Here I have the second volume of the 'Sensational Starters' series which aims to give teachers a huge bank of starters that they can use with all of their classes. 50 slides, with each slide providing a different starter task for your classes. Ideal as bell ringer/ entrance tasks. It's as simple as that! This edition focuses on reading skills; with a huge bank of starters developing the following aspects of reading: Basic Inferences Layered Inferences Using evidence to support points Inferring from images Inferring from quotations Exploring key words within quotations Identifying word classes Commenting on the effect of word classes Understanding the writer's messages/viewpoints Understanding the writer's world (context) Responding critically to a text Would suit Key stages 3, 4 and even 5. Ideal Language GCSE preparation tasks for Paper 1 and 2; great for general skill building too! The tasks suit a wide range of abilities and can be easily tweaked if required. This would be an ideal resource for a whole school literacy drive too. Perfect toolkit and inspiration for any teacher. Ready to roll. Enjoy! If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!

Here I have the first of my 'Sensational Starters' series which aims to give teachers a huge bank of starters that they can use with all of their classes. 50 slides, with each slide providing a different starter task for your classes.Ideal as bell ringer/entrance activities as soon as your class walk in. It's as simple as that! This edition focuses on writing skills; with a huge bank of starters developing the following aspects of writing: Sensory descriptions Similes, metaphors and personification in writing Improving adjective use Improving adverb use Using dynamic verbs Improving and developing general vocabulary skills Adapting writing to suit purpose Writing with passion and conviction Using rhetorical devices Improving descriptive skills Would suit Key stages 3, 4 and even 5. Ideal Language GCSE preparation tasks for Paper 1 and 2; great for general skill building too! The tasks suit a wide range of abilities and can be easily tweaked if required. This would be an ideal resource for a whole school literacy drive too. Perfect toolkit and inspiration for any teacher. Ready to roll with no adaptation required. Enjoy! If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!

Full lessons preparing students for the writing task on the new AQA Language paper 2 - writing to present a viewpoint. I am already finding that students' writing is often quite 'pedestrian' and lacking in passion and enthusiasm. These lessons try and access the 'inner voice' the writer in order to guide students to a more passionate and enthusiastic method of writing. The PowerPoint also contains a large bank of exam style 'provocative statements' for you to draw on and use with your students in a number of different ways (creative ideas for how best to use the statements is also included in the PowerPoint). This is ideal for developing persuasive and argumentative skills. Brief breakdown: * Students consider topics they care or are passionate about and create mini speeches around this * Consider what makes a passionate speech and how we can import this into our writing * Introduce students to DARCFOREST - a system of rhetorical techniques students can apply in their own writing (complete with modelled sentences) * Students apply these skills in their own writing * Huge bank of provocative statements as you would find them in the AQA paper 2 exam for students to consider, explore and respond to. * Detailed learning review at the end At least 2 lessons worth, range of speaking and listening and active learning contained within the PowerPoint. Also, lesson deals with lots of real life issues so there is a PSHE/ Personal development angle to the lessons too. All there, ready to roll, enjoy! 35 slides jam packed with content. Feedback welcomed to help further improve all resources. This is part of a full revision/writing skills scheme for paper 2, which is purchasable as a bundle. If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!

Homophones! I'm often gobsmacked to find even my year 11 GCSE classes struggle with there/their/they're and through experience, I've learned that it's not that they don't know the correct homophone, they just simply don't revise them enough to have 'sharp skills' in this respect. These lessons are designed to address this area of weakness we often find in our students. You can do a single round as a starter or you may wish to build a couple of lessons around the whole scheme. Contents as follows: Homophone blast 1 - Round 1 'There/they're/their'. Round 2 'Your/you're' Homphone blast 2 - Round 1 'Were/where/we're'. Round 2 'To/two/too' Homophone blast 3 - Round 1 - Students circle the correct homophone in the sentence. Round 2 - Same as round 1 but more advanced homophones. Homophone blast test - A list of homophones whereby students need to create sentences out of the homophone words Answers PPT - Goes through each blast round by round, providing answers so that the whole thing can be peer-assessed Ready to roll, no adaptation required. Suitable for all age ranges really. Worksheets are easy to follow and ready to print out. Ideal as standalone/cover lessons too. If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!

