Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
Welcome to the Online Teaching Resources TES shop. Here you'll find hundreds of KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4 teaching resources in the form of editable PowerPoints and worksheets for English, Maths, Science and History. All materials are made with the UK National Curriculum in mind and have been created to engage and enthuse learners. You can find out more and access hundreds more brilliant resources at our websites www.Teacher-of-Primary.com and www.Teacher-of-English.com.
A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse
(17 slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets with answers)
This GCSE lesson encourages learners to explore the passage immediately proceeding Scrooge’s departure from the Cratchit household in Stave 3. Learners will read from, ‘By this time, it was getting dark’, down to ‘…that same nephew with approving affability’. The Do Now task encourages revision of the main ideas surrounding the character of Tiny Tim. Then, after reading the passage highlighted above, learners will complete a worksheet that encourages them to think about what Scrooge learns on this part of his journey with the Ghost. The main focus is on the miners and the lighthouse and the representation of Christmas. The lesson culminates in a short review which poses the question, ‘How is the passage we have read important in terms of Scrooge’s character development?’
Suggested answers are included for all tasks.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol:
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5
A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim
A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas
A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene
A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want
A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits
(15-slide PowerPoint-based GCSE lesson with differentiated worksheets)
At the end of Stave One, Scrooge sees into the purgatorial realm that he is currently doomed to enter. This resource enables students to examine how Dickens presents the penitent spirits that Scrooge observes.
It includes:
A differentiated starter activity quiz to help revise the main ideas in Stave One
Students will then study from, ‘It held its chain up at arm’s length…’ down to the end of chapter, thinking about how Dickens describes the scene outside of Scrooge’s window and its implications for Scrooge himself.
After this, pupils will examine an illustration of the scene in question, evaluating the artist’s depiction of the passage they have just read.
The lesson concludes with learners producing a short list of the different things that Scrooge might learn in Staves 2-4.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol:
Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE
A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred
A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse
A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus
A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost
A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits (Part 5)
(17-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 6 worksheets)
This is the final lesson in the five part series that looks at Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchit family in Stave Three. Please note that it focuses on the following passage:
From: ‘”Mr Scrooge!” said Bob. “I’ll give you the founder of the feast!”’
Down to: ‘…especially on Tiny Tim, until the last.’
The lesson begins with a differentiated Do Now activity which encourages revision and retrieval of ideas from the novella so far. Learners will then read the passage indicated above and transform the events of the passage into three images. Following on from this, learners will then analyse Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchits by responding to prompts on a passage-based worksheet. Suggested ideas are included on the PowerPoint. The lesson concludes with a quick review that asks learners to map their learning journey in relation to the Cratchits.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol:
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4
A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim
A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas
A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene
A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse
A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits
This bundle contains seven detailed GCSE lessons on the role of the Cratchit family in A Christmas Carol. Click the images to find out more about each one.
This brilliant bundle contains all five of our fab GCSE resources on The Cratchits for less than half price.
Click the titles to find out more about each individual resource.
Christmas SPAG Activities 1 - KS1
This Christmas themed KS1 SPAG teaching resource concentrates on word class, covering many of the curriculum objectives of the year 1 and 2 English programme of study. Content includes:
A noun explanation with an activity and an accompanying worksheet
An adjective explanation with activities and an accompanying worksheet
A verb explanation with activities and two accompanying worksheets
An adverb explanation with activities and two accompanying worksheets
A word class sorting activity with an accompanying worksheet
A Christmas super sentences activity with an accompanying worksheet
'Christmas SPAG Activities 1 - KS1’ is a fully editable resource so you can adapt, personalise and differentiate it to suit your teaching requirements.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Year 1 Christmas resources:
Christmas SPAG Activities 2 - KS1
Christmas SPAG Activities Bundle - KS1
Rudolph Saves Christmas - KS1
The Nativity Story - KS1
KS1 Christmas Bundle
Seasonal Subtraction - Year 1
Seasonal Sums - Year 1
Christmas Numbers - Year 1
Christmas Crackers - More and Less
A Christmas Carol - Caroline’s Family
(includes a 14-slide editable PowerPoint and 2 worksheets)
This lesson explores Dickens’ presentation of Caroline and her husband’s response to Scrooge’s death in Stave Four of A Christmas Carol.
It begins with a differentiated information retrieval task in which learners use their existing knowledge and logic skills in order to select the odd image out on three rows of a table. Learners will then read from, ‘The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment’ down to ‘“…will be for ever present to me.”’ After reading the passage, learners will undertake a worksheet that asks them to match 10 questions about the passage to the correct answers.
For those that complete this task quickly, there are additional tasks for stretch and challenge.
