These 4 worksheets contain questions relating to the following aspects of grammar:
Word classes and parts of speech (adverbs, pronouns and prepositions)
Vocabulary
Compound sentences
They are very easily accessible and make an effective homework or starter task.
These exams test students’ knowledge of some of the fundamentals of grammar. They can be used at the start of end of the year to test knowledge. The sheets are altered for each year at KS3, and there are answer sheets for teachers.
Knowledge tested includes:
Word classes
Vocabulary
Punctuation
Simple, complex and compound sentences
Fragments
PDF resource for supporting a G6/Y7/KS3 unit on Magical Beasts - can be bought together with a series of corresponding lessons as a bundle for a good price
Mix of fiction and non-fiction extracts on real-life zombies, the history of zombies, famous monsters, the opening of ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness, witches in Britain, extract from ‘The Witches’ by Roald Dahl, ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’ by Lewis Carrol and real life vampires.
16 pages so can be printed easily as a booklet
Lesson on real life monsters, non-fiction text practice
Learning objectives:
All: will identify and summarise key points in a text
Some: will synthesise information from two texts.
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced.
Total of 5 slides
Designed for G6 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson on creative writing using the witches from ‘Harry Potter’
Learning objective: To be able to be descriptive when writing thoughts and feelings using a wide range of vocabulary to describe feelings
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced.
Total of 5 slides
Designed for G6 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson evaluating the opening to the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell
Learning objective:
* to analyse how Orwell creates tension
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced, with extract at the end of the lesson slides.
Total of 11 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson evaluating the role of resistance in the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell
Learning objective:
To be able to evaluate how Orwell presents the idea of resistance
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced, studying the key word ‘resistance’
Total of 7 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson evaluating the role of memory in the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell
Learning objective:
* To understand the significance of memory holes and how they affect Winston’s complicity
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced looking at the key word ‘complicit’
Total of 7 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson on real life zombies, a non-fiction text
Learning objective: to practice the skills of extracting, summarizing and explaining
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced.
Designed for G6 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Two connected lessons on the history of zombies, non-fiction text practice
Learning objectives: to read and understand a text about the history of zombies
to understand the differences between different text purposes
to be able to explain the purpose of a text
to be able to explain how the writer uses language to make a text engaging
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced.
Total of 6 and 4 slides
Designed for G6 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’.
Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral.
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity.
Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions.
Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works
Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’.
You can buy all lessons as a bundle
Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral.
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes with a sheet of media terminology to use in the lesson
Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions.
Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works
2x lesson series on ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness, fiction reading and analysis
Learning objectives:
To understand the extract
To be able to explain the effect on the reader
To be able to use a range of vocabulary to describe the tone of the extract
To analyse how tension is created
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced.
Total of 4 and 5 slides
Designed for G6 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’.
You can buy all lessons as a bundle
Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral.
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity.
Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions.
Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works
Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’ focussing on race representation
You can buy all lessons as a bundle
Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral.
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity.
Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions.
Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works
Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’ looking at how Beyonce uses ideas relating to creativity
You can buy all lessons as a bundle
Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral.
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity.
Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions.
Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works
Lesson analysing the opening of the novel ‘A Monster Calls’
Learning objective:
To understand the extract
To be able to explain the effect on the reader
To be able to use a range of vocabulary to describe the tone of the extract
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short extract, which is included.
Total of 4 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 2 LESSON BUNDLE *
Lesson analysing the creation of tension in the short story ‘The Tell Tale Heart’.
Learning objective:
To be able to explain how Poe creates tension in the story
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities and definitions of key words for differentiation.
There is a short extract and then a longer extract from the story, included in the resource.
Total of 10 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 2 LESSON BUNDLE *
Lesson looking at transactional writing - writing a speech to peers
Learning objective:
To be able to use effective evidence when writing a speech
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short model article, which is included.
Total of 4 slides.
Designed for G9 / KS4 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A LESSON BUNDLE
Lesson looking at transactional writing - article
Learning objective:
To be able to adapt my language depending on audience
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short model article, which is included.
Total of 5 slides.
Designed for G9 / KS4 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A LESSON BUNDLE