Learn about your students by asking them to design themselves as a video game character. As well as asking students to draw themselves as a character, they are also asked to outline the name, color scheme, skills, powers, travel method and mission for their character. For older or more able students, this can be followed up with a ‘why’ explanation to encourage discussion and reasoning.
This pack includes…
US and UK document sizes
US and UK spellings
PDF versions
PNG versions for you to use in your own lesson planning
Encourage students to target punctuation and grammar skills in their work with the Accuracy Passport. These can be printed as A4 or A5 booklets and glued inside folders, exercise books, or kept in a file with the teacher.
When you grade work, simply sign off when the skills have been demonstrated and stamp the skill once your student shows consistency in each area.
Tiny ‘growing plant’ graphics encourage your students to move along to the next stage and indicate progress.
These sheets are linked to seven main writing text types. They are suitable for use from age 11-16, and include annotated models of the text, suggested usage and punctuation prompts, among other information.
The seven text types are:
Explain (essays and analysis)
Instruct
Recount
Report
Exposition (essays)
Narrative
Persuasion (reviews, letters, speeches, etc)
These sheets are also suitable for use as frames, posters or handouts.
A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about Lennie Small from the chapters of the novel Of Mice and Men, building a picture of the character with these references.
This product includes…
‘Blank canvas’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided
That’s three formats for the same task!
A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about George Milton from the early chapters of the novel Of Mice and Men, building a picture of the character with these references.
This product includes…
‘Blank canvas’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided
That’s three formats for the same task!
Aimed at KS4 More Able and Talented students, this is a full lesson guide for comparing several areas of poetry for two or more poems chosen by the teacher. Use this PowerPoint and set of modelling sentence sheets with any poems!
Includes challenging concepts such as semantic fields and forms of poetry.
The slideshow includes built-in discussion prompts and a quick ‘language of comparison’ starter task to draw students in. The sheets can be used as a cloze activity with students’ own ideas, or to be completed as the class discusses and shares suggestions.
Includes both UK and US spellings and document sizes.
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!
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.
Encourage developed sentences in creative writing with this summer-themed worksheet. Using the prompts (what, who, where, when, how, and why) your students start with a single detail and build it into a fully developed, image-filled sentence.
One sentence-building process is modelled for your students, then two prompts are provided, and finally there are two empty spaces for students to create their own ideas from scratch.
This worksheet is in graphic organizer format, comes in 2 black and white styles and 2 color styles, and all of these come in both US letter and UK A4 document sizes with appropriate spellings and terminology on each.
Coach your students through the close reading and annotation of an extract about Chapter 13 from Wonder, then instruct them in the use of the differentiated essay frame to challenge and stretch pupils at all levels.
What are August’s thoughts and feelings in this extract?
The extract and annotation sheet includes instructions and suggested quotations underlined, and the essay frame shows a clear route of progress and has a built-in example and extension column.
This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size documents, and in colour and black/white versions.
This is an Earth Day activity mat on a single A3 sheet, aimed at KS3 and 4 students. Print on a large sheet of paper for creative thinking and discussion, or on a smaller letter-size or A4 sheet if needed. This graphic organiser prompts your students to plan for writing about:
Creating Earth Day inventions
Carrying out an earth-related survey
Eco-friendly class rules
Earth colors and synonyms
Designing a school Earth Day badge
Writing an Earth Day tweet
Creating an Earth Day smoothie
Exploring hopes and dreams for the earth
Plus more!
This resource includes versions with both US and UK spellings.
Coach your students through the close reading and annotation of an extract about Chapter 1 from Wonder, then instruct them in the use of the differentiated essay frame to challenge and stretch pupils at all levels.
How does Palacio show that August does not fit in?
The extract and annotation sheet includes instructions and suggested quotations underlined, and the essay frame shows a clear route of progress and has a built-in example and extension column.
This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size documents, and in colour and black/white versions.
**Punctuation feedback stickers in a sweetie background design! **
11 types of printable stickers for drawing attention to punctuation improvement areas. The larger stickers fit nicely at the bottom of pages, and the smaller stickers can be perfectly placed in the margin of an exercise book or sheet of paper.
The stickers come as one sheet with all punctuation stickers in one print, or as full sheets of each individual punctuation focus for you to top up when you run out.
The 11 different stickers are…
Don’t forget your capital letters
Don’t forget your full stops
Don’t forget your commas
Don’t forget your apostrophes
Don’t forget your question marks
Don’t forget your speech marks
Don’t forget your colon for a list
You could use a colon
You could use an ellipsis
You could use a semi colon
You could use a dash
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Punctuation feedback stickers in a wild background design!
11 types of printable stickers for drawing attention to punctuation improvement areas. The larger stickers fit nicely at the bottom of pages, and the smaller stickers can be perfectly placed in the margin of an exercise book or sheet of paper.
The stickers come as one sheet with all punctuation stickers in one print, or as full sheets of each individual punctuation focus for you to top up when you run out.
The 11 different stickers are…
Don’t forget your capital letters
Don’t forget your full stops
Don’t forget your commas
Don’t forget your apostrophes
Don’t forget your question marks
Don’t forget your speech marks
Don’t forget your colon for a list
You could use a colon
You could use an ellipsis
You could use a semi colon
You could use a dash
If you like this, you might also like…
Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors
Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy
Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving
Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy
Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy
Everything you need in a single lesson for your students to compare an extract from TS Eliot’s Preludes and Rupert Brooke’s Seaside, resulting in a final essay assignment.
Student read two seemingly different poems, and consider the setting or place of the two texts before comparing details, imagery, and use of figurative language.
This differentiated set of A4 sheets asks students to create a character sketch of Link, from Robert Swindells’ Stone Cold.
Includes the option to provide quotations or not, and to provide silhouettes to sketch over or not.
8 different worksheets to choose from!
Using simple countdown prompts to guide students, this resource allows your class to get on with research responsibly with clear starting and finishing points. Supplement your unit on homelessness or social issues as either a classroom or a homework task.
There are three differentiated versions of this worksheet - one with suggested search terms and foci for pupils needing support, one without prompts but including writing lines, and one without prompts for more independent students.
This resource includes:
3 differentiated versions of the task
PDF versions for quick, no-prep printing
US and UK document sizes
A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Calpurnia from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents.
Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail.
This product includes…
Sheet with 16 quotations provided
Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas
Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations
…and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task!
This differentiated pack of literary essay bingo sheets can be used with any text and for any essay focus or question. Each page offers individual bingo grids for an introduction, four paragraphs for close analysis, and a conclusion.
Not only is there differentiation within the individual grids - with some students aiming to complete rows or columns, and others aiming for a full house - but there are three different versions of grid provided. One includes single word prompts for more able students, another features more detailed prompts, and the third uses questioning within the grids for those students in need of more support.
The resource is provided with…
US letter size and UK A4 size documents
US and UK spellings and terminology
Black and white versions
Colour versions
Editable Google Docs versions
Prank your students by asking them to crack an obvious seeming code! The alphabet code looks easy, but all symbols need to be shifted along one letter… who will work it out first?
Includes:
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How to Use instruction sheet and answer key
Prank code
3x coded messages
‘Real’ code (with symbols in the correct position)
First, students use the key to attempt to decode the messages. How long will it take them to realise it doesn’t make sense? The messages revealed are April themed tasks and questions, which students then respond to - NO INTERNET REQUIRED!