A fully guided newspaper report preparation and writing pack to support your teaching of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This can be used for a unit assessment. Task: You are a reporter in the town of Maycomb and have seen the whole trial. Write an account of the events of the trial for the Maycomb Tribune. This is a fully interactive PowerPoint resource and works really well for remote learning and homework. The sides are fully editable so can be tweaked to work for your students. This resource includes: ’Think like a reporter’ pre reading activity Integrated audiobook recordings of chapters 16-21 Guided reading questions and/or note taking space for each chapter ’Parts of a newspaper’ labelling activity Opening paragraph 5 Ws writing activity Newspaper report planning activity Full self assessment AFREE newspaper template to accompany this resource is available online here. You might also be interested in my ‘To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 6 Tension Essay Lesson/Online/Remote/Homework Pack’ Thank you for your support . Please leave a review!

This lesson pack for ‘The Darkling Thrush’ by Thomas Hardy contains everything needed to explore the poem in either a classroom or virtual lesson. This lesson works brilliantly for GCSE unseen poetry lessons, but can also be adapted for KS3. The poem is ideal for exploring imagery, symbolism and extended metaphor. The winter setting makes it ideal for Christmas or festive lessons. The lesson scaffolds the exploration of the poem and leads to students planning and writing an in depth analytical essay. WAIT! This lesson is included in my Christmas English Lessons Bundle - save over 20%! Included in the lesson pack: Word jumble activity - prediction activity Stanza by stanza first impression questions focused on language choices and imagery Context activity to draw out extended metaphor in the poem ‘Digging deeper’ questions Guided annotation worksheet Essay question and scaffolded planning using what/how/why Essay planning worksheet Essay writing checklist Tips about activities can be found in the ‘speaker notes’. Two worksheets are included at the end of these slides and are designed in black and white to allow for easy printing. If you are teaching online, copies can be made of these slides to allow students to type directly onto the worksheets. Reviews are greatly appreciated!

This essay pack for A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller contains everything that students need to create a detailed and analytical essay on the theme of betrayal in the play. Activities include: Narrative sequencing Mind mapping about who is betrayed and who is the betrayer Exploration of greek tragedy form Key terms defining McCarthyism exploration Miller webquest Ranking type of betrayal Structured planning fo 5 paragraph essay Writing checklists These slides are ideal for online learning, or as homework. There is no need to print outs as everything can be done on student devices. Students can work through the slides independently or the slides can be used for whole classes, using the instructions and analysis prompts to guide them. Tips about activities can be found in the ‘speaker notes’. All slides can be edited so that you can tailor them to your specific students. Reviews on your download are very much appreciated! NB It is assumed that students have already watched or read the play and that some amount of time has been given to studying it in class.

This download contains a print and go ready to use classroom display to support your students’ reading groups or literature circles. There is a poster for each ‘Reciprocal Reader’ role, including pointers for students to refer to when working. There are also half page posters spelling out ‘Reciprocal Reader’ to complete your display. I use this in my classroom alongside examples of student completed ‘RR’ worksheets. Two versions of the ‘summariser’ / ‘summarizer’ page are provided - one with UK spelling and one with US spelling. WAIT! This resource is part of a bundle that includes a ‘Reciprocal Reader’ collaborative worksheet and print and go bulletin board classroom display. Reviews on your download are very much appreciated!

This download contains a worksheet for your students to use in their reading groups or literature circles. Students work in groups of four and take on one of the ‘Reciprocal Reader’ roles, recording their ideas on the worksheet. Two versions of the worksheets are provided - one with **UK spelling and one with US spelling. ** WAIT! This resource is part of a bundle that includes ‘Reciprocal Reader’ bookmarks, task cards and print and go bulletin board classroom display. Reviews on your download are very much appreciated!

This download contains a set of double sided bookmarks and a set of double sided task cards for your students to use in their reading groups or literature circles. Students work in groups of four and take on one of the ‘Reciprocal Reader’ roles, using the role guidance and sentence stems to support them. Two versions of the bookmarks and task cards are provided - one with UK spelling and one with US spelling. WAIT! This resource is part of a bundle that includes a ‘Reciprocal Reader’ collaborative worksheet and print and go bulletin board classroom display. Reviews on your download are very much appreciated!

