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 Midsummer Night’s Dream’s House of Games
(127-slide PowerPoint presentation)
Welcome to A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s House of Games - an animated A Midsummer Night’s Dream themed quiz inspired by the House of Games television show. The quiz works with both individuals and groups and is a fun way to recap and revise the text.
Macbeth - The Extract Question (Edexcel / Pearson GCSE English Literature)
(45-slide PowerPoint presentation with 9 worksheets)
This PowerPoint-based teaching resource offers a detailed, step by step guide to the Edexcel / Pearson GCSE English Literature examination extract question on Macbeth. The resource works through a demonstration of how to analyse an extract, before asking students to apply their learning in a range of individual and paired activities. Visual images are used to extend the range of ways students can engage with an extract as well as a number of active learning methods to secure learning and aid easier recall on future tasks. The lessons and activities within this resource are engaging, well-paced and fully differentiated.
GCSE English Teachnig Resources: Macbeth - Structure
(21-slide PowerPoint presentation and 5 worksheets)
This resource contains a range of activities which help learners develop a sound understanding of how Shakespeare uses structure in Macbeth. The lesson begins with a collaborative group task in which pupils explore and discuss the structure of the play as a whole.
Differentiated activities allow all students to access the topic, as do visual and active group tasks. The resource has a particular focus on Shakespeare’s use of cyclical narrative struture and dramatic irony.
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.
Winter Haiku Poetry - Year 5 and 6
This 3-lesson mini-unit is designed to cover creative writing and poetry. It includes a range of activities for pupils of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright colour, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery and easy to follow, child-friendly language. The resource is fully editable so can be adapted and used for different seasons or themes.
Content includes:
Discussion - what is a haiku?
Exploring and discussing haiku poetry - reading, listening to and talking about haiku poems
Create a class haiku activity
Individual, pair and group work opportunities
Reflecting on learning through constructive criticism
Writing an individual haiku about winter
Using colour photographs of wintery scenes as writing stimulus
Drafting - how and why we redraft
How to plan and structure a haiku
Exemplar poems
Writing assessment opportunity - write a simple haiku poem about winter
38 slide PowerPoint presentation and 2 worksheets
Writing for Different Audiences and Purposes: English Teaching Resource
‘Writing for Different Audiences and Purposes’ is an English PowerPoint presentation designed to teach pupils how audience and purpose affect the composition of a text. Content includes:
How audience affects writing.
Writing a postcard for different audiences task.
Writing for a range of audiences task.
Explanation of the purpose of a text.
Identifying the purpose of different texts task.
Match the text with its purpose task.
Texts with mixed purposes.
Exploring ‘Horrible Histories’ task.
Two accompanying worksheets.
‘Writing for Different Audiences and Purposes’ can be edited so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching requirements.
Verb Tenses: English Teaching Resource
64 slide PowerPoint lesson with 4 accompanying worksheets and 1 further worksheet.
Verb Tenses is a detailed and comprehensive 64 slide PowerPoint teaching resource designed to help younger pupils understand how the tense of a verb affects both its meaning and spelling within a sentence. It icludes 4 accompanying worksheets for pupils to use during the lesson and a further consolidation worksheet with answers. It is an ideal teaching resource to use in a lesson covering the year 2 English curriculum objective listed below:
Year 2 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation:
Pupils should be taught to use
the present and past tenses correctly and consistently
Content includes:
An explanation of verb tenses (past, present, future)
Past tense explanation and activity
Adding -ed and changing the spelling of some words and activity
Present tense explanation and activity
Adding -ing and changing the spelling of some words and activity
Future tense explanation and activity
Adding ‘will’ and ‘going to’
Consolidation activity and worksheet
‘Verb Tenses’ is fully editable giving teachers the ability to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching requirements.
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Modal Verbs
Subject - Verb Agreement
Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs
The Verb ‘to be’
Verbs
Action Words
A Christmas Carol - Context - Thomas Malthus
(24-slide PowerPoint and 10 worksheets)
Malthus’ theory of population growth is an important consideration in ‘A Christmas Carol’, but who was Malthus and why was Dickens disgusted by his ideas?
This resource for KS4/GCSE enables learners to think about their own attitude in relation to the management of poverty and understand how Malthus justified his opinion that the poor should not be given financial aid. It includes:
A differentiated Do Now/Starter activity, in which learners rate how far they agree with eight controversial statements relating to the management of poverty in society. At higher levels, learners will also go on to decide how Scrooge would respond to each statement and why.
