Print these off and hand out to students and get them to record verbal feedback. These can then be stuck in books to help students remember as well as providing evidence for OFSTED. Pack consists of three designs with two different sizes, so there is a choice of style or they can be used for different key stages or task type. Aligned so that they are easy to cut out and can be used immediately. **Now available as a great value assessment bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/feedback-and-assessment-bundle-11208701 Image credits: Wikipedia.commons, openclipart.org,mikevectores.deviantart.com

Allow students to individualise their own assessment with these celebrity themed assessment pack. Celebrities include: Olly Murs, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Lionel Messi and Ellie Goulding. Grids feature WWW (What Went Well), EBI (Even Better If) and a space for DIRT (Directed Independent Reflection TIme.) Circled option to show if this is self, peer or teacher assessed. Grid size 130mm x 90mm perfect size for standard A5 books. Photo credits: Flickr, Jagged Janine, Olly Murs; Graciela Suzem, Bruno Mars; Mingle Media, Ellie Goulding. Wikipedia, Eva Rinaldi, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, Darz Moi, Lionel Messi. For more of my resources see here: https://sellfy.com/engagingenglish To read my blog see here: http://engageinenglish.weebly.com/ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnglishEngaging

A fun and engaging activity. Students have to match-up the celebrity image with the clue and then choose one of three writing tasks based on one of the celebrities. *Now available in a great value bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/kinaesthetic-activity-pack-11211107* You maybe also be interested in this complete lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874 Photo credits: Flickr, Humor blog, Keith Lemon; Jagged Janine, Olly Murs; Graciela Suzem, Bruno Mars; Mingle Media, Ellie Goulding. Wikipedia, Eva Rinaldi, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, Darz Moi, Lionel Messi, Nick Warner, Kate Middleton.

A nice visual starter. Wonders of the world. Students simply have to try and identify each of the seven wonders. A good starter to use with travel writing or descriptive writing or just trying to broaden students horizons.

Engage even the most reluctant learners with this exciting, tried and tested literacy activity! Students pick a monster and have to write a mini-sage which is a story with EXACTLY 50 words. Because of the extreme word limit, students are immediately challenged to think carefully and creatively about their language choices for maximum effect. It also removes potential barriers to learning because the 50 word limit does not over-face students who struggle to write at length. You may be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997 (Copyright public domain images used.)

A handy pack of 5 quick literacy starters. Each sheet contains 2/3 different literacy activities (with answers) to get students warmed up. Activities aim to test: spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar and descriptive writing. Each sheet includes an English ‘fun fact.’ Ideal for KS4. *** NOW available in a bumper bundle pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-quizzes-and-starter-pack-bundle-11208695*** Poetic terms full lesson!! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997 Literacy Health Check - full lesson!! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874

A great value pack of with a range of 8 different engaging colourful English/literacy starters! Included in the pack is starters to improve: sentence structure, writing improvement (essay and description), sentence precision, common error spotting, how to use speech marks, adjectives and a fun and creative make your own crossword and word search. *** NOW available in a bumper bundle pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-quizzes-and-starter-pack-bundle-11208695*** You may also like: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-starter-pack-11035919

12 piece fantasy art set. Visually stunning. Ideal for inspiration for creative or descriptive writing or art related tasks. 140mm in diameter. You may be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997

Hand students one of these inspiration cards as they enter the classroom and let them decide which activity to take on. Allow students to differentiate their own learning with a choice of writing a short paragraph based on the art image, searching for the key word and defining it or take up the punctuation challenge! A unique and exciting starter activity. *This resource is available as a free gift with the following download: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/20-creative-classroom-ideas-11216757 **Now available as a great value assessment bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/feedback-and-assessment-bundle-11208701 Literacy Health Check - full lesson here!! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874

A fun and handy match-up starting task with extension activity, especially good for dis-engaged boys or smaller groups. Tried and tested resource. Pack includes seven different motorcycles for students to match with seven descriptions and an extension activity. The activity works students close reading skills and attention to detail, as they have to correctly identify key words in the description in order to arrive at the correct solution. It is also easy to encourage an extension questioning session by asking what students would prefer and how they think that reflects their personalities. *Now available in a great value bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/kinaesthetic-activity-pack-11211107* You may also be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997 Photo credits from Flickr: Brad Lauster, Motorcycle Explore, Costel Slincu, Ronald Saunders, Gullevk, Hugo Cardoso and public domain images at google – publicdomatinimages.com.

Complete 3 pack of themed assessment grids including football, X Factor style and Britain's Got Talent style. Grids feature WWW (What Went Well), EBI (Even Better If) and a space for DIRT (Directed Independent Reflection Tme.) Circled option to show if this is self, peer or teacher assessed. Grid size 130mm x 90mm perfect size for standard A5 books. **Now available as a great value assessment bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/feedback-and-assessment-bundle-11208701 You may also be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874 Simon Cowell image copyright free by Edmon Wells, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ed-wells/. Britain's Got Talent copyright free image by Ben Sutherland, www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland.

A simple and effective way to make literacy and learning fun. Literacy bingo 2! Students have to spot the incorrect word as each sentence appears (common literacy errors) and replace them with the correct word. This is the word they cross off on their bingo cards. Further instructions on how to play inside. Power Point resource, playing time with line and house 15 minute approx. Resource suitable for key stages 2/3, but easily adaptable format/template to create further bingo games. Student satisfaction guaranteed! For a fantastic full lesson on poetic terms see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997 Literacy Health Check, full lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874

Excellent and engaging bingo style literacy game. Students simply write True or False on their 5x5 true or false cards and mark them off if the displayed literacy clue is true or false. Subject areas include: capital letters, punctuation, their, there and they're; was and were; and spellings. Power Point game suitable for key stages 2 and 3, printable true or false cards included and further instructions on how to play inside. Great for spelling and SPAG. For Literacy True or False 2, see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-true-or-false-2-11140252 Literacy Health Check - full lesson!! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874

A useful kinaesthetic activity. Cut out the following and place into pacts and get student to rearrange into the correct order. These can be laminated and re-used to provide a long lasting, kinaesthetic and visual resource, very handy. *Now available in a great value bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/kinaesthetic-activity-pack-11211107* You may be interested in this other great resource: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874

A simple and effective way to make literacy and learning fun. Literacy bingo! Students have to spot the incorrect word as each sentence appears (common literacy errors such as there/their, was/were etc) and replace them with the correct word. This is the word they cross off on their bingo cards. Further instructions on how to play inside. Power Point resource, playing time with line and house 15 minute approx. Resource suitable for key stages 2/3, but easily adaptable format/template to create further bingo games. You may also be interested in Poetic Terms Full Lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997