This film review pack for Billy Elliot contains everything that students need to create a detailed and analytical film review presentation. Students can work through the slides independently or in groups, using the instructions and analysis prompts to guide them. These slides are ideal for online learning, or as homework. There is no need to print outs as everything can be done on student devices. Students can either submit the slides as a finished project, or use them to present to the whole class. How do I use this in the classroom? I have used this with students as an end of term/semester project. It’s a great way to allow them a little bit of ‘down time’ watching the film, but still ensuring that there are linked tasks that reinforce English analysis skills. I ask students to work on their devices in pairs, then take one or two lessons for students to given their presentations. The analysis checklist really helps students keep on track and focus on evaluation of film techniques, rather than just re-telling the story. All slides can be edited so that you can tailor them to your specific students. Reviews on your download are very much appreciated! NB the film is not included in the download. This is readily available for streaming online. The resources link to the 2000 film Billy Elliot, NOT the stage musical.

This ‘Unseen Poetry’ worksheet is designed to help students to begin to unpick a poem from the first reading. The worksheet can be used with ANY poem! The questions have been designed to help students to think about the meaning, author’s intentions and their personal response. Although there are question prompts about language, form and structure, this is not a worksheet for simply spotting techniques. It encourages students to consider the effect on the reader at every stage. Students can use the worksheet individually or as part of a group project, perhaps printed on larger paper. ** Please leave a review! I am a new store and would greatly appreciate your feedback.**

Do mock exams take you far too long to mark? Are you looking for a quick and easy marking system that gives students valuable and actionable feedback? These marking sheets have been designed to address these issues! This resource includes: Two booklets - paper 1 and paper 2 coversheet with an overview of marks full AQA mark schemes with tick boxes suggested points for improvement with tick boxes Space for written teacher comments Student reflection page with questions to guide improvement The marking booklet is in Word format, so can be fully customisable to your students’ needs. Either print and attach to each exam, or complete digitally and upload to your school’s VLE. Save yourself hours of work and get through the mock exam marking quickly with valuable feedback for your students! Looking for AQA Literature? Check out this resource! Looking for Edexcel Literature? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly overview of the exam? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly one sheet overview of the English Language and English Literature Assessment Objectives? Check out this FREE resource!

Do mock exams take you far too long to mark? Are you looking for a quick and easy marking system that gives students valuable and actionable feedback? These marking sheets have been designed to address these issues! This resource includes: Two booklets - paper 1 and paper 2 coversheet with an overview of marks full Edexcel mark schemes with tick boxes suggested points for improvement with tick boxes Space for written teacher comments Student reflection page with questions to guide improvement The marking booklet is in Word format, so can be fully customisable to your students’ needs. Either print and attach to each exam, or complete digitally and upload to your school’s VLE. Save yourself hours of work and get through the mock exam marking quickly with valuable feedback for your students! These marking booklets are designed for Edexcel. Looking for AQA? Check out this resource! Looking for AQA Language? check out this resource! Need a student friendly overview of the exam? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly one sheet overview of the English Language and English Literature Assessment Objectives? Check out this FREE resource!

10 eye-catching posters featuring characters from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Each poster features a character from the text supported with a range of quotes, all cross referenced with the stave number. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used to exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! WAIT! These posters are included in my ‘A Christmas Carol’ Poster Bundle - save over 15%! Characters included: Scrooge Jacob Marley Ghost of Christmas Past Ghost of Christmas Present Ghosts of Christmas Yet to Come Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim Fred Belle Mr Fezziwig

25 eye-catching posters featuring quotes from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Each poster features a quote from the novel cross referenced with the stave number and high quality image. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used for exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! WAIT! These posters are included in my ‘A Christmas Carol’ Poster Bundle - save over 15%! Quotes included: ‘Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart’ ‘Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail’ ‘External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge’ ‘Hard and sharp as flint’ ‘Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?’ ’ “If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” ’ ‘Bah! Humbug’ ‘Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it’ ‘I wear the chain I forged in life’ ‘You will be haunted… by Three Spirits’ ‘Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past!’ ‘Leave me! Take me back! Haunt me no longer!’ ‘The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light’ ‘Though the Spirit’s eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them’ ‘Brave in ribbons’ ‘To a poor one most. Because it needs it most’ ’ “God bless us every one!” said Tiny Tim, the last of all’ ‘Oh, no, kind Spirit! say he will be spared’ ‘Who’s the worse for the loss of a few things like these? Not a dead man I suppose’ ‘Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me by an altered life?’ ‘Oh, tell me that I may sponge away the writing on this stone!’ ‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel’ ‘Golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells. Oh, glorious! Glorious!’ ‘It’s I. Your uncle Scrooge. I have come to dinner. Will you let me in, Fred?’ ‘I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family’

This FREE resource is a one sheet reference containing all the assessment objectives for GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature. Print these for your students and stick them in the front of their books or folders to refer back to throughout the course. You could also print on A3/A2 and display in your classroom! Looking for a classroom display? Try my ready to go assessment objectives display for English Lang & Lit. Please leave a review!