Here is the ultimate SPaG/punctuation quiz! Let's face it, teaching SPaG can be dry, this quiz is just one way of making it a little more fun and adding a competitive element to it too. * Rounds comprise of either 5 or 10 questions * A single round can be completed as a starter, or the whole quiz can take at least a lesson * Answers are provided at the end of each round and can be peer assessed * Students must get all aspects of the question right to gain marks for that particular question (for example, all commas must be in the correct place on a comma question to gain a single mark). However, the test can be made easier by giving a mark for each punctuation mark in the correct place. * If you wish, you can use this as a baseline assessment and revisit the test again to check progress at the end of a SPaG or writing unit. Rounds as follows: Round 1 – Brackets (out of 10) Round 2 – ? ! or . (out of 10) Round 3 – Speech marks (out of 5) Round 4 – Semicolons (out of 5) Round 5 – Colons (out of 5) Round 6 – Commas (out of 10) Round 7 – Mixed 1 (out of 5) Round 8 – Mixed 2 (out of 5 Round 9 – Mixed 3 (out of 5) The quiz is reasonably challenging, and is therefore geared more towards KS3 and GCSE English level. However, it could also work with really bright KS2 students. Ideal activity as a standalone lesson or as part of a programme of GCSE revision for the new 9-1 Language spec, which places huge emphasis on this aspect of writing. I guess it would also make an ideal whole school literacy drive resource during tutor time! Ready to roll, Enjoy! If you make a purchase and find the resource useful, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review for the resource purchased, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username alongside a link to the resource you would like. Your free resource will then be sent over right away!

This is a multi-discipline CPD designed to raise awareness of the importance of literacy and its impact on the lives and life chances of students. The session aims to look at literacy in the modern world and to establish its importance in our daily lives. The presentation also includes a wide range of academic research which reveals some shocking statistics about illiteracy and functional illiteracy in the UK. Importantly, this is an active session, with plenty of activities for delegates to ‘do’ during the course of the CPD. Delegates need to undertake a proof reading activity, along with a range of practical tasks with the aim of embedding literacy into their everyday lesson planning. The content can be squeezed into one hour, but could easily fill a couple of hours. I’ve had lots of positive feedback from the session, which I’ve delivered to NQTs and Trainees in the past. Equally, I think it would work brilliantly as a whole school CPD with the aim of raising the profile of literacy across the curriculum. If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2024! Everyone’s favourite time of year is here. Make your Christmas Quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed, totally silly and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning for 2024, bigger and better than ever, users can look forward to, you guessed it, 100% BRAND NEW CONTENT! 140 slides of action-packed fun consisting of eight rounds: 1. Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Who is hiding behind the mistletoe?’ 2. 2024 in the News – A multiple choice round based on this year’s top headlines. 3. ‘Ho Ho Ho!’ or ‘No No No!’ - Can your students separate the fascinating facts from the festive fibs in this Christmas themed true or false round? 4. Finding Frosty…Ski Trip Special! - Frosty and Colin are off for a much needed break. Students are tasked with finding the clueless duo hiding in various locations. 5. Bonus Round 1 - Elf on the…Stealth! – An elimination round based on that most annoying of Christmas traditions; students have the opportunity to bag valuable bonus points in this hilarious higher or lower round! 6. General Knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! 7. Observation Round – Students watch a short Christmas classic and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. 8. Bonus Round 2 - Naughty or Nice (NEW FOR 2024) - Teams face just one final dilemma and must decide whether to open a present from under the tree, potentially gaining…or losing crucial points! Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer or self-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately one hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off, zero hassle, zero adaptation, fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Praise for my previous quizzes: “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! …Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “Wonderful! A lovely activity for the last week of term. Very well thought out and constructed; many thanks!” - SuperSheila “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH “Have used your resources before so I know they’re of a high quality. Another great quiz that my classes will enjoy, thanks so much!” LaurenW Buy in confidence from a TES recommended seller with 375 5* reviews…and counting! Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant and in accordance with usage rights. Attribution has been provided where required

