A Letter to Father Christmas - KS1 This festive writing teaching resource has been designed for pupils to develop their writing composition and SPAG skills, covering the objectives in the Year 1 and 2 English programme of study. Content includes: Using capital letters and full stops, question marks and exclamation marks with an activity and an accompanying worksheet Verbs in sentences with an activity and an accompanying worksheet Ordering words in a sentence with an activity and an accompanying worksheet Using commas to separate items in a list with an activity and an accompanying worksheet An exemplar letter to Father Christmas with word bank worksheet to accompany the writing to Father Christmas activity 3 differentiated letter to Father Christmas templates ‘A Letter to Father Christmas - KS1’ is a fully editable resource so you can adapt, personalise and differentiate it to suit your teaching requirements.

KS3 Comprehension - Frankenstein This three-lesson mini-unit is designed to help Year 9 learners develop their comprehension skills with an eye towards GCSE. It is made up of a 51-slide PowerPoint presentation, worksheets and a comprehension test using an extract from Frankenstein. Contents: Lesson One An introduction to comprehension at upper KS3 and GCSE How to approach a comprehension task (the dos and don’ts) Approaching an extract - first and second reading Understanding unfamiliar vocabulary, narrative consolidation and using deduction skills How to write an extended answer about language and the writer’s use of techniques Lesson Two How to refer to the text and use quotes effectively How to write an extended answer about structure A 45-minute comprehension task Lesson Three Feedback on pupil responses to the tasks and discussion of success criteria All five comprehension questions and answers explored in detail Exemplar answers for all five questions Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: KS3 Comprehension – A Gun for Sale KS3 Comprehension - Jamaica Inn KS3 Comprehension Bundle GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension GCSE English Language - Reading Fiction Comprehension 2

The Tempest is a 192-slide PowerPoint-based unit of work with a 22-page booklet of accompanying worksheets. The resource contains a series of engaging lessons designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the play’s context, plot, characters, themes and language. The unit is designed for Year 9 but can be used at GCSE too. It covers a range of activities for pupils of all abilities, such as: How to approach Shakespeare (tips for reading Shakespeare’s language and understanding unfamiliar vocabulary) Analysing the characters Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Ferdinand, Antonio and Sebastian Understanding the play’s plot and subplots Examining Shakespeare’s use of language and poetic imagery Exploring the play’s themes - order and disorder, power and control, colonisation, slavery and freedom, redemption and forgiveness Getting to grips with the historical and social context of the early 1600s (attitudes to foreign countries and colonisation) Understanding Shakespeare’s creation and resolution of conflict and order Varied lessons - comprehension questions, spoken English tasks, extension activities, etc Learning how to write an essay-like answer about a Shakespeare text Use of video to help the learning of key scenes and characters Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more GCSE English Literature drama resources: An Inspector Calls Blood Brothers Macbeth Romeo and Juliet The History Boys The Merchant of Venice

Porphyria’s Lover is a differentiated two-lesson GCSE mini-unit that explores Robert Browning’s poem in great detail. Designed for teaching GCSE students studying the AQA Anthology, it covers context, structure, form, themes and language and contains an annotated copy of the poem. The 30-slide editable PowerPoint (with 8 worksheets) contains differentiated activities ( with suggested answers) for students of all abilities. Lesson One Content: After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task, learners explore the context of the poem - Victorian attitudes to love, sexuality and women (AO3) - and the nature of the dramatic monologue form (AO2). Pupils complete a task to gain an understanding of the sequence of events in the poem and Browning’s presentation of the relationship between Porphyria and her lover (AO1). Pupils then explore Porphyria’s Lover in depth via discussion of an annotated copy of the poem. The lesson concludes with a brief review that asks learners to respond to a statement about Browning’s presentation of the speaker. Lesson Two Content: Students undertake a more detailed study of ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ exploring the writer’s use of pathetic fallacy, poetic techniques, imagery, rhyme and caesura. After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ task, pupils answer a series of questions which ask them to consider how both language and structural methods shape meaning in the poem. In the learning review, students consider the poem’s key themes, making one point in relation to Browning’s exploration of each theme in the poem. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A (97-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 12 worksheets) AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A is designed to help students prepare for Section A of Paper 1 of the AQA GCSE English Language Exam. Contents include: An introduction to the exam and the AO1, AO2 and AO4 assessment objectives An example GCSE paper with an extract from ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ Exam questions with prompts and marks Example / model answers for all questions How to manage time effectively A detailed exploration of the key skills required to answer exam questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 successfully Revising how to retrieve information (Q1), how to analyse (Q2 and Q3) and how to evaluate (Q4) Studying mark schemes and finding out what examiners are looking for in Paper 1, Section A. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar AQA GCSE Exam Prep resources: AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A (Additional Prep 1) AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section A (Additional Prep 2) AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1, Section B AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1 AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section A AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2, Section B AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 2 AQA GCSE English Language Exam Preparation - Paper 1 and Paper 2 AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry

The Alphabet EYFS English Literacy Teaching Resource This EYFS teaching resource introduces children to each letter of the alphabet. As each letter is introduced children are encouraged to think of words beginning with that letter and examples are given. It also includes 26 worksheets to consolidate understanding. ‘The Alphabet’ is a colourful and animated EYFS English teaching PowerPoint presentation ideal to use when introducing the alphabet to pre-school children. ‘The Alphabet’ is fully editable so you have the freedom to adapt the resource to each class you teach.

Neutral Tones - AQA This two-lesson unit explores ‘Neutral Tones’ in detail. Designed to teach pupils studying the poem at GCSE with AQA , this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparison essay. The resource is made up of a 64-slide editable PowerPoint and 8 worksheets. Lesson One Making predictions – From the title alone, what do you think the poem is about? Context – Learning the importance of context. How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Hardy, his world view and his literary influences. First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included and comprehension questions with answers to assess understanding. Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem in detail. Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided. Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes a model answer and peer assessment opportunities. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the poem’s themes: love, loss, memory and emotional trauma. Language – Exploring Hardy’s use of language, poetic techniques and the semantic field. Includes an exploration of imagery and a line-by-line annotation of the poem and questions with detailed answers. Structure and Form – How Hardy uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme, rhythm, and enjambment and how he organises the stanzas and uses a cyclical structure. The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Comparing ‘Neutral Tones’ with ‘When We Two Parted’ and ‘Winter Swans’. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

The Farmer’s Bride by Charlotte Mew (18-slide editable PowerPoint-based teaching resource with 3 worksheets) This lesson (aimed at GCSE students) explores ‘The Farmer’s Bride’, by Charlotte Mew. The lesson begins with a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity which encourages students to consider what the poem might be about by looking at a series of relevant images. Following this, students explore contextual information relating to the poet Charlotte Mew. For the main activity, learners complete a differentiated, double-sided worksheet that enables them to explore Mew’s use of form and language in the depiction of the farmer’s marriage. The lesson concludes with a brief learning review that asks students to write a tweet summarising the poem. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Dingbat Deductions 3 Dingbats 3 follows on where the original Dingbats and Dingbats 2 resources left off with more fun dingbats for pupils to puzzle over. Dingbats are a fun way of developing deduction skills and language/word focus – key reading skills. Dingbats 3 includes 20 more dingbats with two accompanying worksheets and all slides are editable to suit your requirements.

Follower by Seamus Heaney This two-lesson unit explores ‘Follower’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology, this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparative essay in the exam. It is made up of a 72-slide editable PowerPoint and 10 worksheets. Lesson One Making predictions – What do you think the poem is about? Context – How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Heaney and the disappearing world of traditional Irish rural life First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included and comprehension questions with answers. Exploring Meaning – Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers are provided. Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess initial understanding. Includes a model answer and peer assessment opportunities. Lesson Two Themes – Analysing the poem’s themes: parent/child relationships, youth, age and time, agricultural traditions and identity. Language – Exploring Heaney’s use of language and poetic techniques. A line-by-line annotation of the poem and questions with detailed answers. Structure and Form – How Heaney uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme, rhythm, and enjambment and how he organises the stanzas and uses a cyclical structure. The GCSE Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Comparing ‘Follower’ with ‘Climbing My Grandfather’, ‘Mother, Any Distance’ and ‘Eden Rock’. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Free Verse Poetry – Year 5/6 English - Poetry This UKS2 English resource introduces free verse poetry to Year 5/6 children. First, it provides an example poem and explains how to identify a free verse poem before presenting a structure to enable the whole class to write a free verse poem as a group. The three differentiated worksheets (Gold, Silver and Bronze) give all learners an opportunity to write their own free verse poem independently with an appropriate level of support. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Acrostic Poetry - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Sonnets - KS2 Tanka Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2 Narrative Poetry - KS2

