The Paralympics 2024 Literacy Activities This editable PowerPoint contains 20 literacy-based activities based on the Paralympics 2024. These make perfect starter activities or form time tasks. Slides have a simple colour scheme so that they can be printed at a lower cost if hard copies are needed. As well as being enjoyable and competitive, these activities will encourage learners to apply their knowledge of the alphabet, vowels, consonants and languages. Activities include: placing words into alphabetical order matching terms to different languages anagrams identifying missing vowels/consonants word grids creating their own words There is also an Olympics 2024 Literacy Activities resource available - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13036737

Of Mice and Men | Quotes Revision | I Have Who Has | GCSE This resource is targeted towards high school students in need of key quotes revision. It is a great way to get students revising whilst making it feel like a game. There are 60 cards included, and these are divided into two games of 30 cards each. Each card contains a quote and act. The two games have been colour-coded - blue and green - for ease of use. A student will read the quote on their card, and students must identify which character said it, or which character/setting the quote relates to, depending on which version is being played. They must also identify whether the quote is from the chapter specified on their card. Full instructions are included in the resource, as are all of the answers on a separate teacher sheet. There are also suggestions for differentiation, including making the game more or less challenging, as needed. If you found this resource helpful, you may also like: my essay planning tool: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/of-mice-and-men-essay-planning-tool-wjec-12972679 an essay structuring pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/of-mice-and-men-essay-structures-12970873

An Inspector Calls | Quotes Revision | I Have Who Has | GCSE This resource is targeted towards high school students in need of key quotes revision. It is a great way to get students revising whilst making it feel like a game. There are 40 cards included, and these are divided into two games of 20 cards each. Each card contains a quote and act. The two games have been colour-coded - blue and green - for ease of use. A student will read the quote on their card, and students must identify which character said it, or which character the quote relates to, depending on the version of the game being played. They must also identify whether the quote is from the act specified on their card. Three cards per game include stage directions rather than speech. Full instructions are included in the resource, as are all of the answers on a separate teacher sheet. There are also suggestions for differentiation, including making the game more or less challenging, as needed. If you found this resource helpful, you may also like: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-essay-structures-12973418 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-essay-planning-tool-12973414 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/an-inspector-calls-revision-bundle-12973433

Language Features Colour by Number worksheet, including answer key. This worksheet is designed to help KS3 pupils learn/revise definitions for key terms relating to figurative language. This resource is suitable for KS3 pupils. It will take about 30 minutes to complete. In this task, pupils will select the correct term to match the definition. Correct answers will provide a key to use to colour in the image. The image is of crackers, a present and a Christmas bauble so is suitable as a festive activity. An answer key for staff is included for both elements of the worksheet.

A Christmas Carol Revision Board Game This is a great way to engage learners in revising quotations and elements of plot, character and theme. This is a particularly effective resource for learners who may struggle with engagement/motivation at times when it comes to revision. This resource includes: 32 questions and answers about plot, character and theme 32 questions and answers about key quotations A game board ‘How to Play’ guide The cards can be used as a simple Q&A activity where quick revision is required. For a more sustained activity, the full board game version can be played. Full instructions are included on the second page of the resource. The cards can be printed double-sided so that the question is on the front and the corresponding answer on the back. The page should be printed double-sided along the long edge. Additional equipment you will need: dice counters

A Christmas Carol Cut & Paste Quote Revision Activity | High School This cut & paste activity will support learners with their quote revision. It will also show how well they know each of the characters and the key points about them. There are two ways to complete this activity: Print and give it straight to students. They cut out the character names and glue them into the appropriate boxes. Print and laminate. You could cut up the character names, and students have to place them on the correct section. Alternatively, give your students wipeable markers and they write in the names. It will save you time laminating and cutting, but still means you can use them over and over again! There are three different worksheets in this activity: character speech character descriptions a ‘best-fit’ combination of speech and description You may also be interested in the other ‘A Christmas Carol’ products in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-annotated-extracts-12933695 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-quotes-revision-game-13120979 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-board-game-12989845

Christmas Literacy Activities Secondary School This PowerPoint includes 20 literacy-based activities all centred around the theme of Christmas. Tasks engage students with key aspects of literacy, including: the alphabet vowels consonants spelling The types of task include: anagrams identifying missing vowels/consonants putting words into alphabetical order creating their own words finding hidden words in grids Ideal as lesson starters in the weeks building up to Christmas to keep engagement levels high whilst still completing meaningful tasks. They could also be used to create a sense of community within a class or community of students by having these as set form time activities. All answers are included and the PowerPoint is editable so that you can add other activities or change colours/fonts to suit the needs of your learners. If you like this resource, have a look at some other festive activities I have available: Christmas Anagrams: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-anagrams-12942667 Annotated extracts from A Christmas Carol: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-annotated-extracts-12933695 Christmas Colour-by-Number (spellings): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-colour-by-number-spellings-12942709

