The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet (PowerPoint and worksheet) In this teaching resource, learners develop knowledge and understanding of how Shakespeare uses language by analysing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The resource also contains comprehension questions to help teachers assess understanding. As with all our teaching resources, the PowerPoint slides are fully editable so you can use the resource as it is or tweak it to fit your specific needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more Romeo and Juliet resources: Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Romeo and Juliet - Act 5 Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - House of Games

Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio (PowerPoint and worksheets) This Romeo and Juliet teaching resource is designed to help students develop their knowledge and understanding of the characters Tybalt and Mercutio. The lesson requires pupils to analyse both characters closely, pulling out quotations (dialogue and stage directions). They need to explain each quotation in detail and compare and contrast Tybalt and Mercutio. The lesson’s main task is to write a paragraph which compares and contrasts Tybalt and Mercutio. To provide differentiation there is a comparative words and phrases word bank and sentence starters for students who need additional help. ‘Romeo and Juliet - Tybalt and Mercutio’ has been designed with GCSE students in mind but it can easily be adapted for KS3 as all the PowerPoint slides are editable. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more Romeo and Juliet resources: Romeo and Juliet - The Prologue Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Prince’s Speech Romeo and Juliet – Women in Elizabethan England Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Romeo and Juliet - The Balcony Scene Romeo and Juliet - Friar Lawrence Romeo and Juliet - Act 3 Romeo and Juliet – Act 3, Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet - Act 4 Romeo and Juliet - Act 5 Romeo and Juliet - The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation Romeo and Juliet - KS2 Unit of Work Romeo and Juliet - House of Games

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - KS3 Unit of Work (22-lesson unit of work with 374-slide PowerPoint presentation and 53 worksheets) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Unit of Work contains a 374-slide PowerPoint presentation, 53 PDF worksheets and 22 lessons. This scheme of work explores the novel chapter by chapter in incredible detail, analysing the book’s plot, characters, themes and language through a range of engaging activities. This unit of work’s contents include: Comprehension tasks including questions and discussion Chapter by chapter ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ differentiated activities Research - learning about autism and Asperger’s Syndrome Exploring and discussing themes in detail Close character analysis of Christopher, Christopher’s father (Ed Boone), Christopher’s mother (Judy Boone), Mrs. Shears, Roger Shears Understanding and analysing how Mark Haddon uses language in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Developing inference and deduction skills Puzzles, games and quizzes based on the novel’s plot, characters and themes Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more resources for popular KS3 novels: Boys Don’t Cry Cirque Du Freak Face Holes Noughts and Crosses Skellig Stone Cold The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Demon Headmaster The Silver Sword

Add Suffixes to Spell Longer Words - Year 2 Includes a 16-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 6 differentiated worksheets. This Year 2 resource explains how to use suffixes to spell longer words. It focuses on the suffixes ‘-ly’, ‘-ful’, ‘-less’, ‘-ness’, and ‘-ment’ and includes a range of activities for all abilities through six differentiated (Gold, Silver and Bronze level) worksheets. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 The Suffix ‘-ous’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ed’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ation’ - Year 3/4 The Suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ - Year 2 The Suffixes ‘-tion’, ‘-sion’, ‘-ssion’ and ‘-cian’ - Year 3/4 Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 Suffixes - Developing KS2 Reading Skills

The Suffix ‘-ous’ - Year 3 / 4 (19-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet activities) This Year 3 / Year 4 resource explains how to spell words with the suffix ‘-ous’ accurately. The lesson provides an easy-to-understand definition of the ‘-ous’ suffix with examples, and explains how to change a noun into an adjective using ‘-ous’. The lesson also covers the three main exception rules that children need to know when adding the ‘-ous’ suffix. The resource includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable learners of all abilities to be challenged, and full answer keys are included. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ed’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ation’ - Year 3/4 The Suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ - Year 2 The Suffixes ‘-tion’, ‘-sion’, ‘-ssion’ and ‘-cian’ - Year 3/4 Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 Add Suffixes to Spell Longer Words - Year 2 Suffixes - Developing KS2 Reading Skills

The Suffixes ‘-tion’, ‘-sion’, ‘-ssion’ and ‘-cian’ - Year 3 / 4 (16-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet tasks) This Year 3 / 4 resource explains how to spell words with suffixes that make the ‘-shun’ sound. The lesson provides an easy-to-understand definition of the various ‘-shun’ sound suffixes with examples and includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable learners of all abilities to be challenged. Full answer keys are included for all activities. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 The Suffix ‘-ous’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ed’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 The Suffix ‘-ation’ - Year 3/4 The Suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ - Year 2 Using Suffixes to Make Adjectives - Year 2 Add Suffixes to Spell Longer Words - Year 2 Suffixes - Developing KS2 Reading Skills

