An activity to review and test students understanding of a story. Using Harry Potter allows the students to connect to a well known text. ***The extract is copyright of J.K Rowling.

This resource is designed to be used alongside the first couple of chapters of 'Aquila' by Andrew Norriss. The PowerPoint and Activity are designed with Lower Ability students in mind, but each can be adapted easily for more able students.

The third part of a unit baed on the story of Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. This resource enabled students to look at the topic of division and understand some of the possible reasons for Blackman's choices regarding colour, race and culture.

A PowerPoint designed to help students revise or learn the types of questions they will face in their GCSE Reading exam, regardless of the exam board they are working at.

This resource is designed to allow students to explore the story of 'Aquila*' before opening the book. Included are a PowerPoint and Homework Activity Sheet, and Teachers Notes to briefly explain what each includes. * All novel resources are the intellectual property of the author, in this case, Andrew Norriss.

Two sets of two texts with questions attached, designed to be used as practice for students studying Edexcel GCSE English Language. These have also been used as initial discussion-prompting texts, and by students of all abilities. UPDATED (24.04.18): This resource now includes PowerPoints for both texts with all of the questions and ‘possible’ answers for each question. There are links on each question page to a timer set to the amount of time student should aim to complete questions in also. *Each text has the source link straight after.

The attached cryptograms cover the subject of Christmas from different angles. The first looks at 'The Festive Season around the World'; the second looks at 'Being Homeless or Lonely at Christmas'. They are a great way to prompt student thinking about the not-so-often thought of elements of the season. Answers are also included.

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***

A PowerPoint and Activities for students to complete during Roald Dahl day, or as part of a unit on Roald Dahl and his work. The PowperPoint introduces Roald Dahl and the various activities the students can complete, and then the activities are aimed at challenging the students in terms of their language understanding as well as their under standing of the writer himself.

These resources form Session 5 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to introduce the skill of PEE writing (Point, Evidence, Explanation) and then assess the progress of the unit up to this point. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

These resources form Session 4 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to focus learning on the skill of finding quotes, with extracts loosely based on the gothic horror genre. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***

A set of five novel extracts (all copyrights to the authors) from classic fiction to exam board favourites, each with their key punctuation marks missing. The tasks are easily adaptable, and answers are included.

This resource can be used with either Higher Level KS3 students, or students in KS4. All the capital letters, full stops and paragraphs have been removed from a review of Homeland Season 1. The students just have to figure out where they should be put! Could be made easier for Lower Ability students. Article is the intellectual property of the writer (name and newspaper on the sheet)

BSP Powerpoints and Resources. Accompanies the Scheme of Work created by TESEnglish for the text. Brilliant Scheme that has enabled me to adapt and use the activities/tasks with mixed ability groups, and differentiate by outcome. ***The extracts are all copyright of the author, John Boyne.

A Medium-Term plan and weekly resources for a Unit on Writing Letters and Emails (planning to last 6 weeks - approx. 20 lessons). All student activity sheets and resources are included, along with answers where necessary.