This is a unit of work aimed at the CIE English as a First Language GCSE spec. It could be adapted for other specifications, especially for creative writing. Simply remove the CIE question and insert your own prompt, using my stimulus text too if you choose. This unit took me around five weeks to teach. Each powerpoint took around 3.5 hours on average to cover in class (including discussion time, time to write and give feedback, etc). Differentiated for ESL/EAL learners with key vocabulary, word of the day and prereading homeworks. It covers letter writing, interview writing and diary writing for question 1. Mock CIE style assessments are also included to support this, along with annotated inserts. It also has a lesson for writing a dystopian story for the coursework unit. The scheme also covers using language devices in creative writing and analysis of film, looking at the opening scenes of The Hunger Games film. Included are: one full unit plan, seven ppts, two homework tasks, three mock Q1s based on the novel, and an example planning sheet.

This is a complete lesson for CIE IGCSE English as a Second Language ESL Exercise 5. The lesson usually takes 1-2 periods to teach, including a model example, tips, writing time and peer assessment.

This lesson reviews the English names for common punctuation marks, how they are used and ends with students writing a short descriptive paragraph using these different punctuation marks.

Three lessons on the topic of informal letter writing. This was intended for CIE IGCSE English as a Second Language question 6, but could be used also with KS3. 1. Generating ideas - four different routes into coming up with ideas for letter writing (PPT) 2. Formal/informal language with a variety of activities and model answers (PPT) 3. Peer assessment (PPT) This also comes with a success criteria based on the CIE mark scheme.

This is a PPT lesson guiding you through teaching Question 1 letter writing for CIE IGCSE English as a First Language. It uses The Hunger Games as a text, looking at the Interview scene. Included is one full PPT (this took me around 3 hours to teach fully), a mock CIE assessment Q1 based on The Hunger Games, a planning sheet and an example insert annotated for the three bullet points.

This fun Christmas quiz has 7 rounds with 72 total questions. The rounds are: Partridge in a pear tree Christmas films General Christmas knowledge Christmas songs Christmas food and drink Complete the Christmas lyric Name the secret Santas It includes song clips, film gifs, food round, multiple choice, celebrities and so on. Teacher sheet and student sheet included. Fun for Christmas! Perfect for tutor time or end of term activity. Rounds also include an optional timer, which plays fun, fast-paced music to help keep the timings correct for the quiz.

This fun Christmas grammar quiz is ideal for English class, where it could be used as a whole lesson quiz or as a 10 minute starter every day. It would also work well in tutor time. Included is a 99 page Powerpoint that has questions covering a range of grammar points, with explanations of answers included. The rounds are as followed: Correct the spelling: correct the spelling of Christmas words Add the punctuation: add the missing punctuation to Christmas lyrics with the songs included in the background of each slide Splice or no splice: a series of Christmas related questions in which the students have to identify whether the sentence includes a comma splice or is grammatically accurate. Example and explanation of comma splicing included. Semi-colons & Santas: write a semi-colon sentence about a series of celebrities dressed in Santa hats. Explanation of semi-colon use included. Ho ho ho or no no no: series of sentences that the students have to identify whether there is a grammar mistake and if so what mistake (no no no) or if there is no mistake present (ho ho ho). Common mistakes such as use of they’re/their/there and possessive apostrophes are used here with explanations of the mistakes. There are a total of 50 questions included. You could do this in teams on paper or individually with whiteboards would also work well. Slides include timers and fast paced music to keep to a good timing. Fun, cute and Christmassy quiz that makes grammar fun!

This booklet contains two texts and scaffolded activities to encourage identifying implicit details, building up to a final writing task.

This is a review lesson for language devices, which defines the language devices with examples, then moves onto identifying languagde devices in a text, before finally guiding students to use the language devices with a range of engaging picture stimuli. Originally planned for the CIE IGCSE English as a First Language scheme but would also work well for AQA English Language, as that has a picture stimulus based writing task. Also includes a language device Kahoot I made including videos, pictures and music, such as Justin Bieber. The file is a PowerPoint file.

This is a full mock assessment in the style of AQA English Language Paper 2. I have two sources following the same format as past papers (one modern, one pre-20th century) on the topic of money. Q1 - Tick 4 correct statements Q2 - Summary of differences Q3 - Language analysis Q4 - Comparison Q5 - Writing task

This lesson is a step-by-step guide for writing personficiation for ESL, EAL or SEN students. Particularly this was made for Chinese students, but it can act as a guide for any other language (just use Google translate!). For a larger class with multiple language needs, this will also be a great resource.

This lesson teaches different sentences structures that can be used to make narrative writing more varied, complex and interesting.

This Powerpoint lesson introduces students to the five-point narrative structure. The lesson has a listening task, discussions, group activity and a video task - optional to either analyse the plot structure of Cinderella or The Bodyguard (BBC), dependent on the ability of your group. Inside, there are two versions of the same PPT, one differentiated for ESL/EAL students, specifically Chinese students.

This 17 page booklet contains: - Pre-1914 Source A: "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth - speech about black women's rights in America - Modern Source B: "Supermodel Turned Spokesperson" on Tyra Banks. A humourous article packed full of language devices and interesting language on Tyra Banks deciding to 'speak up' for women's rights. - Both sources are annotated with talking points - Scaffolded tasks and guidance for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 - Exam style questions - An additional exam booklet with these texts in should you choose to use this as an assessment - PDF and editable Word Docs of both booklets

This is a crash course for the American SAT English course, looking at Optional Essay, Writing & Language, Reading. This took me around four weeks to teach, including assessment time. Inside are twelve whole lessons plus resources: sample essays, powerpoints, assessments and mark schemes, and so on.

This scheme of work is aimed at KS3, building up the skills needed for OCR's English Literature New Spec GCSE. This presentation includes 3 whole lessons. I have taken extracts from Victorian literature, focusing on language analysis skills (AO2) and building in historical context (AO3).

These two lessons focus on introducing the skills needed for the OCR English Literature (new spec). Here I look at the poem 'Hawk Roosting'. I focus on identifying and analysing enjambment and semantic fields.

Three PowerPoints for CIE English as a First Language, guiding students through an assessment Q1 and Q2. Third PowerPoint is a review lesson, looking over common mistakes my students made. Hope it’s of some use to any teachers out there as I know CIE First Language resources are spare on TES. Included is a feedback sheet, three powerpoints and the exam question paper, mark scheme & insert.