Following Instructions - Year 5 and 6 (35-slide PowerPoint-based lesson with 5 worksheets) This differentiated resource (gold, silver and bronze tasks) helps upper KS2 children develop their reading comprehension skills. It explains how to follow written instructions, why people sometimes make mistakes when following instructions and why understanding instructions can be essential in certain situations. The resource features whole-class, small group and individual activities. All answers are provided.

Writing Narratives About Personal Experiences - Year 2 (20-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 6 differentiated worksheets) This Year 2 resource explains what a narrative text is and uses small whole-class activities to get the children used to the concept. After writing a narrative text as a group, the children work on one of three differentiated worksheets which provide an opportunity to practice punctuation as well as creative writing. Full answer keys are provided.

Homophones and Near-Homophones - Year 2 (18-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheets) This KS1 English resource explains the difference between homophones and near-homophones and provides clear examples of each. It also includes techniques for making visual reminders to help tell homophones apart. Included are differentiated worksheets with full answer keys.

Christmas Dingbats (27-slide PowerPoint activity) Christmas Dingbats provides twenty more delightful dingbats – all with a special Christmas theme and 2 accompanying worksheets. As well as a fun end of term activity, Christmas Dingbats provides a great way of developing deduction skills and focusing on the importance of words. Christmas Dingbats is lots of fun as a starter or plenary activity and all slides are fully editable. For more fun Christmas resources, click the titles below: The 2024 Christmas Quiz for KS3 and KS4 The 2024 Christmas Quiz for KS2 Creating a Christmas Card Christmas Word Search A Christmas Carol House of Games

Ozymandias This two-lesson mini-unit covers Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 47-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of Shelley and Romanticism. First Reading – A reading of ‘Ozymandias’ and discussion of the poem’s inspiration by the poet Percy Shelley. Language and imagery – Analysing 'Ozymandias' in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the themes of 'Ozymandias' – human power, art and nature. Structure and Form – How Shelley uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘The Prelude’ and ‘London’. To preview 'Ozymandias' click on the images.

Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4 Lower KS2 English Teaching Resource In this English punctuation teaching resource, pupils practise recognising, writing and punctuating direct speech as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 3 and 4 programme of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: An explanation of direct speech Identify the reporting clause and speech activity with an accompanying worksheet An explanation of indirect speech A direct and indirect speech activity with an accompanying worksheet How to punctuate direct speech explanation A punctuating speech activity with an accompanying worksheet Complete the sentences activity with an accompanying worksheet 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4’ 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: Direct and Reported Speech Punctuating Speech

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge’s Childhood (20-slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets) In Stave 2 the Ghost of Christmas Past encourages Scrooge to reflect on the time that he was abandoned at boarding school by his emotionally-distant father. This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Dickens’ presentation of this unhappy time in Scrooge’s life. It includes: A differentiated Do Now task in which learners must make three different, valid sentences relevant to Stave One using the words contained in three separate grids. Learners will then read from, ‘Scrooge reverently disclaimed any knowledge…’ down to ‘…and the streets were lighted up’, thinking about why Scrooge was unhappy at boarding school, how Dickens presents Scrooge’s unhappiness and the effects of this experience on Scrooge’s emotional development. Following on from this, learners will undertake a differentiated task that encourages them to consider the significance of three different characters from the stories that Scrooge read as a child. This could be done in pairs. The lesson concludes with a 3-2-1 learning review. 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 - Old Fezziwig A Christmas Carol - Fezziwig and Scrooge A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and Belle A Christmas Carol - Belle’s Family

