Hot Potato Starter/Plenary Activity This handy teaching activity can be used as a starter to help students revise or recap prior learning or as a plenary activity to help consolidate knowledge and understanding at the end of a lesson. The exercise is suitable for all abilities and can be edited to fit into the specific topic being studied. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Stop the Express Starter Activity Quickfire Questions Starter Activity One Word Story Starter Activity Guess Who? Starter Activity Just A Minute Starter Activity Noughts and Crosses Starter Activity Blockbusters Starter Activity

Ozymandias - WJEC / Eduqas This two-lesson mini-unit covers Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying the WJEC/Eduqas Poetry Anthology, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems in the exam. The resource is made up of a 47-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Shelley and Romanticism. First Reading – A reading of ‘Ozymandias’ and discussion of the poem’s inspiration by the poet Percy Shelley. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Ozymandias’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Ozymandias’ – human power, art and nature. Structure and Form – How Shelley uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘The Prelude’ and ‘London’. To preview ‘Ozymandias’, click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

Exclamation Marks - Year 1 ‘Exclamation Marks - Year 1’ introduces pupils to exclamation marks as per the curriculum objective in the Year 1 English programme of study. It consists of an engaging PowerPoint lesson along with class activities to check understanding. These activities are documented on two worksheets for children to use during the lesson. It also includes 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers to reinforce and consolidate understanding. ‘Exclamation Marks - Year 1’ can be edited giving you the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class you teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Exclamation Marks Exclamation Marks - KS1

A Christmas Carol - AQA GCSE is made up of a 101-slide PowerPoint presentation, 14 worksheets, 7 lesson plans and a unit overview. ‘A Christmas Carol - AQA GCSE’ is perfect for teaching to lower sets as it approaches the text in an easy-to-understand and engaging way. Each lesson has been constructed around the four-part lesson format (starter, introduction, development and plenary) and all can be edited, modified and differentiated to fit your specific teaching needs. Activities include: Social and historical context - a Victorian Christmas and what it was like to be poor in Victorian society. Use of structure – chronological order and flashbacks. Developing key GCSE reading skills - inference and deduction activities. Analysis of Scrooge’s character development and Dickens’ use of language. Using P.E.T.E.R. when writing extended answers. Exam preparation – example exam questions to help students prepare for GCSE Language study – how Dickens uses language for effect. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for A Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol - Stave 1 A Christmas Carol - Stave 2 A Christmas Carol - Stave 3 A Christmas Carol - Stave 4 & 5

AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Romeo and Juliet (38-slide PowerPoint presentation with 5 worksheets) This two-lesson teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the AQA GCSE English Literature exam question on Romeo and Juliet. It goes through the question paper and shows students how to produce an effective response under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively and structuring and writing a higher band answer. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response in exam conditions. To preview ‘AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Romeo and Juliet’ in detail, please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more Romeo and Juliet resources: Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Romeo and Juliet - Act 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - House of Games

AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Macbeth (38-slide PowerPoint presentation with 5 worksheets) This two-lesson teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the AQA GCSE English Literature exam question on Macbeth. It tracks through the question paper and shows students how to produce an effective answer under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively. It also explains how to structure and write a higher band answer. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response in exam conditions. To preview a selection of slides from ‘AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Macbeth’, click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Macbeth - GCSE Unit of Work Macbeth - Characterisation Macbeth - Structure Macbeth - Loyalty Macbeth - Courage Macbeth - Context and Tension Macbeth – The Witches Macbeth - Answering the Edexcel GCSE English Literature Exam Question Macbeth - House of Games Activities Macbeth - Year 5/6 Unit of Work

WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry ‘Eduqas GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry’ is a 103-slide PowerPoint presentation with 19 accompanying worksheets and is ideal for teaching approaches to the unseen poetry question on the Eduqas GCSE English Literature exam. Contents include: Example examination questions with example poems. A mnemonic designed to give students a structured approach to answering the unseen poetry questions. A step-by-step guide to writing about unseen poetry using the example questions and exemplar responses. How to write about an unseen poem’s content, imagery, poetic techniques, structure, mood and theme. How to write a personal response. How to compare one unseen poem with another. Exemplar model answers. To preview ‘Eduqas GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry’, please click on the images from the PowerPoint lessons. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry - Higher Tier WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry - Foundation Tier WJEC GCSE English Literature Exam Prep - Comparing Unseen Poetry

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Holes Free Lessons - Year 6 This free Year 6 teaching resource for Holes by Louis Sachar contains two fully editable PowerPoint lessons with two accompanying worksheets. It provides a sample of the complete unit of work which can be viewed here: Holes - Year 6.

‘WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry – Higher Tier’ has been made to help higher tier students prepare for the Unseen Poetry section of the GCSE English Literature exam. It contains a 69-slide PowerPoint-based teaching resource and 13 worksheets. Contents: Example examination question with two poems A mnemonic (A TIP TOP) to give students a structured approach to answering the question. Explaining how to write about content, imagery, poetic techniques, structure, mood and theme. Constructing a personal response. How to compare two unseen poems. An example model answer. To preview ‘WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry – Higher Tier’ click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry - Foundation Tier WJEC GCSE English Literature Exam Prep - Comparing Unseen Poetry Eduqas GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

Holes - Year 6 ‘Holes - Year 6’ is a complete unit of work for the Louis Sachar novel ‘Holes’. This editable PowerPoint teaching resource contains 23 lessons with 27 accompanying worksheets. It explores the following in detail: Youth detention in the USA and boot camps The historical context of the American South (racial segregation, civil rights, Jim Crow laws) Analysis of the characters of Stanley Yelnats, Mr Sir, Mr Pendanski, The Warden, Kate Barlow, Sam and Zero Exploring key themes - crime and punishment, friendship, redemption Key features of a novel – narrative hooks, building tension, setting the scene Writing about the book using Point/Evidence/Explain Louis Sachar’s purpose and viewpoint Activities to consolidate understanding of the plot Language study in key scenes Hotseating activities Empathy writing tasks - diary and letter writing – to show understanding of plot, character and themes To preview ‘Holes - Year 6’ please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular upper KS2 / lower KS3 novels: Holes - KS3 The Silver Sword War Horse The Demon Headmaster Skellig Charlotte’s Web Billionaire Boy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A Christmas Carol

WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry - Foundation Tier This teaching unit has been made to help foundation students prepare for the Unseen Poetry section of the GCSE English Literature exam. It contains a 68-slide PowerPoint-based teaching resource and 13 worksheets. Contents: Example examination question with two poems A mnemonic (A TIP TOP) to give students a structured approach to answering the question. Explaining how to write about content, imagery, poetic techniques, structure, mood and theme. Constructing a personal response. How to compare two unseen poems. An example model answer. To preview a selection of slides from ‘WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry – Foundation Tier’ click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry - Higher Tier WJEC GCSE English Literature Exam Prep - Comparing Unseen Poetry Eduqas GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B is an 11 lesson, 163-slide PowerPoint-based teaching resource with 22 accompanying worksheets designed to help students prepare for Section B of the AQA GCSE English Language Exam Paper 1. Contents include: An introduction to the exam paper and the requirements of Section B A step-by-step guide to achieving a good grade on the exam paper How to write a powerful piece of descriptive writing How to write an effective story opening Understanding how the mark scheme is used to assess your work To preview a selection of pages from ‘AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B’ in detail, please click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar AQA GCSE Exam Prep resources: AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A (Additional Prep 1) AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A (Additional Prep 2) AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1 AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section A AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section B AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2 AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1 and Paper 2 AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

Skellig Free Lesson - Year 6 and 7 This FREE Year 6/7 teaching resource for Skellig by David Almond contains one fully editable PowerPoint lesson with one accompanying worksheet. It provides a sample of the complete unit of work which can be viewed here: Skellig Unit of Work - Year 6 and 7