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

The Roman Army (14-slide PowerPoint-based lesson) This Year 6 / Year 7 resource includes: An introduction to the Roman Army and the life of a soldier A short film about army life What a Roman soldier carried The life of the auxiliaries in the army Images from Trajan’s Column in Rome showing the life of a soldier Two films exploring life as a soldier of the Empire A consolidation of understanding task ‘Design a recruitment poster for the Roman army’ activity Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Introducing the Romans The Romans in Britain Life in a Roman Town Roman Roads

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 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

The Main Clause English SPaG Teaching Resource 'The Main Clause' explores how to identify the main clause in a sentence and how to use the main clause with confidence in sentence construction. Content includes: - Definition of the main clause with example sentences. - Identify the main clause in a sentence activity with an accompanying worksheet - Complete the sentences using a main clause activity with an accompanying worksheet - 1 further worksheet with answers The Main Clause can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a bigger unit of work or developed into a wider lesson on language, grammar and word choices.

The Suffix ‘-ing’ - Year 3/4 (a 19-slide editable PowerPoint-based lesson with 3 differentiated worksheet tasks) This Year 3 / 4 resource explains how to add the suffix ‘-ing’ to words of more than one syllable. The lesson provides a definition of the ‘-ing’ suffix with examples and explains how and why we use ‘-ing’ to change a noun into a verb. The resource includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable children 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 ‘-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 Suffix ‘-ed’ - 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 ‘-ed’. The lesson provides a definition of the ‘-ed’ suffix with examples, and explains how and why we use ‘-ed’ to change a word into the past tense. It also explains the exceptions to the ‘add -ed’ rule with examples. The resource includes three differentiated activities - Gold, Silver and Bronze - to enable children of all abilities to be challenged and 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 ‘-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

Causal Conjunctions - Year 7 Essential English Skills (13-slide editable PowerPoint and 3 differentiated worksheets) Our ‘Year 7 Essential English Skills’ resources are designed to help Year 7 learners master key English skills that were not fully developed at KS2. In this differentiated resource, teachers recap the concept of causal conjunctions, then allow pupils to practice using them in sentences. The resource begins with whole-group activities before letting learners attempt differentiated individual worksheets where they match sentences, choose appropriate causal conjunctions and write conjunction sentences of their own. The resource is differentiated (lower, middle and higher ability tasks) and fully editable. So you can use it as it is or adapt it for your needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Time Conjunctions - Year 7 Subordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Co-ordinating Conjunctions - Year 2 Conjunctions Bundle - Year 2 Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Causal Conjunctions - Year 3/4 Time Conjunctions - Year 3/4

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