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge and the Charity Collectors This GCSE resource enables learners to explore Scrooge’s response to the charity collectors in Stave One of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It includes a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, in which pupils work in pairs to answer ten short-answer questions under timed conditions. In order to answer these questions, learners will need to have read from the beginning of the novella up until to Fred’s departure. Learners feedback their answers to ‘earn’ the right to participate in a ‘Catchphrase’-style activity in which they must work out what the picture behind the squares is showing. (The image is Hogarth’s ‘In the Madhouse’, a representation of the inside of Bedlam.) After this, learners will read from ‘There’s another fellow…’ down to ‘…a more facetious temper than was usual with him’. The main activity is for learners to analyse how Dickens presents Scrooge’s wilful ignorance of the harsh reality of life for the poor. They will use the information and ideas in a context sheet to consider the significance of five important quotations from the passage. This task contains three levels of challenge. At higher levels, learners will reflect on the methods that Dickens is using to convey Scrooge’s ignorance of the hardship that others face. The lesson concludes with learners writing down five things they have learnt during the lesson. 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 Vs Fred A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

Tanka Poetry - Year 7 Designed for low ability Year 7, this tanka teaching resource is a fun and engaging way of studying and writing poetry. The lesson begins with an example tanka and an explanation of the ‘rules’ of tanka poetry. Learners are then provided with scaffolding to help them construct a group tanka. The differentiated worksheets (higher, medium and lower) then provide learners with an opportunity to write an individual tanka with appropriate support. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Tanka Poetry - KS2 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

Question Marks - Year 1 'Question Marks - Year 1’ introduces pupils to question marks as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 1 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. It is a colouful and engaging English teaching resource that uses the example words from the Year 1 English - Appendix 1- Spelling. Content includes: What are questions explanation What is a question mark explanation Identify the question activity What could the question be activity What are question words explanation Add the correct question word activity Has the correct question word been used activity Choose the correct punctuation mark activity Write the question from the given words activity Identify the question activity Ask the Gingerbread Man activity All the above activities are included on 2 worksheets for children to use during the lesson 3 differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Question Marks - Year 1’ can be edited 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 for similar resources: Questions and Question Marks - KS1 Question Marks - KS3

Christmas Grammar Activities (PowerPoint and worksheets) ‘Christmas Grammar Activities’ is a fun upper KS2 / lower KS3 SPaG resource which helps pupils revise key grammar knowledge and skills with a fun Christmas theme. The games, quizzes and activities cover the following SPaG skills: Word types, tenses, prepositions, prefixes, tricky spellings, homophones, synonyms and antonyms, modal verbs, pronouns, determiners, relative clauses, subordinate clauses, and active and passive voice. For more fun Christmas resources, click the titles below: The 2024 Christmas Quiz for KS2 The 2024 Christmas Quiz for KS3 and KS4 A Christmas Carol - Year 5/6 A Christmas Carol - KS3 Christmas Poetry Unit Twas the Night Before Christmas Creating a Christmas Card Christmas Word Search A Christmas Carol - House of Games

Using ‘and’ - Year 1 In this English grammar teaching resource, pupils practise using the conjunction ‘and’ to join words and clauses together as per the curriculum objective of the Year 1 programme of study (Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation). This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: A using ‘and’ explanation Various activities with an accompanying worksheet 3 further differentiated worksheets with answers As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Using ‘and’ - Year 1’ 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 more Year 1 Grammar resources: Suffixes - Year 1 Singular to Plural - Year 1 Nouns - Year 1 Compound Words Common Exception Words - Year 1

Synonyms - Year 3 and 4 ‘Synonyms - Year 3 and 4’ is an engaging PowerPoint presentation focusing on how to use synonyms to create better sentences and improve writing. Content includes: Link to short synonyms video clip. Definition of synonyms with examples. Matching synonyms task with accompanying worksheet. How to use synonyms to create better sentences activity with accompanying worksheet. Consolidation of understanding. Synonyms interactive game link. ‘Synonyms - Year 3 and 4’ is a fully editable resource so you could use it as a quick starter activity to a literacy lesson, incorporate it into an existing resource, lesson or scheme of work or develop it into a wider language study unit. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Synonyms - KS3

Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6 Upper KS2 English Teaching Resource In ‘Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6’ pupils learn how to correctly use colons and semi-colons as per the objectives of the Year 5 and 6 English programme of study. This engaging and animated PowerPoint lesson includes: 1. How to use colons to introduce a list and to separate clauses within a sentence 2. 2 colon activities with accompanying worksheets 3. 1 further colon worksheet with answers 4. How to use semi-colons to replace commas in a complex list and to join two complete sentences together 5. 2 semi-colon activities with accompanying worksheets 6. 1 further semi-colon worksheet with answers As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Colons and Semi-Colons - Year 5 and 6’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

