This was originally made when this was a topic discussed in the daily papers. Students will research the subject and then will take part in a discussion. The purpose of the exercise is to be able to look at both sides of an argument - no matter how controversial the topic is.

A lesson introducing Unseen Poetry and what to expect in the exam paper. It explains to learners how to annotate a poem using the SMILE technique and they will analyse Plath’s poem ‘The Mirror.’ Please note: I created this PPT using mostly my own ideas, however, to create this lesson, I have also adapted/ pasted some information from other ‘FREE download’ poetry resources that I found on TES. Thankyou for sharing your work.

This is a lesson on answering Q1 and Q2 on the paper 1 English Language paper. This was used with my KS3 class to introduce them to answering the questions. Would work for KS4 for low / mid level learners. The teacher can guide them through the questions step-by-step using the PPT slides.

A range of different tasks for children to complete using their favourite reading book!

Make homeschooling fun! Grab a storybook and complete the activities.

Identify the adjectives in the following short story.

Get children to create their own story, from planning the characters and setting to writing a plot summary.

Can you unscramble the words to guess the Sonic themed words

Worksheets to help young children learn about the Coronavirus.

2 English activities. I sourced the language technique grid from TES and the article from The Daily Mail and edited them to make an English activity. Get students to locate the language devices from the article and then create a descriptive story or article by choosing a funny headline as a prompt!

Overview: Find the devices in the poem Evidence(Use an appropriate quotation from the poem) Analyse(Why has the poet decided to use this technique? How has it improved the poem?)

A template to help learners apply the SMILE technique to an unseen poem

A speech writing question based on Formula 1.

Get your learners to create their own magical creature to add to ‘Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them’ book. They will start by looking at an extract from the book and doing a task on this. Then they will begin to create their own creature. Please note that this PPT and Worksheet was not my original idea and I used FREE resources that I found on TES and the internet to put into a PPT. I adapted this PPT and created the worksheet myself using these ideas. Thank you for sharing your resources with other education professionals.

Write an article task.

A creative writing task based on the last short story in the novel. **Task: ** In this chapter, the story is told from the point of view of a third person narrator and focuses on a character named Diane Parrington. Rewrite this short story from the point of view of the young man who Diana meets on the iced lake. You need to write in the first person and the story will end exactly the same way as it does in Priestley’s book: with the young man disappearing under the cracking ice.

Learners are asked to research the context of the novel in order to get some background information on the novel.

A fifteen question multiple choice quiz. Students will be given a each from each poem and must write down on the white board which poem it is from. Answers are given on the PPT once they have answered the question. I also have a sencond version of this quiz which you can download for free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12649377

2x Halloween PDF games. A4 SIZE. Halloween Bingo - 5 games cards and a grid card included. Instructions: Cut out the images on the grid sheet and place inside a container. Give each player a bingo card. As you draw an image from the hat, ask the players to cross them out on their grid sheet. The first player who gets 5 in a row, wins! Halloween Word Scramble - Unscamble the Halloween themed words

An English Reading Comprehension Activity. This resource gives the learner an overview of the inspirational Actor and Producer Elliot Page. Learners will be asked to answer seven skimming and scanning questions based on the document. They will also be asked to look up four key words from the document. Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.