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.
Holes – Sam, Kate and Zero (PowerPoint, lesson plans & worksheets)
This Holes KS3 English teaching resource explores the characters of Sam, Kate and Zero. It includes a 22-slide editable PowerPoint, 3 detailed lesson plans, a teaching overview and 3 worksheets.
Teaching objectives:
To develop knowledge and understanding of racial segregation in nineteenth century America
To learn how Sachar presents the relationship between Sam and Kate to the reader
To learn how Sachar uses description, dialogue and action to convey the character of Zero
You can preview the first few slides of Holes – Sam, Kate and Zero by clicking on the preview image.
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
Writing a Letter to Primary School (Year 7 Term 1)
In this teaching resource Year 7 students write a letter to their Year 6 teacher telling them all about life in secondary school.
Contents:
Scheme of work overview,
6 four part lessons
Editable 59 slide PowerPoint presentation
7 worksheets
This resource contains six lessons designed to teach formal letter writing to Year 7 students. Lessons follow the four part lesson structure and all PowerPoint slides can be edited and differentiated to suit your students’ requirements.
Perfect for Term 1 of Year 7
Skellig Teaching Resources (204 slide editable PowerPoint, 23 individual lesson plans, a scheme of work overview and 11 accompanying worksheets)
Skellig is an extensive teaching resource which includes a range of classroom activities for pupils of all abilities.
Contents include:
research tasks - William Blake and Angels
predictions about the text using the cover, author and blurb
analysis of Michael, Mina and Skellig
exploration of themes
developing awareness of novel features – hooks, tension, setting
using P.E.E.
Almond’s message
cloze and sequencing activities
analysis of David Almond’s use of language in key scenes
hot seating
empathy question preparation - Diary writing
Links to a range of Skellig games, websites and more
Exploring the use of pathetic fallacy
Creating a Spring Haiku includes a range of activities for students of all abilities.
Contents include:
What is a haiku?
Exploring and discussing haiku
Create a class haiku
Reflecting on learning through constructive criticism
Writing an individual haiku
Drafting - how and why
Writing assessment opportunity
My Father Would Not Show Us by Ingrid de Kok teaching resource
Includes a 38 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 worksheets and the following activities:
- Guided Reading and understanding the poem
- Exploring the imagery used by Ingrid de Kok
- Discussion of form and structure
- Analysing language and poetic techniques
- Learning how to write about the poem using P.E.T.E.R.
- Links to additional notes, a copy of the poem and a copy of the anthology
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a 35 slide PowerPoint presentation with 5 worksheets.
This resource contains an assortment of teaching ideas and activities.
The PowerPoint and worksheets cover:
- An introduction to Shelley
- A copy of the poem and tasks to consolidate understanding
- Exploring how Shelley uses structure and form for effect
- Study of the imagery used in Ozymandias
- How and why Shelley uses poetic techniques in Ozymandias
- Language analysis
- The main themes of Ozymandias examined with notes
- Video – an animated reading of the poem.
A 47 slide PowerPoint analysis of the poem My Last Duchess (Robert Browning) for KS4/GCSE with 7 worksheets.
Contents include:
A brief biography of Robert Browning.
Analysing how Browning uses structure and imagery.
Analysis of style and form and the use of poetic techniques.
Exploration of language
Themes discussed
Links - Where to find further information about Robert Browning
Romeo and Juliet - Act Three
This Romeo and Juliet teaching resource explores Act Three in detail. It covers the fight scene, the relationship between Capulet and Juliet and the role of women in Elizabethan society. The resource includes a comprehensive 32-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets and can be used at either KS3 or KS4.
You can preview the opening slides of 'Romeo and Juliet - Act Three’ by clicking on the preview images.
This excellent Macbeth teaching resources includes a 163 slide PowerPoint with 23 lesson plans, 20 worksheets and a unit of work overview.
This resource can be used with the GCSE (9-1) English qualification as covered by the AQA, WJEC Eduqas, Edexcel and OCR exam boards. The context and acts have been divided into separate resources but the bundle also comes as one complete no-prep teaching unit with PowerPoint, worksheets, overview and lesson plans.
