9 printable, editable posters of black authors for Black History Month 2024 (8 authors and one title). Authors featured are: Malorie Blackman, Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephaniah, Toni Morrison, Grace Nichols, John Agard, Zadie Smith, Alice Walker. Designed for a secondary school library.

This is a lesson plan for a no-prep KS2 to KS3 transition lesson. Great for taster days or the first drama lesson in Year 7. No need for any materials or printed resources. The lesson should take approximately 50-60 minutes.

This is a script and powerpoint for a secondary school assembly for Pride Month. It was written to be student-led, with six speaking sections and some optional student dramatisations. It’s main content is: The history of Pride The Pride flag Celebrating diversity The importance of tolerance Ways to encourage an atmosphere of tolerance

Back for another year! This is a fun quiz of the school year 2023-4 which is suitable for Years 7-13. A visually appealling end-of-year final lesson quiz that you can use with each of your classes. Can also be split into rounds to fill a whole week for form times. There are 60 questions in total (plus a tie-breaker), a printable answer sheet, and of course all the answers. You will get both a PDF version and adaptable PowerPoint version of this quiz. Tried and tested on my own classes, this quiz takes 50-55 minutes for teams to complete the quiz and mark each others’ answers. Round 1: In the News (multiple choice; current affairs events from each month of the last school year) Round 2: Song Lyrics (identify the song and artist; all 2023-4 UK chart toppers) Round 3: Films (identify the film from its poster, cast or merchandise) Round 4: Food and Drink (multiple choice) Round 5: Sport (multiple choice; full range of sports from the last year) Round 6: Brands (guess the brand from the ‘zoomed in’ image)

This is a fun Halloween-themed quiz which is suitable to be used in the classroom. The categories are: Round 1 - Pop music Round 2 - Guess the celebrity (picutre round - they are all dressed up in Halloween costumes) Round 3 - Films Round 4 - Trick or Treat (Halloween food and games) Round 5 - Anagrams Round 6 - Origins 6 rounds of 10 questions each 5 rounds are multiple choice Tie-breaker question Range of question difficulty All answers included at the end of the powerpoint Absolutely nothing for you to do - all you need is paper and pens. This quiz has been written for KS3 and KS4 and will take an hour including marking.

This transport word search is designed to increase the vocabulary of KS3 students. It features 50 transport-related words, with common ones such as ‘car’ and ‘road’ to much more difficult ones such as ‘biodiesel’ and ‘autonomous vehicle’. Students are encouraged to use a dictionary or the internet to find out what new vocabulary means. This is a free resource. If you’ve found it useful, please do check out my other resources and leave me a review.

Engage your pupils in a Roald Dahl reading comprehension with this fun maze. Pupils read a brief biography of Roald Dahl and his work, then track their way through a maze by choosing the correct answer to each question. Perfect for Roald Dahl Day! This resource is designed for KS2 pupils and has a reading age of approximately 9. The reading material is approximately 300 words in length. If you enjoy using this resource, please leave me a review. I have lots of English teaching resources on my TES shop, including more fun mazes: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/WordyWitterings

This is a template for an information sheet, allowing you to provide key information about your class/department at the start of the school year. This is a fully-editable Publisher template in a range of six colour schemes. You will need to download the font I’ve used in order to use this resource. This is very simple to do and 100% free. I’ve included links and instructions about how to do this on the final page of the resource. Just type the information that you want your own class to know into the template. I’ve included one completed sheet as an example. **This is a free resource. If you find it useful, I’d really appreciate your review. ** Please check out my TES shop for other teaching resources.

This is a fun quiz of the school year, 2022-3 which is suitable for Years 7-11. A visually appealling end-of-year final lesson quiz that you can use with each of your classes. Can also be split into rounds to fill a whole week for form times. There are 60 questions in total (plus a tie-breaker), a printable answer sheet, and of course all the answers. You will get both a PDF version and adaptable PowerPoint version of this quiz. Tried and tested on my own classes, this quiz takes 50-55 minutes for teams to complete the quiz and mark each others’ answers. Round 1: In the News (multiple choice; current affairs events from each month of the last school year) Round 2: Song Lyrics (identify the song and artist; all 2022-3 UK chart toppers) Round 3: Films and Television (identify the film from its poster; identify the television show from its cast) Round 4: Social Media (multiple choice; trends, platforms and celebrities) Round 5: Sport (multiple choice; full range of sports from the last year) Round 6: Brands (guess the brand from the ‘zoomed in’ image) I’m trying to build up my tes shop so, if you enjoy this resourcce, I’d be really grateful for your reviews. You can follow my blog at wordywitterings.com

Help your students to understand key concepts and exam questions with this classroom display of printable command word. Each poster contains a flat icon and simple definition. The image backs up verb’s meaning and makes it much easier for students to engage with their meaning. I have these up at the front of my room as a permanent display, using them in both KS3 and KS4 lessons. I also have a set laminated and stick one up at the top of my whiteboard when I want to explicitly teach one skill or type of exam question. Features the command words used on all exam boards for GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature. Supports both UK and US spellings of key terms. The pack contains posters explaining the following terms: Advise Analyse (you’ll find it spelled ‘Analyze’ in an additional poster) Argue Comment Compare Describe Evaluate Explain Explore Identify Infer Inform Link List Persuade Predict Quote Review Summarise (spelled ‘Summarize’ in an additional poster) Support If you require words that are featured on this list and would like them adding, please do let me know. wordywitterings.com