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Flynn's Educational Grotto

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A frontline teacher with 18 years sharp end experience, currently based in Valencia. This shop specialises in literature and language resources but also offers a generous selection ESL resources. All of my resources are road tested in my own classes and refined/polished at the end of the academic year.

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A frontline teacher with 18 years sharp end experience, currently based in Valencia. This shop specialises in literature and language resources but also offers a generous selection ESL resources. All of my resources are road tested in my own classes and refined/polished at the end of the academic year.
KS4 Poetry: Sonnet 116 By William Shakespeare
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KS4 Poetry: Sonnet 116 By William Shakespeare

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This 17 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the pupils. This presentation explores the meaning of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 through content, language and structure focus. This presentation includes a starter, a poet biography, a sonnet overview, content, language and structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. Enjoy
A Level Poetry: A Leisure Centre is also a Temple of Learning By Sue Boyle
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A Level Poetry: A Leisure Centre is also a Temple of Learning By Sue Boyle

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This 17 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. With the AOs firmly in mind this presentation includes; a stater activity, a short poet biography, a poem overview, content, language and structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. This particular presentation has worked very well in my own classroom.
GCSE English Language: Writing to Complain - PARCCEL- Essential Skills
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GCSE English Language: Writing to Complain - PARCCEL- Essential Skills

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This beautifully illustrated 20 slide powerpoint presentation is very engaging for the pupils and has been used successfully many times in my own classroom. Through a series of structured written and discussion tasks the student's travel through a series of complaints using the PARCCEL acroynm. Great for developing existing skills and even better as a revision tool.
GCSE Poetry: Tyger By William Blake
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GCSE Poetry: Tyger By William Blake

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This 18 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the pupils. This lesson explores the meaning of 'Tyger' through content, language and structure elements of the poem. This presentation includes a starter activity, a poet biography, a poem overview, content, language and structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
GCSE English Language: Exploring the craft of the author - Essential Skills
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GCSE English Language: Exploring the craft of the author - Essential Skills

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This 15 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. This lesson explores the written techniques of three authors exploring the same topic through a trio of articles. It encourages the students to compare and contrast the purpose, the techniques, the target audience and the potential outcomes of each piece of writing. I have used this lesson many times and I think it really helps the student's skills of analysis.
GCSE English Language: Understanding the AO5 Criteria - Essential Knowledge
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GCSE English Language: Understanding the AO5 Criteria - Essential Knowledge

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation is extremely engaging for the pupils. Through a series of structured tasks it prompts the students to communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. In the second part of the lesson the structured tasks remind the pupils to organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.
GCSE English Language: Developing Inference Skills
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GCSE English Language: Developing Inference Skills

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation is very engaging for the pupils. This presentation offers a series of structured exercises in which the pupils firstly complete a GAP analysis treatment before seeking deeper meaning through inference based exploration. This presentation uses graffiti and media image as stimuli, ehancing the pupils breadth of perception.
GCSE English Language: Writing to Explain - CRAFT - Writing Skills
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GCSE English Language: Writing to Explain - CRAFT - Writing Skills

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This colourful powerpoint presentation is extremely engaging for the students and has worked well in my own classroom. This presentation establishes clearly the difference between 'explaining' and 'describing' (a common mistake). This presentation takes the students through a number of structured writing exercises and helps the students to explain through the use of the CRAFT acronym.
The Complete The Merchant of Venice - All scenes all acts
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The Complete The Merchant of Venice - All scenes all acts

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!
The Merchant of Venice: (17) Act 5 Scene 1
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The Merchant of Venice: (17) Act 5 Scene 1

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!
The Merchant of Venice: (16) Act 4 Scene 2
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The Merchant of Venice: (16) Act 4 Scene 2

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!
The Merchant of Venice: (15) Act 4 Scene 1
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The Merchant of Venice: (15) Act 4 Scene 1

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!
The Merchant of Venice: (14) Act 3 Scenes 4 and 5
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The Merchant of Venice: (14) Act 3 Scenes 4 and 5

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!
The Merchant of Venice: (13) Act 3 Scene 3
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The Merchant of Venice: (13) Act 3 Scene 3

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation captures the essential learning connected to this text. It is suitable for both A Level, and a top set at GCSE. This presentation is detailed and contains; learning objectives, a starter activity, a scene summary, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have run this lesson a number of times and it has always worked successfully, this resource was revised and refined this academic year 2017-2018. Enjoy!