Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
KS3 Comprehension - Frankenstein
This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help Year 9 learners develop their comprehension skills with an eye towards GCSE. It is made up of a 51-slide PowerPoint presentation, worksheets and a comprehension test using an extract from Frankenstein.
Contents:
Lesson One
An introduction to comprehension at upper KS3 and GCSE
How to approach a comprehension task (the dos and don’ts)
Approaching an extract - first and second reading
Understanding unfamiliar vocabulary, narrative consolidation and using deduction skills
How to write an extended answer about language and the writer’s use of techniques
Lesson Two
How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively
How to write an extended answer about structure
A 45-minute comprehension task
Lesson Three
Feedback on pupil responses to the tasks and discussion of success criteria
All five comprehension questions and answers explored in detail
Exemplar answers for all five questions
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An Inspector Calls - Eric Birling
GCSE English Literature – Post 1914 Drama ‘An Inspector Calls’
This resource teaches learners about the character of Eric Birling in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils, it explores the character in depth and explains how to write an essay in exam conditions. It is made up of a 24-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The resource contains the following:
Exploring first impressions of Eric using the play’s opening stage directions and early dialogue.
Creating an Eric Birling character profile.
Exploring Eric’s character development - how and why he changes and his role in the play.
Studying key quotes that reveal Eric’s changing character traits.
Comprehension questions to assess understanding of character, theme and Priestley’s purpose (with example answers provided).
Exam essay writing activity with example essay plan and model response included.
To preview a selection of slides from ‘An Inspector Calls – Eric Birling’, please click on the images.
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When We Two Parted
This two-lesson mini-unit of work explores Byron’s ‘When We Two Parted’ in detail. Designed to teach pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology, this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparative essay in the exam.
The resource is made up of a 71-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and eight worksheets. The two lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Making predictions – What do you think the poem is about?
Context – How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Lord Byron, the Byronic hero, the Romantic movement and the poem’s social and historical context – the age of revolution.
First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included. A 2022 retelling of the narrative in modern prose. Comprehension questions with answers.
Exploring Meaning – Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess understanding. Includes model answers.
Lesson Two
Themes – Love and the end of a love affair, secrecy, abandonment, disillusion, fidelity, separation and pain and suffering.
Language – Exploring Byron’s use of archaic language, semantic fields and poetic techniques. A line by line annotation of the poem and comprehension questions with detailed answers.
Structure and Form – How Byron uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme and enjambment and how he uses a cyclical narrative.
The Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses.
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Love’s Philosophy
Porphyria’s Lover
Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’
Neutral Tones
The Farmer’s Bride
Eden Rock
Mother, Any Distance
Before You Were Mine
Walking Away
Follower
Letters From Yorkshire
Winter Swans
Singh Song!
Climbing My Grandfather
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack
Neutral Tones - AQA
This two-lesson unit explores ‘Neutral Tones’ in detail. Designed to teach pupils studying the poem at GCSE with AQA , this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparison essay. The resource is made up of a 64-slide editable PowerPoint and 8 worksheets.
Lesson One
Making predictions – From the title alone, what do you think the poem is about?
Context – Learning the importance of context. How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Hardy, his world view and his literary influences.
First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included and comprehension questions with answers to assess understanding.
Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem in detail. Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes a model answer and peer assessment opportunities.
Lesson Two
Themes – Analysing the poem’s themes: love, loss, memory and emotional trauma.
Language – Exploring Hardy’s use of language, poetic techniques and the semantic field. Includes an exploration of imagery and a line-by-line annotation of the poem and questions with detailed answers.
Structure and Form – How Hardy uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme, rhythm, and enjambment and how he organises the stanzas and uses a cyclical structure.
The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Comparing ‘Neutral Tones’ with ‘When We Two Parted’ and ‘Winter Swans’.
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When We Two Parted
Love’s Philosophy
Porphyria’s Lover
Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’
The Farmer’s Bride
Eden Rock
Mother, Any Distance
Before You Were Mine
Walking Away
Follower
Letters From Yorkshire
Winter Swans
Singh Song!
Climbing My Grandfather
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack
Winter Swans
This two-lesson mini-unit explores Owen Sheer’s ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships Poetry, this resource looks at the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 52-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The two lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context – A brief outline of Owen Sheers and factors that may have inspired the poem.
First Contact – An initial reading of ‘Winter Swans’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers.
Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included.
Lesson Two
Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Winter Swans’ - Romantic love, nature and distance
Structure and Form – How Sheers uses rhyme, rhythm, caesura and enjambment.
The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Winter Swans’ with other poems from the anthology. Model answer included.
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When We Two Parted
Love’s Philosophy
Porphyria’s Lover
Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’
Neutral Tones
The Farmer’s Bride
Eden Rock
Mother, Any Distance
Before You Were Mine
Walking Away
Follower
Letters From Yorkshire
Singh Song!
