7 bright posters, each one focusing on a different aspect of textual study. Analysing Conflict Analysing Structure Analysing Symbols Analysing Characters Analysing Imagery Analysing Style Analysing Themes Each poster contains definitions and questions designed to prompt students in their study of each aspect.

30 pairs of colourful flashcards that need to be paired up. Can be used as an individual paste activity or as a group matching task.

7 sheets (28 cards) that encourage students to develop their awareness of contractions and the words that make up a contraction. The lines on each card are specific to the words required.

15 pages of Christmas Literacy activities. Bright, colourful worksheets that include word scrambles, wordsearch, colouring in pages, Letter to Santa, word to picture match, Alphabet words. This is an ideal resource to include in a Christmas Busy Book.

7 pages of colourful worksheets helping students to develop their phonic sound awareness. Beginning and ending blend sounds covered.

16 “notecards” that help students to consider what / why a director uses particular cinematography techniques. This resource is designed to be pre-cut for students to match up the technique to the question. The director asks hypothetical questions relating to his film. The information is generic enough for students to be able to assign a specific technique to the question. Brilliant revision activity to assess student understanding of cinematography.

27 slides of analysis on 3 key scenes in Joe Wright’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s Atonement. Opening scene Robbie’s arrest Briony’s introduction at St. Thomas’ Hospital. Suitable for Year 12 / 13 film study.

10 page display kit containing: 1 volcano 32 “cloud” sight words Dino footprints 1 - 20 (all in colour) Brighten up your classroom with a dinosaur themed literacy / numeracy display. Clouds / Footprints are intended to be cut out and arranged as you wish.

41 quick fire revision questions on the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel. The card with the asterisk begins the game. This is an excellent way to promote listening skills amongst your students : )

36 flashcards to be used as revision of the play studied. Students can write an example of the term in the play on the flashcard to help with their revision. Examples of terms include: Bombast Chorus Epilogue Conceit Soliloquy Stichomythia

5 worksheets helping students to find verbs / auxillary verbs in a sentence. This resource is designed as a quick revision activity once students have been taught parts of speech.

12 revision activities on Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca. This resource is ideal for students to work on independently once they are familiar with the film. There are a range of activities including essay questions, mind maps, etc., and cover aspects such as themes, film techniques, character development and style.

5 essays on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief. The essays are designed to answer NCEA Level 2 questions. Each essay focuses on a different question. Included: Non-Achieved Achieved Unfinished x 2. These were written to teach students how write an effective conclusion. Excellence Editable Word documents so the teacher / students can explain how / where the essay points meet the marking criteria (developed / convincing / perceptive) for each grade.

7 slide Power Point on Joe Wright’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, Atonement. This resource looks at Linguistic, Thematic and Stylistic conflicts presented in the text. It’s designed to be used to promote discussion amongst teacher and students. Some discussion questions included.

3 resources included in this package. Analytical notes on Pan organised through SOLO Taxonomy descriptors showing students what is needed to be proficient eat each level. A borderline Non-Achieved / Achieved Pan essay on character development. I have found this resource to be useful in illustrating the difference between a plot-driven essay. Students are able to edit the document and provide relevant analysis. Editable document showing how to integrate analytical comments into an essay. Again, this is useful for students who tend to ‘tell the story’. The scene analysed is Ofelia and the Toad. Resources designed for NCEA Level 3, NZ Curriculum, but can be adapted to any film analysis of Pan’s Labyrinth.

20 colourful flashcards each containing a full sentence in the present tense. This resource is ideal for practising reading sight words and introducing new vocabulary as pupils become confident with sight words and look for an additional challenge. Bonus: each flashcard comes with a traceable letter version to enable students to develop their handwriting skills.

Resource designed to help students of Level 3 NCEA English, Visual Texts develop essay writing responses. Essay criteria is broken down into analysis / ideas and evidence. 2 sided Word document. Students are able to use this as a checklist when writing an essay in order to distinguish between the grade boundaries.

2 exemplar essays on Wright’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, Atonement. Based on NCEA Level 3 Visual Text questions, these essays are Excellence level essays.

14 slide Power Point looking at the aspect of Setting in Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth. Discussion questions / lecture style notes on the physical and socio-political setting of the film. Suitable for Year 13 / Level 3 NCEA Visual Text study.