Christmas Wordsearch | Aimed at KS3/11-14 Year Olds This Christmas wordsearch contains 45 seasonal words to find. Once they have been found, there are instructions for how to colour-code the remaining spaces to reveal a Christmas-related image. This resource includes: the list of words and instructions for the whole activity the word grid a completed example of the wordsearch, including the colouring of the image This worksheet could be used in the following ways: as a quiet, individual activity during a lesson or form time as a paired/group activity to include a competitive element as a ‘reward’ task before the holidays or for completing all other work You may also be interested in this Christmas literacy activity pack, which contains 20 seasonal tasks: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13128246 I also have some festive anagrams available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12942667

A Christmas Carol annotated extract. This resource will help GCSE English Literature students analyse extracts. There are differentiated versions of the worksheet depending on pupils’ ability and the learning intention of the lesson. The duration of the worksheet will depend on the learning intention of the lesson, but would take approximately 15-25 minutes to annotate and go through as a class as a revision activity. There are three versions of the worksheet: blank extract and the question for use as an individual assessment differentiated highlighted version to guide less confident students towards important quotations highlighted and annotated version as a teacher guide, a good example of annotation to display to pupils/for self-assessment, or a revision handout to give to pupils There is another resource available containing five more extracts - one from each stave - to further support extract analysis. [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-annotated-extracts-12933695] There are also revision materials for the text available in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-board-game-12989845 - a board game is a brilliant way to encourage revision without it feeling like hard work! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-worksheets-12942672 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-quotes-revision-12938348

Halloween Word Games & Activities Pack for High School Keep your students engaged this Halloween with these short, seasonal literacy activities. This pack includes 10 no-prep English word activities with a seasonal twist to keep students focused. With only printing required, you can have students on-task within seconds of walking through the door. Four different seasonal activity types are included. Wordsearches, word grids, anagrams and a colour-by-number. Students will enjoy these activities that will feel like a Halloween reward but in reality gently encourage them to think about consonants, vowels, spelling and language features: trick or treat! They make great individual activities but can also be used as group/challenge task. Students love competition: why not set an activity a day and build up points towards the end of the week? Or why not have them as reward tasks for early finishers? There are different levels of challenge across the different types of activity so there’s something for every learner here, whatever their ability. You will get: three wordsearches three sheets of anagrams three word grid activities one colour-by-number activity This resource is perfect for your regular English class and is one I use as starter activities in the build-up to Halloween. This then leaves the colour-by-number as a reward once we get closer to the holidays. You could also use it with a form to give them a daily literacy boost in the build up to Halloween: cross-curricular skills…check! Prep is quick and easy. Just print and go! The resource has been designed so that the colours are seasonal but the worksheets are still clear if you have to print in grayscale. And there’s no need to frantically look through wordsearch grids…all answers are included for all activities. You may also like: Halloween Mega-Wordesearch, which turns into a colour-by-number once all words have been found: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13125178

War Poetry Annotated Rupert Brooke & Wilfred Owen An ideal resource for English lessons in the approach to Remembrance Day. This resource includes two iconic war poems - The Soldier and Dulce et Decorum Est. For each poem, there is: a blank copy where students can make their own annotations a highlighted copy, which guides students towards sections they may want to focus on when annotating a highlighted and annotated version -> this is an ideal teacher guide, or can be used by students to self-check what they identified These variations make this a valuable resource that can be used with different ages/abilities. It is also helpful for non-specialists as key talking points are identified for each poem. Also included is a comparison grid, which encourages students to think about key aspects of the poems. There is a blank version for students to complete and a teacher version, which includes some pointers for each aspect.

Capitals, Punctuation & Spelling Worksheets for 11-14 Year Olds Quickly monitor the progress of your pupils in relation to capitals, punctuation and spelling with these worksheets. This pack contains 17 no-prep worksheets with answer keys for quick completion and self-marking. With only printing required, you can have students on-task within seconds of walking through the door. Four different elements are included: capitals, apostrophes, dialogue & spelling. With minimal writing required, teachers can secure meaningful & useful outcomes for even the most reluctant writers. There are also two challenge sheets that cover all four elements, for when a full progress-check is required. All they have to do is identify and correct the errors, which gives a clear demonstration of their confidence level with that element of punctuation/spelling. There are different levels of challenge across the different worksheets so there’s something for every middle-school learner here, whatever their ability. Differentiation can be applied in numerous ways: the literary text given to a student the total number of errors a student’s required to identify the element a student is being assessed on You will get: six capital letters worksheets three apostrophes worksheets three dialogue worksheets three spellings worksheets two ‘all-elements’ worksheets answer sheets for all of the above two pupil result trackers (one blank & one pre-populated) Prep is quick and easy. Just print and go! And there’s no need to frantically answer them before the lesson…all answer sheets are included. Bonus! These worksheets will introduce your students to multiple classic literary texts. Reading & punctuation in one…win-win!