Climbing My Grandfather
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack
Singh Song!
This two-lesson mini-unit covers Daljit Nagra’s ‘Singh Song!’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 48-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The two lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context – A brief outline of Daljit Nagra and British immigration in the 1950s and 1960s.
First Reading – A reading of ‘Singh Song!’ and discussion of the poem’s inspiration by the poet Daljit Nagra.
Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Singh Song!’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included.
Lesson Two
Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Singh Song!’ – Romantic love and family relationships.
Structure and Form – How Daljit Nagra uses structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Singh Song!’ with ‘Winter Swans’ and ‘Letters From Yorkshire’. Model answer included.
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When We Two Parted
Love’s Philosophy
Porphyria’s Lover
Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’
Neutral Tones
The Farmer’s Bride
Eden Rock
Mother, Any Distance
Before You Were Mine
Walking Away
Follower
Letters From Yorkshire
Winter Swans
Climbing My Grandfather
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack
This two-lesson GCSE resource explores how Dickens presents Marley’s Ghost in Stave One of A Christmas Carol.
The first lesson focuses on the arrival of the ghost and covers the passage from ‘Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern…’ down to ‘…I won’t believe it’. It enables learners to examine how Dickens hints at the impending arrival of Marley’s Ghost, from the appearance of Marley’s face in the door knocker to the sound of clanking chains in the cellar.
Lesson two focuses on how Dickens portrays Marley’s Ghost as being in Purgatory. It enables learners to explore Dickens’ vision of the third realm, separate to Heaven and Hell, in which Marley’s Ghost exists.
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A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits
A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor
Brothers by Andrew Forster (GCSE Contemporary Poetry - Relationships).
A 33 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Brothers by Andrew Forster and an accompanying 8 page worksheet booklet.
A 33 slide Powerpoint analysis of Brothers and accompanying worksheets. English 2010 Teaching Resources: Brothers (Andrew Forster) includes:
A brief biography of Andrew Forster.
Analysis of the poem Ghazal and discussion of ideas and consolidation.
Storyboarding the poem Brothers activity
Structure & language - Discuss how Forster creates mood/tone and how he uses structure and imagery in Brothers
Style and form - Analysis of Forster’s use of poetic devices in Brothers.
Language - Exploration of word choices, using P.E.E to write about the poem.
Themes of Brothers explored, consolidation of Forster’s meaning and purpose.
Links - Where to find further information and analysis about Andrew Forster.
33 slide PowerPoint resource for analysis and teaching the poem Brothers by Andrew Forster.
8 Worksheets to accompany the Brothers (Andrew Forster) Powerpoint.
Multiplication as Repeated Addition - Year 1
KS1 Maths Teaching Resources - Multiplication as Repeated Addition
In this teaching resource pupils learn about the relationship between multiplication and repeated addition as an introduction to the year 1 programme of study (Number - multiplication and division). This colourful and engaging PowerPoint lesson is totally editable so you can modify, personalise and differentiate it as much or as little as you like. Content includes:
Repeated addition explanation
Multiplication explanation
Multiplication as repeated addition activity with accompanying worksheet
Further worksheet with answers
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions - Year 3
This KS2 maths teaching resource covers the curriculum objective in the year 3 maths programme of study (Number - fractions).
This maths teaching resource is a colourful and animated PowerPoint presentation with 5 accompanying worksheets. It is ideal to use when introducing pupils to adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator and is also useful as a review of the subject. Content includes:
What are fractions
How to add fractions with the same denominator explanation
Adding fractions activity with a differentiated worksheet
How to subtract fractions with the same denominator explanation
Subtracting fractions activity with a differentiated worksheet
Adding and subtracting fractions word problems with accompanying worksheet
A link to adding and subtracting fractions games
1 further differentiated worksheet
1 further worksheet
‘Adding and Subtracting Fractions - Year 3’ is fully editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the individual needs of each class they teach.
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Grouping - Making Equal Groups - Year 1
In this KS1 maths teaching resource pupils are introduced to division through grouping equal amounts. It is an ideal teaching aid to use in a lesson covering some of the year 1 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - multiplication and division). Content includes:
Grouping objects activity and worksheet
Complete the grouping sentences activity and worksheet
True or false activity and worksheet
Problem solving activity and worksheet
‘Grouping - Making Equal Groups - Year 1’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs
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Apostrophes to Mark Plural Possession - Year 3 / 4
(26-slide PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets)
This lesson revises the use of possessive apostrophes with singular nouns, then explains how to use apostrophes with regular and irregular plurals. It contains whole-group discussion and exercises, and individually differentiated (Gold, Silver and Bronze) worksheet-based activities.
