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 Rich and the Poor’ explores Dickens’ presentation of the gap between the rich and the poor in Stave One of A Christmas Carol.
The resource is made up of a 13-slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets. Its contents include:
A differentiated ‘Do Now’ starter activity in which pupils reflect on the importance of 6 quotations from Scrooge’s dialogue with the charity collectors.
After this, students will read from ‘Meanwhile, the fog and darkness thickened so…’ down to ‘…to play at blindman’s buff’. As they read, learners will consider the differences between the lives of the rich and the poor in the passage and how Dickens presents these differences. At the highest level, learners will reflect on Dickens’ use of light and dark imagery in the extract.
The next activity is for learners to contemplate the significance of the excerpt from ‘God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen’ and how Dickens adapts it in Stave One.
The lesson concludes with learners summarising the events of the passage in no more than 20, 15 or 10 words.
Each task is accompanied by a set of suggested answers.
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 Penitent Spirits
A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse
(16-slide PowerPoint and 10 worksheets)
“And the union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?”
In Stave One of ‘A Christmas Carol’, Dickens portrays his protagonist Scrooge as a proponent of the workhouse system. Deliberately designed to be a last resort for the poor and destitute, these austere buildings were described by Richard Oastler as ‘prisons for the poor’.
This GCSE resource enables learners to gain an insight into the reality of life for inmates of the workhouses. It includes:
A differentiated Do Now / starter activity, in which learners examine an image of a surviving workhouse and reflect on what its function might have been. At higher levels, learners will also consider their own responses to the image and think about why the building might be a tourist attraction today.
The main activity is a group task in which learners read a range of sources on the subject of the workhouse and use the information to fill in a findings sheet. The questions on the finding sheet test a range of reading skills including comprehension, inference-making and analysis.
After giving feedback, learners will reflect on a controversial statement that encourages them to think about how useful workhouses were as provision for the disadvantaged in Victorian society.
This resource not only enriches learners’ understanding of the context of ‘A Christmas Carol’ but also provides an opportunity for learners to practise their reading of 19th Century texts, a requirement of the current English Language GCSE.
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 - Thomas Malthus
A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost
A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits
A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor
Functional Skills English - Entry Level 1
(Unit includes 147-slide editable PowerPoint and 34 worksheets)
This unit of work covers all the requirements of 2019 Functional Skills English for Entry Level 1. It includes a range of differentiated, engaging and practical tasks that help students develop key functional skills. The unit covers Speaking, Listening, Communication, Reading and Writing.
Contents include:
What are Functional Skills? An explanation.
Self assessment – ‘Strengths and weaknesses’
EL1 key words spellings tests (incorporated into each lesson)
A – Z challenges to strengthen alphabet skills
Radio ad and Tannoy announcement activities to help develop listening skills
Arranging a party and a family holiday – to develop practical organisation, planning and communication skills
How to make your voice heard in a group
How to build arguments and find information quickly by skimming and scanning
Taking an active part in a debate
Exploring non-verbal communication skills
Consolidating essential writing skills – capital letters, full stops, sentences, etc
How to take messages (on the phone or face to face) and make notes whilst message taking
And lots more!
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more English Functional Skills resources:
Functional Skills Entry Level 2
Functional Skills Entry Level 3
Functional Skills Level 1
Functional Skills Level 2
Anita and Me - Unit of Work
'Anita and Me' is made up of a 150-slide PowerPoint presentation, an 8-page booklet of worksheets and a 21-lesson unit of work overview.
Our 'Anita and Me' unit is designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the plot, characters, language, themes and the social and historical context of the novel. It contains a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities, including:
- A brief biography of Meera Syal
- An explanation of the social and historical context of the novel (1970s Britain, the Black Country, immigration in 70s Britain, racial tensions, the partition of India)
- Plot tracking and consolidation activities
- Activities to explore the narrative structure of Anita and Me
- Analysis of the characters of Meena and her family as well as Anita, Tracey and Robert
- Exploration of the key themes of Anita and Me - identity, racism, family, friendship, childhood, growing up, the cultural diversity of C20th Britain
- Developing understanding of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style and language
- Examining Meera Syal's use of language - setting, description, contrast, symbolism and pathetic fallacy
- Exploring character development through Meena
- Reading and discussion tasks and questions
- Diary writing (empathetic writing) to consolidate a deeper understanding of Meena's development
- A 21 lesson unit of work (following the four part lesson structure)
- A 150-slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below)
- 8 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint
All PowerPoint slides are fully editable, so you can personalise and differentiate the resources as much or as little as you want. Add extra slides, delete pages, change the text and imagery and update it as is necessary to suit your teaching needs. In addition, the resource contains a unit overview and a student booklet with worksheets created to be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint.
To preview a selection od slides from the unit, click on the images.
