A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig (20-slide PowerPoint teaching resource with 6 worksheets) In Stave 2, Dickens introduces his readers to Scrooge’s antithesis as an employer, Old Fezziwig. This GCSE resource enables learners to gain an insight into the scriptural basis for this important character. It includes: A differentiated ‘Do Now’ worksheet task in which learners reflect on the significance of three passages from scripture and how Dickens alludes to them in Stave One. Learners will then read from, ‘The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door…’ down to ‘”…That’s all”’, thinking about how Dickens presents the character of Fezziwig and Scrooge’s relationship with him. For greater challenge, learners will also reflect on how Scrooge has failed to live up to the example that Fezziwig set for him. Following on from this, learners will undertake a magazine-style quiz from both Scrooge’s and Fezziwig’s perspective. The quiz is entitled ‘Are you a good, Christian employer?’ and encourages learners to think about how Dickens uses the character of Fezziwig to illustrate that one can be both a capitalist and a Christian. The lesson is fully differentiated (Gold, Silver and Bronze tasks) and concludes with a learning review. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig Vs Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge (15-slide PowerPoint presentation and 7 worksheets) This GCSE lesson enables learners to build on their understanding of how Dickens juxtaposes Scrooge and Fezziwig in the novella. It follows on directly from the previous lesson, ‘Old Fezziwig’ and assumes that learners have read from ‘The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door…’ down to ‘”…That’s all.”’ To begin with, there is a differentiated ‘Do Now’ worksheet task which includes a true or false activity on the events of Stave Two thus far. For further challenge, learners will correct the five false statements and write a list, from memory, of the things they have learnt about the Ghost of Christmas Past. Following on from this, learners will revisit the magazine-style quiz they undertook in the previous lesson and use these ideas to contrast Scrooge and Fezziwig as employers. The lesson concludes with a learning review that asks learners to identify four different ways in which Scrooge and Fezziwig are different. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred (15-slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 worksheets) Fred’s nephew is often described as a foil character for Scrooge. This GCSE resource enables students to use the Venn diagram method to compare and contrast the two characters in Stave One of A Christmas Carol. Contents include: A differentiated starter activity, in which pupils work through a series of tasks and questions in pairs to revise what they have discovered about Scrooge so far. After this, learners will read from ‘Once upon a time…’ in Stave One down to ‘…for he returned them cordially’, thinking about what they learn about Fred, Scrooge’s attitude towards his nephew and why Dickens chooses not to reveal Fred’s first name at this stage in the novella. The main activity is for learners to use a Venn diagram and a bank of quotations to compare and contrast Fred and Scrooge. At higher levels, learners will also group the quotations into specific categories and write a comparative paragraph using a pair or set of related quotes as a basis. To conclude, learners will read a definition of a foil character and suggest three ways in which Fred could be considered a foil character for Scrooge. If there is time left over, learners can also attempt an additional challenge task in which they suggests points for and against a statement about Scrooge and Fred. NB. This resources assumes prior knowledge of the first few pages of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in which the protagonist Scrooge is introduced. 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 - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

‘A Christmas Carol - the Rich and the Poor’ explores Dickens’ presentation of the gap between the rich and the poor in Stave One of A Christmas Carol. The resource is made up of a 13-slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets. Its contents include: A differentiated ‘Do Now’ starter activity in which pupils reflect on the importance of 6 quotations from Scrooge’s dialogue with the charity collectors. After this, students will read from ‘Meanwhile, the fog and darkness thickened so…’ down to ‘…to play at blindman’s buff’. As they read, learners will consider the differences between the lives of the rich and the poor in the passage and how Dickens presents these differences. At the highest level, learners will reflect on Dickens’ use of light and dark imagery in the extract. The next activity is for learners to contemplate the significance of the excerpt from ‘God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen’ and how Dickens adapts it in Stave One. The lesson concludes with learners summarising the events of the passage in no more than 20, 15 or 10 words. Each task is accompanied by a set of suggested answers. 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 - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits

A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse (16-slide PowerPoint and 10 worksheets) “And the union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?” In Stave One of ‘A Christmas Carol’, Dickens portrays his protagonist Scrooge as a proponent of the workhouse system. Deliberately designed to be a last resort for the poor and destitute, these austere buildings were described by Richard Oastler as ‘prisons for the poor’. This GCSE resource enables learners to gain an insight into the reality of life for inmates of the workhouses. It includes: A differentiated Do Now / starter activity, in which learners examine an image of a surviving workhouse and reflect on what its function might have been. At higher levels, learners will also consider their own responses to the image and think about why the building might be a tourist attraction today. The main activity is a group task in which learners read a range of sources on the subject of the workhouse and use the information to fill in a findings sheet. The questions on the finding sheet test a range of reading skills including comprehension, inference-making and analysis. After giving feedback, learners will reflect on a controversial statement that encourages them to think about how useful workhouses were as provision for the disadvantaged in Victorian society. This resource not only enriches learners’ understanding of the context of ‘A Christmas Carol’ but also provides an opportunity for learners to practise their reading of 19th Century texts, a requirement of the current English Language GCSE. 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 - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

