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Verb Tenses SPaG Starters for Whiteboards Part 2
A Powerpoint with 15 Verb Tenses Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register.
Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete.
The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken.
Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers.
Verb Tenses covered:
present continuous tense
past continuous tense
future continuous tense
Verb Tenses SPaG Starters for Whiteboards Part 1
A Powerpoint with 15 Verb Tenses Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register.
Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete.
The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken.
Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers.
Verb Tenses covered:
simple present tense
simple past tense
simple future tense
Homophone SPaG Starters for Whiteboards Part 1
A Powerpoint with 15 Homophone Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register.
Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete.
The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken.
Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers.
Some examples of homophones covered:
to/too/two
there/their/they’re
no/know
buy/by/bye
English Homework - Paragraphs
English Homework - Paragraphs
5 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet.
Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class.
Tasks focus on the following:
Homework 1 – Shifts in Time or Place
Organise the text in paragraphs by adding // to indicate a break in time or a change of place
Remove any paragraphs you think are incorrectly placed and organise the text into functional paragraphs by adding // to indicate a break in time or a change of place.
Homework 2 – Paragraphing for Effect
Organise the text in paragraphs to entertain, amuse, or surprise the reader.
Homework 3 – Speech Paragraphing
Re-write the conversation, inserting paragraphs where they should be.
Homework 4 – Developing and Contrasting
Read the paragraph. Instead of maintaining the same style, develop the passage by writing your own second paragraph
Read the dialogue. This time, instead of maintaining the same style, create a sense of contrast by writing your own paragraph that creates a strong sense of contrast with the dialogue.
Homework 5 – Topic Sentences and Sentence Expansion
Insert the appropriate topic sentence and discourse markers so the argument makes sense
Expand these short sentences into longer ones or several by providing answers to the following questions: when? with whom? how? why? how much? what? or what do they do?
English Homework - Sentences and Punctuation
English Homework - Sentences and Punctuation
6 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet.
Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class.
Tasks focus on the following:
Homework 1 – Identifying sentences
Label the subject and the verb in each sentence
Identify the sentences
Homework 2 – Simple or compound?
Turn the simple sentences into compound sentences
Identify whether the sentences are simple or compound
Homework 3 – Simple, compound or complex?
Turn the simple sentences into complex sentences
Identify whether the sentences are simple, compound or complex
Homework 4 – Demarcating sentences
Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation
Homework 5 – Correcting punctuation
Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation, removing comma splice or run-on sentence errors
Homework 6 – Colons and semicolons
Rewrite the sentences placing a colon where required
Rewrite the sentences placing a semicolon where required
English Homework - Verb Tenses
5 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet.
Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class.
Tasks focus on the following:
Homework 1 – Identifying verbs
Complete the clauses
Underline the verbs
Homework 2 – Present and past tense
Turn to the past tense
Turn present to past
Homework 3 – Correcting tenses
Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses
Homework 4 – Correcting tenses
Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses
Homework 5 – Correcting tenses
Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses
Writing Practice Homework: Paragraphs - 5 Weeks
5 weeks’ worth of homework tasks including one page of learning and one page of related activities as A4 Word editable and printable booklet.
Easy and quick to self-assess in class .
Tasks focus on the following:
Homework 1 – Functional paragraphing
Functional paragraphing examples
TIP TOP
Complete the activities:
Insert the paragraphs
Correct the paragraphs
Homework 2 – Purposeful paragraphing
Purposeful paragraphing examples
Complete the activities:
Insert the paragraphs
Homework 3 – Paragraphing direct speech
What is indirect speech?
What is direct speech?
The general rules of direct speech
Complete the activities:
Insert the paragraphs
Homework 4 – Making paragraph choices
Sustain or maintain the same style
Develop
Contrast
Complete the activities:
Develop
Contrast
Homework 5 – Organising a text
Topic sentences
Sentence expansion
Complete the activities:
Add the topic sentences and discourse markers
Sentence expansion
Writing Practice Homework: Verbs - 6 Weeks
6 weeks’ worth of homework tasks including one page of learning and one page of related activities as A4 Word editable and printable booklet.
Easy and quick to self-assess in class.
Tasks focus on the following:
Homework 1 – What is a verb?
What is a verb?
Different types of verbs found in the verb phrase
Complete the activities:
Complete the clauses
Distinguish the verbs
Homework 2 – Verb tenses
Different types of verb tenses
Complete the activities:
Which tense is being used?
Turn present to past
Homework 3 – Present tense
What is the present tense?
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present perfect continuous
Complete the activities:
Correct the tenses
Homework 4 – Past tense
What is the past tense?
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Complete the activities:
Correct the tenses
Homework 5 – Future tense
What is the future tense?
Modal auxiliary verbs
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Complete the activities:
Correct the tenses
Homework 6 – Completing an action
The progressive aspect
The perfective aspect
Some special uses of aspect
Complete the activities:
Identify progressive and perfective
Match time expressions
Writing Practice Homework: Sentence Demarcation - 6 Weeks
Writing Practice Homework: Sentence Demarcation - 6 Weeks
6 weeks’ worth of homework tasks including one page of learning and one page of related activities
Easy and quick to self-assess in class .
Tasks focus on the following:
Homework 1 – What is a sentence?