Of Mice and Men contains 29 lessons which explore Steinbeck’s classic novella in detail. Resources include a unit lesson overview, an editable 244 slide PowerPoint presentation and 58 worksheets. All lessons are structured using the four-part lesson format and the resource has a range of activities for students of all abilities.
CONTENTS:
• Background information about Steinbeck and the context of the novel
• Activities to develop knowledge of the plot
• Analysis of the characters of George, Lennie, Candy, Crooks, Curley’s Wife, Curley and Slim
• Exploration of themes - dreams, loneliness, racism, marginalisation, friendship
• Steinbeck’s viewpoint and purpose and the role of Crooks, Curley’s Wife, Candy and Lennie
• Analysis of Steinbeck’s language in key scenes
• Steinbeck’s use of tension and suspense
• Speaking and listening activities
• Empathy writing activities - diary and letter writing
• Sequencing activities to consolidate plot knowledge
• Developing inference and deduction skills
And much more!
The Emigree - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology
This two-lesson unit teaches students about Carol Rumens’ ‘The Emigree’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, the resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 47-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context - An introduction to Carol Rumens and ‘The Emigree’.
First Reading - A reading of ‘The Emigree’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery - Analysing the poem line by line. 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 Rumens’ use of imagery.
Themes - Discussing ‘The Emigree’s’ themes.
Structure and Form - Considering how Rumens uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘The Emigree’ with ‘Poppies’ 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 pages from the resource, please click on the images.
Click below to see more AQA GCSE Anthology Power and Conflict Poetry resources:
Ozymandias
London
The Prelude - Stealing the Boat
My Last Duchess
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Exposure
Storm on the Island
War Photographer
Bayonet Charge
Remains
Checking Out Me History
Poppies
Tissue
Kamikaze
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Power and Conflict Pack
The Charge of the Light Brigade - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology
This two-lesson mini-unit covers Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' 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 55-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context – A brief outline of the Battle of Balaclava, the Light Brigade's ill-fated charge and introducing The Crimean War as the first 'media war'.
First Reading – A reading of ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery – Analysing 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' 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 Tennyson's use of imagery in the poem.
Themes – Exploring the themes of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'.
Structure and Form – How Tennyson uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam – Comparing ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ with 'Bayonet Charge' and explaining how to write an effective comparison essay.
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 our 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' teaching resource, please click on the images.
My Last Duchess - AQA
This two-lesson mini-unit covers Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ 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 58-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context – A brief outline of Robert Browning’s life.
First Reading – A reading of ‘My Last Duchess’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery – Analysing ‘My Last Duchess’ 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 Browning’s use of imagery and poetic techniques in the poem.
Themes – Exploring the themes of ‘My Last Duchess’ – power, control, possessiveness, the objectification of women
Structure and Form – How Browning uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam – Comparing ‘My Last Duchess’ with ‘Ozymandias’ and explaining how to write an effective extended answer.
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 our ‘My Last Duchess’ teaching resource, please click on the images.
Click below to see more AQA GCSE Anthology Power and Conflict Poetry resources:
Ozymandias
London
The Prelude - Stealing the Boat
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Exposure
Storm on the Island
War Photographer
Bayonet Charge
Remains
Checking Out Me History
Poppies
Tissue
The Emigree
Kamikaze
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Power and Conflict Pack
Concrete Nouns (19 slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets)
‘Concrete Nouns’ is a very useful resource designed to teach Year2/3 age children about the importance of concrete nouns in reading and writing.
The resource contains a definition of a concrete noun with examples, an assessment task and a consolidation activity with accompanying worksheets.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources:
Nouns - Year 1
Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
Types of Nouns
Collective Nouns
A Christmas Carol - Year 7/8 Unit of Work is made up of an 83-slide PowerPoint and 14 worksheets. It contains 8 lessons, each created using the 4-part lesson structure all of which can be edited and differentiated to fit your teaching needs.
‘A Christmas Carol - Year 7/8 Unit of Work’ contains a range of tasks and activities including:
A Victorian Christmas
Time and structure in A Christmas Carol
Developing reading skills such as deduction
Speaking and Listening - Scrooge on a TV talk show
Exploring characters
How Dickens uses language
How to write about A Christmas Carol using evidence from the text
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular KS2/3 novels:
The Silver Sword
War Horse
The Demon Headmaster
Skellig
Holes - KS3
Holes - KS2
Charlotte’s Web
Billionaire Boy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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
This teaching resource includes a 204 slide PowerPoint, 27 printable worksheets and 21 step by step lessons to help teach one of English Literature’s most popular and enduring novels.
Every lesson in the unit of work is planned using the four part lesson format and all slides are fully editable.
This Lord of the Flies teaching resource contains the following activities:
A brief William Golding biography
The novel’s historical and social context
Activities to develop knowledge of the plot, characters and themes
Golding’s message and the role of setting, symbolism and language
Role playing and empathy activities
And much more!