The main activity is for learners to use a table of simplified data to draw their own graph demonstrating Malthus’ theory. Teachers should select the higher, middle, or lower version of this or use a mix of all three, depending on the range of abilities within their group.
After this, learners reflect on the implications of the adjective surplus. This tasks also includes higher-level questions to stretch more able learners.
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 in Stave 1
A Christmas Carol - Scrooge Vs Fred
A Christmas Carol - The Workhouse
A Christmas Carol - Marley’s Ghost
A Christmas Carol - The Penitent Spirits
A Christmas Carol - The Rich and the Poor
English Functional Skills - Level 2
A ready to teach 10 lesson unit of work which includes a 109-slide editable PowerPoint and 9 worksheets
This detailed teaching unit covers everything required by Level 2 Functional Skills English. It focuses on the impact of social media on society and covers reading, debating and discursive writing. The resource includes a range of activities which develop communication skills and cover the key criteria for Functional Skills English from 2019.
Contents include the following:
An introduction to Functional Skills with an accompanying video
Reading, discussing, comparing and contrasting articles about the negative and positive effects of social media
Learning about trusted sources and the dangers of Fake News
Following and understanding both sides of an argument and taking part in a class debate
Activities to improve writing skills – how audience affects a text and how to write a balanced discussion text
Reading and comprehension skills – studying articles and writing answers
How to structure writing for impact
Drafting and editing to improve written work
And more!
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more English Functional Skills resources:
Functional Skills Entry Level 1
Functional Skills Entry Level 2
Functional Skills Entry Level 3
Functional Skills Level 1
Tissue - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology
This two-lesson unit teaches students about Imtiaz Dharker’s ‘Tissue’ 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 51-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context - An introduction to Imtiaz Dharker and Tissue’s inspiration and context.
First Reading - A reading of Tissue with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included.
Language and imagery - Analysing Tissue 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 Dharker’s use of imagery.
Themes - Discussing Tissue’s themes.
Structure and Form - Considering how Dharker uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam - Comparing Tissue with Ozymandias 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 ‘Tissue’ by Imtiaz Dharker in detail, 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
The Emigree
Kamikaze
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Power and Conflict Pack
Romeo and Juliet – Act 4 (21-slide PowerPoint and 6 worksheets)
This resource includes 2 lessons which explore Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet in detail. The lessons cover Paris and Juliet, an analysis of Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 4 Scene 3, various extension tasks and questions and Act 4 plot summary tasks.
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 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
Face by Benjamin Zephaniah
Year 8/9 Unit of Work (148-slide editable PowerPoint teaching resource with 27 worksheets)
This KS3 Unit of Work explores the novel Face by Benjamin Zephaniah and is designed to help Year 8/9 learners develop key English reading skills.
Contents include:
Reading and comprehension activities
Analysing and writing about characters in detail
Developing inference and deduction skills
Using and explaining quotations
Quizzes to assess understanding informally – crossword, word search and pub quiz
Using constructive criticism to improve
Exploring and discussing the key themes in ‘Face’
Examining how the author builds tension
Writing empathetically in character (diaries, school reports, letters, police report) to show understanding
Improvisation and role-play activities
Ideas for post-reading
And lots more!
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more resources for popular KS3 novels:
Boys Don’t Cry
Cirque Du Freak
Holes
Noughts and Crosses
Skellig
Stone Cold
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
The Demon Headmaster
The Silver Sword
Stone Cold - Unit of Work
(18-lesson, 203-slide PowerPoint-based unit of work with 49 worksheets)
Stone Cold is an 18-lesson teaching unit made up of a 203-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and a booklet of 49 worksheets.
This Year 9 unit explores every chapter of the novel in detail and covers:
Exploring attitudes to homelessness
Reading and comprehension questions
Developing understanding of implicit and explicit meaning
Developing deduction and other key reading skills
Exploring themes: homelessness, crime and punishment, family breakdown, the welfare state, poverty
Speaking and listening activities
Robert Swindells’ use of language in Stone Cold
Character profiles and analysis - Link, Shelter, Ginger, Gail, Vince
Empathy and descriptive writing
Non-fiction writing
And lots more!
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
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
The Demon Headmaster
The Silver Sword
The Suffix ‘-ly’ - Year 3/4
(19-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet tasks)
This Year 3 / 4 resource explains how to spell words with the suffix ‘-ly’ correctly.
