MCG Resources has been selling top quality English lessons for over ten years to teachers in the UK and across the world.
Specialising in English from KS1 to KS4, my store has hundreds of resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets.
To find out more, browse through the titles.
MCG Resources has been selling top quality English lessons for over ten years to teachers in the UK and across the world.
Specialising in English from KS1 to KS4, my store has hundreds of resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets.
To find out more, browse through the titles.
The Subordinate Clause is a 10-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with three accompanying worksheets. It focuses on developing key reading and writing skills and explores how to identify the subordinate clause in a sentence and how to use the subordinate clause with confidence in sentence construction.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- 83 slide PowerPoint
- 8 lesson plans
- 14 worksheets
A Christmas Carol contains an 83 slide PowerPoint presentation with 8 detailed lesson plans, a unit overview and 14 worksheets. All lessons follow the four-part lesson structure and all PowerPoint slides can be edited and differentiated to fit into your teaching needs.
A Christmas Carol is a detailed and engaging resource that includes a range of activities such as:
- The context of the book
- Studying structure
- Developing key reading skills
- Analysis of character
- Dickens' use of language
- Speaking and Listening activities
- Using evidence when writing about a text
- And more!
AQA 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 1’ can be used at any time during the GCSE course but it is especially helpful for revision when the exams are approaching.
Contents include:
A model exam paper with questions
A step by step guide to every question on Section A of Paper 1, breaking each question down to show students how best to approach the exam paper
How to deduce and how to write extended responses to written texts
How to tackle Section B
How to write effective descriptions and story openings
How to use language, punctuation and grammar for effect
A model mark scheme to allow students to see how creative writing is assess by the examiner
‘Infer and Deduce’ is a 14 slide PowerPoint which explains how to deduce when reading reading fiction texts. The resource uses images and texts to help pupils become active readers who can ‘read between the lines’.
Contents:
What is inference and deduction?
Use of optical illusions to convey the notion of hidden meanings
Illustrations and photographs designed to sharpen deduction skills
An extract from Frankenstein and an accompanying task to help pupils develop deduction skills when studying a text
Using Commas explains how and when to use commas when writing a sentence. This 10 slide PowerPoint resource (and 2 worksheets) covers the following:
How to use commas in a list
Using commas to replace ‘and’ or ‘or’
Using commas with adjectives and adverbs
How to use commas when writing dialogue
Click the image to preview the resource.
Holes Chapter 4 - Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski (PowerPoint, lesson plans & worksheets)
This Holes KS3 English teaching resource explores part two of the Louis Sachar novel. It includes a 26-slide editable PowerPoint, 3 detailed lesson plans, a teaching overview and 2 worksheets.
Contents cover:
How Louis Sachar builds tension in Chapter 4
How the writer uses description, dialogue and action to create characters
Analysis of Mr. Sir
To understand the meaning of contrast in writing and to learn how Louis Sachar uses contrast to present the characters of Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski
You can preview the first few slides by clicking on the preview image.
This Holes KS3 English teaching resource explores the final chapters of the novel. It includes a 38-slide editable PowerPoint, 5 detailed lesson plans, a teaching overview and 3 worksheets.
Teaching objectives:
To learn how Sachar explores the theme of crime and punishment in Holes
To consolidate understanding of character and plot through hotseating
To learn how Louis Sachar links the main plot with the sub-plot in Holes
To analyse the links between the narratives up to the end of Chapter 40
To develop knowledge and understanding of the character of Zero and his importance to the novel’s plot and themes
To develop understanding of how Sachar builds tension
To understand how Sachar uses the motif of the onion in Holes
To develop knowledge and understanding of how character and theme are developed through Stanley Yelnats
You can preview the first few slides of Holes – The Final Chapters by clicking on the preview image.
Functional Skills: Writing teaching resource
This teaching resource is made up of a 114 slide PowerPoint based Scheme of Work designed to teach English Functional Skills Writing and 28 worksheets. It includes 8 lessons, each structured using the 4 part lesson plan (starter , introduction, development and plenary) all of which can be edited to suit your teaching needs.
It includes:
A detailed lesson by lesson unit of work overview
How to create a mind map
How to construct a formal email
How to put together a Functional Skills writing task
The importance of writing and modern communication as a key life skill
Understanding the importance of audience and purpose when writing
Effectively taking messages
Effective note taking
How to turn notes into prose
Using Functional Skills criteria to self and peer assess written work
AQA GCSE English (9-1) Paper 1, Section A Reading Fiction
AQA GCSE ENGLISH (9-1) Reading Fiction is a 66 slide PowerPoint teaching resource with 10 accompanying worksheets designed to help pupils prepare for the AQA GCSE English (9-1) Paper 1 exam – Section A.
The resource includes:
An introduction to the AQA GCSE English 9-1 exam.
An example extract.
Example questions with prompts and marks.
A step by step guide to achieving a good grade on the paper.
Analysis of the key skills required to answer the questions successfully.
Developing awareness of language and the use of P.E.E. when answering questions in detail.
Exploring AO1, AO2 and AO4 and understanding they are represented by different questions on the paper.
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 1, Section B (205 slide editable PowerPoint with 27 worksheets) helps students prepare for Section B of Paper 1 of the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE English exam.
The resource includes:
An introduction to the exam and the requirements of Section B
A step by step guide to achieving good marks on the paper
How to write an effective piece of imaginative writing
How to plan, structure and write an effective story
Understanding how mark schemes are used to assess students’ work
AQA 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 2
This resource covers:
An exam paper with questions for Paper 2 Section A and Section B.
