This activity could be used as a bell ringer or exit ticket activity. Students are prompted to sum up what they know about a topic in the form of a tweet…don’t forget to include a fun hashtag!

A simple worksheet that can be differentiated for students, that explores classifying the -s pronoun. Students place the words on the first worksheet into the correct category. The second worksheet can be adapted for students to include words that you choose or can be adapted for students to make their own quiz for peers etc.

This resource contains two worksheets. One that students can use to practice their spellings either at home or in school with their teacher and another to complete a ten word spelling test. This resource can be used by any teacher in any grade to help students with their spellings.

This file has been created to make sub planning easier. It is broken down into three key areas including a welcome page, the school day and lesson plan subheading to ensure that your sub teacher has everything that they need. This can be used to help set cover work in a clear and comprehensive way.

GET TO KNOW YOU BINGO! This is a great first lesson back, icebreaker or team building activity. Print out this colorful bingo PDF file for your students and allow them to walk around the room finding students who fit the descriptions on the sheet. Once a student has found a match they can check off that box…who will be the first to find a full house!!

The ultimate new teacher supplies list. A check list of everything you need to make your first year of teaching a little easier.

Three fully planned lessons that center on creative writing. A lovely introduction to ‘A Monster Calls’ scheme of work or as a fun creative writing project for your students. The first lesson looks at Monsters in Literature, the second lesson looks at creating a monster and the final lesson brings everything together when students compare their own creations to those in literature.

This quick and fun activity will be sure to have your students engaged! Using the worksheet students will select a word from categories A through to C in order to create a Shakespearian insult. This could be used as an icebreaker activity or as a fun way to start or end your lesson…who can come up with the best insult?

This lesson focuses on chapter nine and ten in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The resource contains multiple comprehension activities. Learners will look at Simon’s character, how leadership changes on the island and respond to an essay style question, explore metaphors in the novel and complete a dual coding/symbolism activity. With seventeen slides worth of activities, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

This resource contains seven weeks worth of home learning tasks aimed at KS3 students. The theme follows Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rodes with each week of home learning containing three unique tasks that include dual coding, essay style questions or language terminology focus. This is sure to save you time planning and this resource could also be used as a stretch and challenge or extension activity for learners.

This resource contains seven weeks worth of homework tasks! These activities are aimed at KS3 and KS4 learners and center around the theme of Romeo and Juliet. Each week contains three fun activities to stretch learners and get them thinking outside the box. Activities include dual coding, essay style questions and language technique recaps as an example. This will save you so much time with your planning and will hopefully encourage your learners to get their homework in on time!

A full lesson focusing on Romeo and Juliet Act 1 and Act 2 Romeo’s soliloquy. This is the next lesson following on from ‘Act 1’ and looks more closely at how Shakespeare presents different kinds of love. The lesson provides a dual coding activity, summaries of key parts of the play and a chance to explore Romeos soliloquy and comparing this to Juliet’s speech.

A full lesson exploring Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. Explores the downfalls of both Romeo and Juliet, Includes a quick fire test and a chance to explode a quote that has been preselected to give learners the opportunity to explore and analyze Shakespeare’s language.

A complete lesson covering the plot and context of Romeo and Juliet. The lesson explores symbolism, the main plot and has a range of activities for students to complete. A great lesson for KS3 and KS4 and can be adapted to fit students needs.

Comprehension questions on the Graveyard book alongside a character profile activity. A concise PowerPoint that could be used as a filler lesson, starter activity or reading intervention.

This is a straight forward creative writing task based around the BLM movement. This is a great activity for KS3 and KS4 classes and can also be a brilliant cover or filler lesson.

A lesson focused on improving students debating skills. Students look at images to improve inference skills, explore arguing both sides of an argument and what a good argument looks like.

This lesson focuses on improving narrative writing. Students are asked to create a realistic character that they can drop into a scenario. Brilliant lesson for focusing on skills for language paper one question five on the AQA exam. Only PowerPoint included.

This is a fully completed lesson focusing on improving creative writing through the art of re-drafting. Students are encouraged to focus on different aspects of their writing in the re-drafting process and look at what makes their writing more fine tuned. This is perfect for KS3 and KS4 students. Perfect lesson for exploring language paper one question five skills.

Seven weeks worth of comprehensive home learning tasks to use alongside the ‘Ghost Boys’ book. These tasks focus on features of writing, language techniques and debate questions.