Using Old Major’s song ‘Beasts of England’, students are to select specific literary or language techniques to show how Old Major convinces the animals that Animalism is a worthy cause. This comes with a an exemplar or model answer with grade boundaries for New Zealand NCEA Level 1 levels, A, M and E. Students can see the cumulative effect of techniques on the animals / reader. This resource is designed to take a closer look at Orwell’s language when studying Animal Farm, but also develop general reading comprehension skills.

3 resources included in this package. Analytical notes on Pan organised through SOLO Taxonomy descriptors showing students what is needed to be proficient eat each level. A borderline Non-Achieved / Achieved Pan essay on character development. I have found this resource to be useful in illustrating the difference between a plot-driven essay. Students are able to edit the document and provide relevant analysis. Editable document showing how to integrate analytical comments into an essay. Again, this is useful for students who tend to ‘tell the story’. The scene analysed is Ofelia and the Toad. Resources designed for NCEA Level 3, NZ Curriculum, but can be adapted to any film analysis of Pan’s Labyrinth.

Resources on Speilberg’s Jurassic Park. This is aimed at Year 10 / Year 11 Film Study. Symbolism Teacher Notes Character study for students Discussion questions for students

26 worksheets, in colour, helping students practise their handwriting / letter formation. Animal themed.

A set of 10 cards (5 picture cards and 5 word cards). Colour resource to help your students develop their phonemic and phonic awareness. This game can be played by having the words or pictures pre-cut and matching cards are placed on the opposite card or they can be matched up via pen /pencil. Can be used as a group or individual activity.

This is an ideal resource if you are looking for a quick revision activity for King Lear Students have to match the quote to the character. Quotes can be pre-cut and matched to the characters as an independent activity or the quotes can be read at random and students have to write the quote next to the character they think it belongs to.

Quick revision activity on Pan’s Labyrinth. Answer sheet included.

2 resources included: Vocabulary checklist for formal letter writing. Can be used as a list of requisite words or as a spelling aid. Formal Letter Writing Info sheet / Poster. This can be used for classroom display or as a helpful worksheet guide for students.

14 picture cards to be matched up with the corresponding analysis. Ideal for revision once students are familiar with Orwell’s text. Group or individual activity

30 flashcards containing basic sentences. Students need to decide whether a possessive apostrophe is needed. A fun revision activity. Answer cards included.

A quick, fun, interactive literacy game for your students. 30 domino cards: match the picture to the corresponding onomatopoeic word.

10 templates included in this pack encouraging students to develop imagery in their creative or descriptive writing by using sensory imagery. The visual images are designed to prompt students into developing their ideas and the boxes are designed to help students organize them.

22 Posters, 2 “Spice up your Writing” signs followed by 20 “spice jars” with a different language technique on each. A cute classroom display to encourage your students to develop their creative writing skills.

20 pairs of flashcards where students have to match the picture to the onomatopoeic sound associated with it. A quick, fun, interactive group game for your students when exploring language techniques.

8 page PDF file. 4 on ‘The Kiwi’ and 4 on the ‘Tasmanian Devil’. Non-fiction. Students can develop their comprehension skills with basic inference questions, identify language techniques such as adjectives, verbs and onomatopoeia. Some questions require students to research dictionary definitions. Students are asked to sharpen their editing skills with misspelled words, inserting capital letters correctly and missing punctuation. Answers included.

10 sheets, each containing two adjectives. Answer sheets included (synonyms listed not a full list) Designed as a quick ‘do now’ literacy activity to help boost student vocabulary.

4 activities on Poe’s famous short story The Tell Tale Heart. These activities are designed to be starter activities to promote literacy and analysis skills. 1 x Match the literary technique to the quote (Answers included) 1 x Match the symbol to the definition (Answers included) 3 x Analyse the quote. Example given on the first page showing students how to identify and explain the literary technique used. 1 x Identify the punctuation and find an example of its use in the text.

13 worksheets focusing on identifying and explaining literary techniques in Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart. Focus on sound devices, such as assonance and alliteration, before moving onto general techniques. Example paragraph included. This has been differentiated for lower ability and higher ability students. Cut and paste paragraph structure activity with answer sheet. ‘What not to write in your paragraphs’ worksheet. Ideal for students who need to stop using vague statements. 4 pages of Do Nows that focus on identifying word classes and explaining techniques.

10 picture cards, featuring symbols from the short story ‘Examination Day’. 10 explanations of the symbols. Ideal revision activity for students on Slesar’s short story. Students have to match up the explanations to the pictures.

Note: These worksheets can apply to both the novel and the film regarding themes, character questions. Cinematography worksheets obviously apply to the film adaptation. 19 worksheets covering aspects such as: Prompts for the opening paragraphs of an essay Themes Discussion questions Symbolism Cinematography Vocabulary definitions Quotes - who said what General research on Malawi Please note, there are no answers. These are worksheet templates for different aspects of the text.