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Correspondence Problems - Year 3
In this maths teaching resource, pupils use their knowledge of multiplication and division facts to solve correspondence problems. They begin to systematically list the possible combinations resulting from two groups of objects to answer ‘how many ways’ problems. This Year 3 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 3 - Spring - Block 1 - Multiplication and Division. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 maths programme of study (number - multiplication and division). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning.
Content includes:
Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities
3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers
‘Correspondence Problems - Year 3’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs.
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Verb Tenses: English Teaching Resource
64 slide PowerPoint lesson with 4 accompanying worksheets and 1 further worksheet.
Verb Tenses is a detailed and comprehensive 64 slide PowerPoint teaching resource designed to help younger pupils understand how the tense of a verb affects both its meaning and spelling within a sentence. It icludes 4 accompanying worksheets for pupils to use during the lesson and a further consolidation worksheet with answers. It is an ideal teaching resource to use in a lesson covering the year 2 English curriculum objective listed below:
Year 2 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation:
Pupils should be taught to use
the present and past tenses correctly and consistently
Content includes:
An explanation of verb tenses (past, present, future)
Past tense explanation and activity
Adding -ed and changing the spelling of some words and activity
Present tense explanation and activity
Adding -ing and changing the spelling of some words and activity
Future tense explanation and activity
Adding ‘will’ and ‘going to’
Consolidation activity and worksheet
‘Verb Tenses’ is fully editable giving teachers the ability to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching requirements.
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Questions and Question Marks - KS1
This KS1 punctuation teaching resource is an aid to delivering a lesson on question marks. It covers the curriculum objectives of the KS1 English programme of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). Content includes:
A definition of a question and question marks with examples
Activities to support the teaching of this objective with an accompanying worksheet
1 further worksheet
‘Questions and Question Marks - KS1’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource, if needed, to suit their individual teaching requirements.
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The Parts of a Plant - Year 3
This KS2 science teaching resource introduces pupils to the functions of different parts of flowering plants as per the curriculum objectives of the year 3 science programme of study (Plants).
‘The Parts of a Plant’ is a colouful PowerPoint presentation with 3 accompanying worksheets. Content includes:
The parts of a plant and its functions (flowers, leaves, stem, roots)
Labeling activity and accompanying worksheet
Parts of a plant quiz and accompanying worksheet
Design your own plant activity and accompanying worksheet
‘The Parts of a Plant - Year 3’ can be edited so teachers can adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.
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2-D Shapes - Year 3
In this teaching resource pupils practise recognising and drawing regular and irregular polygons as per the statutory requirements of the year 3 maths programme of study (Geometry - properties of shapes). Content includes:
2-D shape explanation
Regular and irregular polygon explanation
Quadrilaterals and triangles explanation
Activities to support the teaching of this objective and 3 accompanying worksheets
1 further worksheet with answers
‘2-D Shapes - Year 3’ is editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.
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Functional Skills English Bundle
This bundle contains 5 units of work to help you teach Functional Skills English from Entry Level 1 to Level 2.
‘Functional Skills English Bundle’ includes the following Functional Skills units of work:
Functional Skills Entry Level 1
Functional Skills Entry Level 2
Functional Skills Entry Level 3
Functional Skills Level 1
Functional Skills Level 2
This bundle gives you a saving of 49% when compared to buying each resource individually.
Functional Skills English – Level 1
(10 lesson unit which includes an 84-slide editable PowerPoint and 4 worksheets)
This comprehensive teaching unit covers everything required by Level 1 Functional Skills English. It focuses on creating a product or service and then making an investment pitch (similar to TV’s ‘Dragons’ Den’) and an advertisement. It includes a range of activities that help develop key communication skills and covers Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing.
Contents include the following:
An introduction to Functional Skills with video
Observing, speaking and listening skills – watching videos of business pitches and discussing them
Developing communication skills for later life - working in small groups to create a business idea and develop a pitch
Activities to improve writing skills– how audience affects a text, writing for different purposes, exploring advertisements and persuasive writing
Reading and comprehension skills – studying advertisements and writing answers
Creating an advertisement
Drafting and developing ideas in pairs
And more!
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The Monkey’s Paw – Teaching Unit
‘The Monkey’s Paw’ is a unit of work with a lesson by lesson overview, a 78-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 23 worksheets.
The unit contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the literary context, plot, characters, language and themes of this classic short story.
These teaching resources include the following activities:
A unit of work overview with four-part lessons covering social, historical and literary context, plot, characters and language
Analysis of the characters of Mr White, Mrs White, Herbert and Sergeant Major Morris
Consolidation exercises and questions to assess students’ knowledge and understanding
Literary context - the gothic genre
A copy of the text
Links to TV versions of The Monkey’s Paw
Analysing how W. W. Jacobs’ uses language to create mood and build tension
Essay question with planning guidance
and much more!
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