1st Date - She and 1st Date – He GCSE English Poetry (35 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 worksheets) This resource explores the Wendy Cope poem (as featured in the Edexcel Poetry Anthology) - in detail. It includes the following activities: Finding out about the poet Wendy Cope task Reading and understanding the poem Exploring the imagery used Discussion of form and structure Analysing language Learning how to write about a poem using P.E.T.E.R. Links to additional notes and a copy of the anthology Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Love’s Dog Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

40-slide editable PowerPoint and 4 worksheets Love’s Dog has been produced for the Edexcel GCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology and includes a range of teaching activities: An introduction to the poem and the poet Analysis of Love’s Dog by Jen Hadfield A copy of the poem and consolidation activities Exploring how Hadfield uses structure and form Studying the imagery used in Love’s Dog How and why Hadfield uses certain poetic techniques Language analysis - word choice and vocabulary The key themes of Love’s Dog Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel: The Manhunt Sonnet 43 London The Soldier Living Space As Imperceptibly as Grief Cozy Apologia A Wife in London Death of a Naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn Afternoons Dulce et Decorum Est Excerpt from The Prelude Mametz Wood Ozymandias La Belle Dame sans Merci A Complaint 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He Nettles My Father Would Not Show Us My Last Duchess Neutral Tones

Romeo and Juliet – The Prologue ‘Romeo and Juliet – The Prologue’ focuses on Shakespeare’s use of language in the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. Contents include: Prologue Perfection – A fun starter activity in which students use prior knowledge and their knowledge of rhythm and rhyme to rearrange the prologue into the correct order. A Closer Look – Exploring how the prologue introduces the themes of the play and how Shakespeare uses contrasting imagery. Comprehension – Questions to assess students’ understanding of the prologue. Extension Tasks – A variety of extension tasks for students to complete varying in difficulty. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more Romeo and Juliet resources: Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Romeo and Juliet - Act 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - House of Games

This resource provides an outline to the Edexcel GCSE English Language qualification. It can be used with a Year 10 class at the beginning of the GCSE course or as a revision reminder when exams are approaching. The resource is fully editable so could be adapted for use at open evenings to explain to parents and guardians how the new GCSE English qualification works. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: A Guide to the Edexcel GCSE English Literature qualification A Guide to the AQA GCSE English Language Qualification A Guide to the AQA GCSE English Literature Qualification A Guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Language Qualification A Guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Literature Qualification

Formal and Informal Writing - KS2 This English teaching PowerPoint lesson covers formal writing focusing on writing a letter of complaint. Content includes: 1. What is the difference between formal and informal writing? 2. Key features of writing a formal letter 3. How to write a formal letter consolidation / assessment task with accompanying worksheet 'Formal and Informal Writing - KS2' is fully editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit each class they teach.

This teaching resource contains a 160 slide PowerPoint with 20 accompanying worksheets. This resource has been adapted from our GCSE English Literature resource for use with Year 9. It includes a wide range of activities for pupils of all abilities: A brief biography of J.B. Priestley and the social and historical context of pre and post war British society . In depth analysis of the main characters. Exploration of the key themes. The literary, social and historical context of the play. Developing awareness of the features of a drama text. Using P.E.E. to write about the text. Priestley’s political message. Analysis of Priestley’s language in key scenes. Priestley’s use of tension and suspense. Hot seating activities. Empathy question preparation. Developing inference and deduction skills. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: An Inspector Calls - GCSE Unit of Work An Inspector Calls - Arthur Birling An Inspector Calls - Sybil Birling An Inspector Calls - Eric Birling An Inspector Calls - Shelia Birling An Inspector Calls - Gerald Croft An Inspector Calls - Comparing Goole and Birling An Inspector Calls - Dramatic Irony An Inspector Calls - Context (Capitalism and Socialism) An Inspector Calls - Themes An Inspector Calls - Plot Summaries An Inspector Calls - The Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question

The Suffix ‘-ed’ - Year 3/4 (19-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet tasks) This Year 3 / 4 resource explains how to spell words with the suffix ‘-ed’. The lesson provides a definition of the ‘-ed’ suffix with examples, and explains how and why we use ‘-ed’ to change a word into the past tense. It also explains the exceptions to the ‘add -ed’ rule with examples. The resource includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable children of all abilities to be challenged and full answer keys are included for all activities. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 The Suffix ‘-ous’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ation’ - Year 3/4 The Suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ - Year 2 The Suffixes ‘-tion’, ‘-sion’, ‘-ssion’ and ‘-cian’ - Year 3/4 Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 Add Suffixes to Spell Longer Words - Year 2 Suffixes - Developing KS2 Reading Skills