Suggested answers are provided for all tasks.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 4 and Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol:
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
A Christmas Carol - The Death of Tiny Tim
A Christmas Carol - Old Joe’s
A Christmas Carol - The Royal Exchange
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Grave
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Death
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Repents
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge is Redeemed
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Makes Amends
A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family
(PowerPoint and worksheets)
This GCSE lesson explores how Belle’s family is presented in Stave 2. It also allows pupils to reflect on how Scrooge has changed throughout the course of Stave 2. There is a differentiated starter activity which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave 2. Following this, students will read from, ‘”No more!” cried Scrooge’, down to ‘…he sank into a heavy sleep’, thinking about:
How the lives of Scrooge and Belle contrast
How Dickens presents Belle’s family
And how Dickens presents Scrooge’s reaction to this ‘shadow’.
Students will then reflect on the lessons that Scrooge has learnt in Stave Two as a result of the ‘shadows’ presented to him. This activity involves linking characters, ‘lessons’ and quotations and there are two different ways of approaching it, depending on the ability and needs of your class. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to think of words to describe Scrooge at the beginning, the middle and the end of Stave 2.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol:
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood
A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig
A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle
A Christmas Carol - Ghost of Christmas Present (Part 3)
(22-slide PowerPoint based lesson with 4 worksheets)
This is the third in a trilogy of GCSE lessons on the Ghost of Christmas Present. Please note that it assumes that learners have read the following passage:
From: ‘”Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost…’ down to: ‘“A tremendous family to provide for,” replied Scrooge’. The lesson starts with a differentiated (Bronze/silver/Gold) ‘Do Now’ starter activity/task which asks learners to read and understand a short passage which briefly explains Dickens’ inspiration for the character of the Ghost of Christmas Present. Following on from this, learners will recap some of the main ideas from the passage indicated above.
Students will then analyse Dickens’ presentation of the Ghost using a worksheet and pre-set questions. Suggested answers are included within the PowerPoint.
The lesson concludes with a brief learning review.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol:
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5
A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim
A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas
A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene
A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse
A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want
Christmas Tree CVC Words Activities - EYFS
In this colourful Christmas themed activity, children practise reading and writing CVC words. This phonics teaching resource includes three differentiated worksheet activities with animated PowerPoint answer slides and a further three differentiated worksheets with answers. Content:
Match the correct CVC word to the picture activity and worksheets
Choose the correct vowel to complete the CVC word activity and worksheets
Write the CVC word to match the picture activity and worksheets
Match the correct CVC word to the picture worksheet
Complete the CVC word worksheet
Write the CVC word to match the picture worksheet
Christmas tree colouring page
‘Christmas Tree CVC Words Activities - EYFS’ is fully editable so that you can adapt and update the resource to meet your teaching requirements.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more EYFS Christmas themed resources:
Christmas Counting - EYFS
Christmas Adding and Taking Away - EYFS
12 Days of Christmas - EYFS
Christmas Shapes Activities - EYFS
Christmas Counting Activities - EYFS
A Nativity Word Search
EYFS Christmas Bundle
EYFS Christmas Bundle
This EYFS English and maths teaching bundle contains the following 5 PowerPoint presentations with accompanying worksheets:
A Nativity Word Search
Christmas Tree CVC Words Activities
12 Days of Christmas - EYFS
Christmas Counting Activities - EYFS
Christmas Shapes
All our PowerPoint teaching resources are completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.
This bundle gives you a saving of 35% when compared to buying each resource individually.
For a full description and preview of each resource please click on the images above.
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle
(19-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 2 worksheets)
This GCSE lesson allows students to explore the end of Scrooge’s relationship with Belle in Stave 2. It begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task which encourages revision of some of the key ideas in Stave One. Following on from this, learners will read from, ‘His former self turned down the lamps…’ down to ‘”One shadow more!”, thinking about: Why Belle chose to end her relationship with Scrooge; how Dickens presents Scrooge in this passage and how our understanding of Scrooge’s character is developed as a result of what Dickens reveals in this part of the book. There is also a detailed analysis of two of the passage’s more complex ideas, including Scrooge’s worship of the ‘golden idol’. Learners will then complete a ‘how far do you agree?’ activity involving a differentiated range of statements on the subject of Scrooge and Belle’s breakup. The lesson concludes with a learning review which asks learners to summarise why Scrooge and Belle broke up in no more than 15, 10 or 5 words.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol:
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Past
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood
A Christmas Carol - Old Fezziwig
A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge
A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present
(PowerPoint and worksheets)
This is the first of a two-part GCSE lesson on the Ghost of Christmas Present at the beginning of Stave 3. Please note that it focuses on the following passage:
From: ‘Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore…’ down to, ‘…as he came peeping around the door’.
