A calendar (generic dates for easy re-use) with a different literacy focus for each month. Each month has a different focus with examples and a space for different curriculum areas to add their own subject specific example or usage. An ideal way to promote literacy across the curriculum ensuring consistency while showing that literacy is applicable to all subjects.

A complete scheme of work for Divided City by Theresa Breslin comprising of reference to assessment objectives, a medium term plan, 24 lesson plans, a range of assessments including reading, writing and speaking and listening, with accompanying power points and worksheets. The main focus of the unit is RAF7: social, historical and cultural contexts.

A powerpoint to support the writing of an elegy poem to commemorate the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The presentation looks at what is an elegy, why they are written, an example of an elegy and how to write one. It also has a structured, step-by-step approach to enable students to write their own elegy poem about the Queen. There are links to Newsround reports to get ideas and a display sheet for students to write their elegies out for a display.

A complete scheme of work focused on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and its social, historical and cultural contexts. Scheme of work includes medium term plan, 17 lesson plans, several power points and worksheets, homework booklet and builds to an essay assessment task.

Lesson plan following TEEP cycle, with all accompanying resources including power point, jigsaw starter activity, and exit tickets. Inference and deduction skills for Key Stage 3.

A powerpoint which works through planning, writing and checking a piece of descriptive writing. Originally devised to help prepare for GCSE English language Controlled Assessments for WJEC, this could easily be adapted for any descriptive writing task. Activities include looking at vocabulary choice, structuring writing, descriptive techniques etc. Planning sheet included.

A power point preparing learners to plan and write a piece of transactional writing for GCSE English Language Controlled Assessments (WJEC). The task was to write a report into the facilities that are available to teenagers in the local area. Activities include planning, features of reports, punctuation, etc.

A reading activity based on a extract from The Hobbit including GCSE-style questions (WJEC) and a power point with a mark scheme for self/peer assessment.

A reading activity based on a extract from The Road by Cormac McCarthy including GCSE-style questions (WJEC) and a power point with a mark scheme for self/peer assessment.

A comprehensive resource for learners taking GCSE English language with WJEC. Booklet includes a learning style quiz with suggested revision activities for each style, practice exam questions with self-assessment resources, SSPS activities and other useful hints and tips for GCSE success.

A power point and accompanying resources aimed at preparing KS3 learners for the National Reading Tests (Wales). Activities include a focused look at the types of question that appear on the tests, and how to answer them (with a matching leaflet for parents or learners) and lessons focused on the key skills of information retrieval and inference and deduction with worksheets.

A booklet of independent projects aimed at preparing Year 9 for the transition into Year 10 and starting their GCSEs in English. The original idea was to issue this to Year 9 learners for use in option subjects which they would not be continuing with into Year 10, therefore projects are designed to be independently completed but checked by English teachers/form tutors, etc. There are seven projects in total: Independent Reading, Narratives, Poetry, Drama, Non-Fiction, Media and Skills and each one includes both reading and writing tasks.

A lesson following the TEEP learning cycle in which learners work in groups to explore a range of sci-fi gadgets and inventions in order to decide which one would be the most useful to make into a reality. Lesson plan, power point and all resources are included for this engaging and stimulating lesson.

A powerpoint looking in detail at the character of Crooks and analysing how he is presented in the novel, preparing learners to answer the essay question: How does Steinbeck present Crooks?

Power point presentations with a writing task for Years 7, 8, and 9 with the opportunity for learners to respond to peer assessment built in. These were originally devised as part of a drive to show that learners were responding to feedback and evidencing this in their books. The tasks are similar but contain references to the different criteria for the Literacy Numeracy Framework (LNF) in Wales.

A resource for learners to translate key scenes in The Tempest from the Shakespeare to more modern language. Key scenes are: Act 1 Scene 2, lines 412 to 463 Act 3 Scene 1, lines 32 to 91

A booklet aimed at getting Y9 to understand the characters and plot of Macbeth through a homework project from over a school holiday/series of weeks. Booklet includes a storyboard of Macbeth where the plot has been provided, but learners have to add the pictures. It also has a page which shows all the main characters (for them to draw pictures) and a blank front cover for them to design a suitable cover. Also included is a landscape version of the storyboard with comprehension questions at the end of Act Two, Four and Five.

A complete lesson with power point, lesson plan and resources following the TEEP learning cycle. The lesson focuses on exploring the Seven Ages of Man/All the World's a Stage speech from As You Like It.

A series of questions following Bloom's Taxonomy focused on Lord Capulet in Act 3, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet.

Power point and essay plan to support learners in the completion of an assessment titled: How Does Shakespeare Use Language to Explain the Different Stages of Life?