A neat flashcard game for students who mispronounce blended sounds. Students need to match the cards based on the full beginning blend with its “opposite”, the card with the part of the blend missing. For example, plate = late; brush = rush; branch = ranch. 19 sheets (3 pairs per card), 57 colourful pairs that need to be precut for students.

32 bright, colourful flashcards each depicting a word. Students have to say or write that word depending on the word class listed at the bottom of the card. (Verb, adjective, proper noun, abstract noun, noun. ) This is an excellent revision game for students to distinguish between word classes. Reverse side of the cards is included as an option should you wish to print and laminate them for a group activity : )

4 bright, vibrant posters for your classroom. Posters can be reduced in size to be used as word mats for individual students. Tense types Sentence types 10 rhetorical device / persuasive language definitions

6 cards / 12 pairs of everyday Latin terms used in English.

8 bright, vibrant posters illustrating a basic definition and examples of the following: Auxilary verbs Gerund Finite verbs Infinite verbs Participles Tautology Syntax Transitive verbs Perfect for classroom display when developing grammar knowledge.

3 page document providing a writing stimulus for “five senses” descriptive writing. Students are given the choice of four landscapes; have prompts for each sense and two differentiated exemplar paragraphs to help support their writing. This is an ideal resource for those needing to go beyond basic adjectives and provide sensory detail in their writing.

5 colourful worksheets that provide a defintion, examples and exercises relating to subject, predicate and objects; simple, compound and complex sentences and adjectives.

4 worksheets that allow students to revise word classes. These are excellent starter activities to revise prior knowledge. Word classes covered: Adjectives Prepositions Verbs Adverbs Singular words Plural words Interjections Present Tense Verbs Past Tense Verbs

4 colourful worksheets where students have to match the alliterative sound. As many students have discovered, it’s not as easy as it seems : ) This is an excellent resource for consolidating phonic or alliterative knowledge. It’s also an ideal lesson starter / quick plenary activity when teaching sound devices as part of a poetry unit. Bonus: 2 worksheets to revise antonyms. A quick, fun activity where students match up the picture that means the opposite word.

23 flashcards designed to help students revise the literary techniques used in satirical writing. I used this resource when teaching Juvenal’s Satires but the cards could also be used for teaching satire as part of a creative writing unit. Flashcards include (examples): Parody Invectives Sarcasm Imperatives Epigrams Apostrophe (not the punctuation mark) Circumlocution Ridicule Antithesis

Dinosaur themed visual sentence building cards. Students will need to include an auxillary verb, possessive noun and a preposition (or more depending on the length of the sentence.) This is a neat confidence boosting activity for early literacy. (Boys who sometimes struggle with reading fluency and polysyllabic words seem to engage with dinosaurs really well!) 8 who cards 8 what cards 8 where cards. Students are free to mix and match but must use at least one card from each colour group to make the sentence.

A quick flashcard game to test students on irregular verb knowledge by matching up the present / past tense. 12 sheets / 24 pairs.

5 colourful worksheets containing commonly misspelled words. Students have to choose the correct spelling to match the picture. A neat starter activity. This resource can be easily paired with teaching a specific spelling rule.

Three bright, vibrant posters on Narrative Perspective, Setting and Style. Each box breaks down what students need to look for when analysing texts regarding these key aspects.

20 colourful flashcards each containing a full sentence in the present tense. This resource is ideal for practising reading sight words and introducing new vocabulary as pupils become confident with sight words and look for an additional challenge. Bonus: each flashcard comes with a traceable letter version to enable students to develop their handwriting skills.

12 revision tasks on Del Toro’s stunning film, Pan’s Labyrinth, that are ideal for students to complete independently once they are familiar with the film and film techniques.

12 revision activities on Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca. This resource is ideal for students to work on independently once they are familiar with the film. There are a range of activities including essay questions, mind maps, etc., and cover aspects such as themes, film techniques, character development and style.

A fun way for students to revise word classes. Each sheet focuses on different word classes with instructions at the top of the page. Sheet 1: Proper, Collective, Abstract and Concrete nouns Sheet 2: Adverbs, Verbs and Adjectives Sheet 3: Past, Present and Future Verb Tenses Sheet 4: Prepositions, Interjections and Conjunctions

Using Old Major’s song ‘Beasts of England’, students are to select specific literary or language techniques to show how Old Major convinces the animals that Animalism is a worthy cause. This comes with a an exemplar or model answer with grade boundaries for New Zealand NCEA Level 1 levels, A, M and E. Students can see the cumulative effect of techniques on the animals / reader. This resource is designed to take a closer look at Orwell’s language when studying Animal Farm, but also develop general reading comprehension skills.

5 essays on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief. The essays are designed to answer NCEA Level 2 questions. Each essay focuses on a different question. Included: Non-Achieved Achieved Unfinished x 2. These were written to teach students how write an effective conclusion. Excellence Editable Word documents so the teacher / students can explain how / where the essay points meet the marking criteria (developed / convincing / perceptive) for each grade.