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
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.
An alphabetised Dictionary suitable for English Language students at GCSE.
56 page document
80 writer’s craft techniques listed and defined.
‘What’ and ‘Why used’ sections for each
Includes extra spaces at the end for additional techniques.
Useful for covering all language techniques expected at GCSE English Language level, with a few common presentation techniques also included.
Advice:
I usually print out the title page full size, then print the document 2 pages per sheet - and put it together as a wee booklet.
See attached a free sample:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599928
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.
A simple PowerPoint using a wide range of paper advertisements from the past -the first slide shows the advert and the genre being used, and the second slide reveals the product being sold.
The aim of the resource is to develop the understanding of how genre can be manipulated for both non-fiction and fiction - there are no bounds when it comes to the imagination and how to advertise a product.
Each advert can be analysed for its persuasive qualities and how it manipulates the target audience.
KS3 Past Paper 2, May 1 2003
Non-Fiction Paper: Mount St Helen’s
This resource covers the answers to the above test, a very useful starter for KS3, leading to the ‘Reading Non-Fiction’ section of GCSE English.
See My Shop for more KS3 Past Papers
The original papers for these KS3 English papers are often gathering dust in storerooms across N. Ireland, but if anyone needs a copy of the original - please contact me.
KS3 Past Paper 2, May 2005
Non-Fiction Paper: Royal Lifeboats
This resource covers the answers to the above test, a very useful starter for KS3, leading to the ‘Reading Non-Fiction’ section of GCSE English.
See My Shop for more KS3 Past Papers
The original papers for these KS3 English papers are often gathering dust in storerooms across N. Ireland, but if anyone needs a copy of the original - please contact me.
KS3 Past Paper 1, May 1 2003
Fiction Paper: Margaret Forster
This resource covers the answers to the above test, a very useful starter for KS3, leading to the GCSE English exam.
See My Shop for more KS3 Past Papers
The original papers for these KS3 English papers are often gathering dust in storerooms across N. Ireland, but if anyone needs a copy of the original - please contact me.
A quick visual and written summary of Macbeth’s plot.
The 20 boxes here are in chronological order - suggested use is to cut them up and get the student to reorder them themselves.
Five adverts which can be used at KS3 for the study of Media, Adverts and Non-Fiction, or as an introduction to Reading Media Texts, CCEA GCSE Language Paper 1, Questions 4 and 5.
Five simple adverts,asking the same questions to encourage the student to look at both the chosen language and presentation.
What is this advertising? What is the purpose of the advert? Where did this advert come from?
Who is the Target Audience of this advert? How are they being targeted?
Explain the layout: picture, slogan, words.
Explain the slogan. Explain any other language involved.
Discuss the colours. Why are these chosen?
Discuss the character – what is she doing and why?
What do you think of this advert?
Enjoy my free newspaper samples:
VERY POPULAR: Sample Article written with the 5 W
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-article-example-who-what-when-where-why-12366711
Tabloid + Broadsheet PP
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspapers-tabloid-broadsheet-frontpage-12366847
Or purchase my KS2/KS3 Newspaper booklet
A complete and thorough resource, covering all aspects of Newspapers in a usable and student friendly format, with a booklet for the students, and a matching answered one for the Teacher.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-newspaper-booklet-unit-12366851
Included here:
Two resources:
A labelled front page from ‘The Irish News’
A labelled, but deletable front page layout to aid IT work.
A simple and interactive way of getting students to focus on FONT and a little bit of COLOUR as a developed choice by creators of media.
Perfect introduction to the CLIF aspect of Question 5 in Paper 1 of the GCSE Language exam.
Visit My Shop for more helpful aids to understanding the new Language papers and their questions
Enjoy this free sample, part of my fuller Newspaper Unit - which comes with student booklet and teacher answer booklet
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-booklet-unit-12366851
Enjoy my free newspaper samples:
Newspaper Frontpage
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-front-page-12366705
Tabloid + Broadsheet PP
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspapers-tabloid-broadsheet-frontpage-12366847
Included here:
A simple but useful layout of an article for KS2/KS3 students.
Complimenting the idea of the 5W layout for articles, each paragraph is labelled with its purpose and then an example of what might be said:
Introductory sentence
Who
What
When
Where
Why
Bring it up-to-date
Simple prompt to develop understanding of the character of Kissin’ Kate Barlow, (character from ‘Hole’ by Louis Sacher) by looking at what she says, what she does and what people think of her.
Could lead to more developed PEE paragraphs once completed.
Simple layout for a Newspaper which could be made towards the end of ‘Holes’ by Louis Sacher. Resource contains some ideas about what might be included in a newspaper from the plotline set in the past or present.
A enjoyable introduction to these three techniques, with accompanying activities to consolidate learning.
Please find Part 2: Alliteration, Onomatopoeia and Rhyme in My Shop
Sample provided to experience before purchasing the full document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923
Sample demonstrates the first six alphabetised writer’s craft techniques.
In the full document you will get:
An alphabetised Dictionary suitable for English Language students at GCSE.
56 page document
80 writer’s craft techniques listed and defined.
‘What’ and ‘Why used’ sections for each
Includes extra spaces at the end for additional techniques.
Useful for covering all language techniques expected at GCSE English Language level, with a few common presentation techniques also included.
Advice:
I usually print out the title page full size, then print the document 2 pages per sheet - and put it together as a wee booklet.
Full Document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923
A simple mix and match exercise to aid understanding of PEE when answering questions. Taken from the first description of The Warden in Chapter of ‘Holes’ by Louis Sacher.