100s, 10s and 1s - Year 3 In this lower KS2 maths teaching resource, pupils are introduced to 3-digit numbers and begin to understand that they are made up of 100s, 10s and 1s. They identify numbers in different representations on a place value chart and write them in numerals. These activities cover the year 3 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - number and place value) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 3 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities containing varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning with 2 accompanying worksheets to use alongside the presentation 3 further differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers Printable base 10 blocks and place value counters to use during the presentation ‘100s, 10s and 1s - Year 3’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 3 Place Value resources: Hundreds - Year 3 Representing Numbers to 1000 - Year 3 Number Line to 1000 - Year 3 10 and 100 More or Less - Year 3 Comparing Objects up to 1000 - Year 3 Comparing Numbers up to 1000 - Year 3 Ordering Numbers up to 1000 - Year 3 Counting in 50s - Year 3

Comparing Objects up to 1000 - Year 3 In this lower KS2 maths teaching resource, pupils practise comparing numbers in different representations up to 1000 using comparative language and symbols. These activities cover the year 3 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - number and place value) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 3 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities containing varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning with 1 accompanying worksheet to use alongside the presentation 3 further differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Comparing Objects up to 1000 - Year 3’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 3 Place Value resources: Hundreds - Year 3 Representing Numbers to 1000 - Year 3 100s, 10s and 1s - Year 3 Number Line to 1000 - Year 3 10 and 100 More or Less - Year 3 Comparing Numbers up to 1000 - Year 3 Ordering Numbers up to 1000 - Year 3 Counting in 50s - Year 3

Counting in Steps of 3 - Year 2 In this KS1 maths teaching resource, pupils count forwards and backwards in steps of 3 from any multiple of 3. These activities cover the year 2 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - number and place value) and support the White Rose small steps guidance for year 2 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: 2 differentiated continuing a number sequence activities and accompanying worksheets odd one out activity and accompanying worksheet 2 differentiated reasoning and problem solving activities and worksheets ‘Counting in Steps of 3 - Year 2’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 2 Place Value resources: Counting to 100 - Year 2 Representing Numbers - Year 2 Part-Whole Models - Year 2 Tens and Ones Addition - Year 2 Place Value Charts - Year 2 Comparing Objects - Year 2 Comparing Numbers - Year 2 Ordering Objects and Numbers - Year 2 Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s - Year 2

Representing Numbers - Year 2 In this KS1 maths teaching resource, pupils identify and represent numbers using different representations and practise expressing numbers as tens and ones. These activities cover the year 2 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - number and place value) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 2 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Identify the number and complete the sentences activity and accompanying worksheet Identify the given number from the representations activity and accompanying worksheet Match the representations to the correct numbers activity and accompanying worksheet Match the representations to the correct partition activity and worksheet Reasoning and problem solving worksheet with accompanying answer sheet ‘Representing Numbers - Year 2’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 2 Place Value resources: Counting to 100 - Year 2 Part-Whole Models - Year 2 Tens and Ones Addition - Year 2 Place Value Charts - Year 2 Comparing Objects - Year 2 Comparing Numbers - Year 2 Ordering Objects and Numbers - Year 2 Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s - Year 2 Counting in Steps of 3 - Year 2

Representing Numbers to 1000 - Year 3 In this KS2 maths teaching resource, pupils identify and represent numbers to 1000 using different representations. These activities cover the year 3 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - number and place value) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 3 - Autumn - Block 1 - Place Value. Content includes: Activities containing varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning with 5 accompanying worksheets to use alongside the presentation 3 further differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers Printable base 10 blocks and place value counters to use during the presentation ‘Representing Numbers to 1000 - Year 3’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 3 Place Value resources: Hundreds - Year 3 100s, 10s and 1s - Year 3 Number Line to 1000 - Year 3 10 and 100 More or Less - Year 3 Comparing Objects up to 1000 - Year 3 Comparing Numbers up to 1000 - Year 3 Ordering Numbers up to 1000 - Year 3 Counting in 50s - Year 3

Concrete Nouns (19 slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets) ‘Concrete Nouns’ is a very useful resource designed to teach Year2/3 age children about the importance of concrete nouns in reading and writing. The resource contains a definition of a concrete noun with examples, an assessment task and a consolidation activity with accompanying worksheets. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Nouns - Year 1 Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1 Types of Nouns Collective Nouns

Collective Nouns - Year 3 and 4 ‘Collective Nouns - Year 3 and 4’ is an engaging PowerPoint presentation focusing on using collective nouns. Content includes: 1. Collective nouns explanation 2. Examples of collective nouns 3. Collective nouns activity with accompanying worksheet 4. Further collective nouns worksheet with example answers ‘Collective Nouns - Year 3 and 4’ is a fully editable resource so you could use it as a quick starter activity to a literacy lesson, incorporate it into an existing resource, lesson or scheme of work or develop it into a wider language study unit.

