A series of colourful and clear cut ups to be used for a sorting activity based on skills and qualities. Great for use with low ability learners to get them engaged in discussing their own skills and qualities.

A PowerPoint that revises the key techniques for achieving a pass grade in GCSE English. Can be adapted to suit any exam board. Includes activities on sense, linguistic techniques, structure, complex sentences and a writing task.

The presentation includes suggestions for making descriptive writing more interesting. It includes activities on the senses, similes and metaphors, show don't tell and some practice exam questions. It can be used with any spec and any age group.

The final lesson in my Introduction to Word Processing unit. This presentation focuses on formatting and includes how to produce tables, use bullet points and numbers, and how to insert images.

A Short presentation designed to get learners discussing the topic of rehabilitation in prisons. It includes a link to a short video clip and a revision activity based around DAFOREST. Finally learners are asked to have a go at a practice exam style question.

This presentation focuses on the poem 'You' by Carol Ann Duffy. It can be used as an introduction to the teaching of her collection 'Rapture' or as an introduction to A-Level English in general. It also includes a method for approaching the analysis of poetry and an activity involving abstract art to get learners thinking about what makes poetry different to prose.

This presentation is designed to introduce Level 2 learners to the topic of psychology and the theory of Sigmund Freud. It outlines his theory, including definitions of the id, ego and super-ego and the conscious, unconscious and preconscious minds. Finally, it outlines the four main stages of psychosexual development.

This presentation introduces learners to Bandura's Social Learning Theory through a series of discussions and a look at the famous Bobo Doll experiment. It is intended for level 2 learners but can be adapted easily enough to make it more challenging.

This resource introduces learners to the concept of social norms. It includes detail theory and opportunities for discussion. There is also a poster activity to review the content.

A powerpoint that asks learners to define ‘News’ and compare their thoughts with established knowledge on the subject. Learners are then intriduced to Galtung and Ruge’s 12 news values and asked to discuss any recent examples they can think of. Comes with accompanying workbook that includes several tasks to consolidate learning.

Learners begin by defining pathos, logos and ethos before applying the knowledge to some television advertisements.

This presentation is designed to be used alongside the extract from Labyrinth by Kate Mosse used in the November 2017 AQA GCSE English Language exam. It reviews how to approach the reading of a new text, how to approach Question 1 quickly and efficiently and how to approach question 2. It also includes some sentence prompts for Question 2 to help learners construct their response.

A set of slides focusing on a quick and efficient method for answering questions 1 + 2 of the AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 - June 2018. The extract is taken from Jigs and Reels by Joanne Harris.

Can be used with my Skills and qualities cut ups or laminated and used with whiteboard markers. Great for getting learners thinking about the difference between skills and qualities.

A powerpoint presentation which introduces the novel and provides some context. It also begins looking at the narrative perspectives employed in the novel, providing discussion starters for learners to engage with. There are discussion questions applicable to the first 6 chapters.

A presentation to introduce the concept of time management to learners, discuss what good / bad time management is and learn some key terms associated with the topic.

Following on from the Skills and Qualities booklet. Students now start to plan their career in Health and Social Care using this booklet and accompanying PPT.

A reading journal for learners studying Captain Corelli's Mandolin. With an introduction containing suggestions and guiding questions to help the learners with their reading of the novel.