Causal Conjunctions - Year 7 Essential English Skills (13-slide editable PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets) Our ‘Year 7 Essential English Skills’ resources are designed to help Year 7 learners master key English skills that were not fully developed at KS2. In this differentiated resource, teachers recap the concept of causal conjunctions, then allow pupils to practice using them in sentences. The resource begins with whole-group activities before letting learners attempt differentiated individual worksheets where they match sentences, choose appropriate causal conjunctions and write conjunction sentences of their own. The resource is differentiated (lower, middle and higher ability tasks) and fully editable. So you can use it as it is or adapt it for your needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Time Conjunctions - Year 7 Subordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Co-ordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Conjunctions Bundle - Year 2 Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Causal Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Time Conjunctions - Year 3/4

Time Conjunctions - Year 7 Essential English Skills Our ‘KS3 English Essential Skills’ resources are designed to help Year 7 learners master key English skills that were not fully developed at KS2. In this differentiated lesson (lower, middle and higher ability activities), pupils recap time conjunctions then practice using them in a range of sentences. There are a mix of whole-group tasks that students can complete before attempting the differentiated individual worksheets where they match sentences, choose suitable time conjunctions and write sentences of their own. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Causal Conjunctions - Year 7 Subordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Co-ordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Conjunctions Bundle - Year 2 Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Causal Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Time Conjunctions - Year 3/4

Functional Skills: Reading This teaching resource is a detailed unit of work made up of an 88 slide PowerPoint presentation, 32 worksheets and a unit overview with 9 step by step lessons. All lessons are structured using the four part lesson plan (starter, introduction, development and plenary) and all can be tweaked and edited to suit your specific teaching needs. It includes: Full unit of work overview An introduction to Functional Skills Reading An examination of the features of written texts How to adapt writing to a particular audience and purpose How to find information quickly - skimming, scanning and highlighting texts Retrieving information from a text The use of presentational devices and the layout of a text Locating and responding to information in charts and tables An exemplar functional skills reading task Functional Skills reading assessment criteria

The ‘ss’ Sound - EYFS The ‘ss’ Sound is an EYFS phonics teaching resource introducing children to the digraph ‘ss’. Content includes: A ‘ss’ digraph explanation A link to a ‘ss’ sound introductory video A ‘ss’ sound activity with an accompanying worksheet One further differentiated worksheet with answers 12 flashcards which can also be used for a word matching game ‘The ‘ss’ Sound - EYFS’ is fully editable so that teachers can adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The ‘ai’ Sound The ‘ch’ Sound The ‘ck’ Sound The ‘ff’ Sound The ‘ll’ Sound The ‘sh’ Sound The ‘th’ Sound

Edexcel GCSE English Reading Nonfiction Texts is a 94 slide PowerPoint presentation with 9 accompanying worksheets and 9 step by step lessons specifically designed to teach reading non-fiction texts in preparation for the Edexcel GCSE English Paper 2 exam - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing. The lessons contain a range of tasks, skills and activities, including: An Introduction to the Edexcel GCSE English (9-1) Paper 2 exam - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing. How do audience and purpose affect non-fiction texts? How to follow an argument in a non-fiction text. How are fact and opinion used in non-fiction texts? Analysis of common language techniques used in non-fiction. Developing awareness of how rhetorical techniques can affect And more… Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Reading Non Fiction and Media Texts AQA GCSE English Reading Non-fiction Texts OCR GCSE English Reading Non-fiction Texts

Reading Non-fiction and Media Texts Teaching Resources is a 104 slide PowerPoint presentation with 12 worksheets and ten step by step lessons specifically designed to teach reading non-fiction and media texts at both KS3 and GCSE. This resource has been constructed with the four-part lesson plan in mind (starter activity, introduction, development and plenary) and all lessons can be edited, adapted and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. English teachers can preview the Reading Non-fiction and Media Texts Teaching resource by clicking on the images at the bottom of the page. The Reading Non-fiction and Media Texts lessons contain a range of skills and activities, including: * What are non-fiction and media texts? * How do audience and purpose affect non-fiction and media texts? * How are fact and opinion used in media and non-fiction texts? * Developing awareness of how rhetorical techniques can affect the reader * Bias, rhetoric and exaggeration; Generalisations and counter arguments * Presentational devices * Comparing texts and exploring exam success

