A high resolution poster outlining Macbeth’s core themes, with reference to specific acts for revision purposes.
Prints at A3 (landscape) and is ideal for classroom display.
A high resolution poster outlining Jane Eyre’s core themes, with reference to specific chapters for revision purposes.
Prints at A3 (landscape) and is ideal for classroom display.
A high resolution poster outlining Lord of the Flies’ core themes, with reference to specific chapters for revision purposes.
Prints at A3 (landscape) and is ideal for classroom display.
KS2 English Up To Speed Lesson 1 - Declaratives
A quick, fun and easy lesson that aims to engage KS2 students, learning and then practicing the difference between different setence types.
Part of a grammar essentials scheme of work. For three FREE example lessons in this scheme of work, be sure to check out
KS2 Synonym catchup
KS2 Adjective catchup
Adverb catchup
The lesson follows 3 steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read and Copy- Read through the material as a group with the help of images, then copy the definition
Practice/produce- Practice skills using a worksheet, then produce an original piece, displaying learning
This lesson includes a quick, printable worksheet, definitions and plenaries to ensure learning.
Works well in 1:1 settings, for differentiated English catchup with older yeargroups, or with groups.
KS2 English Up To Speed 2 - Coordinating Conjunctions
A quick, fun and easy lesson that aims to engage KS2 students, learning and then practicing the difference between different sentence types.
Part of a grammar essentials scheme of work. For three FREE example lessons in this scheme of work, be sure to check out
KS2 Synonym catchup
KS2 Adjective catchup
Adverb catchup
The lesson follows 3 steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read and Copy- Read through the material as a group with the help of images, then copy the definition
Practice/produce- Practice skills using a worksheet, then produce an original piece, displaying learning
This lesson includes a quick, printable worksheet, definitions and plenaries to ensure learning.
Works well in 1:1 settings, for differentiated English catchup with older yeargroups, or with groups.
Teach your English Language students precisely what the AQA assessment objectives expect of them with these two fully planned and prepared lessons.
The lessons can be taught over two to four periods depending on group ability, and they cover the AO6 criteria in a great depth, providing students all the tools necessary to contextualise AQA’s mark scheme and apply it to their own work.
The lessons includes multiple GCSE style AO6 questions for students to tackle, with appropriate frameworks to build them gradually up to the task.
The lessons include a silent starter for settling, a starter to contextualise the learning objective, and then multiple activities, reflections, exemplars and plenaries to get your students learning.
A perfect pair of lessons to quickly instill the necessary skills needed to reach top marks for AO6.
Includes differentiated slides packed with images and key vocabulary so that all students can access the work.
Teach your English Language students precisely what the AQA assessment objectives expect of them with these two fully planned and prepared lessons.
The lessons can be taught over two to four periods depending on group ability, and they cover the AO3 criteria in a great depth, providing students all the tools necessary to contextualise AQA’s mark scheme and apply it to their own work.
The lessons includes multiple GCSE style AO3 questions for students to tackle, with appropriate frameworks to build them gradually up to the task.
The lessons include a silent starter for settling, a starter to contextualise the learning objective, and then multiple activities, reflections, exemplars and plenaries to get your students learning.
A perfect pair of lessons to quickly instill the necessary skills needed to reach top marks for AO3.
Includes differentiated slides packed with images and key vocabulary so that all students can access the work.
Teach your English Language students precisely what the AQA assessment objectives expect of them with these two fully planned and prepared lessons.
The lessons can be taught over two to four periods depending on group ability, and they cover the AO4 criteria in a great depth, providing students all the tools necessary to contextualise AQA’s mark scheme and apply it to their own work.
The lessons includes multiple GCSE style AO4 questions for students to tackle, with appropriate frameworks to build them gradually up to the task.
The lessons include a silent starter for settling, a starter to contextualise the learning objective, and then multiple activities, reflections, exemplars and plenaries to get your students learning.
A perfect pair of lessons to quickly instill the necessary skills needed to reach top marks for AO4.
Includes differentiated slides packed with images and key vocabulary so that all students can access the work.
Teach your English Language students precisely what the AQA assessment objectives expect of them with these two fully planned and prepared lessons.
The lessons can be taught over two to four periods depending on group ability, and they cover the AO1 criteria in a great depth, providing students all the tools necessary to contextualise AQA’s mark scheme and apply it to their own work.
The lessons includes multiple GCSE style AO1 questions for students to tackle, with appropriate frameworks to build them gradually up to the task.
The lessons include a silent starter for settling, a starter to contextualise the learning objective, and then multiple activities, reflections, exemplars and plenaries to get your students learning.