Pathetic Fallacy - KS3 26 slide PowerPoint presentation with 3 accompanying worksheet This English teaching resource focuses on the literary technique of pathetic fallacy. Content includes: What is pathetic fallacy explanation. The difference between pathetic fallacy and personification. Identifying pathetic fallacy or personification in sentences activity. Why writers use pathetic fallacy in their writing. Writing sentences using pathetic fallacy activity with an accompanying worksheet. Explaining how to spot pathetic fallacy through the analysis of an extract from Frankenstein Using film to develop understanding of the different forms of pathetic fallacy Exploring the use of pathetic fallacy in prose ‘Pathetic Fallacy - KS3’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Introducing Pathetic Fallacy - Year 5 and 6

Poppies - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson unit teaches students about Jane Weir's 'Poppies' in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 50-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An introduction to the poet Jane Weir and the poem’s inspiration and context. First Reading - A reading of ‘Poppies’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing 'Poppies' in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students' initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Weir's use of imagery. Themes - Discussing the poem's themes. Structure and Form - Considering how Weir uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘Poppies’ with ‘War Photographer’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview a selection of slides from the presentation, click on the images.

A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred (15-slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 worksheets) Fred’s nephew is often described as a foil character for Scrooge. This GCSE resource enables students to use the Venn diagram method to compare and contrast the two characters in Stave One of A Christmas Carol. Contents include: A differentiated starter activity, in which pupils work through a series of tasks and questions in pairs to revise what they have discovered about Scrooge so far. After this, learners will read from ‘Once upon a time…’ in Stave One down to ‘…for he returned them cordially’, thinking about what they learn about Fred, Scrooge’s attitude towards his nephew and why Dickens chooses not to reveal Fred’s first name at this stage in the novella. The main activity is for learners to use a Venn diagram and a bank of quotations to compare and contrast Fred and Scrooge. At higher levels, learners will also group the quotations into specific categories and write a comparative paragraph using a pair or set of related quotes as a basis. To conclude, learners will read a definition of a foil character and suggest three ways in which Fred could be considered a foil character for Scrooge. If there is time left over, learners can also attempt an additional challenge task in which they suggests points for and against a statement about Scrooge and Fred. NB. This resources assumes prior knowledge of the first few pages of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in which the protagonist Scrooge is introduced. 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 - The Workhouse A Christmas Carol - Thomas Malthus A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor

AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Macbeth (38-slide PowerPoint presentation with 5 worksheets) This two-lesson teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the AQA GCSE English Literature exam question on Macbeth. It tracks through the question paper and shows students how to produce an effective answer under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively. It also explains how to structure and write a higher band answer. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response in exam conditions. To preview a selection of slides from ‘AQA GCSE English Literature Exam Preparation - Macbeth’, click on the images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Macbeth - GCSE Unit of Work Macbeth - Characterisation Macbeth - Structure Macbeth - Loyalty Macbeth - Courage Macbeth - Context and Tension Macbeth – The Witches Macbeth - Answering the Edexcel GCSE English Literature Exam Question Macbeth - House of Games Activities Macbeth - Year 5/6 Unit of Work

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 Cratchits (15-slide PowerPoint and 5 worksheets) This lesson encourages learners to begin to examine Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchit family in Stave Three of A Christmas Carol. It focuses on the following short passage from ‘And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirit had in showing off this power…’ to ‘…to be let out and peeled.’ The lesson begins with a differentiated starter activity in which learners unscramble quotations from Staves 1 and 2 and the early part of Stave 3. Following on from this, learners analyse Dickens’ presentation of the Cratchits by responding to questions on a passage-based worksheet. Suggested answers are included on the PowerPoint. The lesson concludes with a brief learning review that asks learners to identify five things they have learnt about the Cratchits 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 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 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