This fun cross-curricular quiz is most suitable for ages 11-16, with differentiated questions that include optional clues, which the teacher can if they judge their class needs the extra help. Each question slide has a 30 second timer on to help maintain pace, accompanied by fun music to keep the atmosphere lively. Some bonus rounds are also included, which can be used or not used depending on time. Rounds include picture rounds, music rounds, sound clues, etc. This would be suitable for a lesson or for use in tutor time over a number of days. All answers are included at the end of the ppt and in the form of a teacher answer sheet. A blank student answer sheet is also included. This quiz includes 10 rounds: Literacy Geography Languages Politics Maths History ICT Music Biology Sport

This worksheet designed for my EAL students who were bordering between second language English and first language IGCSE English courses for Holes, looking at the Sam/Katherine chapter. The worksheets would be suitable for any students studying Holes, but especially those with EAL needs, special needs or who need a little extra support. Activities include: Comprehension Vocabulary Language analysis short questions Letter writing Speaking activities Review writing This is a free resource, not claiming to be the best ever made, so if you find these useful, please do leave a good review :)

This is a complete booklet designed for SEN KS3, full with colourful pictures and fully scaffolded. As always with my SEN material, I use a colour coded key for each activity to guide pupils through tasks. There is a full planning section and a fast finishers section at the back. This 12 page colourful booklet comes both as a PDF and in editable Word format.

This is a complete booklet designed for SEN KS3, full with colourful pictures and fully scaffolded. As always with my SEN material, I use a colour coded key for each activity to guide pupils through tasks. There is a full story written by myself as an example to pupils. I retell the story of Goldilocks but set in New York City in the present day. This story comes with a key and images to make it all the more accessible to SEN pupils. There is a full comprehension section, planning section and a fast finishers section at the back. There is the opportunity to watch a short video of the original fairy tale, which is available here: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears This link is also included in the pack. Please see my example images of the booklet.

This is a review lesson for language devices, which defines the language devices with examples, then moves onto identifying languagde devices in a text, before finally guiding students to use the language devices with a range of engaging picture stimuli. Originally planned for the CIE IGCSE English as a First Language scheme but would also work well for AQA English Language, as that has a picture stimulus based writing task. Also includes a language device Kahoot I made including videos, pictures and music, such as Justin Bieber. The file is a PowerPoint file.

This lesson guides students through analysing the opening of The Hunger Games film, looking specifically at the use of sound, camera angles, contrast and the portrayal of Katniss. I’ve also included some notes I made with my class about the opening film, with suggested talking points. Slides include screenshots and sound clips from the film. I couldn’t share the whole opening of the film due to copyright issues, so you’ll need to get the DVD, download it using your own means, or rent it off Youtube.

This is a full mock assessment in the style of AQA English Language Paper 2. I have two sources following the same format as past papers (one modern, one pre-20th century) on the topic of money. Q1 - Tick 4 correct statements Q2 - Summary of differences Q3 - Language analysis Q4 - Comparison Q5 - Writing task

This fun and colourful English reading quiz would be suitable for KS3 and KS4. Each round contains extra clues to support weaker students, plus songs, film audio, picture clues, timers and more. All of the books in this quiz are books I have seen my pupils read, so should be accessible to most high school students. Extra clue differentiate for weaker ability students too. Total of 67 colourful slides. I gave it a contents page and fully hyperlinked so it would also be appropriate for starters and/or tutor time activities. Also included are student answer sheets and teacher answer sheet. Rounds include: Picture round Name the author Opening lines Books on Netflix Unscramble the title Books and film Blurbs Youtube authors Children’s books Fan art

This lesson is a step-by-step guide for writing personficiation for ESL, EAL or SEN students. Particularly this was made for Chinese students, but it can act as a guide for any other language (just use Google translate!). For a larger class with multiple language needs, this will also be a great resource.

This lesson teaches different sentences structures that can be used to make narrative writing more varied, complex and interesting.

This Powerpoint lesson introduces students to the five-point narrative structure. The lesson has a listening task, discussions, group activity and a video task - optional to either analyse the plot structure of Cinderella or The Bodyguard (BBC), dependent on the ability of your group. Inside, there are two versions of the same PPT, one differentiated for ESL/EAL students, specifically Chinese students.

This is a Powerpoint lesson differentiated for ESL/EAL/SEN students to teach them how to write similes step-by-step. Tried and tested. This lesson was originally designed for Chinese speakers learning English, so I left in some of the Chinese (it’s minimal and easily deleted, or you can translate into your student’s native language using google translate for some translanguaging!)

This lesson contains a Powerpoint that analyses Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare. Detailed and comprehensive.

This is a Powerpoint lesson, model paragraph and worksheets for The Snow Child by Angela Carter.

This booklet contains two whole lessons plus fast finishers. I structured this booklet so that pupils will have visual cues in the form of icons to help them structure their story: who, where, when, problem, solution and ending. This mini icons help to signal to pupils what is required of them. The booklet contains many many colourful images to generate ideas for writing and engage pupils. There are also two stories in there to use as a starting point, with images and comprehension questions. This is suitable for KS2 and SEN and low ability KS3.

This 17 page booklet contains: - Pre-1914 Source A: "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth - speech about black women's rights in America - Modern Source B: "Supermodel Turned Spokesperson" on Tyra Banks. A humourous article packed full of language devices and interesting language on Tyra Banks deciding to 'speak up' for women's rights. - Both sources are annotated with talking points - Scaffolded tasks and guidance for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 - Exam style questions - An additional exam booklet with these texts in should you choose to use this as an assessment - PDF and editable Word Docs of both booklets

This booklet is designed to work alongside the AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2, looking at non-fiction texts. The booklet includes texts to analyse, a general structure for answering exam questions, and tips for analysing non-fiction texts. The booklet consists of 20 pages, including three texts to analyse, an assessment, a teacher feedback grid and a chance for pupils to respond to feedback. The booklet comes in both PDF format and Publisher.