This is a no-prep KS2 to KS3 transition lesson, Year 5/6 taster lesson or Year 7 cover lesson. It features an original short story for pupils to read and a short piece of creative writing. There is just one page to photocopy for pupils. The lesson should last 50-60 minutes.

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 resource can be used as prompts for ‘quick writes’ or discussion. Ideal to use as starters or plenaries for classes studying ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ at GCSE. You will get both a PDF version and editable PowerPoint version. This resource is part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ collection. The full scheme of work, and all the accompanying resources are on my TES shop: Wordy Witterings.

Five blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 45 to 50 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Questions Writing multiple-choice questions Types of narrative ending Predictions Features of a book review (inc. an example review) Writing a review of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Four blended learning worksheets, plus a teacher feedback sheet, for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 39 and 40. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Malorie Blackman’s Style Characters’ thoughts Characters’ feelings Planning to write a chapter from Josh’s point of view Self-assessment task Teacher feedback sheet Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Adam, before and after the attack Skimming Scanning Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 37. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: homophobia short tasks about chapter 37 testing: locating information; inference; language and structure; writing an IEEL paragraph teacher feedback sheet Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Fully differentiated task for grades 9-1. Students explore the meaning of the novel’s title. Contains links to online articles. Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 36 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: literary theory diversity depiction of the LGBTQ+ community in literature applying LGBTQ+ theory (queer theory) to a reading of chapter 36 Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 32, 33, 34 and 35. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: addresses form filling (registering Emma at a GP’s surgery) vocbulary-building (childcare) Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Four blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 31 Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: research task: careers working with children apostrophes for possession features of a report writing a report answer sheet for all tasks Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 29 and 30. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: apostrophes for omission contractions synonyms Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Chapters 27 and 28. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content of these worksheets includes: Structural features Malorie Blackman video Writing interview responses as Malorie Blackman Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.

Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 26. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content includes: metaphors extended metaphors readers’ responses to Aunt Jackie character roles Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.

Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 25. Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning. Content includes: vocabulary building: emotions identifying character emotions in an extract from chapter 25 Dante and Emma’s relationship structuring an exam response summarising Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.