This handy resource is filled with three definition cards for fantasy fiction, suitable for writing fantasy fiction genre. This visual resource is helpful for all Year Groups. Fantasy fiction immerses readers in imaginary worlds brimming with magic, mythical creatures, and epic quests. It transports them beyond the confines of reality into realms where anything is possible, where dragons soar across the skies and ancient prophecies shape destinies. Heroes with extraordinary abilities embark on perilous journeys, facing daunting challenges and confronting dark forces threatening to engulf the world in shadow. Through intricate world-building and vivid storytelling, fantasy fiction explores timeless themes of courage, friendship, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. From the enchanting landscapes of high fantasy to the gritty intrigue of urban fantasy, this genre captivates audiences of all ages with its boundless creativity and ability to ignite the imagination. In the realms of fantasy fiction, readers discover not only thrilling adventures but also profound reflections on the human condition and the power of hope in the face of adversity.

This resource is helpful for IB students and GCSE English Language students who might want to analyse war fiction and non-fiction texts for Paper 1 Commentary (IB) and war texts (GCSE Paper 1 and Paper 2 Language). It has elements of War Propaganda for essay writing skills.

This a handy quick resource that visually explores the key elements of fantasy fiction. It covers essential components such as magic systems, mythical creatures, epic quests, and world-building techniques. It is suitable for all Year Groups for exploring the genre of fantasy fiction as well as fantasy fiction descriptive writing. Fantasy fiction is a genre of literature characterized by its imaginative and speculative elements. It often takes place in worlds or settings that differ from our own reality and commonly features elements such as magic, mythical creatures, and supernatural phenomena. In fantasy fiction, authors create richly detailed worlds with their own rules and laws, often drawing inspiration from mythology, folklore, and history. The genre encompasses a wide range of subgenres, including epic fantasy, urban fantasy, high fantasy, and fairy tales, each with its own unique conventions and themes. Fantasy fiction explores universal themes such as good versus evil, heroism, the quest for identity, and the power of imagination. It provides readers with an escape from everyday life into realms of wonder and adventure, where anything is possible. Authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, George R.R. Martin, and Neil Gaiman have made significant contributions to the genre, crafting iconic worlds and characters that have captivated audiences around the world.

Fantasy fiction employs a variety of language techniques to create vivid and immersive worlds that captivate readers’ imaginations. Descriptive language is paramount, allowing authors to paint detailed pictures of fantastical landscapes, magical creatures, and otherworldly phenomena. Imagery and sensory details transport readers to these realms, engaging their senses and evoking powerful emotions. Moreover, figurative language, such as metaphors and similes, enhances the storytelling by drawing parallels between the fantastical elements and real-world experiences, adding depth and resonance to the narrative. Dialogue serves not only to advance the plot but also to develop characters and their relationships, often reflecting the unique cultures and languages of the fantasy world. Additionally, symbolism and allegory are frequently employed to convey deeper meanings and themes, enriching the story with layers of interpretation. By skillfully employing these language techniques, fantasy authors create rich and immersive narratives that transport readers to realms of endless possibility and wonder. This handy visual aid and resource will help teachers and students in the classroom and beyond as a checklist for fantasy fiction language features.

This handy useful resource is suitable for all Year Groups : Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 and is an excellent resource to teach how movies posters are analysed. Analyzing movie posters can be an interesting and insightful activity, offering clues about the film’s themes, genre, and target audience. Students can watch the movie trailer and write an analytical essay on their own.

This rose-illustrated version of the classic poem, ’ The Sick Rose’ by William Blake is useful for poetry lessons and to distribute as handouts to students of all Year groups. It is perfect to go along with the English Romantic Poetry Lesson Plan. Also there is plenty space to annotate the document with poetic language and structural features. Perfect document for visual learners as well across the English National Curriculum

This poem is a part of the poetry anthology for IGCSE (Pearson EDEXCEL) Will prove and excellent resource and a handy help as part of a lesson plan teaching the same poem. It has annotations of the whole poem as well as an accompaying essay worth 15 marks (taken from a past paper)

This helpful handy resource is a great visual aid to motivate students to write a persuasive speech/letter/article on the topic, ‘Should teenagers take up some sort of Arts?’ It can be used to inspire kids and help them brainstorm ideas on a persuasive writing prompt and helps them organise ideas into three to four paragraphs.

This persuasive writing mindmap is suitable for all curricula, GCSE, OCR, EDEXCEL, Cambridge, etc. It is an excellent resource to brainstorm ideas for a persuasive writing topic ‘Should teenagers take up at least one sport?’ It can prove handy for a persuasive writing lesson plan and has various persuasive writing features such as rhetorical questions, opinions, repetition, facts, statistics and anecdotes.

This handy resource is an excellent addition to a persuasive writing lesson plan and is very well-integrated and organised for all curriculms. It has exampes of alliteration, triad, rhetorical questions, facts and statistics for thr persuasive writing prompt: ‘Should Teens use social media?’ It can be used by teachers for persuasive writing lesson planning as well. Students get inspired by the colourful and illustrated version of the worksheet and this can add a visual aid for classrooms too

This resource is handy for all IGCSE and GCSE or other boards that do English Language that ahs papers like Transactional Writing, Non-ficiton Writing, Speech Writing, etc. Very helpful for pupils and students alike for lesson plans and quick revision strategies.

This handy resource is really helpful for CIE IGCSE English Language Paper 1 Journal Writing and will assist both students and teachers alike to make it a part of a lesson plan or make it a quick revision go-through. It has examples of the famous mnemonic ISHAMPOO along with attention-grabbing hooks on writing journals

This resource is really handy for students, pupils, private exam takers and teachers or tutors to teach or revise journals and has helpful for a quick recap. It can be uses for CIE IGCSE 0500 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 REVISION and has examples for each technique mentioned to get that top score in your journal essay!

This handy resource for both CIE IGCSE English Language students and teachers is the perfect lesson plan for a whole class on journals and for that quick revision to recap journals. It has sentence starters, GAPSS analysis, annotation of a past paper question and a model response to it. Besides, it is written and typed on a beautiful journal page as well designed particularly for class teachers who might want to use it as a Powerpoint in their lessons.

This resource is really handy and helpful for students and teachers alike. It has a sample answer for report writing for CIE IGCSE 0500 English Language Paper 1 It also has tops and techniques, steps to write a report, some useful newspaper vocabulary idioms and phrases and other helpful exam tips and techniques

This is the most comprehensive resource and lesson plan ever for revising the model answers for Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 Part 4 from the CIE IGCSE English Literature Anthology and can be used for lesson plans as well by teachers. Pupils, please find attached in the document model answers for the following poems: Margaret Atwood, ‘The City Planners’ Boey Kim Cheng, ‘The Planners’ Thom Gunn, ‘The Man with Night Sweats’ Robert Lowell, ‘Night Sweat’ Edward Thomas, ‘Rain’ Anne Stevenson, ‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’ Tony Harrison, ‘From Long Distance’ W H Auden, ‘Funeral Blues’ Thomas Hardy, ‘He Never Expected Much’ Fleur Adcock, ‘The Telephone Call’ Peter Porter, ‘A Consumer’s Report’ Judith Wright, ‘Request To A Year’ Charles Tennyson Turner, ‘On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book’ Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘Ozymandias’ Stevie Smith, ‘Away, Melancholy

A lesson plan for teachers and a comprehensive Word document/PDF aimed at helping pupils and teachers to analyse the literary techniques, language features, drama features, stage directions, themes, structural tools and characters in extracts from several parts of the play, A Streetcar named Desire. These model sample answers are written for CIE IGCSE and contain 11 long sample answers that are also totally exam-style. The Word Document has 11 full-length model answers on the novel, adapted and sourced from past papers. It closely mirrors the style required to ace IGCSE English Literature for an instant last-minute revision or for an intense past paper response writing throughout the year. Besides, they are all A* and top-notch answers written by an expert.

The resource is an unannotated set of Prose and Poetry Fiction Extracts. This is an excellent resource for KS2/3/4 GCSE English Literature and Language students that has prose and poetry extracts typed on aesthetic pages that are ready to be printed out and annotated for language features and poetic techniques. This along with the TPCASTT anslysis can be used to annotate the extracts with language features and figurative devices or other linguistic and structural tools. Teachers will also find this extremely helpful as a visual aid along with their usual lesson plans. It has the following extracts in that order: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling The Sick Rose by William Blake Still, I Rise by Maya Angelou The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake Tyger by William Blake

This 60 Minute Lesson plan revises and gives a recap template of the 8 major word classes such as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjuctions and interjections that can be used as visual aids, lesson plans, worksheets, revision material and print outs. Also is a bonus powerpoint on other language features such as word choice, sentence structure, imagery, tone and mood, point of view and themes as well as examples of personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyerpbole, idiom, etc. Although it is addressed to Year 8, it can be used for Year 6, 7 and 9 as well. Also take a look at the bumper pack of fiction extracts, both prose and poetry that can be distributed to students in the classroom for annotations of extracts with an addition of a Figurative Language Quiz in the end to conclude the lesson.

A Literary Heritage Text refers to a work of literature that is recognized as being of significant cultural, historical, or artistic value, often forming part of a country’s or culture’s literary canon. These texts are typically regarded as classics and have stood the test of time, contributing to the understanding and appreciation of a language, society, or literary tradition. They are often included in educational curricula due to their enduring themes, language, and insights into the human condition. Examples are “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” by Homer, “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes, and “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy. This comparison Grid will help students of the British Curriculum compare and contrast two or more Victorian or Literary Heritage Texts using the following parameters: Overall Structrue Characters Setting Conflict Themes Also included is a Visual Aid with examples of Victorian Heritage Texts such as the follows: Gulliver’s Travels Ozymandias A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Listeners Wuthering Heights Spellbound