20 slide resource for IGCSE English as a Second Language ( or GCSE English Language). Practice questions with concept maps, letters, vocabulary, essay titles, form filling, letter writing, grammar and instructions

This 10 slide resource celebrates World Kindness Day (Monday November 13th, 2017). It is great for a PSHE lesson, for an assembly or as a warm up for a creative writing lesson. It contains a talking point, an original short story about Paul, the loner at school and a bookmark template. Teach them to be kind! Suitable for KS2, KS3 and KS4.

This 21 slide resource provides a PowerPoint presentation with information on the Speaking test itself and some ideas about topics. Students get the chance to discuss possible topics, gather ideas and share mutual opinions in preparation for the test. There are also practice Speaking cards to print out.

November was National Novel Writing Month in the USA- this is a ‘How-To’ guide for NaNoWrMo, taking students through the process of writing a long story/ novel. Included is the opening to a Sci-fi story which the students are asked to think about and expand on. There are several other titles for them to practise with later. (US spelling here of colour and behaviour )

PowerPoint Presentation and worksheets to accompany. This is a mixed bag of spelling, grammar and punctuation questions. It could be used as a SPAG lesson warmer/ plenaryin KS2 or even in an ELL/ ESL /SEN class to improve knowledge of SPAG.

This PowerPoint presentation talks about the five key values in British values leading to good citizenship.There are also accompanying worksheets. Suitable for English, PSHE, SEN, ESL, History and Citizenship classes at KS2 , KS3 and KS4.

This resource celebrates Easter with word searches, story starters, acrostic poem and book marks. Ideal for the run up to Easter with KS1 and KS2

A ten slide Power Point resource ( 4 slides PP and 6 slides worksheets) to practise unseen poetry. This is suitable for IGCSE and GCSE English Literature. It contains an original unseen poem by Anon, W.B Yeats ‘When You Are Old’ and Alfred Lord Tennyson ‘Spring’.

A look at British Values and the multiculturalism of Britain today. This resource has quotes, a poem, pictures for discussion, word work and questions. The resource has the pdf file to print as activity cards, two PowerPoint presentations and some images that define what it is to be 'British' .

This resource takes a look at literary devices in English. Great for IGCSE and GCSE English Literature. Included in the pack are 2 word searches , 1 crossword puzzle, 2 sets of matching card definition games, 1 worksheet , a poem analysis of Wilfred Owen’s ‘Arms and the Boy’, one World War poster and two literary devices posters.

20 slides The Poppy- and questions Timeline- the month before WWI Some battlefields- and questions In Flanders Field poem – questions WWI- word definitions Armistice/ WWII/ Questions Poem- the fallen – questions Two posters Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation

This resource looks at Silas Marner and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It contains 25 slides: Background details for discussion /biography/synopsis writing Character matching activity/analysis Literary device discussion Writing/ Drama activities Passage analysis example questions Word searches

This resource can be used from Year 8 upwards for English Language writing practice. It may be useful for lower levels at GCSE and for IGCSE students, especially Second Language Learners. The resource contains cloze tests, paragraph re-ordering, error correction and vocabulary work .

A teaching resource to help students with spelling, by showing them different ways of learning new words.

A PowerPoint Presentation with a variety of idioms and their meanings, with the same idioms in printable form for display, plus worksheets to complete using a missing idiom. This can be a fun activity and great for correcting those little speaking errors, especially in the ESL classroom.

This 30 slide resource looks at the poetry of Thomas Hardy. It focuses on three poems: I Look Into my Glass, The Darkling Thrush and The Voice. There is a bio, poetry and word analysis of devices, questions for discussion, poem writing templates, vocabulary worksheets and three poem quotation posters for display- several lessons of work included here! This resource may be used at KS3 and is ideal for IGCSE Literature and GCSE Literature practice. There is also a file with a preview attached.

This fun resource has a bookmark , poem writing, story writing and 2 card making templates for the 14th of that very important month, February!

This resource contains flashcards and posters for the KS1 Science topic Seasonal Changes. It also has a PowerPoint presentation to allow children to talk about the changes.

This is a resource to practise Speaking and Listening skills (the Simple and Continuous Past Tenses, and Question Forms). It is ideal for any ESL classroom and for fun speaking practice in IGCSE English as a Second Language oral component. There are slides for the 'policeman interviewing suspect' cue questions (the student who is the suspect must make up their own responses), three witness, suspect and police statement templates, plus a vocabulary word search. Great from KS2 up.

This is a short (free) resource to celebrate International Children’s Book Day in April. It has three mini posters , a template of four bookmarks, a template for a book review and a writing prompt. Please download for free and enjoy!