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I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.

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I am an experienced teacher and currently Head of English and Media in a large secondary school. I am also an examiner for EDUQAS English Language GCSE. I have a range of resources available on TES. Some of my resources are quite old, from when I first started out, and I am currently working in my spare time to update my resources. There are a range of resources from displays, schemes of work, revision booklets, mock exam papers and lessons available.
Key SPAG lessons to help Key Stage 3 students understand the basics
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Key SPAG lessons to help Key Stage 3 students understand the basics

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A selection of 5 lessons, all focused on a different feature, technique or punctuation mark, to improve basic spelling, punctuation and grammar within writing. Perfect for Key Stage 3 or low ability Key Stage 4. It is a fun and interactive set of lessons with lots of whiteboard work and games. This bundle is saving you 60% of the usual price!
Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time homework menu
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Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time homework menu

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To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a Nando's menu of homework tasks. This one targets key stage 4 and above and assists teaching of The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved.
Persuasive language in Newspaper Headlines Key Stage 3
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Persuasive language in Newspaper Headlines Key Stage 3

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A fun, interactive and fast paced lesson complete with all resources, learning objectives and success criteria. Focus on ISAFOREST language techniques, identifying them and analyzing the effect. Use of whiteboard games, fast paced identification and then annotation of the headlines. A great lesson for year 7, 8 or 9 to assess and improve students' recognition, understanding and analysis of persuasive language.
A bank of English Eduqas GCSE Component 2 style papers using 19th and 21st non fiction texts
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A bank of English Eduqas GCSE Component 2 style papers using 19th and 21st non fiction texts

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A handy pack of Eduqas style component 2 papers to help students with exam practice, exam writing style and understanding 19th and 21st Century non fiction. Inserts include non fiction texts on prison life, child labour, advertising and hospital conditions. There are 5 exam style papers in the set, with 5 different sets of 19th and 21st century articles/adverts/letters and 10 transactional writing tasks, all set out exactly like the Eduqas exam paper.
P4C, Philosophy for Children, lesson on Animal Rights, using SeaWorld
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P4C, Philosophy for Children, lesson on Animal Rights, using SeaWorld

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A P4C lesson discussing animal rights and morality, using an article about Tilikum the whale in SeaWorld and the documentary Blackfish. A good way to have students discuss, justify and improve reasoning skills. A writer in role task is also included at the end of the lesson that can be used as an exit ticket, or homework, which encourages students to play 'devils advocate'.
Philosophy4Children (P4C) lesson on homelessness and pet ownership
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Philosophy4Children (P4C) lesson on homelessness and pet ownership

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A fun, engaging and thought provoking P4C lesson discussing pet ownership and homelessness, with a simple article as stimulus. A good article to analyse for non-fiction text alongside novels as well. A great way to get students talking. The entire lesson is planned with resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria. Good for encouraging communication, justification of ideas and listening skills. Students really enjoy P4C and it is structured in a way that means all children can achieve.
Philosophy for Children (P4C) lesson on Hunting -focus : seal cull compared with Trophy Hunting
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Philosophy for Children (P4C) lesson on Hunting -focus : seal cull compared with Trophy Hunting

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A fun and engaging P4C lesson discussing the hunting of animals, with a simple newspaper article as stimulus. A good article to analyse for non-fiction text alongside novels as well. A great way to get students talking. The entire lesson is planned with resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria. Good for encouraging communication, justification of ideas and listening skills. Students really enjoy P4C and it is structured in a way that means all children can achieve.
Eduqas Unseen Poetry exam style paper with student and teacher notes including mark scheme
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Eduqas Unseen Poetry exam style paper with student and teacher notes including mark scheme

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Exam style paper comparing Christina Rossetti’s ‘I loved your first: but afterwards your love’ with John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I wanna be yours’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam.
A Christmas Carol Eduqas Literature Exam Practice
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A Christmas Carol Eduqas Literature Exam Practice

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A lesson, powerpoint and resources to help students prepare for their literature examination on A Christmas Carol. Complete with Do Now and various activities to practice the skills needed to succeed in the exam. Lesson made to help students practice embedding quotes and analysing language ready for their exam. Particularly successful with lower ability and C/D borderline students.
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol lesson on analysing the character of Scrooge
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Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol lesson on analysing the character of Scrooge

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A lesson analysing the presentation of Scrooge in the beginning of the novella. This lesson is perfect for low ability or C/D borderline students. The lesson begins with a Do Now activity looking at different images and how the represent Scrooge, before moving on to an extract analysis task that can be completed independently or as a class. Included in the lesson is a worksheet with the three extracts on, including teacher modelled annotations on the smaller extract. Students finish the lesson by writing a PEE analysis of the presentation of Scrooge, which is again modelled and differentiated for weaker students.
Macbeth quotes pairs game. Great revision aide!
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Macbeth quotes pairs game. Great revision aide!

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A fun, educational and informative card game. A selection of important quotes from or about Macbeth, the main protagonist in the play, split into two for students to match up. A really successful revision method for students to ensure success in the English Literature exam.
A Christmas Carol Pairs Card Game
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A Christmas Carol Pairs Card Game

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A home made, easy to print and play card game with important quotes split in half and turned into playing cards. Students can match the quotes as a revision memory game. Really popular and helps low ability student revise.
Eduqas Unseen Poetry exam style paper including teacher notes, mark scheme and student notes
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Eduqas Unseen Poetry exam style paper including teacher notes, mark scheme and student notes

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Exam style paper comparing Sylvia Plath’s ‘Cut’ with Emily Dickenson’s ‘I felt a funeral in my brain’. Included in the resource is: the exam question; both poems; teacher notes including assessment objectives and mark scheme; student notes (including a key terminology tick list and a breakdown of what is needed to get maximum marks when answering the question). A great revision tool and an excellent way of helping the students get to grips with expectations in the exam