Christmas! Make your Christmas Quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. If you’re here because you enjoyed last year’s quiz, welcome to this year’s instalment featuring **100% brand new content! ** 110 slides of action packed fun consisting of 6 rounds: Celebrity picture round ‘who is hiding behind the mistletoe?’ 2018 in the news Christmas through the ages Spot the difference (timed round and interactive egg timer included on the PowerPoint) General knowledge Festive fun (guess the Christmas related object and a video based observation round) Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Unfortunately, the TES preview feature can distort PowerPoint files so I’ve attached an image so that you see what your’e getting. All resources download properly when purchased. Praise for my previous quizzes: *“Brilliant!” - Lukatom “Worked really well with a range of classes” - Strerne “Lots of different activities…suitable for all ages and subjects” - Natsmith “Great Resource! Visually looks great too! Love it!” - Moore2231 “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH* Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author! Feedback welcomed and appreciated.

The Ultimate End of Year Summer Quiz 2024! Everyone’s favourite time of year is here. Make your end of term the stuff of legend with this action packed and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning again for 2024 and better than ever, users can look forward to 100% BRAND NEW CONTENT! 130 slides of action-packed fun consisting of 7 rounds: 1. Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Celebrity Sandcastles’ 2. In the News – A multiple choice round based on the biggest news stories this year. 3. Summer Fun - General trivia around the summer season as well as identifying mystery objects! 4. Where’s…Lolly?! - A comic twist on everyone’s favourite ‘finding’ game. Students are tasked with spotting a slightly clueless ice cream hiding in various silly locations. 5. General knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! 6. Observation Round – Students watch a short summer themed video and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. Bonus Round - NO PLANE NO GAIN! Students have the opportunity to bag valuable bonus points for their team at the halfway point but be careful…any incorrect guesses and you are ELIMINATED! Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer or self-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Many, many hours go into making each of my quizzes and any feedback you have is very much welcomed. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Praise for my previous quizzes: “Once again a great quiz that is essentially a whole day of form & teaching :)!” - JDeeacon “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! I will be looking forward to buying a Christmas, Easter and summer 2020 quiz! Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “Wonderful! A lovely activity for the last week of term. Very well thought out and constructed; many thanks!” - SuperSheila “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH Buy in confidence from a TES recommended seller with over 350 5* reviews! Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant and in accordance with usage rights. Attribution has been provided where required.

The Ultimate End of Year / Summer Term Quiz 2020! Make your end of summer term quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed, fresh and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. 130 slides of action packed fun consisting of 6 rounds: Round 1 - Celebrity Sandcastles - can your students spot the celebrities hiding behind the sandcastles? Round 2 - In The News 2020 - questions relating to the major news stories of this year Round 3 - Summer Fun - can your students identify the zoomed in summer related objects? Round 4 - Bumble Jumble! See if you can spot Bumble the bee in various crazy locations Round 5 - General Knowledge - test your students on a range of general knowledge topics Round 6 - Observation Round - a range of questions based on a hilarious summer classic Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The team sheet has been improved for this year so that it now fits on a single sheet of paper - making photocopying easier and more cost effective/ easy for students to fill in remotely. The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making it fun and engaging for your groups. Suitable for all secondary subjects and curriculum areas as a one off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Unfortunately, the TES preview feature can distort PowerPoint files so I’ve attached an image so that you see what your’e getting. All resources download properly when purchased. Praise for my previous quizzes: Brilliant - pupils had a blast!! - Val Nicol Fantastic as always! Many thanks - Summersby0 Brilliant resource and worth every penny, thank you - nicolawilliams As always, a fantastic resource! I love it and so will my pupils next week! Thank you. - Tinkercat Really enjoyed the variety of rounds and clearly organised structure made it painless to run. - Ess2 My groups are going to love this! So much variety in the rounds and the team sheets make the marking so easy. Thank you so much for this! - McGlynne If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

