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 ‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided That’s three formats for the same task!

A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about Lennie Small 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!

A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about George Milton 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 ‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided That’s three formats for the same task!

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. Looking for a similar mat aimed at older or more able students? Check out the version for Secondary level. Secondary | The Perfect Narrative | Story Frame | Guided Writing Want more flexibility? Check out the blank editable version: 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. Want some pre-populated, ready to go frames? Check out the pre-filled versions: Primary | The Perfect Story | Narrative Frame | Guided Writing Secondary | The Perfect Narrative | Story Frame | Guided Writing If you liked the look of this, check out… Writing with Alliteration Writing with Onomatopoeia Writing with Personification Writing with Similes

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. If you liked the look of this, check out… Writing with Alliteration Writing with Onomatopoeia Writing with Personification

This two-page worksheet explains and gives examples of alliteration for a KS3 and KS4 audience. It also provides a sheet of practice tasks. Print in black and white, colour, and single sided or back-to-back. If you liked the look of this, check out… Writing with Onomatopoeia Writing with Personification Writing with Similes

This worksheet explains and gives examples of alliteration for a KS3 and KS4 audience. It also provides an annotation task and two sets of practice tasks. Print in black and white, colour, and single sided or back-to-back.

Explore the more sophisticated vocabulary of Earth Day through these word search and definition matching tasks. Aimed at KS4 students, or MAT KS3 students, these sheets make a great starter task before moving on to an extended writing task linked to Earth Day. These tasks come with full answer keys and in both US letter and UK A4 size for easy printing. This Earth Day activity for Years 7-11 is a great seasonal starter or exit ticket. Learn about six different Earth Day celebrations whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Earth Day | Would You Rather | Discussion and Reasoning Earth Day Bingo | Persuasive and Exposition Writing Earth Day | Figurative Language | Writing Devices | Differentiated Easter Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT

A simple cut ‘n’ paste Earth Day activity that allows a student to plan a narrative from the point of view of a raindrop, ray of light, seed or grain of sand. Students plan their story across five paragraphs with attention to plot and devices through the ‘pick and mix’ prompts, whilst still using their own ideas. The activity worksheets feature: Writing titles and prompts Five-paragraph planning grid Structural features for planning the plot and narrative style Writing device labels for adding spice Punctuation checklist for drafting This resource comes in US letter and UK A4 size, and in color and BW versions.

16 character autopsy worksheets and printable interactive bookmarks require students to create a study of a specific character using body parts as prompts. A perfect addition to your novel study unit! The differentiated sheets and bookmarks range from full creative control to clearly labelled and with prompt questions included. Distribute this resource in traditional worksheet format, or print and trim the bookmark versions for a more engaging version. The bookmarks are formatted so two styles can be printed back to back - mix and match the differentiated versions for double sided bookmarks!

This booklet of 18 activities for Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a great flexible resource for festive or winter units, and includes an editable Google Docs version. Select differentiated activities as necessary for your students! Includes: Character Sketches Scrooge Marley’s Ghost Scroogify Christmas Carols We Wish You a Merry Christmas Christmas Tree The Twelve Days of Christmas Diaries of the Ghosts Marley’s Ghost The Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Present The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Close reading - Sense of Place Annotation of three extracts Comparison of three extracts Differentiated Comprehension Question Worksheets Character Setting Mood Theme Language Comprehension Question List (simplified version of above) Differentiated Close Analysis Essay – Impressions of Scrooge Extract for annotation Differentiated planning sheet with model row Differentiated planning sheet with model row and supplied quotations Additional reverse side of sheet

28 printable activity bookmarks for frontloading and exploring new unit or topic vocabulary. A perfect addition to any study unit! The differentiated bookmark faces range from simple responses to critical and evaluative responses. The formats are inspired by models and theories such as Bloom, Frayer and Stahl/Nagy. The bookmarks are formatted so two styles can be printed back to back - mix and match the differentiated versions for double sided bookmarks!

This set of worksheet activities introduces your students to the basics of Early Modern English in preparation for any Shakespeare unit. Includes… Introduction to Shakespearean vocabulary Outline of Early Modern English pronouns Outline of Early Modern English verbs Five levels of differentiation for each of the above Two Shakespearean vocabulary extension tasks Early Modern Insult Creator Each worksheet has a difficulty level indicated by a star rating. You can assign the activities in different ways: Teacher determines the difficulty level for individual students and distributes tasks accordingly Student treats the five task options as a choice and selects own difficulty level You can also use classroom discussion, group discussion, Turn and Talk and other collaborative methods to build and bank ideas before completing the activities.

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Gamify proofreading and editing work with these 60 pages of printable Bingo grids! Task students with finding these errors in their own work, or during peer assessment. Give prizes for the most errors found and corrected - make mistake discovery a positive activity! Aimed at secondary school students, this pack includes… 40 different printable grids of common spelling, punctuation and grammar errors 20 sheets of the above as half-page printables Blank PPT versions to create your own with editable text boxes Log sheet for students to write quotes as proof of errors found and corrected That’s 64 pages and slides - enough for every student in the class, and for every student to get a different card each time you play proofreading bingo!

Challenge your high school students to use more devices and techniques in their creative writing or NaNoWriMo projects with these 80 printable Bingo grids… not just for November!! Aimed at gifted and talented students, this pack includes… 40 different printable grids with heading Creative Writing Bingo 40 different printable grids with heading NaNoWriMo Bingo 22 sheets of quarter-page printables Blank PPT versions to create your own with editable text boxes (full and quarter page) Log sheet for students to write quotes as proof of devices That’s 106 pages and slides - enough for every student in the class, whether you use these year-round or for just for narrative writing events!