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Check out my English Language and Literature resources for secondary level.
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Easter Task Bundle | English Language Skills | Secondary
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Two free scavenger hunts, two differentiated writing tasks and one SpaG task… at a discount. Enjoy!
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Romeo and Juliet Bundle | 10 Resources | Literature
All of my Romeo and Juliet resources to date. This pack includes:
CSI pre-reading activity
Prologue walkthrough
Language analysis of scenes and characters
3 double-sided bookmarks
2 Guided practice essay booklets
1 pack of guided practice worksheets
Guided practice frame for literature essays
Extension task mat for fast finishers
4 posters for using more ambitious vocabulary in English
Comprehension and Analysis Questions for Chapter 2 of Robert Cormier's Heroes
Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 2 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage!
Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert.
Includes:
Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Comprehension and Analysis Questions for Chapter 1 of Robert Cormier's Heroes
Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 1 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage!
Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert.
Includes:
Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Comprehension and Analysis Questions for Chapter 3 of Robert Cormier's Heroes
Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 3 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage!
Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert.
Includes:
Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Comprehension and Analysis Questions for Chapter 4 of Robert Cormier's Heroes
Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 4 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage!
Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert.
Includes:
Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
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GROWING BUNDLE of Chapter by Chapter Questions for Robert Cormier's Heroes
Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapters 1-4 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage. Perfect for homework or cover/sub work too!
Chapters 5-17 to be added as they are created.
Includes the following for EACH chapter:
Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide
Autumn Similes | Comparing Images | Writing Devices | Google Slides
Kickstart or end your lessons with some creative thinking. Use as bellringers or brain breaks - reveal comparative images for the picture in the center of the slide, and ask your students to use the comparisons to write or share interesting similes.
Google Slides version included!
EDITABLE | A-Z of Persuasive Devices | Planning Strategies
This editable A-Z of persuasive devices and strategies for speeches, letters and persuasive essays. Aimed at high school students, you can set the full alphabet of techniques as a task, or set a minimum of 10 devices from the list (for example), or assign specific devices to individuals according to the differentiation needs of your class.
US and UK document sizes provided. Editable Google Apps version included.
Group Discussion Self Assessment | Evaluation and Reflection | Two-sided Sheet
A self assessment form in high school not only lightens your workload, but it also allows students to reflect and evaluate their progress and open a dialogue with you as their teacher. This resource comes in both US and UK document sizes (with appropriate spellings), editable Google Apps, and prompts your students to consider the following:
The topic of discussion
How they planned for it
Which speaking skills they used
Which listening skills they used
How they used them (giving examples)
Confidence levels at the beginning, middle and end of the discussion
Areas to improve based on the skills
Printable Literary Theme Sticky Notes | Editable | Any Novel, Poem or Play
Help your students to analyse the themes in any text using these printable sticky note sheets. Print prompts and questions to distribute among the class, or give full sets to students for them to evaluate and apply as individual or group work.
This product includes…
Base template to ensure that your sticky notes go in the right place
12 themes to be printed onto 12 sticky notes (2 pages, 6 per page)
12 themes to be printed onto full page sets of sticky notes (12 pages, 6 per page)
Blank editable boxes for you to create your own information (1 page, 6 per page)
All materials included are provided in US letter and UK A4 size documents.
Figurative Language | Literary Devices | Bunting | Classroom Decoration
A bunting set aimed at high school classrooms featuring eight different writing devices. Decorate your classroom with purposeful and attractive flags! Each poster includes the Greek or Latin word roots for the device, and five quotations from literary works as examples.
The posters demonstrate:
Alliteration
Assonance
Imagery
Metaphors
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Similes
Use as classroom bunting, posters or print as smaller handouts or flashcards.
An Inspector Calls | Mrs Birling Quotations | Colour by Theme
Explore the quotations and themes of the character Mrs Birling, from JB Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls. The line art image of Mrs Birling is peppered with quotations, acting as a graphic organiser as well as a fun visual activity.
Choose a colour for each theme on the checklist at the bottom of the sheet, and shade the sections to link the quotations and the themes. Not only does this help understanding and revision, but you get a piece of art at the end!
This resource is provided in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
Follow me to be updated as each character sheet is added for this play!
TikTok Profile Template | Any Character or Historical Figure
Encourage your students to step into the shoes of a character or historical figure by creating a TikTok account for them. Great fun, but requires thought and justification! What would their TikTok handle be? What’s the profile picture? How about the bio? How many followers do they have, and what do their last six videos look like?
As well as a profile screen, this set of sheets includes screens for followers, following and suggested follows. It also has screens for paused videos and comment sections. There are three types of sheet provided, and one of them is individual screens each on a single page.
US and UK document sizes included. have fun!
Summer | School's Out Acrostic Poem | KS2 and KS3 | Reflection
Six summer acrostic poem worksheets with different fonts, and with or without writing guidelines. Students use the letters in the phrase ‘SCHOOL’S OUT’ to write a reflective acrostic poem about their school year.
These worksheets come in simple black and white format for easy printing, and in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
An Inspector Calls | Mr Birling Quotations | Colour by Theme
Explore the quotations and themes of the character Mr Birling, from JB Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls. The line art image of Mr Birling is peppered with quotations, acting as a graphic organiser as well as a fun visual activity.
Choose a colour for each theme on the checklist at the bottom of the sheet, and shade the sections to link the quotations and the themes. Not only does this help understanding and revision, but you get a piece of art at the end!
This resource is provided in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
Follow me to be updated as each character sheet is added for this play!
Abstract and Concrete Nouns | Word Sort | Flashcards | EDITABLE
This abstract and concrete noun sorting activity is designed to prompt discussion as well as stretch learners and consolidate skills. Attractive flashcards come in three designs, and I have also included PNGs of image-only flashcards for you to add an extra layer of discussion, or to differentiate for your gifted and talented learners.
The text on each flashcard is fully editable for you to adapt the font or change the language, making this set of cards a bilingual resource too!
Back to School | Would You Rather | Visual | Editable | Printable
A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow and accompanying worksheets for KS3 and KS4 students with a back to school theme. For example, would your students rather do lessons one day a week without electricity, or one day a week outdoors in any weather, and why?
Encourage discussion around fifteen prompt pairs, all focused on the school theme. Great for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks. Either use the PowerPoint alone for verbal responses, use the full worksheets as a longer activity, hand out individual pairs as slips for a quick task… or a use as a combination!
US and UK document sizes included, and Google Apps versions with editable worksheets provided.
Individual Talk Self Assessment | Evaluation and Reflection | Two-sided Sheet
A self assessment form in high school not only lightens your workload, but it also allows students to reflect and evaluate their progress and open a dialogue with you as their teacher. Whether students are talking about an interest or hobby, or delivering their own Ted Talk, this task raises awareness of the communication skills required.
This resource comes in both US and UK document sizes (with appropriate spellings), editable Google Apps, and prompts your students to consider the following:
The topic of their presentation or talk
How they planned for it
Which speaking skills they used
Which listening skills they used
How they used them (giving examples)
Confidence levels at the beginning, middle and end of the discussion
Areas to improve based on the skills
Back to School | School Day Memory | Recount and Narrative Writing
Engage your students in some narrative or recount writing in the first week back at school by exploring a school day memory of their choice. This four-version differentiated graphic organiser is laid out like a lunch tray and you can either designate different prompt versions to different students, provide the blank one for class discussion and autonomy, or add your own prompts.
Comes with editable Google Apps version and in both US and UK document sizes.