A Christmas Carol - Year 7/8 Unit of Work is made up of an 83-slide PowerPoint and 14 worksheets. It contains 8 lessons, each created using the 4-part lesson structure all of which can be edited and differentiated to fit your teaching needs. ‘A Christmas Carol - Year 7/8 Unit of Work’ contains a range of tasks and activities including: A Victorian Christmas Time and structure in A Christmas Carol Developing reading skills such as deduction Speaking and Listening - Scrooge on a TV talk show Exploring characters How Dickens uses language How to write about A Christmas Carol using evidence from the text Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular KS2/3 novels: The Silver Sword War Horse The Demon Headmaster Skellig Holes - KS3 Holes - KS2 Charlotte’s Web Billionaire Boy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Roman Army (14-slide PowerPoint-based lesson) This Year 6 / Year 7 resource includes: An introduction to the Roman Army and the life of a soldier A short film about army life What a Roman soldier carried The life of the auxiliaries in the army Images from Trajan’s Column in Rome showing the life of a soldier Two films exploring life as a soldier of the Empire A consolidation of understanding task ‘Design a recruitment poster for the Roman army’ activity Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Introducing the Romans The Romans in Britain Life in a Roman Town Roman Roads

Using Commas Correctly English SPaG Teaching Resource ‘Using Commas Correctly’ covers the correct use of the comma when writing a list and when writing dialogue. This animated PowerPoint presentation includes: Using commas to replace ‘and’ or ‘or’ in a list Using commas with adjectives and adverbs How to use commas when writing dialogue Activities to support the teaching of these objectives with 2 accompanying worksheets 1 further worksheet with answers ‘Using Commas Correctly’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Commas For Lists Avoiding Comma Splicing Using Commas After Fronted Adverbials

Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B ‘Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B’ is a fully editable PowerPoint teaching resource with accompanying worksheets. It has been created to help teachers prep students for Section B of the Edexcel GCSE English exam Paper One. Content includes: An introduction to the exam paper and the requirements of Section B A step-by-step guide to achieving good marks on the exam paper How to write a powerful piece of imaginative writing How to plan, structure and execute an effective story opening Understanding how the mark scheme is used to assess students’ work Worksheets Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Edexcel GCSE English and English Literature resources: Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section A Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section B Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1 Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 2 Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1 and Paper 2 Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section B has been made to help pupils prepare for Section B of the Edexcel GCSE English Paper 2 exam. The resource includes the following: An introduction to the exam and the contents of Paper 2, Section B A step-by-step guide to getting a good grade on Paper 2, Section B Exploring the exam questions and examplar answers Understanding the role of audience, purpose and format in a written response Exploring writing to Persuade and persuasive devices Writing to argue – structure, language and devices Writing articles and letters How to structure an argument Writing a speech and creating a leaflet Writing to Advise Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Edexcel GCSE English and English Literature resources: Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section A Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1 Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 2 Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1 and Paper 2 Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

Afternoons by Philip Larkin (42-slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets) ‘Afternoons’ is a GCSE English teaching resource for the poem ‘Afternoons’ by Philip Larkin - as featured in the WJEC Eduqas GCSE 9-1 Poetry Anthology. The resource includes a range of activities which explore the poem’s context, language, tone, form, style, theme and structure in detail. The resource is aimed at teachers of GCSE students preparing for the WJEC Eduqas GCSE 9-1 English examinations. Afternoons by Philip Larkin contents include: A short introduction to Larkin and the poem’s context (1950s/60s gender roles, social housing) Comprehension tasks Analysing the use of language and imagery in Afternoons Examining the poem’s form, structure and Larkin’s use of poetic techniques Modelling how to use P.E.T.E.R. to write analytically about ‘Afternoons’ Philip Larkin’s ‘message’ and the poem’s key themes Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

1st Date - She and 1st Date – He GCSE English Poetry (35 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 worksheets) This resource explores the Wendy Cope poem (as featured in the Edexcel Poetry Anthology) - in detail. It includes the following activities: Finding out about the poet Wendy Cope task Reading and understanding the poem Exploring the imagery used Discussion of form and structure Analysing language Learning how to write about a poem using P.E.T.E.R. Links to additional notes and a copy of the anthology Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier 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 La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones