I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
Also available as part of Unit 4 Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-ccea-unit-4-exam-task-2-comparing-texts-12446799
A complete pupil booklet, with accompanying teacher answer booklet to teach Unit 4, Tasks 3 and 4, Reading Non-Fiction
Tried and tested in the classroom.
Provides:
Comprehensive and developed list of writer’s craft techniques
Paragraph layout advice - suggested by CCEA, built upon by writer
Non-Fiction example articles adapted from Non-Fiction Past Papers, pre 2017 spec, made suitable for new Task 3 and Task 4
Sample tasks to accompany example articles, guide students to make pertinent comments
Tasks could be used as practice or for mocks.
Teacher booklet offers some example answers, and sample paragraphs to be built upon
Two booklets covering the character of Curley ‘Of Mice and Men’
Student Booklet - to be completed - 11 pages
Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 11 pages
Booklet covers:
Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay
Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases
Key words to describe Curley
Close analysis of Fight Scene in Chapter 3
Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations
Example paragraphs with clear layout
Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’
FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON
Teaching and Guidance notes for Controlled Assessment for CCEA GCSE to accompany the teaching of ‘Macbeth’
Teaching Notes
PP - Images
PP - Paragraph scaffold and example
Guided Planning Document
**Teaching notes include: **
Stereotypical life of a Jacobean woman
Shakespeare’s intentions
Typical audience reaction
Key Words/phrases
Lady Macbeth - general overview and specific notes
PowerPoint - Images included - to prompt discussion about the presentation of Lady Macbeth and the witches
PowerPoint - includes key points to make about Lady Macbeth, key context points, paragraph layout and paragraph example.
Document - guided planning - essay title and eight boxes to complete - guidance for students to bring their knowledge together.
A PowerPoint covering a full range of activities for the iconic play from Act 1-Act 5.
Includes:
Background information
Interpretation of media
Character work
Comprehension Question
Language anaylsis
Persuasive writing
The changes occuring
The art of performance
Letter writing
A comprehensive PowerPoint answering the question: Who is to blame for the downfall of Macbeth?
Students are guided through a structured and detailed approach for how to formulate their response to the posed question.
Making use of the text ‘Ex-Poser’ by Paul Jennings, this resource carefully and accessibly works through how to answer ten comprehension questions using PEE - the method of Point, Evidence, Explanation.
This has proven to be a really useful way to introduce PEE into the classroom and to ensure it is applied correctly.
An easily accessible booklet designed to introduce junior KS3 classes to the idea of the Media and how it persuades and manipulates the target audience.
The resource looks at how we ‘manipulate’ each other, takes account of the first six persuasive techniques and teaches pupils to identify these devices in example articles. Activities throughout include: facts and opinions, font, colour, slogans and language tricks. The booklet ends with a fun persuasive activity to complete.
A complete and accessible student booklet which leads the pupil through a variety of exercises in order to complete their own creative pieces of writing.
Suitable for KS3 and low ability KS4 or as an easy introduction to Creative Writing (CCEA GCSE Unit 4, Task 1)
This pack includes notes, areas to complete and prompt work to be completed at length separately.
‘Flexing your imagination’ exercises - nine tasks to get pupils engaged and start thinking about words, images and uniqueness.
How to begin your story notes - with exercises to complete to practice the four key methods, folded by ‘Which is best’ work.
Sentence variety notes - how to prevent repetition etc - exercises to complete to make the student aware of their actions and how to improve.
Description notes - with work on the senses, smooth connectives, weather, place, verbs
How to end your story notes - with exercises to complete
Passages to completed with key words - noting how word choice can affect atmosphere and mood
Up-levelling your writing - examples and tasks to complete
Character work - descriptions, opening lines, emotions
Emotions - working through VEMB - Voice, Expression, Movement, Breathing and Pulse - comes with Teacher answers
Image prompts - to develop VEMB and narrative
‘Father and Daughter’ - Oscar winning short - work to complete - comes with Teacher answers
‘The Mysteries of Harris Burdick’ - Image prompts with helpful planning table
Notes for Parts 1-3; focused class work for Parts 4-8 - with answers.