KS1 Maths Teaching Resources – Base Ten Blocks - Representing Numbers 21 to 99 In this teaching resource pupils use base ten blocks to represent numbers 21 to 99 to help them understand that the two digits in a two-digit number represents amounts of tens and ones as per the statutory requirements of the year 2 maths programme of study (Number - number and place value). This colourful and animated 28 slide PowerPoint presentation includes interactive activities with accompanying worksheets, cut out base ten blocks to use with an activity, printable base ten blocks flashcards that can be laminated and a further accompanying worksheet with answers. As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, KS1 Maths Teaching Resources: Base Ten Blocks - Representing Numbers 21 to 99 is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Base Ten Blocks - Representing Numbers 11-19 Number Sequence Cars - Year 2 Comparing and Ordering Numbers Up to 100 - Year 2 Comparing Numbers Up to 100 - Year 2 Numbers in Words Number Sequences - Year 2 Ordering Numbers to 100 - Year 2 Tens and Ones - Year 2

The ‘sh’ Sound - EYFS In this EYFS teaching resource pupils are introduced to the digraph ‘sh’ as per the EYFS statutory framework for literacy. Content includes: ‘sh’ digraph explanation An introductory ‘sh’ digraph video Examples of words with the ‘sh’ sound at the beginning Examples of words with the ‘sh’ sound at the end Animated ‘sh’ sound activities with two accompanying worksheets One further differentiated worksheet with answers 18 flashcards that can also be used for a matching game As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘The ‘sh’ Sound - EYFS’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The ‘ai’ Sound The ‘ch’ Sound The ‘ck’ Sound The ‘ff’ Sound The ‘ll’ Sound The ‘ss’ Sound The ‘th’ Sound

The Main Clause English SPaG Teaching Resource 'The Main Clause' explores how to identify the main clause in a sentence and how to use the main clause with confidence in sentence construction. Content includes: - Definition of the main clause with example sentences. - Identify the main clause in a sentence activity with an accompanying worksheet - Complete the sentences using a main clause activity with an accompanying worksheet - 1 further worksheet with answers The Main Clause can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a bigger unit of work or developed into a wider lesson on language, grammar and word choices.

WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry - Foundation Tier This teaching unit has been made to help foundation students prepare for the Unseen Poetry section of the GCSE English Literature exam. It contains a 68-slide PowerPoint-based teaching resource and 13 worksheets. Contents: Example examination question with two poems A mnemonic (A TIP TOP) to give students a structured approach to answering the question. Explaining how to write about content, imagery, poetic techniques, structure, mood and theme. Constructing a personal response. How to compare two unseen poems. An example model answer. To preview a selection of slides from ‘WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry – Foundation Tier’ click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: WJEC GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry - Higher Tier WJEC GCSE English Literature Exam Prep - Comparing Unseen Poetry Eduqas GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

The Prefix ‘sub’ - Year 3/4 (16-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with three differentiated worksheets) This differentiated teaching resource introduces Year 3/4 learners to prefixes focusing on the prefix ‘sub’. It includes a definition and explanation of the prefix ‘sub’ with examples, whole-class activities and three differentiated worksheets to help teachers assess understanding. Full answer keys are also included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The Prefix ‘re’ The Prefix ‘in’ The Prefix ‘mis’ The Prefix ‘inter’ The Prefix ‘auto’ The Prefix ‘super’ The Prefix ‘anti’ The Prefix ‘dis’ The Prefix ‘un’ The Prefixes ‘il’, ‘im’ and ‘ir’ Developing Reading Skills - Prefixes

The Prefix ‘in-’ - Year 3/4 (16-slide editable PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets) This differentiated teaching resource introduces Year 3/4 learners to prefixes focusing on the prefix ‘in’. It includes a definition and examples of the prefix ‘in’, whole-class activities and three differentiated worksheets to assess pupils’ understanding. Full answer keys are included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The Prefix ‘re’ The Prefix ‘mis’ The Prefix ‘inter’ The Prefix ‘sub’ The Prefix ‘auto’ The Prefix ‘super’ The Prefix ‘anti’ The Prefix ‘dis’ The Prefix ‘un’ The Prefixes ‘il’, ‘im’ and ‘ir’ Developing Reading Skills - Prefixes

Making Ten - Year 1 In this EYFS / KS1 maths resource, pupils use a ten frame to practise number bonds to 10 as per the statutory requirements of the year 1 maths programme of study (Number - addition and subtraction). Content includes: A ten frame explanation Ways of making 10 Making 10 animated activity with accompanying worksheet 1 further worksheet Making 10 flashcards that can be cut out and folded and then unfolded to reveal the addition sum As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Making Ten - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 1 addition and subtraction resources: Addition and Subtraction are Opposites - Year 1 Number Fact Families Addition and Subtraction Facts - Year 1 Adding Using a Number Line - Year 1 Let’s Take Away - Beginning to Subtract Taking Away Using a Number Line - Year 1 Year 1 Addition and Subtraction Bundle Year 1 Number Bonds Bundle Year 1 Addition and Subtraction within 10 Bundle