B and D Publishing’s scheme of work on A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets, work on topics such as characterisation and punctuating speech and oral and written assignments. The pack is also suitable for home learning. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. A Kestrel for a Knave is set in a coal-mining community in South Yorkshire in the 1960s. It tells the story of one day in the life of Billy Casper, a fifteen year old boy about to leave school. Billy’s life at home with an uncaring mother and bullying older brother is bleak. His experience of school is no brighter. The only bright spot in Billy’s life is his kestrel, Kes. Billy took the young bird from the nest and has trained her. He takes great delight in caring for and training Kes. But… Our Kes resource pack contains 48 pages of worksheets and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-kestral-for-a-knave-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12226297 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 PowerPoint scheme of work on Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson covers the whole novel in six parts, corresponding with the six parts of the book. This resource pack covering Part One includes story summaries, notes on the text, language, historical context, writing and drawing topics, revision questions and work on topics including punctuating speech. Also available Part Two: The Sea Cook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-two-powerpoint-lesson-pack-17-slides-12055031 Part Three: My Shore Adventure: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-three-powerpoint-lesson-pack-23-slides-12085631 Part Four: The Stockade: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-four-powerpoint-lesson-pack-12-slides-12088456 Part Five: My Sea Adventure: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-five-powerpoint-lesson-pack-15-slides-12120170 Part Six: Captain Silver: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-six-powerpoint-lesson-pack-20-slides-12153203 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-powerpoint-lesson-bundle-12153611 The work in this resource pack and more is also available as a full key stage 3 scheme of worksheets. The pdf resource pack includes story summaries, notes on the text, cloze passages, language, historical context, speaking and writing topics and quiz questions: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-11863296 For even better value, the slide packs can also be purchased as a bundle with the pack of pdf worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-and-powerpoint-bundle-12154638 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s Scheme of Work on Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, a novel by American author Mildred D Taylor suitable for key stage 4 pupils. The story is set in 1930s Mississippi and tells of the racial discrimination, prejudice and casual violence experienced by black people. The story is narrated by Cassie Logan, a nine year old black girl brought up in a loving, hard-working family. As a child brought up in such a loving, caring environment, Cassie finds it difficult to understand the harsh reality of life for black people. This pdf workpack is 60 pages and includes commentary and questions on the novel, historical context, work on characters and themes and oral and written assignments. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/roll-of-thunder-hear-my-cry-scheme-of-work-sample-pack-12455029 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 English Skills series consists of four packs with work on language topics designed to meet some of the criteria in the framework for teaching, Years 7-9. The English Skills Series includes basic work at word and sentence level covering phonics, nouns, verbs, punctuation, plural endings etc. This pack is intended for revision and consolidation of these topics for pupils at Levels 4-5. The worksheets are also suitable for home learning. KS3 English Skills packs build on these basic skills at Levels 3-7 English Skills Series 1 Levels 3-4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-one-resource-pack-11860749 English Skills Series 2 Level 4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-two-resource-pack-11860759 English Skills Series 4 Level 5+: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-four-resource-pack-11860797 KS3 English Skills Series Three is 40 pages. A set of sample pages is available for free download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-three-resource-pack-sample-pages-11860814 For even better value, bundles are also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-resource-pack-bundle-11860826 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. KS3 English Skills Series Three Contents Revision - Nouns Revision - Adjectives Revision - Determiners Verbs 1 Adverbs Sentences Verbs 2 - auxiliary verbs Prefixes Suffixes 1 Suffixes 2 Suffixes 3 Suffixes 4 Word - building Antonyms Synonyms Homonyms Homophones Polysemes Pronouns 1 Pronouns 2 Prepositions 1 Prepositions 2 Sentences and phrases Clauses 1 Clauses 2 Conjunctions 1 Conjunctions 2 Conjunctions 3 Clauses 3 Common errors - was and were Common errors - have and of Punctuation 1 Punctuation 2 Verbs 3 - present perfect tense Verbs 4 - past perfect tense Verbs 5 - modal verbs Common expressions Proverbs Words we need in - Science Words we need in - Maths Also available: KS2 English Skills Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-one-resource-pack-11860719 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-two-resource-pack-11860734 See also the Working With Words series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/working-with-words-series-1-4-scheme-of-work-bundle-11961274 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s scheme of work on Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The resource pack includes notes on the text, cloze passages, language, historical context, writing topics and quiz questions suitable for KS3 pupils. The worksheets are also suitable for revision and home learning. This key stage 3 scheme of work is 46 pages and a selection of