Teacher Notes
Part 1: Teacher Notes to stimulate writing on the ‘Power of Words’ for Auggie
Part 2: Teacher Notes on Via’s key metaphor and her struggles
Part 3: Teacher Notes on Summer’s key characteristic
Julian: Teacher Notes looking at the some of the presentation his character**
Student Work + Teacher Answers for each section.
Part 4: Divided into two parts: 4a - Adjectives and Key Questions; 4b: Vocabulary work, close reading Q, PEE paragraphs
Part 5: Grammar work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work
Part 6: Close reading work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work, Emotions work
Part 7: Vocabulary crossword, multi-choice, PEE work, Chekov’s gun Links
Part 8: First section work only - facts and opinions, research work, close reading, setting etc
After Reading: Book Review and Alphabet Quiz
What an incredible poem - effective, engaging, heart-breaking.
Included are TWO VERSIONS of a GCSE level Essay Analysis of the poem, analysed using an easy scaffold of ‘SPECS SLIM’. One more in depth version, and one ‘easier’.
Useful for Students - give them hints/paragraph sample/discussion points and allow them to complete each section.
Useful for Teachers as a sample piece of work.
The question:
Write about the poem ‘The Target’.
You should describe what the poet writes about and how he uses language to convey his thoughts and feelings.
The scaffold:
SPECS
Subject Purpose Emotion Craftsmanship Summary
Craftmanship: SLIM
Structure Language Imagery Movement Sounds
Example paragraph:
Subject
The title of the poem gives the first suggestion of its subject matter. A ‘target’ is something that is aimed for – whether as an aspirational goal, or through violence – in archery, or the use of guns. It is quickly realised that the latter is involved in this ‘Target’ – and the aim was a fellow human being. The antiquated language, e.g. ‘durst’, ‘Twas’, ‘a-happening’, places this situation in the past, possibly World War One. If this is the case, the subject matter is the death of a soldier, at the hand of his enemy; the enemy and killer being the first person narrator of the poem. The poem moves on to document the killer’s reasons, his regrets, the fears of his mother and the only solution possible to quell her fears: “Perhaps it might be best/To die, and set her fears at rest”; the lack of participation from a God who ‘takes no sort of heed’ and the inescapable ‘bloody mess’ of war and ‘job’ which must be carried out by the narrator as a soldier.
A complete unit to teach the presentation of Animals in Fiction and Non-Fiction texts, leading to several discussions and a final discursive argument about whether or not Animals should be kept in Zoos.
Unit of Work with clear lesson by lesson focus and link to worksheets
Notebook file and Pdf file of teacher notes - written on whiteboard as moved through this unit - may be of use to assist with teaching certain lessons.
All resources mentioned below and in the unit are included
Room Display inspiration - titles, words and images
Includes
Animal alphabet
Adjectives and verbs to describe Animals
Animal related onomatopoeia, similes and metaphors
Animal habitats
Animals in the media - positive and negative portrayals, bias int he media
Collective nouns for animals
Description and connotation of negative and positive in description - vocabulary copyright of ‘Descriptosaurus’ by Alison Wilcox, published by Routledge 2013
Animal combinations - inspired by ‘Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Series’, published by Nosy Crow 2014
Reference to National Geographic - paper copy, website or instagram feed.
Pet argument - annotate and analyse
CCEA KS3 Past Paper ‘Wood Green Animal Shelter’ - analyse for writer’s craft
Animals in Film, and as fashion fads
Writing to inform - argument
Article ‘Calling Animals ‘pets’ is insulting, academics claim’ - connotation of appropriate words for ‘pets’ - read poems ‘Old Dog’ and ‘Sheepkiller’ to further the discussion
How are animals used? Poems ‘The Battery Hen’ , ‘The Early Purges’, and ‘Killing a whale’ to further the discussion
Animal rights - what are they and how are they compromised?
Writing to explain - discussion of animal rights
Hierarchy of animal kingdom
Issue of Extinction - furthered by use of CCEA KS3 Past Paper ‘The Black Rhino’
Zoos vs Safari - investigate and create a balanced argument in response to the topic: It is unfair to keep animals in Zoos.
Creative Writing - show, don’t tell when it comes to emotions.
