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.

Knife crime colouring in sheets

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

**Instructions ** Cut out the five punctuation cards and place them in front of you. On the next page, you will be given a range of phrases and sentences. Each is missing a particular punctuation mark. Place each sentence / phrase underneath the correct punctuation card. Example: If the sentence reads: ‘Andys car had a flat tyre,’ then this sentence should be placed under the ‘apostrophe mark’ card.

This style of questioning will feature in learners Functional Skills Reading Assessment.

This PPT has been adapted from a team building ‘Lost at Sea’ task that I found online ( https://insight.typepad.co.uk/lost_at_sea.pdf ) I have made it into a fun PPT which explains the activity, the rules and gives instructions on how to play this game. I have also added a game sheet which I have adapted so that learners can work in groups. My learners had fun completing this task.

A fun task that gets learners to draw characters from the writers description and to recognize adjectives.

18X cards and grid sheet.

A worksheet to introduce KS3 or KS4 students to what to initially look for when they first read a poem. There are questions on the sheet to prompt them to read the poem and then answer the questions including: What the poem is about Why certain words and phrases are used What the mood and atmosphere of the poem is Who the narrator of the poem is. I have purposely left out the title of the poem, as I wanted my group to guess what the object ( the mirror) is.

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Get your learners to create their own Children in Need themed word search. Instructions: The learner will think of 12 words that are associated with this UK charity. They will write these words in the grid boxes and on the lines below the grid. Following this, the learner will then fill the remaining grid boxes with random letters of the alphabet. Get your learners to swap their completed word search with a peer, who will then complete it.

How to read and annotate the text before moving on to answer the exam questions 1- 4.

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!

A selection of buntings. Once coloured,use a hole punch and thread with string.

10X change your mindset posters.

colour in picture.

This is a task that I have created. Students will use their skills to rewrite an informal letter into a formal letter.

A colouring page were learners can colour in the Pride flag.

Colour in page.

Identify the adjectives in the following short story.