Adding Adverbs - KS2 This lower KS2 PowerPoint presentation will help pupils learn how to improve writing by adding effective adverbs. Content includes: What are adverbs explanation Identify the adverb activity with accompanying worksheet Why we use adverbs in our writing explanation Adding adverbs to a sentence activity with accompanying worksheet 1 further adverbs worksheet with answers ‘Adding Adverbs - KS2’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource, if needed, to suit the individual needs of each class they teach. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Adverbs Adding Adverbs - KS3 Using Commas After Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - Year 3/4 Fronted Adverbials - KS2 Fronted Adverbials - Year 7

To Kill a Mockingbird can be taught in Year 9 to cover KS3 Reading World Literature. Content includes: - A brief biography of Harper Lee and the social and historical context of 1930s Alabama and 1960s America - 33 lesson scheme of work (following the four part lesson plan structure) - Activities to develop knowledge of the plot - In depth analysis of the characters of Scout, Jem, Atticus, Dill, Boo Radley, Bob Ewell and Miss Maudie - Exploration of the key themes (law, good and evil, courage, prejudice, racism, class, innocence and maturity, etc) - Developing awareness of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style - Harper Lee's message and the role of setting, the mockingbird motif and language - Cloze passage to consolidate understanding of the plot - Discussion tasks - Hot seating activities - Empathy activities - Video links to help the teaching and learning of plot, character and theme - Character analysis and profiling - Mind mapping themes and issues 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is fully editable, so teachers are able to adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.

The ‘ai’ Sound - EYFS In this EYFS teaching resource pupils are introduced to the vowel digraph ‘ai’ as per the EYFS statutory framework for literacy. Content includes: An ‘ai’ vowel digraph explanation A link to an ‘ai’ sound introductory video An ‘ai’ sound activity with an accompanying worksheet Further differentiated worksheet with answers 18 flashcards which can also be used for a word matching game As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘The ‘ai’ Sound - EYFS’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The ‘ch’ Sound The ‘ck’ Sound The ‘ff’ Sound The ‘ll’ Sound The ‘sh’ Sound The ‘ss’ Sound The ‘th’ Sound

'Drafting - How to Improve Writing' is a PowerPoint teaching resource with 3 accompanying worksheets designed to help teach pupils how to redraft effectively to improve writing. The resource can be tweaked, edited and differentiated to suit your teaching needs and is easy to update over time. 'Drafting - How to Improve Writing' is an excellent resource which can be used with pupils from a range of abilities: How to develop vocabulary Using synonyms effectively The key skills of redrafting and why it is important Exemplar materials - redrafted written work Consolidation check list

Prefix ‘anti’ - Year 3/4 This 16-slide editable PowerPoint resource (with three differentiated worksheets) introduces Year 3/4 children to prefixes with a focus on the prefix ‘anti’. It contains a definition and explanation of the prefix ‘anti’, whole-class activities and three differentiated worksheets to enable teachers to assess learners’ understanding. It also contains a full answer key. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: The Prefix ‘re’ The Prefix ‘in’ The Prefix ‘mis’ The Prefix ‘inter’ The Prefix ‘sub’ The Prefix ‘auto’ The Prefix ‘super’ The Prefix ‘dis’ The Prefix ‘un’ The Prefixes ‘il’, ‘im’ and ‘ir’ Developing Reading Skills - Prefixes

Descriptive Writing - Year 7/8 is made up of an 82-slide editable PowerPoint presentation with 9 worksheets and a six lesson overview. The PowerPoint contains a series of step by step lessons designed to help Year 7/8 learners develop and improve their descriptive writing skills. The resource contains several activities suitable for pupils of all abilities and is easy to tweak, personalise and differentiate. The resource covers: The key features of writing to describe Using adjectives to create vivid imagery How to use powerful verbs Planning, structuring and organising a piece of effective descriptive writing Using similes and a wider vocabulary How to draft a piece of writing to improve it And much more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar writing resources: Descriptive Writing - KS2 Show Not Tell Creating Characters Writing Effective Story Openings Adjectives in Stories Complex Sentences Words Instead of Said Drafting - How to Improve Writing

Halloween Words - Using a Dictionary KS2 English Teaching Resource This Halloween themed teaching resource is designed to help KS2 children develop their dictionary skills as per the curriculum objectives of the English programme of study (Writing - transcription). It includes a number of engaging activities which explore alphabetical order and how to use a dictionary to check spelling and meaning. As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Halloween Words - Using a Dictionary’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Halloween Word Search Halloween Word Search 2 Halloween Adjectives Halloween Wow Words

