I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
Two booklets covering the character of Curley’s Wife ‘Of Mice and Men’
Student Booklet - to be completed - 14 pages
Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 14 pages
Booklet covers:
Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay
Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases
Key words to describe Curley’s Wife
Notes on Female Characters in the novel
Discussion of sympathy/lack of sympathy for her
Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations
Example paragraphs with clear layout
Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’
FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON
Two booklets covering the character of Curley ‘Of Mice and Men’
Student Booklet - to be completed - 11 pages
Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 11 pages
Booklet covers:
Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay
Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases
Key words to describe Curley
Close analysis of Fight Scene in Chapter 3
Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations
Example paragraphs with clear layout
Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’
FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON
Two booklets covering the character of Candy ‘Of Mice and Men’
Student Booklet - to be completed - 13 pages
Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 13 pages
Booklet covers:
Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay
Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases
Key words to describe Candy
Key Experiences analysed
Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations
Example paragraphs with clear layout
Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’
FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON
Two booklets covering the character of Crooks in ‘Of Mice and Men’
Student Booklet - to be completed - 16 pages
Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 16 pages
Booklet covers:
Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay
Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases
Key words to describe Crooks
Overview of Themes: Racism, Prejudice, Strength, Weaknesses
Key Experiences
Close analysis of Possessions
Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations
Example paragraphs with clear layout
Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’
FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON
Teacher and Student Booklets
All work to assist with the delivery of the current 12 Heaney and 12 Frost poems specificed for CCEA GCE AS Poetry, AS 1.
Heaney:
Personal Helicon
The Forge
The Peninsula
The Wife’s Tale
Bogland
The Harvest Bow
The Railway Children
The Summer of Lost Rachel
Postscript
‘Had I Not Been Awake’
The Conway Stewart
The Baler
Frost
Into My Own
Mowing
Going for Water
Mending Wall
After Apple Picking
The Road Not Taken
Birches
“Out, Out-”
For Once, Then, Something
Gathering Leaves
Acquainted with the Night
Desert Places
12 page Student Booklet to be completed - ‘Heaney and Frost Introduction Booklet’ - includes information on Assessment Objectives, key literary terms, space for further biographical information, and possible poem pairings for themes.
24 PP Slides - (Image) Visual representation for each poem
Comprehensive 24 page booklet for Student/Teacher to assist learning about/ teaching of Robert Frost poems - notes for each poem detailing information on narrative, context, message, form and structure, language, tone and themes
Comprehensive 20 page booklet for Student/Teacher to assist learning about/ teaching of each Seamus Heaney poems - notes for each poem detailing information on narrative, context, message, form and structure, language, tone and themes
24 pdfs - each providing a fully annotated version of the named poem - annotated to account for choices of language and imagery - all techniques are abbreviated and present in short form, inside a circle. e.g. ‘M’ inside a circle = metaphor, ‘Sib’ = sibilance etc
Checklist for poems for both poets (24 in total - 12 each)
Blank Summary document - for Student revision purposes
Teaching and Guidance notes for Controlled Assessment for CCEA GCSE to accompany the teaching of ‘Macbeth’
Teaching Notes
PP - Images
PP - Paragraph scaffold and example
Guided Planning Document
**Teaching notes include: **
Stereotypical life of a Jacobean woman
Shakespeare’s intentions
Typical audience reaction
Key Words/phrases
Lady Macbeth - general overview and specific notes
PowerPoint - Images included - to prompt discussion about the presentation of Lady Macbeth and the witches
PowerPoint - includes key points to make about Lady Macbeth, key context points, paragraph layout and paragraph example.
Document - guided planning - essay title and eight boxes to complete - guidance for students to bring their knowledge together.
Sample provided to experience before purchasing the full document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923
Sample demonstrates the first six alphabetised writer’s craft techniques.
In the full document you will get:
An alphabetised Dictionary suitable for English Language students at GCSE.
56 page document
80 writer’s craft techniques listed and defined.
‘What’ and ‘Why used’ sections for each
Includes extra spaces at the end for additional techniques.
Useful for covering all language techniques expected at GCSE English Language level, with a few common presentation techniques also included.
Advice:
I usually print out the title page full size, then print the document 2 pages per sheet - and put it together as a wee booklet.
Full Document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923
An alphabetised Dictionary suitable for English Language students at GCSE.
56 page document
80 writer’s craft techniques listed and defined.
‘What’ and ‘Why used’ sections for each
Includes extra spaces at the end for additional techniques.