VEMB is a simple mnemonic for Voice, Expression, Movement and Breathing.
Encourage pupils to take note in their reading and their writing of how emotions are presented. Pick up any novel and choose a page on which to spot how VEMB has been used to show emotions, not simply state them.
Complete the VEMB resource for five emotion groups: sadness, pain, anger, fear and happiness - there will be some overlap - be sure to discuss this (See VEMB: Ideas for help)
Complete the activity : ‘When he heard the news’ in order to consolidate what has just been taught about VEMB.
A comprehensive worksheet to evaluate Portia in her own time, and in modern times.
E.g. Question:
Portia: the Elizabethan woman vs the Modern Woman
Students are guided through a structured and detailed approach for how to formulate their response to the posed question.
An accessible PowerPoint which makes use of anti-smoking media images to investigate Presentation and Language.
Suitable for both KS3 and as an introduction to KS4 Reading Media Texts, this resource covers the basics of Presentation: Colour, Layout and Image (see My Shop for ‘Font’ activities) and Language: Facts, Opinions, Title and Persuasive words and phrases.
A comprehensive PowerPoint covering a full range of background detail including Shakespeare’s life and the times he wrote in.
Contains both information, student activities for completion and quizzes for quick assessment.
Modern adaptions
Tudor Times
Shakespeare’s Life
Tudor Theatre
The Globe
Shakespeare’s influence
Student Booklet – 92 pages
Key information provided, space to complete work on Characters and Contexts. Quotations provided for each character and each context. For each context, quotations have been divided under separate titles, helpful to stimulate ideas for essay planning. Exam Questions provided, followed by space to complete plan for answer.
Included:
Exam Basics
Contexts and Themes
Essay Layout Advice
Characters – 8 key characters, space to complete key words
Characters – area for research and teaching
Characters – 8 key characters, complete with key quotations
Context – Biography + Exam Question + Example Response
Context – American Settlement and Frontier + Quotations + Exam Question
Context – America Post WW1
Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties + Quotations + Exam Question
Context – American Dream + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) + Quotations + Exam Questions
Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today
Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Geography + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Type of Hero + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Romantic Novel + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions
Context – Symbolism + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Novel of Manners
Teacher Booklet – 96 pages
Exactly the same as the student booklet, with teaching notes and essay plans included.
Included:
Characters – key words provided
Characters – area for research and teaching
Characters – key quotations
Context – Biography Notes + Exam Question + Example Response
Context – American Settlement and Frontier Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with two essay response plans
Context – America Post WW1 Notes
Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with essay response plan
Context – American Dream Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan
Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with two essay response plans
Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today with essay response notes
Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan
Context – Geography Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Type of Hero Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response notes
Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Romantic Novel Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions with essay response notes
Context – Symbolism Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions
Context – Novel of Manners Notes + Exam Question
Three sample essays to annotate and improve - Gangsters, Geography, Women
Individual overviews for
All imagery taken from Movie and Google images
Developed from the wonderful film short ‘Father and Daughter’ , this story is without dialogue and therefore open to endless interpretation for both KS3 and KS4 students.
I use this with both KS3 and GCSE students in order to develop their understanding of emotions in their writing. The plot details are sparse, and it is up to the pupil to add detail. Detail is the key to this piece of work.
Included in this resource is a series of questions chosen to stimulate thought and to observe the methods of storytelling which can be replicated in the pupil’s own writing.
(Please note the mention of VEMB in Q6 refers to Voice, Expression, Movement and Breathing - as the fundamental ways in which we non verbally demonstrate our feelings - look in My Shop for further VEMB resources)
Also included are suggested answers.
At the end of the resource is a short task - but this can be exchanged for a much longer one looking at the whole film - this should be at the discretion of the teacher and their knowledge of the ability level of their students.
The film short is available on YouTube but please note that the audio track of one of the YouTube versions is slightly off - best quality is from the BFI Screen Shorts DVD.
To accompany the Power Point resource of ‘Animal Farm Characters and The Russian Revolution’ [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-characters-and-the-russian-revolution-12366402]
The characters are laid out in a format that can be printed onto address label pages/stickers - height of each pairing is approximately 3.5cm.