Ideal for GCSE English Language revision or exam prep. These worksheets have been designed with AQA English Language Paper 1 Q5 in mind, but would work equally well with other exam boards or simply to consolidate descriptive writing skills. This download contains: 6 easy to use print and go worksheets each with a unique image based descriptive writing challenge PPT with the same 6 writing challenges with additional writing slides for students to respond in full - students can type their responses directly into the PPT slides Ideal for homework, exam prep, independent work or cover work. Each worksheet includes: High quality image Detailed task brief Space for students to plan their writing A range of writing strategies to encourage distinctive descriptions Writing devices and punctuation checklist Each worksheet is beautifully designed to appeal to 21st century students and makes setting independent work or homework simple and straightforward.

Ideal for GCSE English Language revision or exam prep. These worksheets have been designed with AQA English Language Paper 2 Q5 in mind, but would work equally well with other exam boards or simply to consolidate persuasive writing skills. This download contains: 6 easy to use print and go pdf worksheets each with a unique persuasive writing challenge PPT with the same 6 writing challenges with additional writing slides for students to respond in full - students can type their responses directly into the PPT slides Ideal for homework, exam prep, independent work or cover work. Each worksheet includes: Clear text type Detailed task brief Space for students to plan their writing, sectioned to encourage clear structure Writing checklist based on text type AFOREST devices checklist Box to write PAF (purpose, audience, form) Do your students need help remembering AFOREST devices? Try my FREE AFOREST Persuasive Devices Worksheet and Writing Planning resource! Text types: Formal letter Informal letter Newspaper article Magazine article Speech to students Speech to youth government Each worksheet is beautifully designed to appeal to 21st century students and makes setting independent work or homework simple and straightforward.

These Persuasive Devices worksheets are designed to help students to define and identify a range of devices using the AFOREST mnemonic and then to use AFOREST to plan their own piece of persuasive writing. Included in this resource: AFOREST Persuasive devices definition and examples worksheet AFOREST Persuasive devices planning sheet Both worksheets are black and white and are in pdf to allow printing on any size. This resource pairs ideally with my ‘Writing to Persuade - AQA Lang P2 Q5- Student Friendly Worksheets’! Students can use the worksheets individually or as part of a group project, perhaps printed on larger paper. A - alliteration F - figurative language O - opinion R - rhetorical question E - emotive language S - statistics and facts T - triplet / rule of three Please leave a review! I am a new store and would greatly appreciate your feedback.

8 eye-catching posters featuring characters from Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Each poster features a character from the text supported with a range of quotes from them, all cross referenced with the act and scene number. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used to exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! WAIT! These posters are included in my Macbeth Poster Bundle - Save 15%! Characters included: Macbeth Lady Macbeth The Witches Banquo Duncan Macduff Malcolm Lady Macduff

This resource contains two one sheet overviews of the exam specification for EDEXCEL English Language and EDEXCEL English Literature. The worksheets include: Names, length and percentage of overall GCSE for each paper Content, marks and AO for each question Space to plan timings for each question, as well as pre-writing and proof reading These resources are fully editable and so can be** customised** to your own students’ needs. Included in this download are two worksheets designed to appeal to 21st century students - one for the EDEXCEL English Language exams and one for the EDEXCEL English Literature exams. The layout helps students to easily understand the content and question type for each exam, including the marks available and which AOs are being tested. There is space for students to write in the names of texts that they have studied (for the literature worksheet). There is also space for students to plan the time that they will spend on each question, pre-writing and proof reading. I have used these worksheets with students as part of revision lessons before mock and final exams and found them to be really effective in getting students to understand which skills are being tested in each question as well as encouraging time management in the exam.

This resource contains two one sheet overviews of the exam specification for AQA English Language and AQA English Literature. The worksheets include: Names, length and percentage of overall GCSE for each paper Content, marks and AO for each question Space to plan timings for each question, as well as pre-writing and proof reading These resources are fully editable and so can be customised to your own students’ needs. Included in this download are two worksheets designed to appeal to 21st century students - one for the AQA English Language exams and one for the AQA English Literature exams. The layout helps students to easily understand the content and question type for each exam, including the marks available and which AOs are being tested. There is space for students to write in the names of texts that they have studied (for the literature worksheet). There is also space for students to plan the time that they will spend on each question, pre-writing and proof reading. I have used these worksheets with students as part of revision lessons before mock and final exams and found them to be really effective in getting students to understand which skills are being tested in each question as well as encouraging time management in the exam.