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Poems of the Decade - History by John Burnside task/work sheets
A double sided worksheet with five tasks to help students explore and analyse the poem.
Improving sentence structure in writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to write sentences effectively. Includes an explanation and examples of how to vary sentences and their use, a page of description for students to study, a self -assessment task, differentiated objectives, 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.
sentence starters and writing checklist for creative writing support. peer/self assessment
A list of useful sentence starters for creative writing and a checklist for students to assess writing.
Gothic genre homework project and research task on contextual information
A project homework sheet outlining details of a presentation on the Gothic genre. This serves as a speaking and listening task as well, and therefore does not require any marking in a formal way, just a speaking and listening grade.
Research task: prompts students to gather contextual information about the genre - a good preparatory exercise before beginning a Gothic text.
Structure and literary devices in the poem 'The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner'
A lesson exploring the structural devices in the poem. Includes differentiated objectives and four tasks.
A lesson exploring poetic devices in the poem. Includes differentiated objectives, four tasks a wordbank and answers to main tasks.
Gothic poetry The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner Parts 1-4 activity pack
Part 1 of the poem tasks: Part one of the poem with space beneath each quatrain to write a modern translation. Questions on this part of the poem, lanmguage links to Gothic genre and mini writing task.
Part 2 PEEL practise tasks with peer assessment grid and differentiated sheet for less able and student answer sheet.
Part 3 True or false, summary of events, writing task and peer assessment
Part 4 - tone - analysis of language and tone created in the poem
Including differentiated learning objectives
Poems of the Decade - My Nine Year old Self by Helen Dunmore task/worksheet
A double-sided worksheet for students to explore and analyse the poem. Includes quotation work for essay preparation and an answer sheet.
Tennyson - The Charge of the Light Brigade' Assessment question, essay plan and differentiated sheet
A detailed essay plan with an extension paragraph topic for the more able and optional starting sentences for the introduction and conclusion.
A separate plan is included for the less able, with a cloze for the introduction and a writing frame for the remainder of the essay.
Poems of the Decade - 'The War Correspondent' by Ciaran Carson activities and essay question
Several worksheets for students to explore and analyse the poem. Tasks are differentiated, includes several extension activities, a glossary, other poems to compare with and an essay question.
Poems of the Decade - 'Inheritance' by Eavan Boland worksheets
Three worksheets to help students explore and analyse the poem. Includes a table to find links to other poems, in preparation for essay writing.
Poems of the Decade - 'Material' by Ros Barber
A set of four worksheets for students to explore and analyse the poem. Includes differentiated learning objectives, extension tasks and ideas for class discussion. The tasks vary in style (mindmapping, listing, questions on structure, tone etc. quotation grids and tables to plot links to other poems.
our versus are - homophone worksheet
A handy worksheet for student s to clarify the differences between 'our' and 'are'. Includes explanations of each word with examples and three separate tasks. Good as a starter or extension activity.
Othello Activity pack/workbook for Acts 4 & 5. Use in the classroom or for homework.
A range of differentiated tasks to help students understand and analyse the play. Flexible enough to use in the classroom or as a revision/homework book. Includes differentiated objectives, vocabulary, quotation and thematic activities, as well as extension tasks.
A comparison between UK & USA English spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation
A good cover or end of term lesson examining the differences between British and American English.
Two worksheets with tables to complete comparing the two. Includes extension task, examples and words to help students who struggle to come up with ideas.
Subordinate clauses
An explanation and example of subordinate clauses. Tasks of increasing difficulty and differentiated objectives.
Prefixes Activity Worksheet
A brief explanation and example of prefixes followed by several simple tasks. Tasks become progressively more difficult and include extensions. A 2 page word document.
Poem on a Page - Poems of the Decade The Fox in the National Museum of Wales
A description of the poem subject, quotations to illustrate the tone of the poem, as well as an explanation of the tonal shifts in the poem. A comment on structure and a list of poems to compare with including the themes. All on one handy page, useful for understanding the poem initially and as a revision aid.
IGCSE English Language - A set of tasks and activities to analyse M. Angelou's Poem 'Still I Rise'
A set of five worksheets including a range of tasks on tone, language, structure , themes and the poet, to help students understand the poem.
Includes differentiated learning objectives, glossary, extension tasks, research and homework ideas and a speaking and listening activity.
No planning or preparation needed, just print and distribute or display on screen. Easy cover work!
Purple Hibiscus SOW and resources with answers Part 2
Scheme of work, PowerPoint and Word doc resources on the second part of the novel. covering a range of reading skills and activities to engage with the text.
Includes: PowerPoint and related word document resources with answers for most lessons. The scheme of work is designed to be easy to use, but flexible so it is easily adapted. There are also several homework tasks, which are research or reading based so require little or no marking.
Assessment Plan on the character of Iago, for the play 'Othello'.
A detailed assessment plan to guide students through each paragraph. Includes bullet point ideas for each paragraph, optional starting sentences, extension paragraphs, a sample conclusion and a wordbank. Space has been given to encourage students to note down suitable quotations on their plan, before writing up their essays.