I have been teaching English for over 15 years in grammar and secondary schools. I now teach part time supply and online. My resources are suitable for students age 11 to adult.
I have been teaching English for over 15 years in grammar and secondary schools. I now teach part time supply and online. My resources are suitable for students age 11 to adult.
This 15-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences.
A better understanding of Apostrophes for contractions and when to use the right apostrophe at the right time, will ensure more precision in writing. This will therefore avoid misunderstandings in student’s written and oral work.
Explanation, exercises, quiz and answers included.
This 19-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences.
A better understanding of Apostrophes - showing ownership, and when to use the right one at the right time, will ensure more precision in writing, thereby avoiding misunderstanding in student’s written and oral work.
Explanation, exercises, quiz and answers included.
This 18-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences.
A better understanding of Gender Specific Nouns will ensure more gender precision, thereby avoiding misunderstandings in students’ written and oral work.
Includes exercises, a quiz and answers.
This 18-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences.
A better understanding of how Relative Pronouns operate as glue connecting subjects or objects of the subordinate/dependent clause, will improve written and spoken communication, ensuring that the intended meaning is clear.
Includes exercises, a quiz and answers.
This 17-page booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences.
Interrogative Nouns (who, whom, whose, what, which) are essential tools for asking questions and gathering information. They help in starting conversations, seeking clarification and understanding others’ perspectives.
Includes exercises, a quiz and answers.
The purpose of this 23 page booklet is to test students’ understanding of the grammatical rules that govern the English language.
100 questions and answers.
Suitable for age 8 and up, including adult learners.
Cognate nouns, which are words in different languages, that have similar forms and meanings due to common origin, help students expand their vocabulary more efficiently, help students with spelling and punctuation and improve reading comprehension.
Recognising cognates can accelerate the learning process as students can leverage their existing knowledge of their native language to understand and remember new words in a foreign language.
This booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences.
Compound nouns expand students’ vocabulary, allowing them to express complex ideas more precisely; understanding compound nouns helps students comprehend what they read more accurately, especially in academic and technical subjects where compound nouns are frequently used.
This booklet will help students in constructing grammatically correct sentences.
A better understanding of Distributive Nouns such as “each,” “every,” “either,” and “neither,” help specify how actions or attributes are distributed among individuals or items within a group. This precision ensures that communication is clear and that the intended meaning is conveyed accurately.
This booklet will help students identify antonyms allowing them to understand and use a wider range of words.
Finding antonyms requires students to analyse words and their meanings critically, promoting higher order thinking skills.
The purpose of this booklet is to enhance the students’ understanding of words that sound alike and help them in identifying when to use the right word in the right context.
A compendium of tasks and exercises teaching students about this powerful little giant.
The full stop is a silent guide in the written world. The simple dot carries signigicant weight in the realm of punctuation, uderscoring the importance of precision in language and communication.
This resource will help students understand the power of this understated punctuation.
This is a challenging resource for students aged 7 to adult, which blends educational content with fun.
This PowerPoint is 17 slides long.
It covers Text & Context (AO2) with 5 exercises to help reinforce ideas with the student.
The lessons involve historical research, and this will cover 2 lessons.
This 175-page study guide contains all of the poems in the OCR Youth and Age cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet.
There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the study guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discursive markers advice and tasks for better essay writing results.
In addition, there are handouts on poetic and rhetorical devices and poetry styles to help students identify techniques and comment on effects. This study guide is intended to focus the student on relevance to the exam.
We have worked hard to make it simple for the student.
This 162-page study guide contains all of the poems in the OCR Love and Relationships cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet.
There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discursive markers advice and tasks for better essay writing results.
In addition, there are handouts on poetic and rhetorical devices and poetry styles to help students identify techniques and comment on effects. This study guide is intended to focus the student on relevance to the exam.
We have worked hard to make it simple for the student.
Included in the GCSE Modern Drama pack are all the tools and tips to answer the exam question on The Empress. There are -
handouts and exercises on plot, character, themes, writer, and the nature of drama
a glossary of dramatic terms
an explanation of the three unities
how to structure your essays
the use of P.E.E.
rhetorical devices chart
revision tests
a connectives chart (discursive markers)
past exam papers to practice on
model exam answers
links to instructional YouTube videos.
This 171-page study guide contains all of the poems in the AQA World and Lives cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet.
There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the study guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discursive markers advice and tasks for better essay writing results.
In addition, there are handouts on poetic and rhetorical devices and poetry styles to help students identify techniques and comment on effects. This study guide is intended to focus the student on relevance to the exam.
This 226-page study guide contains all of the poems in the WJEC Love and Relationships cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet.
There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the study guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discursive markers advice and tasks for better essay writing results.
In addition, there are handouts on poetic and rhetorical devices and poetry styles to help students identify techniques and comment on effects. This study guide is intended to focus the student on relevance to the exam.