A fun starter or quiz on spirit animals. The students enjoy this fun personality test which will get a good debate going!

I have made an eight-week set of resources on the book/series, Normal People. I trialled it this year and it worked very well. The 8-week SoL is teaching the fiction reading exam and the creative writing unit. The following are included: **16 separate lessons Mock exam with mark scheme All extracts Teacher annotations on the text Teacher notes Chapter summaries Language analysis Model answers Show not tell SPAG Sensory Language Direct Speech Figurative language Opening & closing a story Language techniques**

Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 12 landmarks. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 12. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.

A really fun starter on word association. The students love it. Gets everyone involved!

12 separate fun, informative and interactive quizzes using the retro speak and spell game as the theme. The students love it! You could also use it just for the fun PowerPoint template. The following topics are covered: GCSE writing tasks Fact and opinion Persuasive Language Bias SPAG

A collection of 28 articles that can be used for the reading and writing exams. Really good for debating. The students love it! Some of the 28 articles are listed below: 1930s dating Funny 999 calls Man posts himself in a big envelope Most embarrassing moments Fashion industry ignores bigger women Facebook brags A nation of creeps

A really fun, interactive and informative PowerPoint that the students love. All resources and worksheets provided!

A really fun, interactive and informative PowerPoint that the students love. All resources and worksheets provided!

A fantastic, fun & informative lesson PowerPoint which covers all punctuation. The PP is very in-depth while being student-friendly. They really enjoy it!

A really fun, colourful quiz on writing devices. The students love it!

A fantastic lesson PowerPoint on sentence using The Simpsons as a theme. The students love it!

A great lesson on complex sentences. PowerPoint and three worksheets included.

Over 40 different resources on PEEs. Some really great stuff included.

Based on the classic TV programme, this quiz asks the students questions on spelling, punctuation and grammar. Makes the topic fun and competitive!!

An in-depth PowerPoint lesson which is fun, informative and interactive. It gives explanations and over 15 tasks for the students to complete.

A fantastic and benficial PowerPoint lesson on handwriting. The following are included: - What is handwriting? - Progression in handwriting - Main issues that may arise - Strategies that can support/help - Where to find further advice

A whole SOW on one PowerPoint. This resources examines how to get a grade 9 on the creative writing part of the exam. Also includes a 40min lecturer podcast. All of the following topics are covered: Exemplar work Structure Zoom-in paragraph Sensory Language Adjectives & verbs Show, not tell Sentence starters Figurative Language Lecturer annotations and comments

An outstanding collection of resources on narrative openings for GCSE English Language. The following are included in the resource bundle: 68 slide PowerPoint Fun starter quiz on famous opening to films/TV/ books (they love this!) Different methods for a fantastic opening line Grade 9 exemplar with analysis of first paragraph Language techniques and sensory language An activity on the ten best opening lines in fiction Shaun of the Dead 'show don't tell' activity

An informative and interactive lesson looking at using sentence starters to improve any type of writing. The PowerPoint has individual & group tasks and uses videos (mainly Ricky Gervais) to grab the students' attention. Also includes a grade 9 exemplar work that uses sentence starters successfully. They love this lesson!

A lesson on how to write a speech for the unit 2 writing exam. The lesson is looking at the following question: 'You have to give a talk to your class with the title ‘Mobile phones : a blessing or a curse? Write what you would say.' I have also included a starter on moral dilemma as well as all the resources with grade 9 exemplar. I have also added another lesson on speech writing looking at room 101.