‘Sonnet 29 - I Think of Thee’ contains a comprehensive 28-slide PowerPoint-based GCSE teaching resource with 8 accompanying worksheets. This two-lesson mini unit, aimed at middle-ability GCSE learners, enables students to explore ‘Sonnet 29’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in detail. The first lesson introduces students to the sonnet form and explores key terms that they will need in order to analyse ‘Sonnet 29’. After a differentiated ‘Do Now’ activity, students undertake tasks that cover the concept of syllables, feet and metre, and the difference between the Petrarchan and English sonnet form. The lesson concludes with a brief ‘true or false’ activity as a learning review. In the second lesson, students apply what they have learnt to an analysis of Browning’s sonnet. After a similarly differentiated ‘Do Now task’, they work in pairs to explore ‘Sonnet 29’, considering how both language and structural methods shape meaning in the poem. At the end of the lesson, students fill in an ‘exit ticket’ that will help teachers to gauge how confident their students feel in their understanding of ‘Sonnet 29’. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

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

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

Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy This engaging GCSE teaching resource explores Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Before You Were Mine’ (AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology) in detail. The resource is made up of a 22-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 worksheets. Contents include: Do Now Task – Life in the 1950s and parent / child relationships. Making Predictions – Using the title ‘Before You Were Mine’, what do you think the poem is about? Context – Learning about Carol and Duffy, the 1950s and Marilyn Monroe. Exploring Meaning – Analysing the poem, exploring and discussing key quotes in detail. Themes – Considering the themes of love, parenting, responsibility, youth and the role of women in society. Language – Exploring Duffy’s word choices and use of imagery. Structure and Form – How Duffy arranges the poem on the page, the use of enjambment and how the past and the present are presented. Essay Writing – An extended answer question (How does Duffy present motherhood in ‘Before You Were Mine’?) to assess understanding. Includes example answers. Peer assessment opportunities. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: When We Two Parted Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Narrative Poetry - Year 3/4 This lower KS2 teaching resource introduces narrative poetry in a fun and engaging way. It begins with an example and explains how to identify a narrative poem before providing scaffolding to help children construct one as a class. The second half of the lesson helps children write an individual narrative poem. Learners are given a supported approach through the differentiated ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ worksheets. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Acrostic Poetry - KS2 Cinquain Poetry - KS2 Free Verse Poetry - KS2 Sonnets - KS2 Tanka Poetry - KS2 Haiku Poetry - KS2

When We Two Parted This two-lesson mini-unit of work explores Byron’s ‘When We Two Parted’ in detail. Designed to teach pupils studying the AQA GCSE English Literature Love and Relationships Anthology, this resource analyses the poem in depth and explains how to write a comparative essay in the exam. The resource is made up of a 71-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and eight worksheets. The two lessons contain the following: Lesson One Making predictions – What do you think the poem is about? Context – How knowledge of context helps us understand the poem in detail. Here we explore Lord Byron, the Byronic hero, the Romantic movement and the poem’s social and historical context – the age of revolution. First Contact – An initial reading of the poem with a glossary included. A 2022 retelling of the narrative in modern prose. Comprehension questions with answers. Exploring Meaning – Exploring key quotes and discussing them with comprehensive questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question task to assess understanding. Includes model answers. Lesson Two Themes – Love and the end of a love affair, secrecy, abandonment, disillusion, fidelity, separation and pain and suffering. Language – Exploring Byron’s use of archaic language, semantic fields and poetic techniques. A line by line annotation of the poem and comprehension questions with detailed answers. Structure and Form – How Byron uses the lyric form, perspective, punctuation, rhyme and enjambment and how he uses a cyclical narrative. The Exam – How to write a comparison essay with model responses. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more AQA Anthology Poetry - Love and Relationships resources: Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’ Neutral Tones The Farmer’s Bride Eden Rock Mother, Any Distance Before You Were Mine Walking Away Follower Letters From Yorkshire Winter Swans Singh Song! Climbing My Grandfather AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Love and Relationships Pack

Cinquain Poetry - Year 3 / 4 This lower KS2 resource explores cinquain poetry in a fun and engaging way. It begins with an example and explains how to identify a cinquain before providing scaffolding to help children construct a class poem. The differentiated worksheets (higher, medium and lower) provide learners with an opportunity to write their own cinquains with an appropriate level of assistance. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar poetry resources: Cinquain Poetry - KS3 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