free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11863283 This scheme of work is also available in PowerPoint. The slide packs cover the whole novel in six parts, corresponding with the six parts of the book, including story summaries, notes on the text, language, historical context, writing topics, revision questions and work on topics including characters, descriptive writing and punctuating speech. Part One: The Old Buccaneer: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-one-powerpoint-lesson-pack-20-slides-12050299 Part Two: The Sea Cook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-two-powerpoint-lesson-pack-17-slides-12055031 Part Three: My Shore Adventure: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-three-powerpoint-lesson-pack-23-slides-12085631 Part Four: The Stockade: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-four-powerpoint-lesson-pack-12-slides-12088456 Part Five: My Sea Adventure: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-five-powerpoint-lesson-pack-15-slides-12120170 Part Six: Captain Silver: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-part-six-powerpoint-lesson-pack-20-slides-12153203 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-powerpoint-lesson-bundle-12153611 For even better value, the slide packs can also be purchased as a bundle with the pack of pdf worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/treasure-island-scheme-of-work-and-powerpoint-bundle-12154638 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s key stage 4 scheme of work on An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley. The resource pack contains notes and questions on the text, differentiated worksheets, written and oral assignments and work on characters, vocabulary and historical context. This teaching resource can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. This resource pack on the AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas set text An Inspector Calls is 44 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-an-inspector-calls-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11867310 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s Starting Twelfth Night Scheme of Work, a short, simple introduction to the play for KS3. Thirty simple worksheets deal with the main elements of the story. There are extracts from key scenes in Shakespeare’s English for pupils to read and act out in small groups, and notes for the director to help students understand the situation and the feelings and motivations of the characters. The pack can also be used by pupils for revision and home learning. This full scheme of work is 51 pages and free sample pages are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/starting-twelfth-night-ks3-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12053012 The resource pack would also make a useful, quick revision resource at key stage 4. But for an in-depth analysis of the play see our KS4 Twelfth Night scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-twelfth-night-scheme-of-work-11880362 Also available in the Starting Shakespeare series: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; The Tempest; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Much Ado About Nothing; Henry V; The Merchant of Venice; Julius Caesar; Richard III. Key stage 4 Shakespeare packs are also available for the following plays: Othello; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet; Julius Caesar; The Merchant of Venice; Macbeth; The Tempest; Much Ado About Nothing; Henry V. KS4 Shakespeare resource packs contain scene by scene notes on all aspects of the play, story summaries and differentiated worksheets. Areas typically covered include: character, themes, imagery, language, cloze passages, revision questions, picture pages, written and oral assignments, quiz pages, commentaries etc. The workbooks can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. Also available is the key stage 3 scheme of work Introducing Shakespeare. This useful resource introduces pupils to Shakespeare’s England and theatre with worksheets on Elizabeth I; Elizabethan clothes, homes, food, festivals and life; Shakespeare’s home and family etc. The pack includes a simple model of the Globe theatre for pupils to make: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-shakespeare-scheme-of-work-11889714 Also available is B & D Publishing’s ‘In Focus’ series of classroom display materials and worksheets for KS3 for the following plays: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest; Henry V; Twelfth Night (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-in-focus-10-lesson-poster-and-worksheet-pack-ks3-12039865); Richard III. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

This pack of teaching materials provides a useful introduction to the work of Charles Dickens. A series of extracts from Dickens follow a page about his life. Commentaries, vocabulary lists and questions follow each extract from the work of Dickens. The worksheets are also suitable for home learning. Extracts are provided from the following: Sketches By Boz [illustrations by Cruikshank] The Pickwick Papers [illustrations by Phiz] Oliver Twist [Illustrations by Cruikshank] Nicholas Nickleby [illustrations by Phiz] The Old Curiosity Shop [illustrations by Cattermole and Phiz] Martin Chuzzlewit [illustrations by Phiz] A Cristmas Carol [illustrations by Leech and Barnard] The Haunted Man [illustrations by Leech] David Copperfield [illustrations by Phiz] Great Expectations [illustrations by Marcus Stone] There is a Dickens Quiz and answer sheet at the end of the pack. This scheme of work is 54 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-sample-pages-11986409 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text A Christmas Carol in a pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-11860740 Much of the work in the A Christmas Carol pdf workbook is also available as a PowerPoint Scheme of Work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also our KS4 scheme of work on Great Expectations, perfect for detailed studied of the AQA, Edexcel and OCR GCSE text: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-12009292 