A step by step guide through each question on Section A of Paper 2.
How to write extended responses.
How to tackle the non-fiction writing questions on Section B.
How to write for a specified audience, purpose and format.
How to use language, punctuation and grammar for effect.
Exploring rhetorical questions, hyperbole, imperatives, repetition, triples and other techniques.
How to write to argue, persuade and advise.
A mark scheme to allow students to see how their work will be assessed by the examiner.
‘AQA 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 2’ can be used at any time during the GCSE course but it is especially helpful for revision when the exams are approaching.
World Cup Stars - Russia 2018 (73 slide editable PowerPoint and 3 worksheets)
World Cup Stars – Russia 2018 uses the World Cup to help students develop important English reading and writing skills. It includes a range of activities for students of all abilities such as:
An introduction to the task - write a brief biography about a footballer competing in the 2018 Russia World Cup
A research, note making and writing task - research the player, make notes and produce an article
Understanding the key features of biographical writing?
Writing in the third person and using personal pronouns effectively
Developing effective research skills
Skimming, scanning and highlighting
Selecting appropriate material and making relevant notes
Using linear and diagrammatic notes
Key research skills
How to transform notes into prose
How to use images and layout for effect
Writing frame to scaffold the article
73 slide PowerPoint
3 worksheets
Click on the preview image to view the first 9 slides of the 73 slide PowerPoint.
The Life and Times of Charles Dickens is a 56 slide PowerPoint resource with step by step lessons designed to teach key English reading and writing skills. The resource includes six lessons, each structured using the four part lesson plan (starter activity, introduction, development and plenary), and is designed to support the teaching of non fiction in English.
Activities include:
Writing for different audience and purposes
Research skills and information gathering
Skimming, scanning and highlighting
Notemaking - linear and diagrammatic notes
Using the internet to research
A cartoon film biography of the life of Charles Dickens
Writing up notes into prose.
Looking at layout and use of imagery
Self/peer assessment
Spoken Language Study - Spoken Genres includes an 87 slide PowerPoint and 10 worksheets. The resource contains 7 lessons designed to teach Spoken Language Study at GCSE and focuses on political speeches of the C20th.
Sample of contents:
What is the Spoken Language and what are Spoken Genres?
Explanation of Controlled Assessment and assessment objectives
How audience and purpose impact on spoken language
Introducing political speeches
The use of bias, generalisations, fact, opinion and exaggeration in speech writing
Verbal and non-verbal communication
The study of political speeches: Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, William Wallace (Mel Gibson in Braveheart!), George W Bush (9/11), Barack Obama, Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator) and more
Analysing rhetoric and language
How to compare and contrast spoken language
Self/peer assessment
Eduqas 9-1 GCSE English - Paper 1, Section B (196 slide PowerPoint and 27 worksheets)
This resource has been created to help pupils get ready for Section B of Paper 1 of the Eduqas 9-1 GCSE English exam.
The resource includes:
An introduction to the exam with a focus on Section B
How to obtain the best possible grades on Section B of Component 1
How to write a piece of creative writing which will score a high grade
How to work well within the time limitations of the exam
The 9-1 GCSE mark scheme – how the paper is assessed
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 2 (198 slide editable PowerPoint with 30 worksheets)
Contents include:
An example paper with questions
A walk through each question on Section
How to produce extended answers and how to extract key information from a non-fiction text
How to approach the non-fiction writing questions on Section B
How to write for a specified audience, purpose and form
How to use language, punctuation and grammar for effect
Exploring rhetorical questions, hyperbole, imperatives, repetition, triples and other techniques.
How to write to argue, advise and persuade
A model mark scheme for Section A and Section B
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 2 can be used at any time during the GCSE course but it is especially useful for revision when the exams are approaching.
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 1 (251 slide editable PowerPoint with 35 worksheets) helps teachers prepare students for Paper 1 of the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE English exam.
Contents include:
An example exam paper with questions
A guide through each question on Section A of Paper 1
How to deduce information from a text
How to answer Section B effectively
How to write a powerful piece of imaginative writing
How to plan, structure and write an effective story opening
Understanding how the mark scheme is used
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE English Exam - Preparing for Paper 1 can be used at any time during the GCSE course but it is especially helpful for revision when the exams are approaching
Creating a Summer Haiku (34 slide PowerPoint) is designed to help teach poetry writing. It includes a range of lessons and activities for children of all abilities.
Activities include:
Exploring and discussing haiku poetry - reading, listening to and talking about haiku poems
Creating a class haiku
Constructing an individual haiku
Drafting
Writing assessment
‘Checking Out Me History’ by John Agard has been produced for the 9-1 GCSE English Anthology and contains an assortment of teaching ideas and activities.
Contents include:
Tasks to consolidate understanding
Exploring how Agard uses structure and form
Analysis of the poem’s imagery
How and why Agard uses poetic techniques
Language analysis
Key themes examined
Spellings - Year 5 and Year 6 uses words from the statutory National Curriculum spellings for Year 5 and Year 6 as assessed in the KS2 SATs. The resource includes a fully editable 134 slide PowerPoint presentation and 23 worksheets.
The teaching resource contains 10 sets of spellings. Every set uses the words from the Year 5 and Year 6 National Curriculum and each word is given within a sentence to enable children to contextualise each one. Click on the image for a preview.