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Flynn's Educational Grotto

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A frontline teacher with 18 years sharp end experience, currently based in Valencia. This shop specialises in literature and language resources but also offers a generous selection ESL resources. All of my resources are road tested in my own classes and refined/polished at the end of the academic year.

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A frontline teacher with 18 years sharp end experience, currently based in Valencia. This shop specialises in literature and language resources but also offers a generous selection ESL resources. All of my resources are road tested in my own classes and refined/polished at the end of the academic year.
GCSE English Language: Writing to Explain - CRAFT - Writing Skills
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GCSE English Language: Writing to Explain - CRAFT - Writing Skills

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This colourful powerpoint presentation is extremely engaging for the students and has worked well in my own classroom. This presentation establishes clearly the difference between 'explaining' and 'describing' (a common mistake). This presentation takes the students through a number of structured writing exercises and helps the students to explain through the use of the CRAFT acronym.
GCSE English Language: Understanding the AO5 Criteria - Essential Knowledge
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GCSE English Language: Understanding the AO5 Criteria - Essential Knowledge

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This beautifully illustrated powerpoint presentation is extremely engaging for the pupils. Through a series of structured tasks it prompts the students to communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. In the second part of the lesson the structured tasks remind the pupils to organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.
GCSE English Language: Exploring the craft of the author - Essential Skills
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GCSE English Language: Exploring the craft of the author - Essential Skills

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This 15 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. This lesson explores the written techniques of three authors exploring the same topic through a trio of articles. It encourages the students to compare and contrast the purpose, the techniques, the target audience and the potential outcomes of each piece of writing. I have used this lesson many times and I think it really helps the student's skills of analysis.
A Level Poetry: A Leisure Centre is also a Temple of Learning By Sue Boyle
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A Level Poetry: A Leisure Centre is also a Temple of Learning By Sue Boyle

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This 17 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. With the AOs firmly in mind this presentation includes; a stater activity, a short poet biography, a poem overview, content, language and structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. This particular presentation has worked very well in my own classroom.
A Level Poetry: Studying the Structure of a Poem
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A Level Poetry: Studying the Structure of a Poem

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This 18 slide powerpoint is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. Through a series of discussion and note taking slides the following structures are delivered to the students: Rhyming Couplets, Tercet, Quatrain, Iambic Pentameter, Rhyme Royal, Octavia Rima/Octave ansd sonnets. A real essential knowledge presentation. ,
A Level Skills: Key Terms and Critical Language Use III
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A Level Skills: Key Terms and Critical Language Use III

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This 21 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. Through a series of structured discussion and writing tasks the students are introduced to the keys terms of Anagnorisis, Aposiopesis, Circumlocution and Bildungsroman. This particular lesson in the series of three really helps to refine academic writing and has been extremely helpful to me as a teacher.
A Level Skills - Key Terms and Critical Language Use II
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A Level Skills - Key Terms and Critical Language Use II

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This 20 slide powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. This presentation works well as a revision aid or as a standard curriculum lesson. This powerpoint covers/revises the following key terms and provides structured tasks for the students to use these key terms. This particular presentation has really helped my year 12
KS4: (1) Heroes By Robert Cormier - Chapter 1
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KS4: (1) Heroes By Robert Cormier - Chapter 1

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This powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. Through a series of media clips and structured tasks the students are encouraged to understand the deeper statement the author makes about the term ‘heroes’. This presentation contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have delivered this novel many times and my resources are always tried and tested in class. Enjoy!
A Level: (4) Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare - Act 1 Scene 3
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A Level: (4) Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare - Act 1 Scene 3

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This beautifully illustrated and engaging powerpoint presentation is aimed at A Level students, and is particularly relevant and engaging in today’s political climate. This resource is designed to get students talking and more importantly, writing academically. I have used this resource many times in a number of different ways: as a lesson resource (obviously), a homework and a revision material – all have worked extremely well for me. This powerpoint presentation contains a starter activity, a key words slide, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. …Beware the Ides of March. Enjoy!
KS4: (16) Heroes By Robert Cormier - Chapter 16
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KS4: (16) Heroes By Robert Cormier - Chapter 16

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This powerpoint presentation is beautifully illustrated and very engaging for the students. Through a series of media clips and structured tasks the students are encouraged to understand the deeper statement the author makes about the term ‘heroes’. This presentation contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have delivered this novel many times and my resources are always tried and tested in class. Enjoy!
A Level: (11) Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare - Act 3 Scene 3 and Act 4 Scene 1
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A Level: (11) Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare - Act 3 Scene 3 and Act 4 Scene 1