Useful for covering all language techniques expected at GCSE English Language level, with a few common presentation techniques also included.
Advice:
I usually print out the title page full size, then print the document 2 pages per sheet - and put it together as a wee booklet.
See attached a free sample:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599928
Student Booklet – 92 pages
Key information provided, space to complete work on Characters and Contexts. Quotations provided for each character and each context. For each context, quotations have been divided under separate titles, helpful to stimulate ideas for essay planning. Exam Questions provided, followed by space to complete plan for answer.
Included:
Exam Basics
Contexts and Themes
Essay Layout Advice
Characters – 8 key characters, space to complete key words
Characters – area for research and teaching
Characters – 8 key characters, complete with key quotations
Context – Biography + Exam Question + Example Response
Context – American Settlement and Frontier + Quotations + Exam Question
Context – America Post WW1
Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties + Quotations + Exam Question
Context – American Dream + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) + Quotations + Exam Questions
Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today
Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Geography + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Type of Hero + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Romantic Novel + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions
Context – Symbolism + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Novel of Manners
Teacher Booklet – 96 pages
Exactly the same as the student booklet, with teaching notes and essay plans included.
Included:
Characters – key words provided
Characters – area for research and teaching
Characters – key quotations
Context – Biography Notes + Exam Question + Example Response
Context – American Settlement and Frontier Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with two essay response plans
Context – America Post WW1 Notes
Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with essay response plan
Context – American Dream Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan
Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with two essay response plans
Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today with essay response notes
Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan
Context – Geography Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Type of Hero Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response notes
Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Romantic Novel Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions with essay response notes
Context – Symbolism Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Novel of Manners Notes + Exam Question
Three sample essays to annotate and improve - Gangsters, Geography, Women
Individual overviews for
All imagery taken from Movie and Google images
Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446833
Task 2
A complete 31-page pupil booklet covering all aspects of Task 2, taking some inspiration from CCEA GCSE publications and past papers from different boards.
Sample Teacher annotation and paragraphs have been provided for the majority of the work – please note, in most cases the same article has been annotated up to three different ways to accommodate the ability level of the class, therefore the sample answers range from basic to advanced.
This resource provides:
• A 31-page pupil booklet
• 11 separate documents of Teacher answers matching the tasks of the booklet – for a variety of pupil ability.
• This booklet carries the student through from easy to harder tasks, assisting in the building up of confidence as they grow accustomed to the task styles.
• Guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task
• Worked example layout guiding the student through expected responses
• Exam guidance and annotation of past paper layout
• What to look for when analysing a variety of techniques
• Five short tasks where students annotate for key term
• Seven longer tasks where students annotate for named techniques and work through the accompanying tasks
• Seven practice articles to be worked on independently
What an incredible poem - effective, engaging, heart-breaking.
Included are TWO VERSIONS of a GCSE level Essay Analysis of the poem, analysed using an easy scaffold of ‘SPECS SLIM’. One more in depth version, and one ‘easier’.
Useful for Students - give them hints/paragraph sample/discussion points and allow them to complete each section.
Useful for Teachers as a sample piece of work.
The question:
Write about the poem ‘The Target’.
You should describe what the poet writes about and how he uses language to convey his thoughts and feelings.
The scaffold:
SPECS
Subject Purpose Emotion Craftsmanship Summary
Craftmanship: SLIM
Structure Language Imagery Movement Sounds
Example paragraph:
Subject
The title of the poem gives the first suggestion of its subject matter. A ‘target’ is something that is aimed for – whether as an aspirational goal, or through violence – in archery, or the use of guns. It is quickly realised that the latter is involved in this ‘Target’ – and the aim was a fellow human being. The antiquated language, e.g. ‘durst’, ‘Twas’, ‘a-happening’, places this situation in the past, possibly World War One. If this is the case, the subject matter is the death of a soldier, at the hand of his enemy; the enemy and killer being the first person narrator of the poem. The poem moves on to document the killer’s reasons, his regrets, the fears of his mother and the only solution possible to quell her fears: “Perhaps it might be best/To die, and set her fears at rest”; the lack of participation from a God who ‘takes no sort of heed’ and the inescapable ‘bloody mess’ of war and ‘job’ which must be carried out by the narrator as a soldier.
A complete Unit of work for both student and teacher - engaging and original.
There are many options for close reading comprehensions for “Private Peaceful”, but this unit offers thoughtful, engaging and skill-enhancing work for each chapter. The student is encouraged to critique and explain the development of character; or writer’s craft, creating PEE paragraphs and PETE paragraphs - with the inclusion of TECHNIQUE, among other challenges…
All excepts are copyright of Michael Murpurgo.
