This resource contains everything you need to teach Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Based on the Edexcel IGCSE English Language curriculum but easily adaptable to any curriculum that you teach, this product contains: 45 Editable Google Slides with notes on each slide containing tips for how to use the information and activities for different classes, including adaptations and extension tasks Interactive quizzes and activities with answer keys included Printable PDF versions of all activities Engaging starter activity Definitions and examples for 10 literary techniques used in the extracts Detailed annotations of language and structure for the whole extract Comprehension quiz on the text with answer key Practice exam questions based on the Edexcel IGCSE English Language exam but easily adaptable to any other curriculum Exam question structure, rubric, plan and paragraph sorting activity Model full mark essay with notes on how it was awarded top marks based on Edexcel IGCSE English Language Exam A. You can find a detailed guide on how to use this resource on my blog. I would love to see your students engaging with this activity in the classroom. Feel free to post pictures and tag @expat_edventures_ on Instagram. If you have any questions or feedback, you can contact me on expatedventures@gmail.com. Thank you and enjoy! If you like this product, you may also enjoy my A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat. Also check out my comprehensive resource on Danger of a Single Story, another text studied for English Language, containing detailed annotations and exam practice. Let’s connect! You can find me on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube and my blog - expatedventures.com.

This is a great introductory, back to school or first week activity for any English or ESL classes, but could be especially useful for Years 4-8. It includes an editable survey, instruction page and an editable example letter. After explaining the importance of refection for a growth mindset, students complete the self-assessment reflection surveys on behaviour and skills. After discussing the SMART goals acronym, read an example target letter and explain that students will write a SMART goal letter to themselves. Collect in the letters when students have finished then hand them out at the end of the year. Students enjoy reading back over their letters and assessing whether they met their goals. Useful for teaching organisation of ideas in a letter format. Teachers could use this as an initial writing diagnostic by collecting in draft letters and returning them with feedback for students to write up neatly, seal in envelopes to be returned at the end of the year. I would love to see your students engaging with this activity in the classroom. Feel free to post pictures and tag me on Instagram. I hope you find the resource useful for you and helpful to your students. You might also enjoy my Edexcel GCSE resources on Chinese Cinderella and Game of Polo with a Headless Goat. If you have any questions or comments about the resource, contact me on expatedventures@gmail.com. Thank you and enjoy! Let’s connect! You can find me on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram and my blog - expatedventures.com.