War Horse War Horse is a unit of work containing a 142-slide PowerPoint, 14 PDF worksheets and 13 lessons. This scheme of work explores the novel chapter by chapter, analysing the book’s plot, characters, themes and language through a range of engaging activities. These teaching resources can be used with Year 5 or Year 6 (Upper KS2) or with a lower ability Year 7 group either as a whole class text or as part of a guided reading programme. Below are examples of the activities contained in the lessons. Comprehension questions Chapter by chapter activities to consolidate understanding Research task – World War One Making predictions about War Horse using the cover, title, author and blurb Exploring and discussing themes Character analysis of Joey, Albert, Father and Captain Nicholls Understanding the features of a novel – how does Michael Morpurgo use language and narrative structure in War Horse? Close analysis of language in key scenes Role play and hot seating activities Understanding War Horse’s characters through empathetic writing – diary writing Developing inference and deduction skills Writing a newspaper story about key events in the story Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular upper KS2 / lower KS3 novels: Holes The Silver Sword The Demon Headmaster Skellig Charlotte’s Web Billionaire Boy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A Christmas Carol

Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE This free resource introduces GCSE students to the plot and main themes of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. It includes a 15- slide PowerPoint-based teaching resource (with three accompanying worksheets) containing a range of engaging activities. To preview ‘Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE’ click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

An Inspector Calls - Plot Summaries (PowerPoint presentation and worksheets) This free GCSE resource is made up of three plot summaries of the three acts in An Inspector Calls. Each plot summary contains an animated activity and an accompanying worksheet. The resource also contains a range of extension tasks perfect for further study after the play has been read. To preview ‘An Inspector Calls - Plot Summaries’ in detail click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: An Inspector Calls - GCSE Unit of Work An Inspector Calls - Arthur Birling An Inspector Calls - Sybil Birling An Inspector Calls - Eric Birling An Inspector Calls - Shelia Birling An Inspector Calls - Gerald Croft An Inspector Calls - Comparing Goole and Birling An Inspector Calls - Dramatic Irony An Inspector Calls - Context (Capitalism and Socialism) An Inspector Calls - Themes An Inspector Calls - The Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question An Inspector Calls - Year 9 Unit of Work

Wonder by RJ Palacio - Free Resource This free resource is a lesson taken from our unit of work for Wonder. It is made up of an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation and 1 worksheet and provides a sample of the complete unit which can be viewed here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12417621

My Last Duchess - Robert Browning This free lesson is designed to help you teach Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ to pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology poetry. It is made up of a 33-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets and is the first part of our mini-unit on My Last Duchess. The complete resource can be downloaded here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11062465 This first lesson contains the following: The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Robert Browning’s life. First Reading – A reading of ‘My Last Duchess’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘My Last Duchess’ in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. This free lesson is the first part of our teaching unit on ‘My Last Duchess’. The complete resource can be downloaded here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11062465

Follower by Seamus Heaney This free lesson is designed to help you teach Seamus Heaney’s ‘Follower’ to pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology. It is made up of a 34-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 worksheets and is the first part of our mini-unit on ‘Follower’. The complete resource can be downloaded here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12714247 This first lesson contains the following: Making predictions – From the title alone, what do you think the poem is about? Context – Learning the importance of context. How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Heaney and the disappearing world of traditional Irish rural life First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included and comprehension questions with answers to assess understanding. Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem in detail. Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided. Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes a model answer and peer assessment opportunities. This free lesson is the first part of our teaching unit on ‘Follower’. The complete resource can be downloaded here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12714247

Easily Confused Words - Your and You’re This English teaching resource focuses on the homophones ‘your’ and ‘you’re’. It is an ideal teaching aid when covering these easily confused words. Content includes: Definitions and examples of ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ Consolidation of understanding activity Peer assessment task Link to an interactive game An accompanying worksheet ‘Easily Confused Words - Your and You’re’ is fully editable so it can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a lesson or developed into a lesson on wider spelling rules and homophones. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Easily Confused Words - Of and Off Easily Confused Words - Its and It’s Easily Confused Words - Were, We’re and Where Easily Confused Words - Two, Too and To Easily Confused Words - There, Their and They’re Easily Confused Words - Quite and Quiet

Developing Vocabulary Skills - Year 6 In this English word reading teaching resource, pupils apply their existing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to understand the meaning of new words as per the curriculum objective of the Year 5 and 6 English programme of study (Reading - word reading). Contents include: How suffixes can help us understand new words. How to create and use a vocabulary map. Analysing vocabulary using extracts from The Lost World and The Secret Garden. Keeping a vocabulary journal. Using clues to deduce the meaning of new words. Answering ‘short answer’ reading questions. ‘Developing Vocabulary Skills - Year 6’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.

An Inspector Calls - Arthur Birling GCSE English Literature – Post 1914 Drama ‘An Inspector Calls’ This resource teaches learners about the character of Arthur Birling in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils, it explores the character in depth and explains how to construct an essay in exam conditions. It is made up of a 20-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and an accompanying worksheet. The resource contains the following: Exploring first impressions of Birling using the play’s opening stage directions and early dialogue. Creating an Arthur Birling character profile. Studying key quotes that reveal Birling’s character traits and his role in An Inspector Calls. Comprehension questions to assess understanding, with example answers provided. Exam essay writing activity with example essay included. To preview ‘An Inspector Calls – Arthur Birling’, please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: An Inspector Calls - GCSE Unit of Work An Inspector Calls - Sybil Birling An Inspector Calls - Eric Birling An Inspector Calls - Shelia Birling An Inspector Calls - Gerald Croft An Inspector Calls - Comparing Goole and Birling An Inspector Calls - Dramatic Irony An Inspector Calls - Context (Capitalism and Socialism) An Inspector Calls - Themes An Inspector Calls - Plot Summaries An Inspector Calls - The Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question An Inspector Calls - Year 9 Unit of Work

Sentence Dictation 3 - Year 6 This English spelling and punctuation teaching resource has been designed to assess spelling of the Year 5 and 6 statutory spellings and punctuation taught so far. Children are given simple sentences dictated by the teacher and are awarded points for correct spelling of key words and for correct punctuation. Content includes: PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this objective 2 accompanying worksheets ‘Sentence Dictation 3 - Year 6’ is fully editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.

The Soldier - GCSE WJEC Eduqas War Poetry This two-lesson unit teaches students about Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying WJEC Eduqas War Poetry, the resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to another poem from the anthology. It is made up of a 40-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An introduction to Rupert Brooke and the romantic optimism of the early months of World War One. First Reading - A reading of ‘The Soldier’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing the poem closely; exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Brooke’s use of imagery. Themes - Discussing the themes of ‘The Soldier’. Structure and Form - Considering how Brooke uses form and structure. The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘The Soldier’ with ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview 'The Soldier’, please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias A Complaint My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

A Letter to Secondary School - Year 6 Year 6 - Writing - transcription and composition In ‘A Letter to Secondary School - Year 6’ pupils focus on writing a formal letter to the Head of Year 7 at their new secondary school. This six lesson teaching unit with accompanying worksheets covers the following areas: What is formal, Standard English? How to set out a formal letter Using a thesaurus to improve vocabulary Writing the first draft of a letter Improving language and thinking about word choices How to draft and redraft a letter to secondary school ‘A Letter to Secondary School - Year 6’ can be edited, if needed, to suit all your teaching requirements.