<p>A handy reading resource for classroom teaching or tutoring - **eight passages with comprehension and analysis questions. **<br /> Questions include comprehension and language analysis; some are arranged in a traffic light system to determine challenge.<br /> Passages are from KS3-appropriate texts: Of Mice and Men, A Christmas Carol, The Hunger Games, Animal Farm, Sherlock Holmes, etc.</p>

<p>A study booklet designed for full teaching of Purple Hibiscus for CIE iGCSE English Literature. For student use.<br /> Includes:</p> <ul> <li>Chapter summaries</li> <li>Approx. 25 resourced lessons (including activities on historical context, comprehension and analysis of each chapter)</li> <li>4 assessment questions (including in the style of both essay and extract questions for CIE syllabus).</li> </ul>

<p>Designed for AQA board teaching of ‘A Christmas Carol’ but could be adapted to other exam boards. Aimed at higher ability, but with scaffolding for all abilities to access.</p> <ul> <li>26 lessons</li> <li>Presentations on context and staves 1-5</li> <li>Worksheets and links to accompany teaching</li> <li>Task-orientated teaching</li> <li>Opportunities for discussion, class feedback, annotation, short answer quizzes and questions, extended writing and summative assessment</li> <li>Designed with page numbers for Scholastic Annotation-Friendly text ISBN 9780702319594</li> </ul>

<p>A teaching / revision resource - key quotations for the entire play arranged in chronological order by Act. Laid out as a table with room for students to make notes on each quotation.</p>

<p>A full scheme of work for KS3 - aimed at Y8, but could be tweaked for Y7 and Y9. Lessons over approx. 6 weeks with:</p> <ul> <li>5 lessons on writing to persuade (articles, resources and activities)</li> <li>6 lessons on writing to entertain (articles, video links, resources and actitivies)</li> <li>A travel guide mini-project at the end using acquired skills</li> </ul> <p>Powerpoint, full lessons and resources included.</p> <p><em>I do not own the rights to some of the external resources</em></p>

<p>All 15 poems for the Duffy Cambridge iGCSE Poetry unit.</p> <p>Powerpoints designed for to evaluation and analysis writer’s techniques, using colour coding to help group ideas together for ease of essay writing. Prepares students well for assessment.<br /> Designed for the CIE iGCSE Poetry and Prose unit, but could be used for other exam boards.<br /> For higher ability students - lots of challenge in terms of language analysis.</p> <p>Powerpoints on:<br /> War Photographer<br /> Foreign<br /> Originally<br /> We Remember Your Childhood Well<br /> Prayer<br /> Valentine<br /> In Mrs Tilscher’s Class<br /> Death of a Teacher<br /> The Good Teachers<br /> A Child’s Sleep<br /> In Your Mind<br /> Stealing<br /> Head of English<br /> The Darling Letters<br /> Recognition</p>

<p>For AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2, Q2, Q3 and Q4.<br /> <strong>Terminology</strong> for language and structure analysis questions (with answers).</p> <ul> <li>2 x terminology cloze worksheets (one for language questions, one for structure Q3)</li> <li>1 x terminology list sheet</li> </ul>

<p>A teaching / revision resource - key quotations from the entire novel in chronological order, laid out in a table with room for students to annotate / make notes.</p>

<p>A full scheme of work on <em>Journey’s End</em>. Notes on the text and tasks are fairly general but entire SOW designed specifically for use for CIE (Cambridge) exam board.<br /> Includes:</p> <ul> <li>Detailed powerpoints with analytical notes on text and tasks (ideal for teaching or revision)</li> <li>Worksheet resources where needed</li> <li>Two scaffolded exam questions (one essay, one extract)</li> </ul> <p>Page numbers refer to the Modern Classics version of the text.</p>

<p>A booklet with descriptive writing exercises for Y10s and Y11s - designed to improve vocabulary and structure of descriptive writing. Structured tasks leading to creative writing output in each lesson. Lots of exemplars.</p> <p>Suitable for 8 lessons at approx. 1 hour per lesson.</p> <p>Each task is focused on developing a certain decriptive skill (e.g. evoking atmosophere, describing sound).</p> <p>Designed specifically for CIE Cambridge iGCSE, but an editable copy is provided for small tweaks for other exam boards.</p> <ul> <li>I have used some passages from past CIE iGCSE reading papers for tasks. I do not own the rights to these passages. *</li> </ul>

<p>A list of key quotations from the play, organised by Act in chronological order with a short explanation of technique, meaning and effect beneath each.</p>

<p>A scheme of work on Veera Hiranandani’s novel ‘The Night Diary’.<br /> Designed for Y7 or Y8 - set during the Partition of India, this is an excellent novel for KS3 for discussion of tolerance, inclusion, perseuction and refugeeism.<br /> Lessons to go with each section of the novel and will cover a half term of teaching. Comprehension assessment included.</p>

<p>A teaching SOW for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.<br /> Designed for more able students studying Cambridge International Board iGCSE, but is adaptable.<br /> Contains:</p> <ul> <li>A full teaching booklet with questions, exercises and information.</li> <li>Supplementary powerpoints for some scenes</li> <li>An example exam paper and an extract essay question with scaffolding</li> </ul>

<p><strong>A great revision or essay-writing resource!</strong></p> <p>A list of key quotations for the themes of: Intolerance, Reputation, Responsibility, Deceit, Justice, Power, Religion, Vengeance, Hysteria, Hot and Cold, Light and Dark, Animal Imagery</p>

<p>A full unit of work for KS3 War Poetry (designed for Year 9).</p> <p>Includes a source booklet of poems and a workbook with complete lessons on 11 poems, some classic WW1 poetry and some different perspectives on war. A couple of accompanying powerpoints also.</p>

<p><strong>Three revision documents for students:</strong><br /> One “snapshot” sheet - key literary terms, key quotes, setting, symbols, etc<br /> A detailed quotation list for key themes in the novel.<br /> A detailed quotation list for all key characters in the novel.</p>

<p>Full lessons/powerpoints on all 15 poems for CIE Poetry Unit Songs of Ourselves Part 4, examination 2023 (full list of poems below). Starter activities and focus on close annotation - good for teaching or revision.</p> <ol> <li>The City Planners – Margaret Atwood</li> <li>The Planners – Boey Kim Cheng</li> <li>The Man with Night Sweats – Thom Gunn</li> <li>Night Sweat – Robert Lowell</li> <li>Rain – Edward Thomas</li> <li>The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument – Anne Stevenson</li> <li>From Long Distance – Tony Harrison</li> <li>Funeral Blues – W H Auden</li> <li>He Never Expected Much – Thomas Hardy</li> <li>The Telephone Call – Fleur Adcock</li> <li>A Consumer’s Report – Peter Porter</li> <li>Request to a Year – Judith Wright</li> <li>On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book – Charles Tennyson Turner</li> <li>Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley</li> <li>Away, Melancholy – Stevie Smith</li> </ol>

<p>A versatile resource that can be used with higher ability GCSE students or A Level students.<br /> Key poetry terminology and definitions in a match up task, split into form, sound and language sections.</p> <p>Answers included on a separate sheet!</p>

<p>A series of resources [4-6 lessons] resulting in an assessment.<br /> Based on prose extracts: The Handmaid’s Tale &amp; A Christmas Carol<br /> Focusing on the Unseen Paper [CIE iGCSE English Literature Paper 4]<br /> Focusing on Unseen Prose questions only, not Poetry.</p>

<p>A useful handout for improving argument or persuasive writing, including vocabulary, sentence starters and connectives.</p>