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Hi, I'm Sarah, and I've been teaching for over a decade. I graduated in 2006 with a degree in Primary Education, but have taught in both Primary, Secondary and FE settings. My resources are primarily aimed at students aged 9-16+, and are mainly resources to be used in English lessons. I try to make resources that can be easily adapted for all types of abilities and ages. I hope you find my resources useful. Please feel free to leave me feedback on my resources - I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Hi, I'm Sarah, and I've been teaching for over a decade. I graduated in 2006 with a degree in Primary Education, but have taught in both Primary, Secondary and FE settings. My resources are primarily aimed at students aged 9-16+, and are mainly resources to be used in English lessons. I try to make resources that can be easily adapted for all types of abilities and ages. I hope you find my resources useful. Please feel free to leave me feedback on my resources - I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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GCSE English Language - Descriptive Writing
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GCSE English Language - Descriptive Writing

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A set of resources to help students revise their descriptive writing skills. With a task, specimen answer and the FT grade descriptors included, the students can really grasp what an examiner will be looking for.
Vacation Box
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Vacation Box

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I have used this with various groups, and always get interesting and diverse results! Great practice for selecting and explaining choices. Great to use as a pair/share or whole-class individual speech task.
My Family Tree
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My Family Tree

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Used as an initial resource for work on a topic entitled 'All About Me' this resource is really useful to enable students to ask questions about their family. Have used it it with many groups, and with students who are adopted or fostered. It can be a great way of introducing discussion around the topic of families, and their diversity.
Word scramble (2)
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Word scramble (2)

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An starter activity designed to help students to get to grips with word formation. The LA version gives students the first letter(s) of the words to help them. Can be easily altered or adapted.
Writing Triplets (Purposes - An Introduction)
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Writing Triplets (Purposes - An Introduction)

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A PowerPoint to explain and demonstrate how writing triplets can be used to identify the purpose of any type of writing. Used with students to introduce the idea and give them an understanding of how they can use them in their writing. Easily adaptable and, in my experience, a great way of getting the purposes to ‘stick’ in students’ memories.
Speech Train
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Speech Train

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This is one way of helping students understand how to plan and draft their work and ideas on presenting a speech. The speech train provides a visual representation of their speech - showing how each section should be linked and how important it is to have a direction and destination for your speech. I enlarged this to A3 before getting the students using it, then it's spacious enough for lots of ideas!
Unseen Poetry Revision (Island Man - Nichols)
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Unseen Poetry Revision (Island Man - Nichols)

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A practice exam question for any students undertaking an unseen poem. This particular activity focusses on the poem Island Man by Grace Nichols, and asks the students to complete a planning grid, helping them to focus and note down their ideas. ***The poem is the property of Grace Nichols***
An Inspector Calls - Theme Table Task
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An Inspector Calls - Theme Table Task

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An activity used by students to help aid their understanding of the themes of the play 'An Inspector Calls' and how the themes affect each character. Can be simplified or made more challenging easily, so suitable for all students.
Boy in the Striped Pajamas - Annotating Text
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Boy in the Striped Pajamas - Annotating Text

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An activity designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of how Boyne uses his writing to delve further into the lives of Bruno and his family, and the background of life in Germany at that time.
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme - Session 6
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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme - Session 6

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These resources form Session 6 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to allow students to revise the parts of a sentence, and then develop their understanding of how vocabulary is used in extracts. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***
Poetic Techniques - Similes
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Poetic Techniques - Similes

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A Powerpoint to explain (or revise) of similes in poetry and sentences. This explains what a simile is, and then gives students the opportunity to practice creating similes.
English Target Criteria (S&L)
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English Target Criteria (S&L)

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Speaking and Listening assessment focuses in child-speak, levels 3-7. Used to help students understand what their next steps are in terms of developing their S&L skills.
In Paris With You (James Fenton)
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In Paris With You (James Fenton)

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A PowerPoint used for supporting the analysing of In Paris with You. It looks at the context of the poem and then asks students to work through the sheet 'Poetry Detectives.' Poetry Detectives is adapted from the resource available through the AQA Digital Anthology.
Nettles (Vernon Scannell)
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Nettles (Vernon Scannell)

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A basic powerpoint guiding students through the analysis of the poem Nettles. This also goes on to begin exploring a link with Manhunt by Armitage.
Unit 2 Lit (Remember the Poems)
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Unit 2 Lit (Remember the Poems)

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An activity designed to test the understanding of the students before their GCSE English Literature Unit 2 exam. The table on the sheet contains different poems from the Relationships section of the anthology, and asks students to make notes on various elements on the poem that they might analyse in their exam.
Born Yesterday (Philip Larkin)
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Born Yesterday (Philip Larkin)

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A powerpoint looking at context and annotation of the poem Born Yesterday. Students are asked to think about the relationships presented in the poem, then make notes on the context, before annotating the poem, looking for specific elements.
Writing a Formal Letter - Practice
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Writing a Formal Letter - Practice

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This activity is an opportunity to practice writing non-fiction. The accompanying information was collected from various internet sources, but the students were also asked to do their own research too.
Exam Practice Question AQA Lit (Planning Grid)
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Exam Practice Question AQA Lit (Planning Grid)

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A planning grid for students to use exploring a question from the AQA GCSE English Literature Unit 1 paper, focussing on An Inspector Calls. This question is taken from the specimen AQA Foundation Tier paper.
Brothers (Andrew Forster)
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Brothers (Andrew Forster)

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A powerpoint exploring the context of the poem Brothers. The powerpoint gives students a view of the reasons for writing this poem, and then asks them to annotate it, looking for specific elements.