This Powerpoint explains the concept of mnemonics, gives three visual examples and sets students the task of creating five mnemonics to learn to spell tricky words. This is a learning technique that can be applied to all areas of life and you can have fun teaching it with this visual Powerpoint which includes cartoons and animation.

Calling all Harry Potter fans, this fifty question quiz with answers will test your knowledge of JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter novel - “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. A fun way to encourage reading.

Would you like your students to have more opportunities to practice their English GCSEs? If so this AQA style English Language Paper 1 exam paper, with mark scheme could help you. Using an extract from the novel “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery, published in 1908, this exam paper and mark scheme mirrors exactly an AQA paper 1 English GCSE.The PDF includes spaces for students’ to write their answers, together with the mark scheme. All you need to set your students on the road to success.

Adding the suffixes -ful and -fully to the ends of words can be tricky because if the word ends in y, then you change the y to an i. This rule is explained and then there are twenty sentences that students have to complete with key words, either ending in -ful or -fully. Cartoon graphics are included to help second language speakers. All answers provided, so students mark their own work. A workheet is provided to consolidated the learning either at home or in class. A free suffix worksheet is thrown in for good measure too.

Twenty multiple choice quiz questions on the origin of the word “coronation” and the various meanings of the roots of the word. Four fun activities to do after the quiz is complete.

A six-page information booklet on The History of the English Language with a cloze timeline to help students gain and an overview of the evolution of the language. It covers The Celts, the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons, the Vikings, Normans, Middle English, William Caxton and standardisation. Word documents so fully editable.

Did you know that sixty percent of words in English have their roots in Greek and Latin? This fun quiz will not only help your students to fully appreciate the huge influence of these languages, it will also make mathematics more meaningful for them. Students are given several clues to fifteen Latin and Greek number prefixes. No longer will they state, "It's all Greek to me." All answers provided.

Did you know that sixty percent of English words derive from Latin and Greek? This thirty-five slide Powerpoint gives a range of clues for words containing ten different Latin roots. With an explanation of how Latin roots have come to be in the English language, all the answers are provided. A final table for students to fill in in class or at home consolidates the learning. Designed to allow students to work independently or in groups, this interactive Powerpoint will inspire your students to think more deeply about the English language.

Lots of colourful and visual examples and a variety of exercises to embed the concept of onomatopoeia for your students. This twenty-two slide powerpoint culminates with three examples of poems using onomatopoeia. Students are then supported to create their own onomatopoeia poem about the noises that they hear while they are at school.

Have fun learning to speak like an American with this quiz on the difference between British and American English. In teams students guess the American equivalent of thirty British English nouns. Cartoon graphics make this accessible to second language speakers. All answers are provided and the activity culminates by challenging students to talk like Americans, making up a script that uses as many of the thirty words that they have guessed as they can. Give extra points for those who can add the accent! A worksheet embeds the learning and could be completed in class or for homework.

A comprehensive explanation of the various uses of colons. Several different activities for students to complete, with answers. A fun activity on colons in emoticons to complete the lesson. The lesson should last forty-five minutes to an hour. Twenty slides, fully adaptable for your classes.

This powerpoint explains the difference between phrases and clauses and provides plenty of activities with answers to help students to create sentences. Intended as a precursor to multi-clause complex sentences, this will leave your students in no doubt about how to build complex and interesting sentences of their own.

Have fun learning about the influence of the Viking language of Old Norse on the English Language. The powerpoing lesson begins with students having to guess the Old Norse words from clues; then they use spelling patterns introduced by the Vikings to guess more words introduced to the language. Finally students are given lots of examples of the Vikings’ poetic form of kennings and have to come up with five of their own to describe modern objects. They then make a poster to celebrate their success.

Have fun revising key language techniques with this enjoyable quiz. Students can work in pairs or groups to guess the product being advertised. For extra bonus points they have to name the language techniques used (imperatives; direct address; rhetorical questions; bold statements; rhyme; puns etc). In the second round they are given ten new brands and they have to come up with slogans themselves. Finally, if you want to take it further, they choose one of the brands and slogans and turn it into a full-blown advertising campaign. A great way to launch them into several lessons worth of work!

Using an extract from Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the Nation, students investigate why the Anglo-Saxon tribes invaded Britain in the fifth century. A 15 slide Powerpoint introduces the topic with contextual information. The extract from Bede is an adaptable Word worksheet and answers are provided to the questions. A final writing task is to imagine that you are an Anglo-Saxon who has just arrived. Suitable for secondary students due to Bede’s archaic language.

This twenty slide Powerpoint guides students through how to have fun creating a 50 word mini-story with lots of examples, tips and golden rules. Students are given help to polish and re-draft their stories, culminating in them reading them out. It will take two to three lessons. It is good for getting them to think about beginnings, middles and ends, which they need for the creative writing element of the GCSE.

Using Wes Magee’s simple, yet effective poem “What is the Sun”, students learn how what metaphors are and why writers use them. They are then given a choice of elements from the natural world, such as the Moon, the starts, a waterfall and have to emulate Magee’s poem, using five separate and original metaphors to describe their subject. Students love this lesson and it is very effective in getting them to use metaphors, which are much more difficult than similes. Creates lovely display material also.

Do you add -s or -es to the end of words ending in o in the plural? Students are introduced to the spelling rule, then given a worksheet to help them learn the spellings. The powerpoint gives a clue and a graphic and the students have to spell eighteen words ending in o. The graphics will help students for whom English is a second language. All answers provided.

This eighteen slide powerpoint begins with an exercise to identify the nouns, followed by explanations and examples of common, proper and abstract nouns. Students are then given twenty-five different nouns which they have to classify into the three different categories. There is an exercise to differentiate between common and proper nouns and whether they need capital letters or not. A short exercise encourages students to use abstract nouns. The plenary is a cloze exercise to embed the learning. All answers provided and fully adaptable.

As a follow on from Nouns (Common, proper, abstract), this twenty slide powerpoint teaches students to extend their vocabularies with a range of exercises and quizzes on collective nouns, all with answers provided. The lesson then covers compound nouns, modifying nouns, countable nouns and uncountable nouns. A final cloze exercise summarises the learning. This could be two thirty minute lessons.