Make your 2019 Christmas Quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning for 2019 and better than ever, users can look forward to **100% brand new content! ** 130 slides of action-packed fun that should fit perfectly into a whole lesson: Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Who is hiding behind the mistletoe?’ 2019 in the News – A multiple choice round based on this year’s top headlines. ‘Ho Ho Ho!’ or ‘No No No!’ - Can your students separate the fascinating facts from the festive fibs in this Christmas themed true or false round? Rescue Rodney! - Students are tasked with finding Rodney the reindeer hiding away in various crazy locations. General knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! Observation Round – Students watch a short Christmas classic and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive, fully editable and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. The quiz has been designed with secondary aged students in mind. However, it would work equally well with older Key Stage 2 students, college groups and even big kids such as family and friends! Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Unfortunately, the TES preview feature can distort PowerPoint files so I’ve attached preview images so that you see what you’re getting. All resources download properly when purchased. Praise for my previous quizzes: *“Brilliant!” *- Lukatom “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! I will be looking forward to buying a Christmas, Easter and summer 2020 quiz! Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH* “Have used your resources before so I know they’re of a high quality. Another great quiz that my classes will enjoy, thanks so much!” LaurenW Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author! Feedback welcomed and very much appreciated. Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant. All images and media content have been obtained under the relevant licence and attribution has been provided where required.

The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2023! Everyone’s favourite time of year is here. Make your Christmas Quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed, totally silly and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning for 2023 and better than ever, users can look forward to **100% brand new content! ** 140 slides of action-packed fun consisting of 7 rounds: 1. Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Who is hiding behind the mistletoe?’ 2. 2023 in the News – A multiple choice round based on this year’s top headlines. 3. ‘Ho Ho Ho!’ or ‘No No No!’ - Can your students separate the fascinating facts from the festive fibs in this Christmas themed true or false round? 4. Finding Frosty! - Students are tasked with finding Frosty the Snowman (along with Colin the Christmas Corgi) hiding away in various curious locations. 5. General knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! 6. Observation Round – Students watch a short Christmas classic and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. BONUS ROUND - Elf on the…stealth! – An elimination round based on that most annoying of Christmas traditions; students have the opportunity to bag valuable bonus points in this hilarious higher or lower round! Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer or self-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off, zero hassle, zero adaptation fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Praise for my previous quizzes: “Once again a great quiz that is essentially a whole day of form & teaching :)!” - JDeeacon “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! …Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “Wonderful! A lovely activity for the last week of term. Very well thought out and constructed; many thanks!” - SuperSheila “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH “Have used your resources before so I know they’re of a high quality. Another great quiz that my classes will enjoy, thanks so much!” LaurenW Buy in confidence from a TES recommended seller with 350 5* reviews…and counting! Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant and in accordance with usage rights. Attribution has been provided where required

The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2021! Everyone’s favourite time of year is here. Make your Christmas Quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning for 2021 and better than ever, users can look forward to **100% brand new content! ** 140 slides of action-packed fun consisting of 7 rounds: 1. Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Who is hiding behind the mistletoe?’ 2. 2021 in the News – A multiple choice round based on this year’s top headlines. 3. ‘Ho Ho Ho!’ or ‘No No No!’ - Can your students separate the fascinating facts from the festive fibs in this Christmas themed true or false round? 5. Finding Frosty! - Students are tasked with finding Frosty the Snowman (along with Colin the Christmas Corgi) hiding away in various curious locations. 7. General knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! 9. Observation Round – Students watch a short Christmas classic and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. BONUS ROUND - Play Your (Christmas) Cards Right! – A festive twist on a gameshow classic; students have the opportunity to bag valuable bonus points in this hilarious higher or lower elimination round! Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer or self-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Praise for my previous quizzes: “Once again a great quiz that is essentially a whole day of form & teaching :)!” - JDeeacon “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! I will be looking forward to buying a Christmas, Easter and summer 2020 quiz! Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “Wonderful! A lovely activity for the last week of term. Very well thought out and constructed; many thanks!” - SuperSheila “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH “Have used your resources before so I know they’re of a high quality. Another great quiz that my classes will enjoy, thanks so much!” LaurenW Buy in confidence from a TES recommended seller with 250 5* reviews! Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant and in accordance with usage rights. Attribution has been provided where required.

