A PowerPoint designed to look at the AQA Controlled Assessment on Creative Writing (TV task). It requires students to develop some views on TV in general and the types of programmes they could, and might want to, talk about in their CA.

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.

A powerpoint to help students explore the poem. It looks at context and then annotation of the poem, then asks the students to explore language and techniques in the poem.

A PowerPoint exploring the poem 'Praise Song for My Mother'. It gives the students some context to the poem, asks them to consider the relationships being presented, and then annotate the poem, focussing on specific elements.

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

A powerpoint full of hints and tips for students taking the Higher Tier English Language exam. The slides run through the expectations and skills being explored, and then give some tips as to how students might want to approach answering the questions in order to get their best grade. Can be used as a last minute revision aid, or adapted and used earlier in the revision process. Most of the advice can be applied to all the exam boards.

A PowerPoint designed to demonstrate Gustav Freytag's beleif that a story can be broken down into 5 parts. Used with students to help them understand further the need to include certain elements into their story writing.

A PowerPoint introducing monologues to the students. Students are required to write a monologue for the superhero.

An activity designed to introduce the idea of characters being more than just visual people. Used with Year 9 students as a reminder activity before starting a unit on Writing to Enteratin.

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.

A set of three puzzles to accompany the reading of the early chapters of 'Aquila' by Andrew Norriss. The puzzles are aimed at revising students' individual strengths and challenging their weaknesses, and some puzzles will be more challenging than others for students, depending on age and ability.

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***

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 set of cryptograms, designed to accompany the reading of the story of 'Of Mice and Men' or be used to support student revision of the novel. The cryptograms are designed to give a brief synopsis of a chapter, and the idea that the student needs to identify the missing letters really helps them to focus on reading what is written. This is a great way of helping students to retain information.

This PowerPoint and revision sheet can be used by students as both an introduction to the types of questions they will be faced with in their Language exam, or as a revision tool at any point in their course. Both resources explain the different types of questions that are used in exams, and the PowerPoint gives students the opportunity to 'have a go' at each question style. Included in the pack is a breakdown of information contained in each slide and some answers to help those new to the course/exam structure.

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.

A handy stick-in sheet to help students keep up-to-date with their reading. Easy to follow, and easy to keep!

A PowerPoint that is used to explain monologues to the students. Follows up on previous work creating fairytale characters by asking them to create a monologue for their character.

A PowerPoint to help students understand the development of their writing.

A PowerPoint containing various images of War and Concentration Camps with questions to prompt thinking and deeper/developed responses. Different images could be used dependent upon ability level of group.