The lesson provides a definition of the ‘-ly’ suffix with examples, and explains how to change an adjective into an adverb and a noun into an adjective by using the suffix ‘-ly’. The lesson also covers the three main exception rules that children need to know when adding the ‘-ly’ suffix.
The resource includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable children of all abilities to be challenged. Full answer keys are included.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources:
Suffixes - Year 1
The Suffix ‘-ous’ - 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
English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes).
PowerPoint and worksheets.
English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes) is a 65 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation designed to teach Ted Hughes's poem Hawk Roosting. Hawk Roosting has been a popular text at KS4/GCSE for many years and this resource can be used with either the 9-1 or A-G English GCSE. Resources include a variety of lessons and activities ideal for helping pupils understand the imagery, structure and themes of the poem. English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes) also contains 12 worksheets which can be used alongside the PowerPoint presentation. Activities include:
Read Hawk Roosting and discuss ideas. Students complete a written task to assess their understanding.
A brief biography of Ted Hughes and a hyperlink to further information about the man and his poetry.
Exploration of imagery and how to use P.E.E. to write about language. A written task with a writing frame to assess students’ understanding of how Ted Hughes uses imagery and an exemplar response.
Analysis of the use and effect of various poetic techniques. Matching activity, a writing task (with framework) and an exemplar response.
Structural devices that learners should look for. Key words with definitions, a writing task (with framework) and an exemplar response.
The themes of the poem explored; consolidation of the poem’s meaning and purpose.
A mnemonic (HIT POEM) and guidelines for writing a poetry comparison with exemplar responses.
Where to find further information about Hawk Roosting and the poetry of Ted Hughes.
65 slide PowerPoint presentation.
12 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint.
Ozymandias - WJEC / Eduqas
This two-lesson mini-unit covers Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying the WJEC/Eduqas Poetry Anthology, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems in the exam. 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.
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
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
AQA GCSE English Anthology – Love and Relationships
This bundle of resources covers all 15 poems from the AQA GCSE English Anthology Love and Relationships cluster. The poems and poets covered are:
Lord Byron - When We Two Parted
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Love’s Philosophy
Robert Browning - Porphyria’s Lover
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnet 29 – ‘I think of thee!’
Thomas Hardy – Neutral Tones
Charlotte Mew - The Farmer’s Bride
Charles Causley – Eden Rock
Simon Armitage – Mother, Any Distance
Carol Ann Duffy – Before You Were Mine
C. D. Lewis – Walking Away
Seamus Heaney - Follower
Maura Dooley - Letters From Yorkshire
Owen Sheers – Winter Swans
Daljit Nagra - Singh Song!
Andrew Waterhouse – Climbing My Grandfather
This Year 3/4 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
Cinquain
Haiku
Narrative Poetry
Tanka
A Christmas Carol - WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question
(67-slide editable PowerPoint with 9 worksheets)
This teaching resource provides a step-by-step guide to the Eduqas GCSE English Lit exam question on A Christmas Carol. It tracks through the paper and explains how to produce an effective answer under exam conditions. It offers guidance on approaching the question, planning and managing time effectively. It explains how to structure and write a higher band answer and asks students to study a range of exemplar exam responses which they are required to mark using the Eduqas GCSE English Literature mark scheme. Learners are then given an exam question and extract and are required to write a response under exam conditions.
The resource includes an editable PowerPoint presentation, question papers, mark schemes, extracts and exemplar responses in PDF format.
Brothers by Andrew Forster (GCSE Contemporary Poetry - Relationships).
A 33 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Brothers by Andrew Forster and an accompanying 8 page worksheet booklet.
A 33 slide Powerpoint analysis of Brothers and accompanying worksheets. English 2010 Teaching Resources: Brothers (Andrew Forster) includes:
A brief biography of Andrew Forster.
Analysis of the poem Ghazal and discussion of ideas and consolidation.
Storyboarding the poem Brothers activity
Structure & language - Discuss how Forster creates mood/tone and how he uses structure and imagery in Brothers
Style and form - Analysis of Forster’s use of poetic devices in Brothers.
Language - Exploration of word choices, using P.E.E to write about the poem.
Themes of Brothers explored, consolidation of Forster’s meaning and purpose.
Links - Where to find further information and analysis about Andrew Forster.
33 slide PowerPoint resource for analysis and teaching the poem Brothers by Andrew Forster.
8 Worksheets to accompany the Brothers (Andrew Forster) Powerpoint.