoint transitions used to enhance whiteboard teaching. Whole class plenary and analytical activities included in the pupil booklet, to work alongside the PowerPoint sections. Covers: Key facts Contexts Industry Audience Media Language Representation Website and Social Media Hopefully it will safe someone LOADS of time!

Eduqas GCSE Media Studies, Component 2, Stormzy ‘Superheroes’ A 44 page pupil booklet, to accompany a 180 slide PowerPoint. PDF and adaptable Word document of the pupil booklet included, to maintain formatting. Information content largely based on the Eduqas factsheet, with additional research articles and video embedded. PowerPoint transitions used to enhance whiteboard teaching. Whole class plenary and analytical activities included in the pupil booklet, to work alongside the PowerPoint sections. Covers: Key facts Contexts Industry Audience Media Language Representation Website and Social Media Hopefully it will safe someone LOADS of time!

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: PUPIL WORKBOOK - LA or SEND A 20 page workbook for lower ability or SEND pupils to work through the basic plot of the play. Example tasks include: Storyboarding Annotation of short extracts Staging ideas Comprehension on plot summaries Uploaded as a PDF also.

DVD COVER AND FILM POSTER TEMPLATE A simple guide for pupils to know where each of the typical conventions of a DVD jewel case and film poster (portrait) would go. Useful if pupils are making their own. Uploaded as PDF, Word and PowerPoint.

EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES STARTERS PUPIL BOOKLET 30 starter activities, largely based around Component 1, media language and theory. Example tasks: match-ups, wordsearches, labelling, media language alphabet, true or false, quiz etc. Last 5 pages have generic recall grids, again used as starters to test pupils’ short and long term knowledge of the set texts. I use the booklet with year 10, as ‘silent’ starters. PDF also uploaded, to preserve formatting. Might save you a load of time and effort…!

EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES THIS GIRL CAN Teaching PowerPoint (270 slides) divided into three sections: PART 1: Contexts PART 2: Media language (including media theories) PART 3: Representation and comparing two texts Pupil workbook (17 pages) to accompany tasks in Parts 1 - 3 of the PowerPoint. Pupil booklet uploaded as a PDF also, to retain formatting. Will save you loads of planning time!

EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES COMPONENT 1, SECTION B: THE ARCHERS Teaching PowerPoint (320 slides) and accompanying pupil booklet (18 pages) Includes: Part 1: Introduction to radio Part 2: Social, historical and cultural contexts Part 3: Funding, regulation and production process Part 4: Convergence, Technology and webiste Part 5: Audiences Part 6: Episode study (Helen and Rob) Part 7: Revision and recall Part 8: Assessment PDF and Word version of the pupil booklet included. Plenty of AFL, recall and differentiation along the way. Save yourself the planning time!

AQA GCSE LITERATURE GUIDE TO WRITING AN UNSEEN POETRY ESSAY 133 slides covering: What to expect in the exam How am I assessed? What should I do before I write my essay? How do I write my essay? What about the comparison question? Slides animated with transitions, for easy use on whiteboards.

AQA GCSE English Literaturee - How to write a ‘Macbeth’ (William Shakespeare) essay. An 89 slide PowerPoint covering: What to expect How am I assessed? How to plan How to structure How to write a paragraph Introductions and conclusions Used with my Year 10 and Year 11 mid-ability classes. Uses transitions and animations, for use on whiteboards.

KS3 ‘The Witches’ (Roald Dahl) pupil booklet, to accompany teaching the text. Updated 2024. Suitable for KS3 (particularly year 7 or LA year 8). 17 pages. Range of reading, writing and quiz tasks. PDF uploaded also.

EDUQAS GCSE MEDIA STUDIES SET TEXT RECALL GRIDS Used as starters / bell tasks with KS4 Media Studies pupils. 38 slides, including answers (yellow slides). Questions range from 1 - 4 marks. Questions mainly cover Component 1, Sections A and B. Obviously, adaptable to suit pupil ability. Pupils given a little booklet containing multiple blank versions of the grid, to use at the start of each lesson. Peer marking. Pupils who achieve over 20 / 24 marks (depending on ability) get a chocolate biscuit! Has worked wonders for years!

An 8 page feedback document Makes an ideal A3 booklet Used successfully with my year 11’s during a learning walk focussed on feedback to pupils after their mocks. Outcome considered ‘Excellent’. Activities ask pupils to ‘Review’, ‘Reflect’ and ‘Repsond’ to exemplar material and their own responses. The mock Literature question was: In ‘Scaffolding’, how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about their relationship? … but the template could easily be adopted to other poems / texts.

KS3 Class Text ‘Buddy’ by Nigel Hinton Pupil Booklet A 28 page booklet, covering a range of reading and writing tasks to accompany reading the text. Updated version, using Open Dyslexic font. Suitable for LA pupils or year 7 / 8. PDF and Word version uploaded. Accompanying PowerPoint available on request.

A simple one page plenary activity for AQA GCSE Literature pupils to record notes on each AO for the Conflict and Power poetry.

Taskmaster KS3 Fun Whole Class Games A PowerPoint with 33 slides and 20 fun tasks. Could be used as a plenary ‘treat’ or an end of term ‘fun’ lesson. (i.e. 'Sir, can we have a fun lesson today?) Some tasks need a couple of props, others need nothing. Feel free to add your own challenges! I’ve had great fun with these!

A detailed (103 slides) PowerPoint walking pupils through: Part 1: What to expect in the exam Part 2: How am I assessed? Part 3: What should I do before I write my essay? Part 4: How do I plan? Part 5: How do I structure my essay? Using PowerPoint transitions to animate slides when in full screen mode.

Two A4 page grids of key information for the following poems: ‘Ozymandias’ ‘My Last Duchess’ ‘Remains’ ‘Storm on the Island’ ‘The Emigree’ ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ ‘Kamikaze’ ‘Bayonet Charge’ Blank grids included also, for setting as homework. Coloured and black and white grids, as well as PDF uploaded. Handy for revision.

AQA GCSE LITERATURE DRAMATIC TECHNIQUES IN AN INSPECTOR CALLS A straightforward one page A4 grid of dramatic, structure, form and language techniques used in the play ‘An Inspector Calls’. Helpful for revision, especially when blown up to A3. PDF and Word versions uploaded (colour and black and white).

AQA English Literature Key Vocabulary Four A4 landscape pages of vocabulary for: Macbeth A Christmas Carol An Inspector Calls Power and Conflict Poetry Handy for revision with year 11. PDF and Word document included.