Can be adapted and changed to suit your own in house grading criteria

An engaging scheme of work that was specifically designed to engage boys Lots of non-fiction texts in this SOW with the theme of extreme sports Videos, extracts, PowerPoints and Videos accompany this PP

This is a nice little resource to use that will get students using their inference skills. The students have to match the small section of the text to the relevant illustration. This works well for students cutting them out and sticking them onto A3.

This whole scheme of work includes PowerPoints, Images, SOW and much more The end piece is a descriptive narrative piece

A quick settler/starter image to get your students thinking about the main themes in the poem Valentine.

Engaging PowerPoint

A fully resourced scheme of work with the theme of 'The Supernatural' The scheme is aimed at KS3 and teaches the skills of letter writing to argue The scheme is extremely engaging and there's lots of interesting materials It has been created to support the changes in the National Curriculum It's an eight week scheme with a PowerPoint for every lesson There's also a keen focus on progress and lots of AFL in there too

These odd bits are all what I have created to aid a descriptive/narrative scheme of work with the theme Gothic Horror. There's a planning sheet with titles Links and clips to interesting videos on YouTube Narrative writing conventions card sort Identifying conventions in actual examples

A colourful multi-paged revision task booklet. There are many tasks/revision questions on each page that can be used for students to complete as homework tasks, classroom tasks or simply for revision. All ideas are linked to what may come up in their exam.

This lesson looks at a past exam question that focuses around the songs and music in the play Blood Brothers. You can access the CD for the songs for free on YouTube to accompany this lesson.

Exactly as the title says - I used this with my bottom sets.

The 1st PowerPoint can be delivered in a number of ways and there are many questions based around the main characters that enable learners to empathise with them. The 2nd PowerPoint then focuses on the female characters and the planning and writing of an empathetic response. This could possibly be used over 3 lessons.

Looking at a question b based around superstition

A handy revision resource that goes through some quick common errors that students make in exams. This is beneficial to most subjects, especially the ones that pick up the extra marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG) in the final exams.

Activities to look at the graphological features of leaflet writing and then the planning and writing of their own leaflets

This resource gets students to think about their ideas based on these poems before actually writing them up A colourful and engaging resource

Looking at where conflict arises this PowerPoint specifically highlights language and scaffolds learners' responses through questioning

This presentation takes students through a fun activity to begin with, reminding them the need to use their own words when summarising a piece of text. The final task will need an extract to go with it.

This mat can be used when students are writing a descriptive piece. It offers students prompts when writing and includes a checklist.

A quick help guide for students