Types of sentences
The parts of a sentence
Complete the activities:
Find the sentences
Distinguish the clause elements
Homework 2 – How simple and compound sentences are structured
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complete the activities:
Simple or compound?
Compound out of simple
Homework 3 – How complex sentences are structured
Complex sentence
Complex sentence with embedded clause
Complete the activities:
Simple, compound, or complex?
Complex out of simple
Homework 4 – Punctuation to demarcate sentences
The full stop [ . ]
The question mark [ ? ]
The exclamation mark [ ! ]
The semi-colon [ ; ]
The colon [ : ]
Speech marks [“ ”]
Complete the activities:
Add punctuation to demarcate the sentences
Homework 5 – Comma Splice and Run-On Sentences
Comma splice
Run-on sentence
How to correct comma splices and run-on sentences
Complete the activities:
Correct the punctuation
Homework 6 – Colons and semi-colons
The colon and its functions
The semicolon and its functions
Complete the activities:
Put a colon in each of the following sentences
Replace the commas with semicolons
Macbeth Act 5 Quiz and Answers worksheet
Macbeth Act 5 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Act 5. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
12 questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d) or write the answers in the space provided.
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Answers are included on a separate page.
Macbeth Act 4 Quiz and Answers worksheet
Macbeth Act 4 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Act 4. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
12 questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d) or write the answers in the space provided.
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Answers are included on a separate page.
Macbeth Act 3 Quiz and Answers worksheet
Macbeth Act 3 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Act 3. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
15 questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d) or write the answers in the space provided.
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Answers are included on a separate page.
Macbeth Act 2 Quiz and Answers worksheet
Macbeth Act 2 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Act 2. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
12 questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d) or write the answers in the space provided.
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Answers are included on a separate page.
Macbeth Act 1 Quiz and Answers worksheet
Macbeth Act 1 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Act 1. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
15 questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d) or write the answers in the space provided.
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Answers are included on a separate page.
A Christmas Carol Stave 5 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A Christmas Carol Stave 5 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Stave 5. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
13 multiple choice questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d)
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Also included, the answers worksheet where correct answers are highlighted in red.
A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Stave 4. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
13 multiple choice questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d)
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Also included, the answers worksheet where correct answers are highlighted in red.
A Christmas Carol Stave 3 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A Christmas Carol Stave 3 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Stave 3. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
10 multiple choice questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d)
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Also included, the answers worksheet where correct answers are highlighted in red.
A Christmas Carol Stave 2 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A Christmas Carol Stave 2 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Stave 2. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
15 multiple choice questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d)
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Also included, the answers worksheet where correct answers are highlighted in red.
A Christmas Carol Quiz - Stave 1
A Christmas Carol Stave 1 Quiz and Answers worksheet
A post-reading resource or revision activity to check understanding of Stave 1. Pupils can peer or self-assess using the answers sheet which can be read out by teacher, projected or printed.
Worksheet includes:
15 multiple choice questions on 2 A4 pages - pupils to select options a) b) c) d)
Questions cover a range of topics from basic comprehension, to inference, to grammar, quotation recall, and contextual understanding.
Also included, the answers worksheet where correct answers are highlighted in red.
Bundle
Unseen Poetry Scheme of Work (7 lessons + exam practice)
Unseen Poetry AQA English Literature Paper 2 Section C - 27.1 and 27.2
A fully resourced unit of work that explores Paper 2-style AQA English Literature unseen poetry questions based on the following poems:
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
William Blake:* A Poison Tree*
Christina Rossetti: A Birthday
Edgar Allan Poe: Romance
Grace Hazard Conkling: Cedars
Nicolaus Lenau: The Oak-Wood
Thomas Hardy: The Voice
Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
E. F. Hayward: Back to Nature
These resources can be adapted for use with different poems and questions by other exam boards.
This powerpoint bundle includes over 100 slides split into 7 complete lessons and final exam style questions 27.1 and 27.2
AQA English Lit Paper 2 Section C Unseen Poetry
Purpose of unit of work: To master questions 27.1 and 27.2
Form: Exam paper responses
Assessment Objectives:
AO1 - Read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style and developing an informed personal response, using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations (12 marks).
AO2 - Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate (12 marks).
AO2 - Comparison of AO2 (8 marks)
STIMULATE AND GENERATE
Focus on engagement, discussion and building cultural capital
CAPTURE, SIFT AND SORT
Sifting the outcomes from the first phase to fit where we are heading. What skills do pupils need to learn in order to be successful in the next phase?
Focus on teaching, modelling and developing key skills and processes linked to success criteria
CREATE, REFINE AND EVALUATE
More independent application of skills learnt. This is the stage that needs most differentiation and allows/enables writers to work at different rates and pitches. Self, peer and teacher review happens throughout this phrase.
Write extended responses to exam questions, provide feedback and refine work
Lesson objectives:
How do I develop an informed, personal interpretation supported by textual references?
How do I read, understand and respond to an unseen poem?
How do I analyse the form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects?
How do analyse the language used by a writer to create meanings and effects using relevant subject terminology?
How do I compare language, form and structure used by writers to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology?
How do I plan and write a response to 27.1?
How do I plan and write a response to 27.2?
Exam practice: Unseen poetry questions 27.1 and 27.2