Full Stops - KS3 Essential English Skills (19-slide PowerPoint and 4 worksheets) This Essential English Skills lesson is aimed at KS3 students who need to learn or revise the rules regarding the use of full stops. After an introduction to the concept of the main clause, students undertake a range of differentiated tasks which will help them to consolidate their understanding of where full stops should be used and why. There are three differentiated activities (Bronze, silver and gold) and answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more KS3 Essential English resources: Adjectives - KS3 English Essentials Capital Letters - KS3 Essential English Question Marks - KS3 Essential English Inference Skills - KS3 Essential English Compound Sentences - KS3 English Essentials Simple Sentences - KS3 English Essentials

Blood Brothers - GCSE Unit of Work Teaching Resources Blood Brothers is a 27 lesson GCSE unit of work containing a 238-slide PowerPoint and 71 PDF worksheets. This engaging scheme of work explores the play act by act and scene by scene, analysing its plot, characters, themes, language and historical context through a range of learning activities. You can preview these Blood Brothers - GCSE Unit of Work teaching resources by clicking on the images. Activities contained in the lessons include: Exploring the historical, social and literary context of Blood Brothers Engaging scene by scene activities to consolidate understanding as students read through the play Comprehension questions to assess students’ knowledge of plot, character, language, context and themes Detailed analysis of the characters of Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Lyons, Edward, Mickey and Linda Exploration of the key themes of class, superstition, wealth and poverty Developing key reading skills - inference and deduction Using P.E.T.E.R. Point/Evidence/Technique/Explain/Reader to write an effective GCSE exam response Close analysis of language and key quotes The use of dramatic irony and tension and suspense in Blood Brothers Role play - hot-seating activities to aid understating of characters Developing understanding of key characters through empathy writing activities Video links to help the teaching and learning of key scenes and themes

Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) GCSE English: Contemporary Poetry: Conflict. A 46 slide PowerPoint analysis of the poem Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson and an accompanying worksheet booklet. It includes: A brief biography of Ciaran Carson. Analysis of the poem Belfast Confetti and discussion of ideas and consolidation Structure & language - Discuss how Carson uses structure and explore the imagery of Belfast Confetti. Style and form - Analysis of style and form employed by Carson and the use of poetic techniques in Belfast Confetti. Language - Exploration of word choices. How to write about language in Carson’s poem. Themes of Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) explored, consolidation of meaning and purpose. Links - Where to find further information about Ciaran Carson author of the poem. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Edexcel GCSE Conflict Poetry resources: Extract from The Prelude Exposure The Charge of the Light Brigade Poppies

Onomatopoeia English SPaG Teaching Resource This English vocabulary teaching resource explores the use of onomatopoeia to create aural description and teaches pupils how to use onomatopoeia to improve their own writing. Content includes: 1. A definition of onomatopoeia with examples 2. Onomatopoeia matching activity (includes worksheet) 3. Using onomatopoeia to improve sentences task (includes worksheet) 4. Descriptive writing using onomatopoeia worksheet with example answers 5. A link to onomatopoeia games 'Onomatopoeia' can be edited, differentiated and personalised to suit your exact teaching needs.

This unit of work is designed to cover GCSE Descriptive Writing as required by the AQA and WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Language exam. GCSE English Writing Fiction - Descriptive Writing is a complete lesson by lesson unit of work (includes lessons and activities, a 91 slide PowerPoint presentation and 8 accompanying worksheets). Activities for pupils include: An introduction to descriptive writing Examples of GCSE English Language examination tasks and questions Planning and structuring writing Using the senses to create effective imagery How to use devices in writing Using the MASSIVE mnemonic How to write using metaphors, adjectives, similes, sentence variety, imagery, vocabulary, effective verbs and powerful adverbs Creating setting using the 5Ws Transforming notes into prose Checking, drafting and redrafting descriptive writing

'Hyphens and Brackets' is an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation with 2 accompanying worksheets. This PowerPoint lesson explains why hyphens and brackets are used and teaches students how to use this form of punctuation for a range of purposes. The resource contains punctuation definitions, examples of hyphenated words, a dictionary game, question and answer activities, when and how to add brackets to writing task and a consolidation of understanding activity. To preview 'Hyphens and Brackets' click on the images.

Wonder - Part 3 (10 lessons, 77-slide PowerPoint and 5 worksheets) This ‘Wonder – Part Three’ resource is the third section of our unit of work for ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. The unit contains ten lessons which explore the text from the chapter ‘Costumes’ to ‘Private School’. It contains a range of teaching and learning activities including: Developing reading and vocabulary skills and building a personal dictionary Differentiated tasks (Gold, Silver and Bronze) to provide appropriate learning for all abilities Reading and comprehension tasks GPS activities that cover apostrophes, prefixes, colons, semi-colons, plurals, sentence punctuation and relative clauses Find and retrieve tasks Discussing key themes and contributing opinions Character analysis, understanding a character’s outer and inner dialogue and character empathy And more! Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Wonder resources: Wonder - Part 1 Wonder - Part 2 Wonder - Part 3 Wonder - Part 4 Wonder - Unit of Work Bundle