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This beautifully illustrated and engaging powerpoint presentation is aimed at A Level students, and is particularly relevant and engaging in today’s political climate. This resource is designed to get students talking and more importantly, writing academically. I have used this resource many times in a number of different ways: as a lesson resource (obviously), a homework and a revision material – all have worked extremely well for me. This powerpoint presentation contains a starter activity, a key words slide, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. …Beware the Ides of March. Enjoy!
A Level: (12) A Doll's House By Ibsen Act 3 Part ii -  Letter Recovery to Suicide Threat (revised)
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A Level: (12) A Doll's House By Ibsen Act 3 Part ii - Letter Recovery to Suicide Threat (revised)

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Ibsen’s ‘Doll’s House’ is structured into three long acts. For the purposes of teaching I have split the acts down into 3-4 parts, this presentation normally provides just over 2 hours of classroom teaching. This power point presentation is beautifully illustrated and detailed, and very engaging for the students. It includes a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have used this particular resource successfully in my own class as a teaching resource (obviously), as a revision material and also as a homework.
A Level: (3) The Duchess of Malfi - Act 1 Scene 2
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A Level: (3) The Duchess of Malfi - Act 1 Scene 2

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This beautifully detailed and illustrated presentation covers act 1 scene 2, and has proven to be extremely popular with my A level students. This presentation contains 19 slides and endeavours to explore all the key events of the scene. I have used this resource successfully in class, as a revision material and also as a homework assignment – all have worked well for the students. This presentation is structured to work with the A level AOs and has a very strong academic writing focus. This lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
A Level: (16) The Duchess of Malfi  - Act 5 Scenes 3 and 4
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A Level: (16) The Duchess of Malfi - Act 5 Scenes 3 and 4

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This beautifully detailed and illustrated presentation covers act 5 scenes 3 and 4, and has proven to be extremely popular with my A level students. This presentation contains 17 slides and endeavours to explore all the key events of the scene. I have used this resource successfully in class, as a revision material and also as a homework assignment – all have worked well for the students. This presentation is structured to work with the A level AOs and has a very strong academic writing focus. This lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
1984: Book 1 All Chapters. Plus 3 lessons on themes - 11 individual lessons
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1984: Book 1 All Chapters. Plus 3 lessons on themes - 11 individual lessons

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These beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully structured power point lessons explore all the key events of this chapter through structured tasks and academic writing. I have taught this novel many times and thoroughly enjoy seeing the student’s eyes open to the bigger world around them. I have used these resources successfully in my own class to lead my teaching, as a homework assignment and also as a tool of revision – all have worked well. Each power point lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
A Level: The Complete Duchess of Malfi: All acts and all scenes - 17 individual lessons
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A Level: The Complete Duchess of Malfi: All acts and all scenes - 17 individual lessons

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These beautifully illustrated power point lessons are very engaging for the students, and have worked well for me year after year in the classroom. The presentations cover all the key events in every scene and provide a strong academic platform for the students to respond. Each lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I have used these resources in the classroom, as a homework assignment and also as a tool for revision - all have worked well for the students. You will not find a more helpful resource. Enjoy!
1984: Book 3 All Chapters
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1984: Book 3 All Chapters

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These beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully structured power point lessons explore all the key events of the chapters through structured tasks and academic writing. I have taught this novel many times and thoroughly enjoy seeing the student’s eyes open to the bigger world around them. I have used these resources successfully in my own class to lead my teaching, as a homework assignment and also as a tool of revision – all have worked well. Each power point lesson contains a starter activity, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary.
A Level: (3) Pride and Prejudice - Chapters 3 and 4
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A Level: (3) Pride and Prejudice - Chapters 3 and 4

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This landmark text is extremely relevant in today’s post-modern society. This A level power point lesson explores the meaning within chapters 3 and 4. With the AOs firmly in mind it opens the purpose of Austen’s work through structured tasks and academic writing. Extremely colourful and extremely engaging for the students. I have taught this text many times and have used this particular resource to lead the learning in class, as a revision tool and also as a homework – all have worked well for the students. This power point lesson contains a starter activity, a recap on previous learning, summary and analysis questions, an academic writing task, an extension task and a plenary. I tend to provide roughly about two hours classwork per presentation, this way the teacher can shave it down or use it for independent study time. Enjoy – everything is taken care of!