The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2020! Quiz season is back and boy, a bit of silly fun has never been more called for! Make your Christmas Quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning for 2020 and better than ever, users can look forward to **100% brand new content! ** 140 slides of action-packed fun consisting of 7 rounds: 1. Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Who is hiding behind the mistletoe?’ 2. 2020 in the News – A multiple choice round based on this year’s top headlines. 3. ‘Ho Ho Ho!’ or ‘No No No!’ - Can your students separate the fascinating facts from the festive fibs in this Christmas themed true or false round? 4. Finding Frosty! - Students are tasked with finding Frosty the Snowman (along with Colin the Christmas Corgi) hiding away in various curious locations. 5. General knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! 6. Observation Round – Students watch a short Christmas classic and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. And, new for this year, a brand new bonus round! 7. Play Your (Christmas) Cards Right! – A festive twist on a gameshow classic; students have the opportunity to bag valuable bonus points in this hilarious higher or lower elimination round! Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer or self-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Praise for my previous quizzes: “Brilliant!” - Lukatom “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! I will be looking forward to buying a Christmas, Easter and summer 2020 quiz! Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “Great Resource! Visually looks great too! Love it!” - Moore2231 “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH “Have used your resources before so I know they’re of a high quality. Another great quiz that my classes will enjoy, thanks so much!” LaurenW Buy in confidence from a TES recommended seller with 250 5* reviews! Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant and in accordance with usage rights. Attribution has been provided where required.

The Ultimate End of Year Summer Quiz 2023! Everyone’s favourite time of year is here. Make your end of term the stuff of legend with this action packed and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning again for 2023 and better than ever, users can look forward to 100% BRAND NEW CONTENT! 130 slides of action-packed fun consisting of 7 rounds: 1. Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Celebrity Sandcastles’ 2. In the News – A multiple choice round based on the biggest news stories this year. 3. Summer Fun - General trivia around the summer season as well as identifying mystery objects! 4. Where’s…Lolly?! - A comic twist on everyone’s favourite ‘finding’ game. Students are tasked with spotting a slightly clueless ice cream hiding in various silly locations. 5. General knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! 6. Observation Round – Students watch a short summer themed video and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. Bonus Round - NO PLANE NO GAIN! Students have the opportunity to bag valuable bonus points for their team at the halfway point but be careful…any incorrect guesses and you are ELIMINATED! -------------------- Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer or self-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Many, many hours go into making each of my quizzes and any feedback you have is very much welcomed. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! -------------------- Praise for my previous quizzes: “Once again a great quiz that is essentially a whole day of form & teaching :)!” - JDeeacon “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! I will be looking forward to buying a Christmas, Easter and summer 2020 quiz! Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “Wonderful! A lovely activity for the last week of term. Very well thought out and constructed; many thanks!” - SuperSheila “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH --------------------- Buy in confidence from a TES recommended seller with 340 5* reviews! Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant and in accordance with usage rights. Attribution has been provided where required.

