A bright, engaging grid-style frame to guide and support pupils in planning 5 paragraphs for a well-rounded essay. This resource is easy to use in a very mixed ability class, ranging from the students needing significant support to the MAT, and all pupils in between… 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. Both aspirational and differentiated - make achieving easy! If you found this helpful, you might also like: Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Literary Symbols Mat | Motifs Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Poetry Analysis Mat | Content and Structure Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure

Aimed at Secondary level, this resource includes six punctuation mats for general writing support. They come in both colour and black and white PDFs. Best stuck in exercise books or to desks as tools for improving students’ written work. Each mat covers… Full stop Single and paired commas Omissive and possessive apostrophes Ellipsis Semi colon Paragraphs

Aimed at Primary level, this resource includes six punctuation mats for general writing support. There are four fun color versions, one minimalist color and one black and white version. These work best stuck in exercise books or to desks as tools for improving students’ written work. Each mat covers… Full stop Commas Omissive and possessive apostrophes Question mark Exclamation mark Paragraphs If you found this helpful, you might also like: Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Student Newsbites | Introduction Activity | Back to School Primary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts Primary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Primary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy

Aimed at Primary level, this resource includes six grammar mats for general writing support. There are four fun color versions, one minimalist color and one black and white version. These work best stuck in exercise books or to desks as tools for improving students’ written work. Each mat covers… Capital letters They’re/There/Their You’re/Your To/Too/Two Here/Hear Connectives Improving vocabulary

A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Atticus Finch from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents. Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail. This product includes… Sheet with 16 quotations provided Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations …and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task! If you found this helpful, you might also like: Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Calpurnia Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Miss Maudie Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch’s Closing Speech | Analysis of Persuasive Devices Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors

A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Boo Radley from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents. Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail. This product includes… Sheet with 16 quotations provided Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations …and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task! If you found this helpful, you might also like: Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Calpurnia Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Miss Maudie Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch’s Closing Speech | Analysis of Persuasive Devices Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors

A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Miss Maudie from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents. Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail. This product includes… Sheet with 16 quotations provided Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations …and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task! If you found this helpful, you might also like: Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Calpurnia Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch’s Closing Speech | Analysis of Persuasive Devices Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors

A fun, imaginative task for secondary level. Students use or find quotations about Calpurnia from the early chapters of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, building a picture through the eyes of Maycombe residents. Students draw an image of the character, using the quotations, then annotate their drawings to show close attention to detail. This product includes… Sheet with 16 quotations provided Sheet with 16 quotations and space for additional ideas Sheet with empty spaces for students to find their own quotations …and each of the three sheets above come with three different centres: blank, gingerbread man outline and realistic outline. That’s nine formats for the same task!

An opportunity to teach persuasive language devices through literature; students read and annotate Atticus Finch’s closing speech in To Kill a Mockingbird. This resource includes: Editable and PDF versions of all sheets Options to provide students with the full speech (best printed as a short booklet) or one of six parts of the speech (best printed as a double-sided sheet) Suitable for individual or group work Every version of the sheet includes written student instructions and a table of persuasive devices. However, instead of differentiating by difficulty, the devices have been split into different style categories. This way, students can select the styles they engage with most, without ‘coasters’ opting for the simplest choice. These categories are: Numerical devices Emotional devices Visual devices Social devices Logical devices If you found this helpful, you might also like: Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Calpurnia Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Miss Maudie Character Sketch Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors

A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet and PowerPoint for older students with a summer theme. For example, would your students rather spend every day at the beach, or every day in the woods, and why? Encourage discussion around eight prompt pairs, all focused on summer activities, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice. Check out the video preview for a closer look! This resource comes in two styles (one color and one black and white), and in both US letter and UK A4 document formats for easy printing, plus accompanying PowerPoint to make it easy for you to use these tasks as individual bell-ringers or exit tickets. I have also ensured that US and UK spellings are included on the appropriate documents. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Exposition Bingo | School Breaks and Holidays | Persuasion | KS3 and KS4 Summer Writing | Developing Ideas | Sentence Building | KS2 and KS3 Family Activities | Would You Rather | Discussion and Reasoning Wonder | Ordinary | Literature Extract Question and Essay Response Plan Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT

Decorate your classroom with this pack of nine posters showing nine different reading strategies. Each poster has the name of the strategy, a description, and visual prompts. The strategies are… Reading back and forth Close reading Empathising Inferring Predicting Questioning Scanning Skimming Visualising These posters come in both US letter and UK A4 size documents, and there are black and white versions for printing onto plain or colour paper, and versions with a pop of colour in the borders.