A perfect pair of lessons to quickly instill the necessary skills needed to reach top marks for AO1.
Includes differentiated slides packed with images and key vocabulary so that all students can access the work.
Upgrade from the free edition with this premium bundle, which includes a set of pre-made “gem cards” (38 different outcomes) 72 English quiz cards (Jane Eyre, Macbeth, Lord of the Flies and general knowledge) and a blank question template that lets you easily tailor the game to your own specialist subject.
With this version, all you need to do is fill in the blank question templates and print the .ppt for an instant set of cards.
Set also includes player tokens, life-counters and place-cards.
A PowerPoint presentation packed full of images, word clusters, vocabulary and poetic techniques, designed to help differentiate the poem “The Farmer’s Bride” (Charlotte Mew, 1916) for learners who are struggling with the poem.
The presentation breaks the poem down by stanza, illustrating some of the key ideas, moods or themes of each stanza using relatable images.
The presentation then follows with a vocabulary check-list, contextualising some of the more difficult words in each stanza.
There are then two slides designed to aid student understanding of the poem. One slide groups similar words into themed banks (ie, emotive words, sad words, happy words etc) whilst the other slide groups words by poetic technique (Pathetic fallacy etc)
The presentation can be used as a classroom aid to improve whole-group understanding of the poem and as a prompt to get students thinking about the poem in an analytical way.
It slots in seamlessly with any pre-planned lessons.
A PowerPoint presentation packed full of images, word clusters, vocabulary and poetic techniques, designed to help differentiate the poem “Neutral Tones” (Thomas Hardy, 1898) for learners who are struggling with the poem.
The presentation breaks the poem down by stanza, illustrating some of the key ideas, moods or themes of each stanza using relatable images.
The presentation then follows with a vocabulary check-list, contextualising some of the more difficult words in each stanza.
There are then two slides designed to aid student understanding of the poem. One slide groups similar words into themed banks (ie, emotive words, sad words, happy words etc) whilst the other slide groups words by poetic technique (Pathetic fallacy etc)
The presentation can be used as a classroom aid to improve whole-group understanding of the poem and as a prompt to get students thinking about the poem in an analytical way.
It slots in seamlessly with any pre-planned lessons.
A PowerPoint presentation packed full of images, word clusters, vocabulary and poetic techniques, designed to help differentiate the poem “Love’s Philosophy” (Percey Bysshe Shelley, 1819) for learners who are struggling with the poem.
The presentation breaks the poem down by stanza, illustrating some of the key ideas, moods or themes of each stanza using relatable images.
The presentation then follows with a vocabulary check-list, contextualising some of the more difficult words in each stanza.
There are then two slides designed to aid student understanding of the poem. One slide groups similar words into themed banks (ie, emotive words, sad words, happy words etc) whilst the other slide groups words by poetic technique (Pathetic fallacy etc)
The presentation can be used as a classroom aid to improve whole-group understanding of the poem and as a prompt to get students thinking about the poem in an analytical way.
It slots in seamlessly with any pre-planned lessons.
A PowerPoint presentation packed full of images, word clusters, vocabulary and poetic techniques, designed to help differentiate the poem “Follower" (Seamus Heaney, 1966) for learners who are struggling with the poem.
Part of the AQA Love and Relationships poetry bundle, you can find a fantastic FREE example of one of these resources “Eden Rock”.
If you enjoyed this resource, you can also find the AQA 19th century poetry bundle here. Included is a FREE sample “When We Two Parted”.
The presentation breaks the poem down by stanza, illustrating some of the key ideas, moods or themes of each stanza using relatable images.
The presentation then follows with a vocabulary check-list, contextualising some of the more difficult words in each stanza.
There are then two slides designed to aid student understanding of the poem. One slide groups similar words into themed banks (ie, emotive words, sad words, happy words etc) whilst the other slide groups words by poetic technique (Pathetic fallacy etc)
The presentation can be used as a classroom aid to improve whole-group understanding of the poem and as a prompt to get students thinking about the poem in an analytical way.
It slots in seamlessly with any pre-planned lessons.
Island Royale is an adventure themed board game and quiz suitable for students of all ages and abilities.
This resource includes all the high resolution files required to print and play the board game, including .jpg, .png, .ppt and .pdf versions of all the boards and tokens.
1-6 players parachute in to one of four themed zones on the board and take it in turns rolling dice and navigating the play area. The board is populated with item cards, health points, dangerous traps and question points to keep the game exciting.
