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English resources covering a range of grades, age levels and activities!

English resources covering a range of grades, age levels and activities!
Creating comic strips
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Creating comic strips

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Fun series of lessons in which students will plan, design and create their own comic strip. The PPT has 20 slides and roughly covers three separate lessons in which students create a superhero, a villain, create a plot, design the location of their comic strip and the front cover. A superfun series of tasks that will get students engaged and being creative with original ideas.
Lesson analysing speeches
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Lesson analysing speeches

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Perfect for KS3. Lesson looking at analysing speeches, with examples from four famous figures. Fully resourced, with model paragraphs and sentence starters.
Transactional Writing 3 lessons
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Transactional Writing 3 lessons

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3x lesson series looking at different types of transactional writing Learning objectives: To be able to adapt my language depending on audience To be able to use effective evidence when writing a speech To be able to craft my ideas in an engaging way in transactional writing All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation. Some activities analyse a short extract or model, which is included. Designed for G9/ KS4 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lessons on 'The Tell Tale Heart'
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Lessons on 'The Tell Tale Heart'

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25% saving on the bundle 2x lesson series on ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ short story by Edgar Allen Poe Learning objectives: To explain how Poe creates tension in the story To explain the tone of the story using a range of adjectives To analyse how Poe uses language and structure to create tension Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation. Some activities analyse a short extract, which is included, and some refer to the whole story, which is also included. Designed for G7/ KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Grammar assessments
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Grammar assessments

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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
Lessons on 'Farenheit 451'
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Lessons on 'Farenheit 451'

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2x lesson series on ‘Farenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: * to be able to understand the opening of ‘Farenheit 451’ * to analyse how Bradbury presents the character Montag Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced and with a video embedded. Total of 5 and 4 slides Designed for G7/ KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lessons on 'The Hunger Games'
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Lessons on 'The Hunger Games'

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2x lesson series on ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: * To understand the opening to ‘The Hunger Games’ * To be able to explain how the writer crates a dystopian world * To be able to analyse how the writer creates tension Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced and with a video embedded. Total of 8 and 5 slides Designed for G7/ KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lessons on 'The Handmaid's Tale'
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Lessons on 'The Handmaid's Tale'

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2x lesson series on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: To understand the opening of the novel To explain how Atwood uses language to create a dystopian world To be able to explain the key characteristics of the society of Gilead Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced and with an explanatory video. Total of 7 and 8 slides Designed for G7/ KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lessons on 'The Woman in Black'
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Lessons on 'The Woman in Black'

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3x lesson series on ‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: To be able to explain how description of a setting can create tension To be able to explain why ‘The Woman in Black’ is an example of Gothic literature To be able to analyse how a writer creates tension Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 7, 8 and 8 slides Designed for G8 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lessons on 'A Monster Calls'
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Lessons on 'A Monster Calls'

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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!
Series of lessons on '1984'
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Series of lessons on '1984'

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A series of lessons introducing students to Orwell’s ‘1984’ 50% saving on the bundle! SOW designed originally for G8 / Y9 / KS3 Contains some group work and extended writing activities, with extracts from the novel contained within the relevant lessons Lessons on the opening, the idea of resistance, memory, and the dramatic capture scene All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with thoroughly planned lesson and support materials. Total of 4 fully planned lessons
'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'
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'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'

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Two paired lessons on an extract from ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’, focussing on the White Witch Learning objective: All will understand how the White Witch is presented in the extract Some will be able to explain how Lewis’s presentation of the White Witch uses traditional stereotypes of witches To analyse how Lewis presents the White Witch as powerful 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 5 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
History of Zombies non-fiction lessons
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History of Zombies non-fiction lessons

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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!
Grammar worksheets and tests
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Grammar worksheets and tests

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50% off total price! This bundle contains 10 grammar worksheets and a series of end of unit assessments for each different year group at KS3, with separate answer sheets. The worksheets can be used as homework or quick starter tasks. It is ideal to spread these tasks out throughout the year or a term. For KS3 or revision activities for KS4. The areas of grammar focussed on are: Simple, compound and complex sentences Different types of punctuation Fragments Subject and object Parts of speech and subject terminology Vocabulary
Macbeth Scheme of work
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Macbeth Scheme of work

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A scheme of work on Macbeth. Lessons clearly labelled that take students through the play, with a range of different activities designed to ensure maximum understanding of events, themes, characters, context and plot.
Lessons on 'The Yellow Wallpaper'
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Lessons on 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

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Thoroughly planned 3x lesson series on ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Stetson, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: to understand the context of the ‘Yellow Wallpaper’ and how that relates to the narrator to analyse how the relationship between the narrator and her husband is presented to discuss the significance of the ending of the short story and link to Gothic conventions Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced and with contextual information. Total of 7, 7 and 6 slides Designed for G8 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Mini-SOW on Gothic Literature
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Mini-SOW on Gothic Literature

5 Resources
A mini scheme of work on Gothic literature 50% saving on the bundle! SOW designed originally for G8 / Y9 / KS3 Contains a mix of creative writing and analysis, with a copy of the relevant extract booklet to support teachers Lessons on the following texts: ‘The Raven’, ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, ‘The Woman in Black’ and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with thoroughly planned lesson and resources. Total of 10 fully planned lessons
Mini-SOW Beyonce's Lemonade visual album for IB DP
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Mini-SOW Beyonce's Lemonade visual album for IB DP

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Lesson bundle more than 25% off * 5 lesson series on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’. Designed for English A Language and Literature course for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, to prepare students for their Individual Oral. Each lesson 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. They are taught advanced vocabulary such as “antebellum” Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works Each lesson can be bought separately Comes with a resource booklet that has the transcribed lyrics and text from the whole album and list of media terminology to help students when analysing
Mini-SOW on Dystopian Fiction
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Mini-SOW on Dystopian Fiction

10 Resources
A mini scheme of work on Dystopian fiction 65% saving on the bundle! SOW designed originally for G7 / Y8 / KS3 Contains a series of lessons on various Dystopian fiction texts, with a copy of the relevant extract booklet to support teachers Texts include ‘1984’, ‘Divergent’, ‘Farenheit 451’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with embedded videos and handouts. Total of 12 fully planned lessons
Mini-SOW on Magical Beasts
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Mini-SOW on Magical Beasts

9 Resources
A mini scheme of work on magical beasts 62% saving on the bundle! SOW designed originally for G6 / Y7 / KS3 Contains a mix of fiction and non-fiction lessons, with a copy of the relevant extract booklet to support teachers All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity.  Comes fully resourced. Total of 12 fully planned lessons