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Images to inspire creative writing - planning template for an adventure story. Ideal for cover.
A worksheet with four images to help students plan an adventure story. Offers a choice of three titles and bullet points for students to plan. Ideal for a cover lesson or homework.
AS & A-Level Developing Vocabulary or Homework
Lists of words to encourage a AS & A-level Literature students to gain knowledge of a wider and more sophisticated vocabulary. A specialised choice, intended to enhance English Literature essays.
Othello vocabulary homework Act 1
Two homework sheets looking at the definitions of tricky words in Act 1 Scene 1 with answers. Ideal for students to familiarise themselves with vocabulary before reading Act 1.
Gothic genre homework project and research task on contextual information
A project homework sheet outlining details of a presentation on the Gothic genre. This serves as a speaking and listening task as well, and therefore does not require any marking in a formal way, just a speaking and listening grade.
Research task: prompts students to gather contextual information about the genre - a good preparatory exercise before beginning a Gothic text.
Poem on a Page - Poems of the Decade The Fox in the National Museum of Wales
A description of the poem subject, quotations to illustrate the tone of the poem, as well as an explanation of the tonal shifts in the poem. A comment on structure and a list of poems to compare with including the themes. All on one handy page, useful for understanding the poem initially and as a revision aid.
Using powerful verbs in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use verbs effectively. Includes an explanation and example of verbs and their use, peer assessment, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and vocabulary to aid writing. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Developing vocabulary in creative and descriptive writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use vocabulary effectively. Includes assessment grids, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and an extension. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Describing weather effectively in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to describe weather effectively. Includes assessment grids, differentiated objectives and three tasks of increasing difficulty. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Poem Telephone Conversation. Differentiated tasks to prepare for IGCSE/GCSE exam and unseen section
A summary of the poem's subject, differentiated objectives and tasks with an essay question. Good for preparing for the unseen poetry section of the examination and/or general practise with poetry analysis.
Poem 'Island Man' and tasks/activities for unseen poetry practise GCSE/IGCSE preparation
Poem Island Man and related tasks to understand and analyse the poem. Good for practising the unseen or general poetry analysis in preparation for the GCSE and IGCSE
Differentiated objectives and answers to questions are included.
Improving sentence structure in writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to write sentences effectively. Includes an explanation and examples of how to vary sentences and their use, a page of description for students to study, a self -assessment task, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and extension tasks. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Poem 'Blessing' with Tasks' activities to understand the poem &prepare for GCSE and IGCSE
GCSE & IGCSE poetry preparation. Worksheets are divided into tasks e.g. cloze activity, True or False, visual/sketching task and annotating the poem.
Differentiated objectives, answers (cloze) and extension task included.
Mini poetry scheme of work - Gothic - 'The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner'
A 6 lesson scheme with each lesson's objectives, resources list and each part of the lesson detailed (starter, main etc.)
Resources for this SOW are also available along with an assessment, and Gothic homework project.
Tone & Structure in the poem 'Blessing'
Good for practising the unseen or general poetry analysis in preparation for the GCSE and IGCSE
Various tasks to help students understand the impact of tone, structure and connotations in the poem. Differentiated objectives and extension task are included.
Answer sheet provided for students to self-mark.
Poetry Comparison Essay GCSE & IGCSE preparation (poems 'Blessing' & 'Island Man')
A detailed essay plan/writing frame for writing a comparison essay about the poems 'Blessing' & 'Island Man'.
An Inspector Calls - Eric Birling analysis whole lesson including homework.
The tasks are divided into four parts (i.e. starter, main etc)and focuses on analysis of quotations linked to the character of Eric Birling.
Differentiated objectives are included and there is also a homework sheet to consolidate learning.
Using literary devices effectively in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use literary devices effectively. Includes an explanation and example, assessment tasks, differentiated objectives, an extract to read and see how devices are used effectively, three tasks of increasing difficulty and extension tasks. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
An Inspector Calls - Arthur Birling analysis tasks
Worksheets, with tasks of increasing complexity, examining the character of Arthur Birling through analysis of quotations.
Differentiated objectives and assessment grid included.
Describing character for descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to describe character effectively. Includes, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty, a character profile page with a step by step guide to describing a character with a wide range of useful vocabulary and sentence starters. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
poem 'Hide & Seek' activity worksheet - unseen or IGCSE poetry preparation
Includes a cloze activity for the starter, differentiated main tasks (using *all, **most, ***some), learning objective and extension tasks.
Separate copy of the poem also provided.