An intro to the topic of narrative for GCSE English Language. It includes an in-depth PowerPoint, grade 9 exemplar work and a lecturer podcast.

An in-depth PowerPoint on desert island discs, proof reading and sentence structure. I have also included a starter on celebs as kids. The students love it!

A fantastic lesson on handwriting. The lesson focuses on the most common problems children have with handwriting and gives a number of helpful solutions (short & long term).

An in-depth, fun and informative PowerPoint on writing a successful paragraph.

Quiz using pictures of different cities. Useful as a starter on a unit about cities. Is also useful to get pupils looking for clues in images to help locate them somewhere in the world.

Fun lesson with information, techniques, discussion topics and a quiz.

A fun activity the student love! Great for analysing texts (could be use for R&W exams). In groups, students take photos of the 6 types of picture given to them e.g. perspective, reflection, jump photo etc. They then have to recreate three famous photographs e.g. Rosa Parks, Afghan Girl etc. The students then need to analyse the famous photos and their own! All resources included. The students are told that a first reaction to looking at any photograph is probably an immediate response, whether you like it, or not. However, photographs can be analysed in more detail. Almost any photograph has a lot to offer if you learn to ‘read’ it.

All our students do the certain common, “unnecessary mistakes” that writers often fall victim to in their writing. This quiz will help you to identify where they tend to make these mistakes, and hopefully, it will help them to avoid them in your future writing. These mistakes are an English teacher’s ultimate pet peeves! Avoid at all costs!

A fun and informative quiz on vocab used in the office. Mainly used in my ESL lessons.

Fun and informative PowerPoint quiz on superlatives. The students a number of questions such as: Which language has the largest vocabulary?, What is the most dangerous animal for us, humans? etc. It’ s a fun activity which the students enjoy and really hammers home the topic of superlatives.

A PowerPoint collection of The Most Powerful & Influential Photographs Ever. Each photo has information and a description. It is also available to view as a 8 min video clip (included).

A 42-slide grammar quiz. Covers most of the tenses and other grammar areas.

Great PowerPoint for last min revision on paper 2! I have also included a video version. All questions are covered separately with real exam questions, examiner tips and model answers.

The students love this idiom activity! Fun activity on ten international idioms where the students discuss what they mean! Great images used which spark real debate!

This is a revision lesson (including new exam paper) for the unit 2 reading exam. The exam is based on an article by The New York Times writer Mandy Len Catron. The article is about a report that argued that asking thirty-six specific questions plus four minutes of sustained eye contact is a recipe for falling in love, or at least creating intimacy among complete strangers. This is a fun, interactive lesson which my students really enjoyed. I have modifed an exam paper which apes real exam questions. The following are included: lesson PowerPoint, NY Times article, exam paper, link to a fun website activities, group discussions.

A lesson looking at the most common student problems with creative writing and looking how to solve these common errors. PP includes examplar material, student discussion and group activites. I have also included a fun starter on Catchphrase (the students love this!).

A simple, interactive and fun lesson on writing a bibliography.

An informative, interactive and fun lesson on Q1 and Q3 of the non-fiction reading exam. This lesson looks at the November 2018 exam which looked at two articles on daredevils tightrope walking across Niagra Falls. There is a also an excellent examiner podcast that really benefits the students. The lesson includes the following: Examiner tips Three group activities Model answers Link to extract Fun and interesting images

A great intro into narrative writing. The lesson includes a starter character, themes, plot, structure and much more,

A great PowerPoint on the best (and most famous) opening lines in fiction. Each book has its example with interesting images. Great for teaching creative writing.