A writing frame to help Year 7 pupils structure a presentation on a hobby of their choice. Paragraph plans, sentence starters and opening endings.

An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Ambulances' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.

A worksheet to help students understand when to use full stops correctly. The worksheet allows pupils to clearly see when full stops are needed, be able to split up sentences, correct comma splicing and complete incomplete sentence fragments.

An information sheet explaining The Poor Law and Victorian Workhouses to aid the WJEC English Literature exam. A good way of helping students add historical context to their work or introducing key ideas before beginning the text.

A practice National Reading Test based on the topic of 'Term Time Holidays'. It is a challenging test paper for Year 9 pupils that also help students practise the skills required for the new WJEC English Language GCSE.

A National Reading Test Paper based on a review of Despicable Me.

5 GCSE verbal reasoning questions and a GCSE sequencing question on the theme of war. Perfect to prepare KS3 students for the types of questions they will discover on the WJEC English Language GCSE exams. Excellent as starters.

Two essay plans (one differentiated with sentence starters and a tighter frame) for an exposition essay on the theme of war. Students are asked to consider to what extent their agree with a George Orwell quote about war. This is perfect preparation for students in KS3 to prepare for the new WJEC English Language GCSE. It would also be perfect for KS4 students. The success criteria clearly explains what is expected of students.

A challenging NRT for Year 9 pupils to help prepare them for the National Reading Tests and the new WJEC GCSE English Language qualification. This test requires students to read a text on the worst inventor in the world - Thomas Midgley - and answer a range of key questions including text purpose, words in context, sequencing, access search and retrieve and verbal reasoning. An answer sheet has been included to help students peer assess and to reduce workload.

2 stimulus material sheets looking almost identical to GCSE English Language Oracy Task 2 on the theme of war. The sheets contain all of the vital information about the assessment and also a range of stimulus materials to help students complete the discussion. Perfect for KS3 students to practice this oracy task before they do so in KS4. Success Criteria is also included so students know what is expected of them.

A challenging NRT practice paper for Year 8 students on the theme of travel. It contains a range of questions to help prepare for the National Reading Tests but also for the new WJEC GCSE English Language qualification. Question include sequencing, words in context, access search and retrieve and verbal reasoning. An answer sheet is also included to help peer assess and reduce workload.

A PPT that shows how to answer 'compare and contrast' questions in line with new WJEC English Language GCSE expectations. The questions are made very simple to answer, short texts are supplied for students to practise on, comparison words are explained and a good example is included.

A PowerPoint to teach how to approach 'How' questions in the English Language Unit 2 Non Fiction paper. It contains a video clip to show how to spot features to comment on, exam advice, a past paper task to show how to complete the question (The Chrissie Past Paper), an explanation of use Point, Evidence and Explanation and the mark scheme.

A PowerPoint presentation explaining how to structure and write a formal or informal letter for the WJEC English Language Unit 2 exam. It shows the format, an explanation of persuasive techniques and paragraphed examples for a letter about mobile phones in schools. Designed for KS4 C?D borderline but would be useful for KS3 as well.

A series of activities centred around Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak. The activities are designed to prepare Year 10/11 pupils for the English Language WJEC Unit 2 Section B. There is a template for letter writing using the idea of a 'Freak Show' coming to the local area and they must write persuasively. There is also preparation for leaflet writing where they persuade customers to visit the Cirque Du Freak. Persuasive techniques are also covered as well as a proofreading activity. Designed for a lower ability KS4 class.

A full PowerPoint presentation teaching what reports are, the structure required for the exam, a method of planning, example paragraphs and a task to set pupils. It is designed to help C/D borderline pupils with the Unit 2 Non-Fiction English Language Exam for WJEC GCSE but will be appropriate for most exam boards.

A writing frame for describing a cinema. Word banks are given and advice on how to use levelled vocabulary. Great for Year 7 descriptive writing.

A full lesson PowerPoint and accompanying worksheet. The lesson begins with images of monsters slowly revealed so they can guess them. The lesson asks pupils to imagine a monster and draw it. They then use their words, including adjectives and similes, to describe the monster. Their peer then listens to the description and tries to draw the image. They then compare pictures to see how accurate their written description was. This was originally designed to use with a Year 6 English transition lesson.