In my classroom,** “Private Peaceful”** is taught in tandem with “War Poetry” and there are several occasions when overlap is made - check out my complete Student and Teacher Booklets, as well as some free samples below:
War Poetry Booklets + PP
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12375733
Wildred Owen’s “Dolce” - free
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12366844
Jessie Pope’s “Who’s for the Game” - free
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12366846
“The Target” Essay Analysis
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12506386
Included here:
Chapter 1 - notes and tasks
Chapter 2 - description of mother, example supplied; character analysis of Big Joe - mix and match creation of PETE paragraphs; close analysis of Grandma Wolf using BARSCAP - all with answers.
Chapter 3 - close analysis of entire chapter - close reading, technique spotting and explanations - annotated chapter included - with answers.
Chapter 4 - tasks including PETE development, creation of newspaper article - all with answers and samples
Chapter 5 - tasks including the development of Charlie and Molly’s relationship, creation of Love Letter between them - guidance and sample pupil example provided - with answers.
Chapter 6 - tasks including Big Joe’s disappearance and close analysis of negative and positive atmosphere - how it is created - all with answers
Chapter 7 - tasks including close reading, differentiated work for the Seargant Major’s speech, propaganda work (linked to “War Poetry” resource - all with answers
Chapter 8 - tasks including close reading, scaffolding of PETE paragraphs, BARSCAP analysis of Sergeant Hanley - with answers
Chapter 9 - tasks including reality of life in the trenches - notes and table supplied; PETE paragraph work for Tension; PEE and technique work; links to ‘The Target’ - with answers
Chapter 10 - three options for close analysis - scaffolded and guided analysis using PEE/PETE; a look at colloquial language and Tommo’s changing feelings - with answers
Chapter 11 - thorough questions of the whole chapter - could be used as an assessment - close references to ‘Dulce’; Letter home from Tommo with notes to assist - with answers
Chapter 12 - key questions to aid understanding of what happened and why - looking again at Hanley (add to BARSCAP from Chapter 8); notes to aid creation of the courtroom dialogue - with answers
Chapter 13 + Postscript - analysis of Charlie’s last moments, and questions
A complete and accessible student booklet which leads the pupil through a variety of exercises in order to complete their own creative pieces of writing.
Suitable for KS3 and low ability KS4 or as an easy introduction to Creative Writing (CCEA GCSE Unit 4, Task 1)
This pack includes notes, areas to complete and prompt work to be completed at length separately.
‘Flexing your imagination’ exercises - nine tasks to get pupils engaged and start thinking about words, images and uniqueness.
How to begin your story notes - with exercises to complete to practice the four key methods, folded by ‘Which is best’ work.
Sentence variety notes - how to prevent repetition etc - exercises to complete to make the student aware of their actions and how to improve.
Description notes - with work on the senses, smooth connectives, weather, place, verbs
How to end your story notes - with exercises to complete
Passages to completed with key words - noting how word choice can affect atmosphere and mood
Up-levelling your writing - examples and tasks to complete
Character work - descriptions, opening lines, emotions
Emotions - working through VEMB - Voice, Expression, Movement, Breathing and Pulse - comes with Teacher answers
Image prompts - to develop VEMB and narrative
‘Father and Daughter’ - Oscar winning short - work to complete - comes with Teacher answers
‘The Mysteries of Harris Burdick’ - Image prompts with helpful planning table
Notes for Parts 1-3; focused class work for Parts 4-8 - with answers.
Teacher Notes
Part 1: Teacher Notes to stimulate writing on the ‘Power of Words’ for Auggie
Part 2: Teacher Notes on Via’s key metaphor and her struggles
Part 3: Teacher Notes on Summer’s key characteristic
Julian: Teacher Notes looking at the some of the presentation his character**
Student Work + Teacher Answers for each section.
Part 4: Divided into two parts: 4a - Adjectives and Key Questions; 4b: Vocabulary work, close reading Q, PEE paragraphs
Part 5: Grammar work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work
Part 6: Close reading work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work, Emotions work
Part 7: Vocabulary crossword, multi-choice, PEE work, Chekov’s gun Links
Part 8: First section work only - facts and opinions, research work, close reading, setting etc
After Reading: Book Review and Alphabet Quiz
Student Booklet and Teacher Booklet
Two 32 page booklets, providing an introduction and explanation of Media Texts for KS3 pupils using the mnemonic CLIF to assist analysis of the media texts.
