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Humble English Teacher hoping to cut down on teachers' workload by providing high quality resources (from primary to secondary - mostly English but some other subjects too). Please share and review if you like what you see here.
Love & Relationships Poetry: Key Themes
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Love & Relationships Poetry: Key Themes

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This worksheet is great for revising the key themes of AQA’s ‘Love & Relationships’ poetry anthology. In the right-hand column, students can write all of the poems in the collection which they think match the theme in the left-hand column. Encourages students to think thematically and comparatively about the poems.
Punctuation Saves Lives Poster
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Punctuation Saves Lives Poster

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This FREE poster uses the classic ‘let’s eat grandma!’ joke to explain the importance of using correct punctuation. Use it to enhance your learning environment.
The Kite Runner: Afghanistan Map & Introduction
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The Kite Runner: Afghanistan Map & Introduction

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Introduce students to the basic geography of Afghanistan with this informative map and fact-sheet. Understanding Afghanistan’s geographical position is vital to contextualising ‘The Kite Runner’. Students can then be encouraged to complete their own further research into the country.
Macbeth: James I & Kingship (Speech to Parliament)
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Macbeth: James I & Kingship (Speech to Parliament)

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An excellent companion resource for studying the context of ‘Macbeth’, James I’s speech to Parliament in 1610 elucidates his views of the monarchy and the Divine Right of Kings. Studying this speech will provide a solid understanding of attitudes to Kingship in Shakespeare’s time.
Oliver Twist Poster
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Oliver Twist Poster

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Enjoy this stylish poster for ‘Oliver Twist’ by Charles Dickens to enhance your learning environment. Designed by MrGradgrind.
The Great Gatsby Poster
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The Great Gatsby Poster

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Enjoy this stylish poster for ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald to enhance your learning environment. Designed by MrGradgrind.
An Inspector Calls: Crossword
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An Inspector Calls: Crossword

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This crossword on J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ provides an enjoyable but academic activity for pupils to test their knowledge of the play. It always works as a great starter or plenary task.
An Inspector Calls: Seven Deadly Sins
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An Inspector Calls: Seven Deadly Sins

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This 10-slide lesson activity allows students to explore how the Birling family (and Gerald) each wronged Eva Smith. Looking at the play through the lens of the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ according to Catholic doctrine, we can see which sins each character commits, which may help us to determine which character - if any - is the most responsible for the death of Eva Smith. The lesson includes a table-based activity and questions for students to consider. These activities always lead to fascinating discussions and intellectual debates about the play. This is a particularly useful reflective activity or introduction to a deeper discussion of the play. PowerPoint saved as PDF.
Animal Farm: The Seven Commandments Tracker
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Animal Farm: The Seven Commandments Tracker

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Let your students track how each of the Seven Commandments is broken with this great worksheet. Understanding when and why (and by whom) each Commandment is broken is paramount to Orwell’s vision of corruption and manipulation on the farm. Hugely useful for helping students to really know the plot and structure of the novella.
Animal Farm: Crossword
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Animal Farm: Crossword

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This crossword on George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ provides an enjoyable but academic activity for pupils to test their knowledge of the novella. It always works as a great starter or plenary task. Ideal for KS3 or KS4.
A Christmas Carol: Crossword
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A Christmas Carol: Crossword

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This crossword on Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ provides an enjoyable but academic activity for pupils to test their knowledge of the novella. It always works as a great starter or plenary task.
Of Mice and Men: Crossword
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Of Mice and Men: Crossword

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This crossword on John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ provides an enjoyable but academic activity for pupils to test their knowledge of the novella. It always works as a great starter or plenary task.
Jekyll and Hyde: Crossword
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Jekyll and Hyde: Crossword

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This crossword on Stevenson’s ‘Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ provides an enjoyable but academic activity for pupils to test their knowledge of the novella. It always works as a great starter or plenary task.