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 PowerPoint scheme of work on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens covers the whole novel in five parts, corresponding with the five staves of the book. This slide pack covering Stave Three contains ample material for detailed study of the text. Differentiated work across the five resource packs covers story, characters, themes, narrative structure, language ideas and revision questions. The slides can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. Also available Stave One: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-one-slide-pack-12405631 Stave Two: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-two-slide-pack-12405633 Stave Four: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-four-slide-pack-12405636 Stave Five: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-five-slide-pack-12405641 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 The work in this resource pack and more is also available as a key stage 4 pdf workbook on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text. A set of free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-resource-pack-sample-pages-11860929 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also B & D Publishing’s resource pack on Charles Dickens, a useful introduction to the work of the author: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-11986419 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel and OCR set text Great Expectations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-12009292 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 teaching resource pack for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens contains ample material for detailed study of the text. Differentiated worksheets cover story, characters, themes, narrative structure, language ideas, picture pages and revision questions forming a full scheme of work. The workbook can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision and is 63 pages. A set of free sample pages from this key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-resource-pack-sample-pages-11860929 Much of the work in this pdf workbook is also available as a PowerPoint Scheme of Work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also B & D Publishing’s resource pack on Charles Dickens, a useful introduction to the work of the author: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-11986419 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel and OCR set text Great Expectations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-12009292 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

Free sample pages from B and D Publishing’s KS3 English Skills Series Three Resource Pack. The KS3 English Skills series consists of four workpacks containing work on a variety of language topics designed to meet some of the criteria in the framework for teaching, Years 7-9. The English Skills Series includes basic work at word and sentence level covering phonics, nouns, verbs, punctuation, plural endings etc. This pack is intended for revision and consolidation of these topics for pupils at Levels 4-5. The worksheets are also suitable for home learning. KS3 English Skills packs build on these basic skills at Levels 3-7 English Skills Series 1 Levels 3-4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-one-resource-pack-11860749 English Skills Series 2 Level 4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-two-resource-pack-11860759 English Skills Series 4 Level 5+: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-four-resource-pack-11860797 The full key stage 3 English Skills Series Three is 40 pages and is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-three-resource-pack-11860761 For even better value, bundles are also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-resource-pack-bundle-11860826 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. KS3 English Skills Series Three Contents Revision - Nouns Revision - Adjectives Revision - Determiners Verbs 1 Adverbs Sentences Verbs 2 - auxiliary verbs Prefixes Suffixes 1 Suffixes 2 Suffixes 3 Suffixes 4 Word - building Antonyms Synonyms Homonyms Homophones Polysemes Pronouns 1 Pronouns 2 Prepositions 1 Prepositions 2 Sentences and phrases Clauses 1 Clauses 2 Conjunctions 1 Conjunctions 2 Conjunctions 3 Clauses 3 Common errors - was and were Common errors - have and of Punctuation 1 Punctuation 2 Verbs 3 - present perfect tense Verbs 4 - past perfect tense Verbs 5 - modal verbs Common expressions Proverbs Words we need in - Science Words we need in - Maths Also available: KS2 English Skills Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-one-resource-pack-11860719 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-two-resource-pack-11860734 See also the Working With Words series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/working-with-words-series-1-4-scheme-of-work-bundle-11961274 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s scheme of work on The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The resource pack contains notes and questions on the text, differentiated worksheets, written and oral assignments and work on characters, vocabulary and revision questions. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. The Crucible is an important play often studied at key stage 4. Written in 1953, it is a dramatised and partially fictionalised story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692. Miller saw in the Salem witch trials parallels with the trials of people accused of being communists in 1950s America. The themes explored in The Crucible, the nature of good and evil, the individual conscience and the abuse of power, are as relevant today as they were then. The scheme of work is 54 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-crucible-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12237810 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 scheme of work on The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets and oral and written assignments suitable for key stage 3 pupils. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. The Machine Gunners is a great little adventure story set in the North East of England during the Second World War. It follows the adventures of a group of school children who find a crashed German plane and take away the machine gun. The police realise that the machine gun has gone from the wreckage and are anxious to find it. Written by Robert Westall, who was himself a boy growing up on Tyneside during the war, the novel gives an interesting and realistic account of what it was like to live in Britain during those years. Our Machine Gunners resource pack contains 48 pages of worksheets covering story, characters, background information, themes and ideas. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-machine-gunners-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12224674 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