Christmas 2024 Advent Calendar of English Literacy Activities Keep your students focused and on-task with this English Literacy Activities Advent Calendar. We all know that students find it harder to focus in the build-up to the Christmas holidays, so why not give them something festive to keep them occupied? This advent calendar has a literacy-based activity for each school day in December. With only minimal writing, students will complete activities that feel fun, but that also encourage them to think about words, spelling, vowels, consonants, and to apply their speaking, listening and reasoning skills. There are numerous different types of activity across the different days, so there is something for every learner here. These tasks are versatile and can be used as starters, treat tasks to end lessons, or even as a mid-way break during a lesson where focus is particularly hard to find! Examples of activities include: placing festive words in alphabetical order deciphering Christmas anagrams discussing the ideal Christmas dinner options visualising based on what they hear There is no prep required. Just load up the PowerPoint before the session and the day’s hyperlink will take you to the relevant activity. And if you need to get back to the main page, just click on the date icon in the corner. Create a sense of community. This advent calendar can create a sense of community within class or, better yet, across a whole year/school if every student starts their day with the same festive activity. NB: for anyone who purchased the 2023 version, activities are the same but hyperlinks have been updated

A Christmas Carol | Quotes Revision | I Have Who Has | GCSE This resource is targeted towards high school students in need of key quotes revision. It is a great way to get students revising whilst making it feel like a game. There are 36 cards included, and these are divided into two games of 18 cards each. There are also two blank cards with each set in case you would like to write in a couple of your own to each game. Each card contains a quote and stave. The blue version of the game includes quotes that describe characters. The green version of the game includes quotes said by different characters. A student will read the quote on their card, and students must identify whether the character on their card said this quote, or whether the description is about their character (depending on which version of the game they’re playing). They must also identify whether the quote is from the stave specified on their card. Full instructions are included in the resource, as are all of the answers on a separate teacher sheet. There are also suggestions for differentiation, including making the game more or less challenging, as needed. If you found this resource helpful, you may also like: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-annotated-extracts-12933695 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-bundle-12972692 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-revision-board-game-12989845

Library Activity Cards & Reading Records Help to keep even the most reluctant students engaged in Library lessons with these activity cards. Avoid a situation where a student disrupts your library lesson because they just can’t focus by giving them a task card. Each of the eight cards contains eight different activities to give them a brief movement break when needed. Once they’re done, they can get right back to their book! They can be given quietly to targeted students, or placed in a central area where all students can help themselves when they are struggling to focus. The activities are in the style of a scavenger hunt so will also help learners become familiar with the library setting and systems. Bonus! In addition to the eight activity cards, you will get seven versions of a reading record. As well as recording what’s been read across the week, these are ideal for the last five minutes of a weekly Library/Reading Lesson. In addition to recording what’s been read, there is space for students to complete an activity, encouraging them to focus on their book during the lesson. Colours of the rainbow have been used to highlight differentiation. This saves you having to hunt for the right sheet for each student/class - just glance at the colour at the top. The closer to the top of the rainbow it is, the more complex the skill required to complete the reading activity. These sheets can be used in class or as homework. In this bundle, you will get: eight activity cards, each containing eight different tasks seven copies of a reading record, each with a different activity at the bottom to enable targeted/differentiated work in a quick and easy format

**A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Quotes Revision Activity for High School ** Get all students learning and revising quotes, even those who say that it’s impossible! In this activity, students will identify which character connects a group of quotes. They will also have to identify which quote is the odd one out in each group. What can feel like a chore will soon feel like a fun challenge! Students can complete this activity independently or as a pair/group. You also have the option of giving students a list of all key characters to help them if you want to lessen the level of challenge. Answers are included, and the quotes connecting the characters also have a brief comment to show their significance. These provide useful teacher notes, especially if this is your first time teaching the novel. They are also useful to give to students as revision guides once they’ve had a go at the activity themselves. You can also print and laminate the answer sheets to reuse every time you teach the novel. You will get: a two-sided worksheet with seven groups of five quotes the answers, including teacher notes on the main quotes