Explore some sophisticated vocabulary with a back to school theme through these word search and definition matching tasks. Aimed at KS3, or MAT younger students, these sheets make a great starting task or brain break before moving on to an extended writing task linked to a return to school.
These tasks come with full answer keys and in both US letter and UK A4 size for easy printing, as well as US and UK spellings.
A challenging but differentiated grid-style frame to guide and support pupils in planning 5 paragraphs for a sophisticated close study of any literary character.
Each row represents a paragraph, and each column represents a layer of understanding which boosts their understanding of a quotation or point. Simply use the pre-populated guide questions, or insert your own to tailor the essay focus to your needs. Fully editable Google App included. This resource is provided in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
Students use the stages of the planning grid to analyse:
Precise quotations
Character impressions
Impactful words
Tone
Sentence structure
Punctuation effects
Both aspirational and differentiated - make achieving easy!
Take a trip to an imaginary remote island! Students start by selecting one island from four descriptions and explaining their choice before going on to select seven items to take with them.
Students will have different choices and reasoning depending on their island choice…
Wrap the activity up with a piece of narrative, imaginative writing for their first night on the island.
Printable sticker labels to help you give fast, individualised feedback based on the needs of each student. Save time and give higher-quality feedback in one go!
Each sticker explains the punctuation or grammar error, outlines the rules for use, models the correct usage and suggests an improvement task. The stickers are laid out in printable sheets of 8, with colourful headings and dyslexia-friendly font. Four sets included to give a choice of colour backgrounds to meet your school’s marking policy or your marking style. Choose from pink, blue, green or yellow!
This pack now includes feedback sticker sheets for:
Possessive apostrophes
Omissive apostrophes
Capitalisation of the word I
Capital letters
Single commas
Parenthetic commas
Connectives
Conjunctions
Full stops
Semi colons
Speech marks
Question marks
Improving vocabulary choices
Ellipses
Here/Hear
It’s/Its
There/Their/They’re
Too/To/Two
Where/Were/Wear/We’re
Whose/Who’s
Your/You’re
Paragraphing
Synonyms
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This bundle includes all of my To Kill a Mockingbird resources to date. This pack includes:
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Encourage your students to write persuasively with this Easter-themed task.
The writing task asks students to consider whether chocolate should be banned at Easter or not, and to express their viewpoint in the form of a speech, letter or essay.
The bingo grids feature 25 prompts; from details to consider to techniques to include. Prep some rewards for full rows and columns, and let your students aim for a Full House! The shopping lists feature the same 25 prompts reformatted, with space for your class to check them off as they use them. I have also included a printable themed sheet of writing paper for extra festivity.
Both the bingo grid and the shopping list come in US and UK sizes, and with dyslexia-friendly font versions.
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Encourage your older Primary level students or younger Secondary students in need of support to develop their persuasive writing skills using these bingo grids, which feature 25 devices, techniques and features to spice up their argument.
This pack includes the grid in five different formats for differentiation. Choose from:
Simple grid with 25 prompts
Support grids with 25 prompts and 51 sentence starters
Planning grid with 25 empty spaces for drafting features
Create some rewards or merits for ‘House’ and ‘Full House’, and away you go! Great for competitive students!
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Encourage your KS3 students (or KS4 in needs of support) to develop their persuasive writing skills using these bingo grids, which feature 25 devices, techniques and features to spice up their argument.
This pack includes the grid in five different formats for differentiation. Choose from:
Simple grid with 25 prompts
Support grid with 25 prompts and sentence starters
Support grid with 25 prompts and sentence starters in dyslexia-friendly font
Planning grid with 25 prompts and note space
Planning grid with 25 empty spaces for drafting features, plus simple list of the 25 prompts, designed to be printed back to back
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This slideshow and planning pack allows students to think about their own interests and knowledge before they structure it into a presentation.
A great sneaky way to get them preparing their ideas before they are told that they’re giving a talk to the class. No more will you hear “I don’t know what to talk about!”
Includes…
PowerPoint
Printable planning sheet
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Enjoy using these differentiated figurative language worksheets as a starter, main, fast finisher or homework task. Use the Easter theme to build your students’ understanding of alliteration, similes, personification, onomatopoeia and hyperbole.
This resource includes two activities and four levels of difficulty for both, so you can mix and match as needed for your students.
The three sheets at each level can be used together or separately.
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A reflective alternative to the ice-breakers and ‘getting to know you’ worksheets. This simple single-sheeter encourages students to think about the impression they want to make, whilst also helping to create a buddy system environment. This is suitable for a range of ages and all subject areas.
The pack includes:
US and UK terminology versions
black and white and rainbow colour versions in PDF
FREE simplified editable Word version to help you differentiate or personalise for your class
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A close-reading, creative character task for grades 9-12. Students use quotations about Carlson from the chapters of the novel Of Mice and Men, building a picture of the character with these references.
This product includes…
‘Blank canvas’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided
That’s three formats for the same task!
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A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about Crooks from the early chapters of the novel Of Mice and Men, building a picture of the character with these references.
This product includes…
‘Blank canvas’ sheet with 16 quotations provided
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Close-reading, creative character tasks for GCSE study. Students use quotations about George, Lennie, Slim, Crooks, Carlson and Curley’s Wife from the novel* Of Mice and Men*, building a picture of the character with these references.
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Support your Primary level students in structuring a story with this pre-made frame. This resource works as a mat or handout, and is available in both colour and black and white, and in A4 size format.
The frame coaches students through five paragraphs with suggestions for content, sentence starters, vocabulary and punctuation.
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Secondary | The Perfect Narrative | Story Frame | Guided Writing
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The Perfect Narrative | Editable Story Frame | KS2, 3 and 4
Support your students in structuring a story with this pre-made editable frame. This resource works as a mat or handout, and is available in A4 size format. It can also be given to older students for them to plan their own stories.
The frame coaches students through five paragraphs with suggestions for content, sentence starters, vocabulary and punctuation.
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Primary | The Perfect Story | Narrative Frame | Guided Writing
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This two-page worksheet explains and gives examples of similes for a KS3 and KS4 audience. It also demonstrates a range of sentence structures for similes, and provides ten practice tasks.
Print in black and white, colour, and single sided or back-to-back.
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