Teachers are always looking for ways to encourage reading. This pack of materials provides KS3 pupils with a structure for recording their personal reading progress in an interesting and stimulating manner, ideal for use in library lessons. This popular scheme is used successfully in many UK secondary schools. Students are guided through three levels - BRONZE, SILVER and GOLD - with specific targets which must be reached and recorded within each level. Each level is rewarded with a certificate ideal for presentation in assemblies. The resource pack contains a wide variety of worksheets. The full scheme of work is 47 pages and is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-record-scheme-of-work-for-library-lessons-12011584 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. See also B and D Publishing’s KS3 English Skills series consisting of four packs with work on language topics designed to meet some of the criteria in the framework for teaching, Years 7-9. English Skills Series One includes basic work at word and sentence level covering phonics, nouns, verbs, punctuation, plural endings etc. The pack is intended for revision and consolidation of these topics for pupils at Levels 3-4. KS3 English Skills packs build on these basic skills at Levels 3-7 English Skills Series 2 Level 4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-two-resource-pack-11860759 English Skills Series 3 Levels 4-5: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-three-resource-pack-11860761 English Skills Series 4 Level 5+: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-four-resource-pack-11860797 KS3 English Skills Series One is 40 pages. A set of sample pages is available for free download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-series-one-resource-pack-sample-pages-11860804 For even better value, bundles are also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-resource-pack-bundle-11860826 Also available: KS2 English Skills Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-one-resource-pack-11860719 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-two-resource-pack-11860734 See also the Working With Words series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/working-with-words-series-1-4-scheme-of-work-bundle-11961274 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s Scheme of Work on Holes by Louis Sachar, suitable for key stage 3 pupils. Holes is a lively and entertaining read. It tells the story of an unlucky teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention centre in a desert in Texas, after being falsely accused of theft. The plot explores the history of the area and how the actions of several characters in the past have affected Stanley’s life in the present. These interconnecting stories touch on themes including racism, homelessness, and illiteracy. This pdf workpack is 44 pages and includes commentary and questions on the novel, work on characters and themes and oral and written assignments. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/holes-scheme-of-work-sample-pack-12460501 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

Free sample pages from B and D Publishing’s KS2 English Skills Revision Series One. KS2 English Skills Revision consists of two workpacks containing work on a variety of language topics designed to meet much of the criteria required for the KS2 National Curriculum Test Paper 1: English grammar, punctuation and spelling. Both packs are intended for revision and consolidation of these topics for pupils working at levels 3-5. KS2 English Skills Revision Series One is 50 pages plus answer pages and is available for download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-one-resource-pack-11860719 The worksheets in these packs are also suitable for home learning. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. KS2 English Skills Revision Series One contains worksheets on: • Capital letters and full stops • Singular and plural words • Question marks • Exclamation marks • Nouns: common, proper, collective and abstract • Compound words • Adjectives • Prefixes • Suffixes • Commands • Verbs and tense • Adverbs • Apostrophe: possession and missing letters • Commas • Prepositions • Word family • Word roots • Determiners • Pronouns • Verbs, nouns and adjectives • Direct Speech • Subject - verb agreement NOTE: In this approach to English grammar at KS2 we have followed closely the model of grammar adopted by the English National Curriculum. See also KS2 English Skills Revision Series Two: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-two-resource-pack-11860734 Also available is B & D Publishing’s KS2 English Reading and Responding, which provides exercises to help prepare pupils for the national curriculum English reading test. On the topic of The Sea, the scheme provides passages of factual writing, poetry and prose followed by questions on the texts to test pupils’ comprehension: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-reading-and-responding-12071620 For even better value a bundle is also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-bundle-12072596 Also available are our KS3 English Skills schemes of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-resource-pack-bundle-11860826 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.