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Similes, metaphors, alliteration worksheets
A range of worksheets focusing on figurative language.
Using the examples as a guide, students come up with an A to Z of similes, metaphors, alliteration, oxymoron, personification. It works well as a home and away group activity.
There is also an extension on hyphenated words that can be used to replace one of the sections.
Sheila 'An Inspector Calls'
An essay plan and Band 6 (grade 8/9) exemplar for an exam-style question on Sheila.
Points and evidence are included. Students are encouraged to use the worksheet to explore the quotations in more detail.
Also includes a revision slide of 10 quotations and comprehension questions.
Descriptive writing about war (WW1 trenches) AQA English Language Paper 1 Section B
6 worksheets to support the teaching of descriptive writing about WW1 trench warfare.
To prepare KS2 and 3 students for the AQA GCSE exam on creative writing, the writing is inspired by a specific image.
The worksheets cover figurative language, sensuous descriptions, planning and model examples.
5 Unseen War poems - ideal to set as cover work
5 unseen war poems. This double sided A3 worksheet is ideal to set as cover work.
It includes 5 poems differentiated by difficulty and instructions for 4 lessons.
I created this when I knew I was going to be off for a week.
Animal Farm - High School allegory
A worksheet to encourage students to think in an allegorical way to introduce the themes in Animal Farm by George Orwell. Using characters in a typical school, they consider which animal would best represent each of the stock school characters. They then write a short story in which the animal students take over the running of the animal school.
Narrative/descriptive writing: 10 generic ways to improve sentences in a second draft
A helpsheet containing 10 generic ways that students can improve their sentences in a second draft of a piece of narrative or descriptive writing. Ideal for Key Stage 2/3 or for low ability students at Key Stage 4. Examples are included.
The 10 strategies are differentiated in order of difficulty and are designed to help students in a mixed ability class to respond to feedback on narrative writing by selecting the methods to help them improve.
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A Christmas Carol: comprehension questions covering all staves
A wide range comprehension questions on each Stave of the novella with differentiation to help you find the right level of difficulty for your classes. The previews should give you an idea about the quality and relevance of the questioning. I recommend collating together to make a text book for students to work through.
Analysing Shelter's word choice in Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
Worksheet and PowerPoint for analysing Shelter’s word choice and extending explanations on Shelter’s character. There is also an intro activity based on the covers of the book and an activity to encourage students to come up with two alternative interpretations.
Stone Cold film review lesson with differentiated writing frame (Robert Swindells)
A lesson to guide students on how to write a film review of Stone Cold by Robert Swindells.
The writing frame on the PowerPoint is differentiated which works well as a carousel activity so that students can write up the review first in a group before working independently.
There is also a graphic organiser to help students plan their film review.
As I am sure you are aware, the film is available on youtube.
Oliver Twist: Chapter 2 extract with differentiated writing frame for analysis.
A famous extract from Chapter 2 of Oliver Twist with an exam style question and a writing frame to help students explore the extract. Ideal to use with Key Stage 3 to prepare them for Key Stage 4.
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Power and Conflict
A collection of continually updated PowerPoints, writing frames, model essays, revision grids, planning sheets, guided annotations and comprehension worksheets on the poems from the ‘Power and Conflict’ section of the AQA anthology. There are also various resources examining how best to structure discriminating comparisons.
I do have other power and conflict resources available:
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-11626301
Model answers:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236
Revision cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-cards-12107049
Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth soliloquy with writing frame for lower ability
Act 1 Scene 5 Lady Macbeth soliloquy with modern translation and writing frame for lower ability.
Planning sheet/Writing frame for question on the theme of family in A Christmas Carol (AQA 1-9)
Planning sheet and writing frame to guide students through how to answer a GCSE style exam question on the theme of family in A Christmas Carol (GCSE 1-9).
Macbeth Act 2 Scene 3. How do the characters react to Duncan's death
I created this for a cover lesson on Act 2 Scene 3 of Macbeth.
Students must read each extract from the scene and write a PEE paragraph explaining how each character reacts to news of Duncan’s death.
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Oliver Twist Bundle
A growing collection of resources on Oliver Twist.
Includes a close focus on Chapter 2 (workhouse and Fagin) and Chapter 48 (Nancy’s death) with exam style activities.
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A Christmas Carol
20 premium resources created specifically for the GCSE examination on A Christmas Carol. This is a bundle full of lessons and resources that I have consistently developed and improved over the past 7 years based on student and teacher feedback.
Includes:
10 grade 9 model answers
Multiple exam style questions
25 extract revision booklet
19th century context resources
Bob Cratchit analysis and response
Fred lesson
Scrooge’s transformation lesson
Scrooge in Stave 1 analysis
Theme revision cards
Analysis of the ghosts
Generic and specific writing frames
Analysis of Christmas in Stave 3
Comprehension questions on each Stave
Lessons and activities on Stave 2
Analysis of Ignorance and Want extract
Knowledge organiser quotation revision sheets
Revision lesson of big ideas
Revision sheet and task based on 50 key quotations
100 question knowledge quiz
Plus a lot more. Check out all the previews!
2 ways to structure a comparative essay for AQA power and conflict
This resource summarises two ways of structuring a comparative poetry response for the power and conflict poems: the 4 paragraph ‘methods-based’ approach and the 2 paragraph ‘conceptual’ approach.
2 models of descriptive writing. An empty beach and a crowded beach.
Useful model when looking at descriptive writing.
Use the writing frame to write acting directions for Juliet's soliloquy in Act 4 Scene 3
Use the writing frame to write acting directions for Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 4 Scene 3.