The template for a simple but highly effective differentiated starter activity to teach students new vocabulary. Simply insert key words into each box and you are ready to go.

Avoid having to write out the same comment 30 times by using this numerical code that link to generic targets you are likely to give to a reading or writing response. Saves me hours of time every week and how my department have started to adopt it too!

Worksheet on using parenthesis.

Teaching instructions: There are 20 key extracts from the novel grouped into bronze, silver and gold for difficulty. Give each student an extract to focus on. Each student completes differentiated questions based on the extract. The next step is to carousel and share answers. Students then jot down notes for all characters on the graphic organiser which is also provided.

A comprehensive revision guide for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ containing a wide range of tasks to explore the novel in depth.

8 student friendly high-quality literacy worksheets to support students at KS2/3. 1. Embedded clauses 2. Subordinate clauses 3. Sentences and fragments 4. Semi colons 5. Apostrophes 6. Parts of speech part 1 7. Parts of speech part 2 8. Colon

To Kill a Mockingbird - quiz questions for board game

A learning journey containing a range of activities to support students with creative writing.

Lesson and differentiated resources for teaching students how to write a review of the award winning short film ‘Father and Daughter’ 2008 by Michael Dudok de Vit. Link to film included.

An incentive reward sheet that encourages disaffected students to meet specific targets in order to improve their learner behaviours.

Act 1 Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet worksheet. 5 levels of differentiation (colour groups).

Touching the Void: Comparing Joe and Simon’s accounts

‘When I have fears’ by Keats. 2 worksheets containing reading and writing tasks.

Writing to describe a room in your house. 5 levels of differentiation. I found this to be useful for a cover lesson on descriptive writing.

Learning outcomes: To understand a code for identifying language features in Shakespeare (word level, imagery, structure) To Apply understanding by locating the language features in key quotations. To evaluate the effect of the language features.

Easy to follow helpsheet to support teachers with the main functions on Accelerated Reader.

AQA Reading 1 style questions on an extract from Great Expectations

A differentiated learning journey exploring Scrooge in Stave 1 and 2 with accompanying resources. Contains instructions to follow at tough, tougher and toughest level to encourage students to explore the character independently. Also includes: A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist. A01: What is the meaning of the quotation? A02: What is the impact of words/methods? A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation? Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it. Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.

AQA 2017 Paper 1 style question on Jane Eyre with writing frame and glossary activity with answers.

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