This is an accessible introduction to the analysis required at GCSE, aimed at KS3 pupils engaging the knowledge they already possess and have used in cross-curricular work for posters, leaflets etc.
Suitable for KS3 pupils, lower ability GCSE students, or as a quick forerunner to the more indepth study at GCSE.
You may also be interested in our KS3 Non-Fiction Resource - perfect for introducing KS3 students to Unit 1, Task 2 and 4 analysis.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12366853
**The GCSE version for Unit 1 Task 4 and 5 can be found here
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12393894
Included:
brief review of Target Audience, with task
Colour - explanation of the psychology of colours, key meanings, info graphics (referenced), tasks to complete, sample analysis of full advert
Layout - explanation of layout and key rules, several tasks to complete
Image - explanation of how we ‘read’ images; logo work, expected images, emotion in images, analysis tasks
Font - explanation of a range of fonts, font types explained with tasks to complete, formatting explained, font matching exercise, IT tasks to complete
Analysis of texts - full text to be analysed, followed by five shorter tasks to be analysed for CLIF.
Student Booklet and Teacher Booklet match page to page, providing possible answers to assist with teaching.
Student and Teacher Booklets covering a full range of John Donne’s love, death and God-themed poems.
The following poems are analysed in this resource with both a student and a teacher booklet provided FOR EACH poem:
The Flea
The Good-Morrow
The Sun Rising
The Canonization
The Anniversary
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
The Ecstasy
The Relic
Elegy XIX: To his Mistress going to bed
Loves Deity
Good Friday 1613: Riding Westward
Holy Sonnet VII: At the round Earth’s
Holy Sonnet X: Death be not Proud
Holy Sonnet XIV: Batter my Heart
Each poem comes with:
A blank Student Booklet
A completed Teacher Booklet
A pdf of Narrative Annotations to explain the poem
A pdf of Poetic Technique Annotations to explain the poem
Also included in this resource:
Pre-Tasks: Timeline of John Donne, specfic themes to research
** John Donne - Blank Poem Booklet** (x14 poems)
John Donne - Context Booklet (x19 pages) Student (blank) and Teacher (completed) booklet
John Donne - Exam Booklet - Past Paper and Theme questions (x11). Guidance on how to write an essay; several helpful tables dividing poems into ‘Love’ and ‘God’ poems; Love topics; God and Death topics and matching poems
John Donne - Essay Planning Booklet (x23 pages)
6.** Love poems** - questions for each poem; language work (x18 pages)
The Flea- sample paragraphs and guided work
John Donne + Love - copy of excellent article (referenced); example essay paragraphs for Love poems; example introductions for Love poems
John Donne + God - notes; three essay plans provided
Enjoy these free samples of UNSEEN PROSE for CCEA GCSE English Literature Unit 1.
For more, click on the link below to buy the complete 63 page STUDENT BOOKLET and 64 page TEACHER BOOKLET complete with answers.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ccea-gcse-unseen-prose-english-literature-12478637
Thank you!
Two booklets - one for the STUDENT and one with answers for the TEACHER.
Excellent preparation for the Unseen section of CCEA GCSE Unit 1 English Literature.
Tried and tested in the classroom.
Try our free sample to get a taste of what’s included…
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sample-ccea-gcse-unseen-student-booklet-12478647
63 Page Student Booklet
64 Page Teacher Booklet
Includes:
Exam basics
Full explanation of the question layout and advice for how to answer
Detailed advice for how to form your response - with unique and useful mnemonic memory guide
CCEA advice
Research into popular C19th authors and the times in which they lived
Link to BBC’s excellent selection of free audio ‘Classic Stories’
Close focus, example responses and exercises covering: Setting, Tone, Atmosphere, Mood, Plot, Narration and Character.
Close reading of C19th language style with four developed examples
Plot work on extracts
Guided reading and exercises to assess Setting and Atmosphere
Narrative voice notes, exercises and assessment of Tone in writing
Character notes on C19th expectations
Six exercises to practice Close reading and analysis of Character
Five practice papers with notes to assist student completion
George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’
This resource offers analysis of three of Squealer’s speeches, indicating his methods of manipulative propaganda.
A copy of all ecamples when Squealer speaks
An exercise to put the true events of the Battle of the Cowshed into correct order.
A labelled first example from Chapter 3
A pupil copy of his first Chapter 5 speech
An answer sheet for the first Chapter 5 speech
A pupil copy of his second Chapter 5 speech, without answers