Suitable for any curriculum, this set comes with printable blank question cards - students must answer questions correctly to stay in the game. Create yourself a set of cards (by hand or by filling in the template) to tax your learners in any curriculum area.
Three wrong answers and a player is out of the game!
Additionally, the set includes a board-wide hazard card that comes into play after a set number of rounds, upping the excitement. Players must navigate the board, outrunning the deadly lightning zone, which moves clock-wise around the board and eliminates players caught in its radius.
This resource includes
A printable game board (A3)
A printable set of question cards (blank templates, editable templates, A5)
A printable set of item cards (32 Unique items, blank card templates and editable templates, A5)
A printable rule-set sheet
A printable quick-glance rule-set sheet
A printable hazard spinner
A printable hazard zone (A5)
Printable player tokens (Six colours)
Printable player life-hearts
Printable player health trackers
Best printed on high quality card, this game is quick to set up and play (just requires a set of dice), the game board favours question cards, so students will be taxing their subject knowledge the entire time. This game is tried and tested and loved by students of all ages.
A two-boardgame bundle at a discounted price.
Includes Island Royale and Social Media Star - two fun, educational and engaging boardgames designed for learners of all ages and abilities.
A PowerPoint presentation packed full of images, word clusters, vocabulary and poetic techniques, designed to help differentiate the poem “Winter Swans" (Owen Sheers, 2005 for learners who are struggling with the poem.
Part of the AQA Love and Relationships poetry bundle, you can find a fantastic FREE example of one of these resources “Eden Rock”.
If you enjoyed this resource, you can also find the AQA 19th century poetry bundle here. Included is a FREE sample “When We Two Parted”.
The presentation breaks the poem down by stanza, illustrating some of the key ideas, moods or themes of each stanza using relatable images.
The presentation then follows with a vocabulary check-list, contextualising some of the more difficult words in each stanza.
There are then two slides designed to aid student understanding of the poem. One slide groups similar words into themed banks (ie, emotive words, sad words, happy words etc) whilst the other slide groups words by poetic technique (Pathetic fallacy etc)
The presentation can be used as a classroom aid to improve whole-group understanding of the poem and as a prompt to get students thinking about the poem in an analytical way.
It slots in seamlessly with any pre-planned lessons.
KS3 Read & Respond 20 - My Time Again
A bright, detailed and fully planned lesson that aims to test KS3 students with their ability to read, comprehend and respond to a stimulating short story. This lesson is perfect for reciprocal reading interventions as it bakes all the core skills (fab 4 reading strategies etc) into each step of the lesson.
This is one free lesson from the 10 short story reciprocal reading bundle.
For several more lessons like this, be sure to check out the reading comprehension bundle as well.
The lesson has four steps:
Starter - Pre-contextualise the material with a fun warmup activity
Read - Read through the material as a group with the help of bold images and vocabulary prompts
Understand - Summarise the material and reflect upon its impact on the reader
Respond - Answer an essay style question using quotes from the text to consolidate learning
This lesson focuses on the short story “My Time Again” and asks students to evaluate the impact that the story’s use of verbs, adverbs and adjectives had on the reader, as well as to consider the author’s intent when writing the story.
This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, a PPT full of images, worksheets, questions and examplars, as well as containing a printable version of the short story itself to read with the class.
Following the reciprocal reading framework, this scheme of work also teaches crucial GCSE skills, preparing students to meet AO objectives, and teaching them to consider the use of quotations to back responses.
This lesson focuses on the use of verbs, adverbs and adjectives.
Two sets of essay planning phrase mats, which can be printed for display or for reference.
The mats feature various essay writing sentence stems, organised by use. It includes sentence stems for…
Introducing Ideas
Introducing Examples
Analysing Examples
Comparing and Contrasting
Adding Ideas
Summarising an essay
Ideal for GCSE students of any ability. Fantastic as a reminder sheet for low ability learners or those with SEN needs.
Get your students thinking about their writing structure with this simple planning sheet designed to guide them through PEA/PETER/PEAR paragraph construction.
This planning sheet gives students with low confidence a colourful space to play with their ideas and plan what they will write during exam-style assessments and revision tasks.
Prints at A3 or A4 size, this planning sheet can be used by students to build up two linked response paragraphs before committing to their books.
Works well either at KS3 or as a differentiated resource for KS4.
The sheet can be printed in colour or in black and white, and written on by students to help plan their PEAR paragraphs. It includes a brief description for “Point, Evidence, Explain, Analyse, Reader” and includes white space below to write within.
Can be printed at A3, A4 or A5 and used as a display poster as well.