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Describing weather effectively in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to describe weather effectively. Includes assessment grids, differentiated objectives and three tasks of increasing difficulty. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Adverbs lesson
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use adverbs effectively. Includes an explanation and example of adverbs and their use, peer assessment, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and an extension. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Poem 'Blessing' with Tasks' activities to understand the poem &prepare for GCSE and IGCSE
GCSE & IGCSE poetry preparation. Worksheets are divided into tasks e.g. cloze activity, True or False, visual/sketching task and annotating the poem.
Differentiated objectives, answers (cloze) and extension task included.
An Inspector Calls complete the blanks key quotations revision
Three pages of quotations for students to complete the blanks as a handy method of revising for exams.
Completed quotes included.
The Tower, Stories of Ourselves CIE, Activity Pack & Summary sheet
Information sheet
Single handout including: Summary of important information on the text for revision and understanding -plot summary, themes, author info, setting, and genre.
Activity Pack
o Task 1: Examines the characters of Caroline and Neville
o Task 2: Complete the blanks to explore how Caroline changes over the course of the story
o Task 3: How tension is created through language
o Task 4: Revise the plot by matching quotations to describe the images
o Task 5: Short writing task to explore the reader’s own reactions to the story
o Task 6: Analyse the use of symbolism
o Task 7: Explain the effect of the literary devices in quotations
o Going further: various extension tasks to examine the text in further detail
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King Lear
A comprehensive workbook filled with activities to help students understand the content, language, themes and characters in the play (Acts 1-3).
Suitable for use in class, as a revision workbook or as a homework book.
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Frankenstein - Developing Vocab & Essay Skills
This bundle contains a variety of activities to prepare students the examination and enable them to become more familiar with the language.
Includes:
Pre-reading tasks
Key quotation tasks
Essay preparation (assessment question and essay plan)
Close textual analysis of chapter 5
Vocabulary tasks (starters of homework)
Frankenstein chapter 5 analysis whole lesson activities
Includes a starter to improve vocabulary (AO4), an extract from chapter 5 with cut out annotation cards for the main activity and a point, quote, comment task for the developmental (AO2). There is an example of how students should write a comment and embed quotations and a word bank to encourage the use of more sophisticated essay language.
'Brendon Gallacher' & 'On a Portrait of a Deaf Man' poem comparison tasks and essay
Tasks based on each individual poem and an essay title with mini assessment grid.
Includes differentiated learning objectives, tasks of increasing difficulty and an essay checklist for students.
Developing Creative writing skills - varying vocabulary and sentences to describe
A PPT including
a vocabulary starter with answers for class marking
main activity describing an image with a wordbank (also provided on a worksheet in case technology fails you),
peer assessment
an extension activity on a worksheet where students complete sentence starters and endings
differentiated learning objectives
Describing settings lesson - ideal for cover
A whole lesson on worksheets, just print and teach - ideal for cover or when you're technology has failed.
Includes differentiated objectives
starter with extension on powerful verbs and adjectives - using a thesaurus to find synonyms
main task: create sentences with synonyms in starter then peer assess (checklist included)
Developmental task: Describe the image using ambitious vocab from previous activities and self assess
Display posters adjectives to describe settings with definitions and images
A set of 8 A5 posters with adjectives and their definitions and images of different settings to inspire and support creative writing as well as decorating the classroom.
Improving writing skills - adding detail - ideal for cover
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by adding detail through close inspection of images. Includes self and peer assessment criteria, differentiated objectives and three tasks of increasing difficulty. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Describing character for descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to describe character effectively. Includes, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty, a character profile page with a step by step guide to describing a character with a wide range of useful vocabulary and sentence starters. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Adjectives lesson
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use adjectives effectively. Includes an explanation and example of adjectives and their use, peer assessment, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and an extension. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Using colour to effect in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use colour effectively. Includes an explanation of how colour can bring writing to life, easy teacher assessment marking grid, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and an extension. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Using literary devices effectively in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use literary devices effectively. Includes an explanation and example, assessment tasks, differentiated objectives, an extract to read and see how devices are used effectively, three tasks of increasing difficulty and extension tasks. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Openings, settings and titles in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to write effective openings, titles and describe settings. Examples of openings and tasks to help students write their own. Images to aid students description of settings and a set of words to inspire titles. Aimed to encourage slow starters and prevent time wasting. Ideal for cover or homework too.
La Belle Dame Sans Merci poem and worksheets
The poem and a summary of the content are provided, as well as some brief notes on the form and structure. Teacher answers to questions are added on a separate word document to display and have students mark if required.
Tasks include an image based quotation search, questions of increasing difficulty about the content of the poem to encourage close reading and various activities related to form, structure and tone.
Learning objectives are included and there is also a glossary and extension tasks at the end.
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Characters in Frankenstein
A set of resources to study and analyse main and minor characters in the novel.
Includes grids to complete on minor characters and character quotations for students to identify the speaker. There are also two essay guides and tasks to prepare students for assessments on Victor and the creature.