In this complete Year 9 or 10 lesson, pupils will learn how to write an IEEL paragraph which is the building-block of GCSE English Literature essays. This stand-alone lesson fits into my series of lessons and resources on ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman, focusing on chapters 8 and 9. This is a complete lesson with all the resources: powerpoint differentiated worksheets example EDUQAS GCSE English Literature exam question example paragraphs detailed lesson plan both word/PowerPoint and PDF formats are provided Curriculum Objective: Know how to write an IEEL (Identify, Explain, Example, Link) paragraph. Outcome: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to construct an IEEL paragraph using appropriate subject-specific vocabulary. This is a ready-to-go ‘Ofsted-proof’ four-part lesson with 4 sections: starter (inc. extension task), input, activity (with extra support for those who need it) and plenary. No planning or previous knowledge needed (from either teacher or students). The lesson has been designed for a Year 9/10 class who have just begun reading the novel, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ as a GCSE text. It is suitable as a pre-reading lesson, to use as revision, or when moving on to exam questions. You could even use it as an introduction to writing IEEL paragraphs without reading the novel. I have over 20 years in teaching English at GCSE. I am an experienced GCSE examiner with EDUQAS.

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 37. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: homophobia short tasks about chapter 37 testing: locating information; inference; language and structure; writing an IEEL paragraph teacher feedback sheet Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Five blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 45 to 50 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Questions Writing multiple-choice questions Types of narrative ending Predictions Features of a book review (inc. an example review) Writing a review of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

This is an interactive, self-marking activity for engaging pupils with ten of the main** author techniques **in ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman. Students are given a riddle and must match each definition to a choice of techniques in order to solve it. A word bank is provided on the activity. This activity will help to engage your students with the names, definitions and spellings of key subject terminology for GCSE English Literature. Self-marking - if the student’s screen spells out the whole word, they’ve chosen all of the terms correctly! Great to use as a starter, plenary, revision or homework activity. Can be used at any point of teaching the novel, or at the pre-reading stage, as no characters or events from the novel are featured in this activity. I found that this activity took my Year 9s about 10 minutes to complete. Please note: This is a Microsoft Excel activity. Students will need access to Excel to be able to use this. If you have found this resource useful, please leave me a positive review and take a look at my other English teaching resources in my TES shop. *Answer: LITERATURE protagonist 2. simile 3. exclamation 4. foreshadowing linear structure 6. dramatic irony 7. parallels 8. internal monologue stock phrases 10. dual narrative*

6 x ‘Lord of the Flies’ practice papers for Eduqas GCSE English Literature. Bundle 2 contains questions about: Nature, Civilisation, Loss of Innocence, Violence, Order and Discipline, and Jack.

This pack contains: a lesson plan with a range of activities to choose from an extract from a modern novel guided worksheets to help students to understand how to approach this type of question The extract is from ‘The Universe versus Alex Woods’ by Gavin Extence, and the 10-mark question is ‘How does the writer capture the reader’s interest?’ The worksheets guide students through how to: identify the key words in a question annotate an extract for implicit information discuss the use of descriptive techniques structure their full response The guided worksheets are extremely detailed and may be used for cover lessons, homework and remote learning.

Three worksheets based on chapters 10 and 11 of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman. You get 3 PDF worksheets. Activities include: True or False maze based on chapters 10 and 11 (answers included) Explanations about the differences between writing to advise and writing to instruct Close reading exercise Writing exercise Challenge task for the most able students I’ve designed these activities as part of a blended learning approach to a first reading of this GCSE text with a mixed ability Year 9 group. These worksheets would also suit independent learning or homework tasks.

This is a fun activity for KS2 and KS3 pupils to help them practice identifying differerent word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. In this activity, all of the sentences are about Disney films. Pupils read the sentence and decide if the highlighted word is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. They follow their answers to lead them through the maze. Depending upon ability, this activity should take pupils about 5-10 minutes to complete. It is ideal to be used as a starter, plenary or homework activity. Answers are included. I also have a Marvel version of this resource on my TES shop, along with lots of other teaching resources. If you’ve found this resource useful, please leave a review.

This is a fun activity for KS2 and KS3 pupils to help them practice identifying differerent word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. In this activity, all of the sentences are about the Marvel superhero world. Pupils read the sentence and decide if the highlighted word is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. They follow their answers to lead them through the maze. Depending upon ability, this activity should take pupils about 5-10 minutes to complete. It is ideal to be used as a starter, plenary or homework activity. Answers are included. I also have a Disney version of this resource in my TES shop, along with lots of other resources for teaching English. If you’ve found this resource useful, please leave a review.

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Chapters 14-17 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content includes: commas in lists, hyperbole

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ chapter 18. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, cover lesson, homework or independent learning.

Blended teaching worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman. Can be used as a taught lesson, as homework, as a cover lesson, or for independent learning. Content: Boys Don’t Cry chapters 12 and 13, dialogue, speech punctuation, speech marks, speech tags, direct speech, inverted commas, summarising

Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 26. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content includes: metaphors extended metaphors readers’ responses to Aunt Jackie character roles Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Adam, before and after the attack Skimming Scanning Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Four blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 31 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: research task: careers working with children apostrophes for possession features of a report writing a report answer sheet for all tasks Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Four blended learning worksheets, plus a teacher feedback sheet, for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 39 and 40. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Malorie Blackman’s Style Characters’ thoughts Characters’ feelings Planning to write a chapter from Josh’s point of view Self-assessment task Teacher feedback sheet Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

This pack contains everything you need to teach ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature. You will get a 34-lesson scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, and all of the resources you need to deliver it. This scheme of work uses a ‘blended learning’ approach, covering skills for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature. It incorporates the whole-class reading of the novel, activities on each chapter, non-fiction writing, narrative writing, literary and linguistic devices, punctuation and grammar. It also incorporates interactive and kinaesthetic revision activities. In this HUGE bundle, you will get ALL of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ resources: Scheme of work (medium-term plan) Vocabulary slides to support reading in class or at home Worksheets for each chapter 6 practice exam papers with support grids and suggestions for content of responses WAGOLL examples Prompts for quick-writes and discussions Lesson plan and resources: Writing IEEL paragraphs Lesson plan and resources: Gender 2 colour-by-numbers revision sheets Who said that? card sort Chapter 10 and 11 maze Author’s techniques self-marking activity Cover lesson about Malorie Blackman Exploring the title

Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Fully differentiated task for grades 9-1. Students explore the meaning of the novel’s title. Contains links to online articles. Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Worksheet to accompany chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Covers: metaphors, literal meanings, minor sentences, simple sentences Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Boys Don’t Cry - worksheet for chapter 1. Covers: idioms, facts, adjectives, register