These printable bookmarks for secondary school students add a touch of literary humour to your awards. This pack includes 59 different awards with space for you to add the year, student name and your signature, and one blank one for you to create your own award by adding text boxes. Use them year on year! These are provided as PNG files so that you can organise them as required and to your preferred size. Character Awards: Most likely to be the action hero Most likely to be a famous activist Most likely to be an anime or manga character Most likely to be the comedy relief Most likely to be the mayor of a dystopia Most likely to know too much Most likely to be the lead character in a romance Most likely to be the terrifying leader Most likely to be the mad scientist Most likely to be the terrifying matriarch Most likely to be the terrifying patriarch Most likely to be the President Most likely to be the Prime Minister Most likely to be a private detective Most likely to save lives Most likely to be a spy Most likely to survive a horror novel Most likely to be the sheriff in a Western Most likely to quietly take over the world Plot Point Awards: Most likely to be abducted by aliens Most likely to go on the road with their band Most likely to accidentally open a black hole Most likely to run away with the circus Most likely to reintroduce dinosaurs to the earth Most likely to undergo a dramatic transformation Most likely to lead a life straight out of a Film Noir Most likely to invent life-changing technology Most likely to discover that mythical creatures are real Most likely to have a Number 1 Hit Most likely to be in a paranormal mystery Most likely to have their diaries published Most likely to be bitten by a radioactive spider Most likely to reject civilisation Most likely to accidentally release a demon Most likely to fight against a robot uprising Most likely to feature in a romcom Most likely to go into space Most likely to time travel Most likely to travel the world Most likely to discover the truth Most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse Device Awards: Most likely to be an allegory Most likely to be an example of dramatic irony Most likely to foreshadow Most likely to become a hyperbole Most likely to become a juxtaposition of their school personality Most likely to be a literary symbol Most likely to be a metaphor Most likely to be a paradox Misc Awards: Most likely to work with animals Most likely to write an autobiography Most likely to work with kids Most likely to make national news Most likely to work with plants Most likely to be a pro streamer Most likely to create a new slang word Most likely to be a stand up comedian Most likely to write a novel Most likely to write a screenplay …plus a blank version!

Explore the quotations and themes of the character Eva Smith, from JB Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls. The line art image of Eva Smith is peppered with quotations, acting as a graphic organiser as well as a fun visual activity. Choose a colour for each theme on the checklist at the bottom of the sheet, and shade the sections to link the quotations and the themes. Not only does this help understanding and revision, but you get a piece of art at the end! This resource is provided in US letter, UK A4 and large A3 size documents. Follow me to be updated as each character sheet is added for this play!

Learn about your students by asking them to design themselves as a video game character. As well as asking students to draw themselves as a character, they are also asked to outline the name, color scheme, skills, powers, travel method and mission for their character. For older or more able students, this can be followed up with a ‘why’ explanation to encourage discussion and reasoning. This pack includes… US and UK document sizes US and UK spellings PDF versions PNG versions for you to use in your own lesson planning

To gather quick responses from your students about any chapter from any novel or text, simply print and hand out this single sheet. It is provided in A3 size for larger sheet printing, but it can be resized to UK A4 or US letter size for smaller sheets. Editable Word version included for you to adapt or differentiate the sheet for your students. This one-pager asks for… Novel name Chapter name or number Character links or connections Favorite quotation Three personal reactions Map of setting Questions raised Predictions for later in the text Reaction to the chapter ending US and UK spellings are provided

Engage your class with a pre-reading task by presenting the climax or outcome of the plot as a crime scene. Use this editable Word template to organise the victims, statements, evidence locker timeline, and any other information you wish to include. Add or remove sections to suit the text or your students. This starting task allows students to work in groups to work out the plot before you read the text; it also gives you a chance to flip the classroom and get them to engage themselves. It is adaptable so that you can plan for the task to last fifteen minutes or a whole lesson. You choose! Please note: This template is not for commercial use.

This differentiated pack of literary essay bingo sheets can be used with any text and for any essay focus or question. Each page offers individual bingo grids for an introduction, four paragraphs for close analysis, and a conclusion. Not only is there differentiation within the individual grids - with some students aiming to complete rows or columns, and others aiming for a full house - but there are three different versions of grid provided. One includes single word prompts for more able students, another features more detailed prompts, and the third uses questioning within the grids for those students in need of more support. The resource is provided with… US letter size and UK A4 size documents US and UK spellings and terminology Black and white versions Colour versions Editable Google Docs versions

Looking for an engaging activity for high schoolers at the end of the year? Use this as a full lesson exploring several examples of current slang with your class, or set as a bellringer or collaborative starter to a lesson with one word or phrase. Either choose the slang words yourself, or if you are feeling brave, give total creative control to your students! Students are prompted to think about and discuss: a choice of word or phrase, how it is used in a sentence, what is means, how long it has been in use, where it is used and by whom, how controversial the slang is, how existing words have changed meaning, and to predict how long they thing the slang will be popular. This product includes: Slang Diagram one-page graphic organizer PDF with fancy font Slang Diagram one-page graphic organizer PDF with simple font UK and US document sizes for both of the above Slang Diagram PowerPoint including one-slide graphic organizer version and a version split across three slides Interactive model within PowerPoint

This comprehension task focuses on Cath Palug from Welsh mythology. It also includes a short extract about a supernatural cat from Catherine Fisher’s The Candle Man, and includes a question for cross-referencing the details. There are five questions that cover search and locate, synonym use, understanding word roots, and comparison.

20 weeks of literacy slides! 20 slides with 100 activities - five per slide. Use as bellringers, exit tickets, brain breaks or for whole school home room tasks. The slides feature a combination of turn and talk, close reading, proofreading, sentence development, mime, quick writing and vocabulary tasks. You could use one slide once a week for a set of activities together, or complete one of the five tasks on the slide each day of the week. Could also be used to support ESL. This product includes… UK and US versions of the above Fully editable Google Slides versions of the above Answer key for all proofreading tasks