A selection of cards that cover word classes and language features. best laminated and placed on a split pin but can also be used as a display. Literacy mat with promps for writing also included.

Worksheet exploring the speech of Lou Gherig at his retirement from baseball. Students identify DAFOREST techniques before planning and writing an exam style response.

8 page booklet guiding students through the 5 question styles of Paper 1. Text: The Hobbit

Short tasks and questions based upon Paper 1 of the AQA English paper 1. (6 pages) Extract from The Hunger Games.

For use with the Animated Tales video. Lesson should take 2 hours giving students an understanding of plot, modeled and independent analysis of language and the opportunity for creative writing and peer assessment.

A series of key quotes from throughout the play to allow students to consider Shakespeare's use of language technique and symbolism.

Double sided worksheet giving insight into effective opening, changing focus and zooming in with examples from popular fiction. Students are modeled on the approach to analyse this then led towards an exam style question.

Lesson designed at KS3 level to introduce creative descriptions in order for students to understand how to use paragraphs in order/appropriately.

Worksheet that introduces effective opening, change of focus and zooming in. Students are guided in selecting the features and analysing their effect before completing this independently. Sentence starters given so that analysis can be written up in paragraph form.

Students will recap simile, metaphor and personification before exploring two extracts. they will learn in a scaffolded way how to analyse and create their own paragraphs.

Sheet designed to introduce AR to KS3 and encourage competition between readers. to record Star reading and Quiz percentages to measure success.

Starter re-introduces effective opening, changing focus, zooming in, simile, metaphor and personification in a card sort style. Following this students view three short films in turn writing a paragraph of description based on the journey of a character. Students verbally feedback after each with opportunity to discuss good examples. Plenary is a self assessment task to show how many techniques they have shown to master in the lesson.

A lesson introducing the use of Discourse Markers to aid in writing to persuade/argue.

Easy to cut up and give to students, in order for them to structure feedback to be constructive. Sucessess can be identfied using check lists which then go on to shape constructive comments.

Students begin by 'warming up' the vocabulary given on worksheet. Lesson then develops to allow students to respond to stimuli images and culminates in peer assessment.

Students identify key information given in famous novel openings and then respond creatively to various stimuli images.

This book will introduce you snippets of some really famous (and really great) books. It will also help you to practice your skills in identifying techniques used by writers and show off that you can do it too. You can be a Literature Hero! Contents: Word Class Sentence Structure Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Pathetic Fallacy Rhetorical Question Colloquial Language

Lesson giving students the opportunity to examine writers ideas on love before creating their own.

Recap of features followed by the analysis of classic Shakespeare quotations. Students take a structured approach towards the writing of independent analysis.