These teaching resources are an excellent introduction to Macbeth for students. The resource comes complete with PowerPoint, worksheets and step by step lessons to help teach ‘the Scottish play’. Each of the 23 lessons has a detailed lesson plan which use the four part lesson structure - starter, introduction, development and plenary all of which are designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the play. Our Macbeth teaching resources contain a varied mix of activities for pupils of different ages and abilities and include:
a biography of Shakespeare’s life and the Elizabethan theatre
activities to develop knowledge of the plot
in-depth analysis of the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
exploration of the key themes (ambition, betrayal, evil, etc)
the social and historical context of the play – witches, witchcraft and the play’s presentation of women
developing awareness of the features of a drama text
teaching the use of P.E.T.E.R. Point/Evidence/Technique/Explain/Reader
Macbeth’s motivation and the role of Lady Macbeth, Banquo and the Witches
cloze passages to consolidate understanding of the plot
analysis of Shakespeare’s language and Macbeth’s key soliloquys
Shakespeare’s use of tension and suspense
hot-seating activities
empathy writing tasks – diaries and letters
sequencing activities
video links to help the teaching and learning of key scenes
developing inference and deduction skills
Macbeth – Act Two (27 slide PowerPoint and 6 worksheets)
This Macbeth – Act Two teaching resource explores Act Two of the play. It covers plot, characters, language and themes. There is a focus on Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 1; the use of dramatic irony and the creation of tension and the relationships between Macbeth and Baquo and Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
You can preview the first few slides of ‘Macbeth – Act Two by clicking on the preview images above.
Macbeth – Act One (48 slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets)
This Macbeth – Act One teaching resource explores Act One of Shakespeare’s Scottish play. It covers plot, characters, language and themes with a focus on Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo. The resource includes a comprehensive 48-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. It can be used at either upper KS3 or KS4.
You can preview the first few slides of ‘Macbeth – Act One’ by clicking on the preview images.
An Introduction to 9-1 AQA GCSE English Language is an editable PowerPoint presentation which explains how the 9-1 GCSE AQA English Language course works. It includes a breakdown of the exam papers and the skills students need to do well.
Useful at the start of Year 10 when outlining the demands of 9-1 GCSE English to students.
Click on the image to preview the first nine slide of the resource.
Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue and Act One
This Romeo and Juliet teaching resource explores The Prologue and Act One. It explores plot, characters, language and themes with focus on Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt and The Prince. The resource includes a comprehensive 92-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 18 accompanying worksheets. It can be used at either KS3 or KS4.
You can preview the opening slides of 'Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue and Act One’ by clicking on the preview images.
This Romeo and Juliet teaching unit can be used at either upper KS3 or KS4 and includes a huge no prep 230 slide PowerPoint presentation, 49 worksheets and a 32 lesson plans.
Romeo and Juliet covers the following:
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theatre
activities to develop knowledge of the plot
analysis of the characters of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Tybalt, Friar Lawrence, Capulet and the Nurse
exploration of the themes love, hate and fate
analysis of Shakespeare’s language
the use of tension and suspense
hot-seating and empathy writing activities
sequencing activities
Preview the opening slides of 'Romeo and Juliet - Act Five’ by clicking on the preview images.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Unseen Poetry is ideal for teaching approaches to the unseen poetry question on the AQA 9-1 GCSE English Literature exam. 60 slide PowerPoint and 8 worksheets.
Contents include:
-Example questions with example poems
-A mnemonic designed to provide a structured approach to answering the questions
-A guide to writing about unseen poetry using the exemplar responses
How to write about content, imagery, poetic techniques, structure, mood and theme
How to write a personal response
How to compare one poem with another
Exemplar model answer
A Frosty Night by Robert Graves is a detailed teaching resource which consists of a 39 slide PowerPoint presentation and 10 worksheets.
A Frosty Night includes activities for all abilities:
1. A brief biography of Graves with video.
2. Analysis of the poem, discussion of ideas and consolidation of understanding.
3. Structure & imagery- Discuss how Graves uses structure and explore the imagery of the poem.
4. Style and form - Analysis of style and form and the use of poetic techniques in A Frosty Night.
5. Language - this lesson explores word choices and how to write about language in Graves's poem.
6. Themes of A Frosty Night explored, consolidation of meaning and purpose.
7. Links - Where to find extra information about Robert Graves to aid additional lessons.
Collective Nouns
32 slide editable PowerPoint presentation with 1 worksheet
Collective Nouns is made up of a 32 slide PowerPoint with an accompanying worksheet.
Collective Nouns is a FREE resource – just click the download button below to access this free teaching resource.
Presentational Devices is a free PowerPoint lesson designed to help pupils learn how presentational devices are used by writers to influence the reader.
The lesson includes:
• An introduction with examples of presentational devices.
• A writing activity to help develop knowledge of presentational devices.
• A consolidation plenary to reinforce understanding of presentational devices.
• Bold clear fonts, clear language and bright use of colour and imagery