This is a lively and engaging resource developing students’ word choices and general vocabulary skills. Ideal in preparing students for GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section B. The full scheme of work is available to purchase for just £5. Click this link to check it out! A range of activities designed to develop your pupils’ vocabulary use and to also get them into positive habits of editing and improving vocabulary after having ‘finished’. This has been designed with the new AQA Language Paper 1 specification in mind, which places heavy emphasis on making effective vocabulary choices in the writing, but is equally useful for KS3 teaching and for other major GCSE exam boards. Would work well as a standalone writing/literacy lesson or as part of the paper 1 writing scheme of work of which this is a part. If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

A lively and engaging lesson developing students’ ability to open their descriptive and narrative writing in an original and engaging way. Ideal in preparing students for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section B. The full scheme of work is available to purchase for just £5. Click this link to check it out! Activities are designed to develop your pupils’ ability to open their story/description in an engaging and varied way, giving them lots of different methods and strategies to enable them to do this. The lessons have been designed with the new AQA Language Paper 1 specification in mind, which places heavy emphasis on making effective vocabulary choices in the writing, but is equally useful for KS3 teaching. Would work well as a standalone writing/literacy lesson or as part of the paper 1 writing scheme of work of which this is a part. If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

Everything you need to teach Act 4 Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here. This is a key scene so the powerpoint is very detailed, requiring at least 2 lessons to cover properly. The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards). Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams. Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes. Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author! If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

A lively and engaging lesson developing students’ ability to plan, structure and sequence their work for maximum impact. Ideal in preparing students for GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section B. The full scheme of work is available to purchase for just £5 here. In this lesson, a range of activities have been designed to develop your pupils’ imagination and descriptive writing skills. In particular, students explore the various narrative structure models that they can use to approach this exam. Lots of image based activities which connect quite strongly to what they will encounter in the writing section of paper 1 on the new AQA 9-1 Language syllabus. There’s plenty of content here to fill at least a couple of lessons. Would work well as a standalone writing/literacy lesson or as part of the Writing scheme of work I have developed (see bundle). Ready to go, lots of differentiation and Assessment for Learning built in to the activities. If you loved the resource and think it’s worth 5 stars, why not get another one absolutely free? Simply leave a review, email ireviewedajs@outlook.com with your TES username and state the free resource* you would like! (Free resource cannot exceed the value of the original resource purchased)

The Ultimate End of Year Summer Quiz 2022! Everyone’s favourite time of year is here. Make your end of term the stuff of legend with this action packed and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Returning again for 2022 and better than ever, users can look forward to 100% BRAND NEW CONTENT! 140 slides of action-packed fun consisting of 7 rounds: 1. Celebrity Picture Round - ‘Celebrity Sandcastles’ 2. In the News – A multiple choice round based on the biggest news stories this year. 3. Summer Fun - General trivia around the summer season as well as identifying mystery objects! 4. Where’s Lolly?! -A comic twist on a classic, students are tasked with finding a slightly clueless ice cream hiding in various silly locations. 5. General knowledge – A range of brain teasing questions from the weird to the wonderful! 6. Observation Round – Students watch a short summer themed video and then answer a series of questions about what they have seen. BONUS ROUND - Beachball Bonanza! Students have the opportunity to bag valuable bonus points for their team at the halfway point but be careful…any incorrect guesses and you are ELIMINATED! Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer or self-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward! The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making the quiz fun and engaging for your groups. Many, many hours go into making each of my quizzes and any feedback you have is very much welcomed. Suitable for all subjects and curriculum areas as a one-off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Praise for my previous quizzes: “Once again a great quiz that is essentially a whole day of form & teaching :)!” - JDeeacon “Brilliant as always, worth the purchase thanks” – JamesG “This is the best thing I have ever purchased on the TES! I will be looking forward to buying a Christmas, Easter and summer 2020 quiz! Thank you for saving me the work!” - KCornell “Wonderful! A lovely activity for the last week of term. Very well thought out and constructed; many thanks!” - SuperSheila “My first ever purchase on TES and I was not disappointed…thanks!” - Wezzle82 “Fab quiz! Can’t wait to use it this week! Thanks!” - TalithaH “Have used your resources before so I know they’re of a high quality. Another great quiz that my classes will enjoy, thanks so much!” LaurenW Buy in confidence from a TES recommended seller with 250 5* reviews! Please note that all aspects of this resource are fully copyright compliant and in accordance with usage rights. Attribution has been provided where required.