a nice powerpoint for lower ability students about the raven - getting them to interpret themes of the poem

a short extract from the Golden key one of the Grimms fairy tales is given to the children and they continue the story from where they left off. on the second page is the complete fairy tale which the Grimms often left unfinished at the end of the their tales to give an indication of more treasures to come

This printable worksheet resource contains an illustrated handout showing a scene from The Tempest by William Shakespeare. This resource is good for use with KS3 for an introduction to the works of Shakespeare module

A downloadable, ready to use powerpoint on the key points of Shakespeare's life. Useful to introduce Shakespeare at the start of a module.

A simple powerpoint presentation lesson plan resource that summarises the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Includes short bullet points, perfect for SEN, EAL, and visual learners.

A simple Powerpoint lesson for lower ability pupils introducing information about Shakespeare and his historical context, and some basic conepts about Romeo and Juliet

Simple code breaking activities using the computer game Assassin's Creed 2. Students are also invited to write about the features of a successful and entertaining video game.

a nice powerpoint on the themes of violence in the novel of mice and men useful for coursework preparation

a nice powerpoint linking the dreams and some qoutes from the novel to the american dream

A simple, printable worksheet including a cloze activity to consolidate or revise understanding of what happens to Lady Macduff in Macbeth by William Shakespeare. This resource was designed for lower ability pupils

a simmple blank wordsearch grid i made for children to hide their spellings in quite a useful little sheet to have

A simple, printable writing frame handout, good for SEN, EAL, and lower ability pupils to start thinking about constructing a coursework or controlled assessment essay on Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

A printable 'Scotland Today' newspaper template for pupils to design and write a news article about Macbeth by William Shakespeare in order to consolidate their understanding of the play and produce a creative response to Shakespeare. Designed for SEN, EAL, and lower ability students.

a Booklet I designed for English coursework with my BESD pupils. It compares Emily brontes remembrance with Dylan Thomas's do not gently into that good night, included in the booklet are the poems, background information about the authors and guidance on producing a piece of poetry coursework

a simple introduction to the american dream starter mind maps - where pupils describe their dream life and then thnk about what its like in the 1930's then introduce the concept of the american dream an give pupils a character from the ones in the file and get them to write a short story about their characters dream - lenny is included

A worksheet to be used alongside story cubes which are a fantastic resource, basically the pupils roll the cubes and get a choice of pictures which they have to incorporate into a story, I made the sheet so they only picked 4 pictures and could put them in any order they wanted. The stories have to start with once upon a time, I found it a really good way to get the pupils to be creative

A lesson i created as an end of term activity for year 7 would be good for science clubs too, i used lemonade, cheap sweets you can buy 5 bags for £1 in Asda, food colouring and paper cups so they can taste their potion would be a fun english crossover lesson too as they design their own potion at the end. All resources needed are included in the powerpoint including an evaluation sheet and potion recipes

a sheet with a self assessment component asking them to draw the breakers yard a simple character grid for pupils to describe the character of alex rider and a sequencing sheet of the main events of chapter 3 and 4

an english assessment sheet aimed at level 3/level 4 borderline (writing and reading skills) based on xbox achievements pupil can unlock achievements by completing tasks dong this gets them the full colour version of the achievement allowing you to track their progress, my pupils really buy into assessments using this technique

a scheme of work i wrote on mulitmodal literature it relies on 2 texts tintin the crab with the golden claws and ultimate spiderman who is miles morales