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE English Literature Prose resources:
A Christmas Carol
Animal Farm
Anita and Me
Boys Don’t Cry
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Of Mice and Men
Using Commas Correctly
English SPaG Teaching Resource
‘Using Commas Correctly’ covers the correct use of the comma when writing a list and when writing dialogue. This animated PowerPoint presentation includes:
Using commas to replace ‘and’ or ‘or’ in a list
Using commas with adjectives and adverbs
How to use commas when writing dialogue
Activities to support the teaching of these objectives with 2 accompanying worksheets
1 further worksheet with answers
‘Using Commas Correctly’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources:
Commas For Lists
Avoiding Comma Splicing
Using Commas After Fronted Adverbials
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2 Bundle
This bundle contains two units of work for Paper Two of the Edexcel GCSE English Language exam.
Resource one explores Section A and resource two takes students through Section B.
You can view the resources in detail individually by clicking the titles or images above.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Edexcel GCSE English and English Literature resources:
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section A
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section B
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1 and Paper 2
Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B
‘Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B’ is a fully editable PowerPoint teaching resource with accompanying worksheets. It has been created to help teachers prep students for Section B of the Edexcel GCSE English exam Paper One. Content includes:
An introduction to the exam paper and the requirements of Section B
A step-by-step guide to achieving good marks on the exam paper
How to write a powerful piece of imaginative writing
How to plan, structure and execute an effective story opening
Understanding how the mark scheme is used to assess students’ work
Worksheets
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Edexcel GCSE English and English Literature resources:
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section A
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section B
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 2
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1 and Paper 2
Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section B has been made to help pupils prepare for Section B of the Edexcel GCSE English Paper 2 exam.
The resource includes the following:
An introduction to the exam and the contents of Paper 2, Section B
A step-by-step guide to getting a good grade on Paper 2, Section B
Exploring the exam questions and examplar answers
Understanding the role of audience, purpose and format in a written response
Exploring writing to Persuade and persuasive devices
Writing to argue – structure, language and devices
Writing articles and letters
How to structure an argument
Writing a speech and creating a leaflet
Writing to Advise
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more Edexcel GCSE English and English Literature resources:
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section A
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 2
Edexcel GCSE English Language Exam Preparation Bundle - Paper 1 and Paper 2
Edexcel GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry
Easily Confused Words - Its and It's
‘Easily Confused Words - Its and It's’ is a handy English PowerPoint presentation designed to help pupils use these homophones in the correct context. Content includes:
1. What are homophones?
2. Definition and examples of 'its' and 'it's'.
3. Consolidation activity.
4. Accompanying worksheet.
5. Link to an interactive game.
‘Easily Confused Words - Its and It's’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.
1st Date - She and 1st Date – He
GCSE English Poetry
(35 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 worksheets)
This resource explores the Wendy Cope poem (as featured in the Edexcel Poetry Anthology) - in detail.
It includes the following activities:
Finding out about the poet Wendy Cope task
Reading and understanding the poem
Exploring the imagery used
Discussion of form and structure
Analysing language
Learning how to write about a poem using P.E.T.E.R.
Links to additional notes and a copy of the anthology
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel:
The Manhunt
Sonnet 43
London
The Soldier
Living Space
As Imperceptibly as Grief
Cozy Apologia
A Wife in London
Death of a Naturalist
Hawk Roosting
To Autumn
Afternoons
Dulce et Decorum Est
Excerpt from The Prelude
Mametz Wood
Ozymandias
La Belle Dame sans Merci
A Complaint
1st Date - She and 1st Date - He
Love’s Dog
Nettles
My Father Would Not Show Us
My Last Duchess
Neutral Tones
The Soldier - GCSE WJEC Eduqas War Poetry
This two-lesson unit teaches students about Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying WJEC Eduqas War Poetry, the resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to another poem from the anthology. It is made up of a 40-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context - An introduction to Rupert Brooke and the romantic optimism of the early months of World War One.
First Reading - A reading of ‘The Soldier’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery - Analysing the poem closely; exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding. An example response is included.
Lesson Two
Imagery - Analysing Brooke’s use of imagery.
Themes - Discussing the themes of ‘The Soldier’.
Structure and Form - Considering how Brooke uses form and structure.
The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘The Soldier’ with ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ 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 'The Soldier’, please click on the images.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more GCSE Poetry resources for Eduqas and Edexcel:
The Manhunt
Sonnet 43
London
Living Space
As Imperceptibly as Grief
Cozy Apologia
A Wife in London
Death of a Naturalist
Hawk Roosting
To Autumn
Afternoons
Dulce et Decorum Est
Excerpt from The Prelude
Mametz Wood
Ozymandias
A Complaint
My Father Would Not Show Us
My Last Duchess
Neutral Tones
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