The lesson begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task which asks learners to consider a range of characters they have met so far from the perspective of a Christian. Following on from this, learners read the above passage, focusing on:
How Dickens presents Scrooge in this extract
How Dickens presents Scrooge’s home in this extract
Our initial impression of the Ghost of Christmas Present and how Dickens achieves this.
Learners will then consider how Scrooge’s room is transformed under the influence of the Ghost of Christmas Present. This task uses an illustration of the room as the basis for differentiated questioning. The lesson concludes with learners identifying five things they have learnt during the lesson.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol:
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Ghost of Christmas Present Part 3
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 1
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 2
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 3
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 4
A Christmas Carol - The Cratchits Part 5
A Christmas Carol - Tiny Tim
A Christmas Carol - Fred’s Christmas
A Christmas Carol - The Market Scene
A Christmas Carol - The Miners and the Lighthouse
A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want
A Nativity Word Search
‘A Nativity Word Search’ is an animated activity that can be used individually using the accompanying worksheet or as a whole class activity using the animated PowerPoint slide. It also comes with 2 additional nativity themed colouring pages.
‘A Nativity Word Search’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if required, to meet the needs of each class they teach.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more EYFS Christmas themed resources:
Christmas Counting - EYFS
Christmas Adding and Taking Away - EYFS
12 Days of Christmas - EYFS
Christmas Shapes Activities - EYFS
Christmas Counting Activities - EYFS
Christmas Tree CVC Words Activities - EYFS
EYFS Christmas Bundle
Adjectives are Awesome
English SPaG Teaching PowerPoint Resource with worksheets
Adjectives are Awesome is a very handy animated PowerPoint teaching resource ideal for helping children develop their understanding of adjectives in both reading and writing. Content includes:
Adjectives explanation
Why use adjectives in our writing
Activities to support the teaching of these objectives and 2 accompanying worksheets
2 further worksheets with answers
English Teaching Resources: Adjectives are Awesome can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into an existing lesson or included in a scheme of work on wider reading and writing issues.
‘Adjectives are Awesome’ is fully editable so teachers are able to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.
FREE English Teaching Resource
Words Instead of Said is a handy PowerPoint presentation focusing on vocabulary and using alternatives to the word ‘said’ to develop word choice skills. The PowerPoint lesson focuses on word choice and language and teaches learners how to use a wider vocabulary within the correct context. Content includes:
Examples of ‘said’ alternatives
Class activity
A worksheet
Words Instead of Said can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into an existing lesson or developed into a unit of work on wider language issues.
‘Words Instead of Said’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit each class they teach.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar writing resources:
Show Not Tell
Creating Characters
Writing Effective Story Openings
Descriptive Writing - KS2
Descriptive Writing - KS3
Adjectives in Stories
Complex Sentences
Drafting - How to Improve Writing
Cinquain Poetry - Year 7
Designed for low ability Year 7, this cinquain teaching resource is a fun and engaging way of studying and writing poetry.
The lesson begins with an example cinquain and an explanation of the ‘rules’ of cinquain poetry. Learners are then provided with scaffolding to help them construct a group poem.
The differentiated worksheets (higher, medium and lower) then provide learners with an opportunity to write individual cinquains with appropriate support.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources:
Cinquain Poetry - KS2
Acrostic Poetry - KS2
Acrostic Poetry - KS3
Sonnets - KS2
Sonnets - KS3
Tanka Poetry - KS2
Tanka Poetry - KS3
Free Verse Poetry - KS2
Haiku Poetry - KS2
Narrative Poetry - KS2
Tanka Poetry – Year 3 / 4
This Year 3/4 resource introduces tanka poetry. First, it presents an example poem and explains how to identify a tanka before providing scaffolding to enable the whole class to write a collaborative poem. The three differentiated worksheets (Gold, Silver and Bronze) give all learners an opportunity to write their own tanka independently with the appropriate level of support for their needs.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources:
Tanka Poetry - KS3
Acrostic Poetry - KS2
Acrostic Poetry - KS3
Cinquain Poetry - KS2
Cinquain Poetry - KS3
Sonnets - KS2
Sonnets - KS3
Free Verse Poetry - KS2
Haiku Poetry - KS2
Narrative Poetry - KS2
This Year 7 Poetry Pack contains five fab resources that explore poetry in a fun and engaging way.
All resources are differentiated and contain PowerPoint presentations and accompanying worksheets.
Contents:
Acrostics
Limericks
Sonnets
Cinquain
Tanka
Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE
This free resource introduces GCSE students to the plot and main themes of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. It includes a 15- slide PowerPoint-based teaching resource (with three accompanying worksheets) containing a range of engaging activities.
To preview ‘Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE’ click on the images.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE resources for Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol:
Introducing A Christmas Carol at GCSE
A Christmas Carol - Introducing Scrooge
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge in Stave 1
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred
A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse
A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus
A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits
A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor