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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.
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
Kamikaze - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology
This two-lesson unit teaches students about Beatrice Garland’s ‘Kamikaze’ 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 56-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 accompanying worksheets.
The lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context - An introduction to Beatrice Garland and Kamikaze pilots in World War Two.
First Reading - A reading of ‘Kamikaze’ 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 Garland’s use of imagery.
Themes - Discussing Kamikaze’s themes.
Structure and Form - Considering how Garland uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme.
The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘Kamikaze’ with ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ 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 'Kamikaze’, please click on the example images from the 56-slide PowerPoint presentation.
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
The Emigree
Kamikaze
AQA GCSE Anthology Poetry Power and Conflict Pack
The Red Room by HG Wells (PowerPoint, worksheets and overview)
The Red Room by H.G. Wells unit of work is made up of a 63-slide editable PowerPoint presentation, a five lesson overview, a copy of the story, and 9 worksheets. The resources contain a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the literary context, plot, characters, language and themes of this widely C19th short story.
The Red Room by HG Wells teaching resources include a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities:
A scheme of work overview with 5 four part lessons covering social, historical and literary context, plot, characters and language
Analysis of the characters of the narrator and custodians
Extension activities
Cloze exercises and questions to consolidate knowledge and understanding
Literary context understanding influences - the Gothic influence - activity and notes
A copy of the text to display
Analysing HG Wells’ use of language to build mood and suspense in the story
Essay question with planning guidance
5 lesson unit of work overview
A 63 slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below)
9 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint slideshow
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The Monkey’s Paw
The Landlady
The Darkness Out There
My Polish Teacher’s Tie
The Landlady by Roald Dahl is a Year 9/10 unit of work with a 50-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and an 11-page booklet of worksheets.
The Landlady by Roald Dahl teaching resource includes a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities:
- A unit overview with 5 four part lessons covering literary context, plot, character, themes and language
- Analysis of the characters of Billy Weaver and The Landlady
- Extension activities
- Cloze and sequencing exercises to consolidate plot knowledge
- Literary context exploration - the influence of fairy tales
- Analysing Roald Dahl's use of language to build mood and tension
- Essay question with planning guidance
- and much more!
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.
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Direct and Reported Speech
Punctuating Speech
Direct and Reported Speech
This KS2 English resource explains how and when to use direct and reported speech in written work. Content includes:
Editable PowerPoint teaching resource
Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 2 accompanying worksheets
‘Direct and Reported Speech - KS2’ is fully editable so teachers are able to adapt the resource to meet the needs of each class they teach.
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Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4
Punctuating Speech
Punctuating Speech
‘Punctuating Speech’ is an animated PowerPoint presentation with 2 accompanying worksheets designed to teach pupils how to use speech marks accurately in their writing. Content includes:
An explanation of how and why we use speech marks in our writing
Adding speech marks activity
Speech marks consolidation and assessment activity
three accompanying worksheets
‘Punctuating Speech’ is fully editable so teachers can adapt the resource to suit the individual needs of each class they teach.
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Direct and Reported Speech
Direct Speech - Year 3 and 4
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.
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Synonyms - KS3
Synonyms - KS3
(17-slide PowerPoint with worksheets)
This lesson is aimed at KS3 pupils who need to become more confident in the use of synonyms of everyday words.
After an introduction to the concept of synonyms, pupils will undertake a range of differentiated tasks which will help them to choose appropriate synonyms and apply them in their own writing. The lesson concludes with a brief review which tests pupils’ understanding of the use of suitable synonyms. This resource includes a list of synonyms of everyday words but you may also wish to provide pupils with a thesaurus for the writing task. Answers are provided for all tasks.
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Synonyms - Year 3 and 4
Types of Nouns
English SPaG Teaching Resource
In ‘Types of Nouns’ pupils practise recognising common and proper nouns. Content includes:
An animated PowerPoint presentation
Activities to support the teaching of this objective with two accompanying worksheets
‘Types of Nouns’ is fully editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources:
Nouns - Year 1
Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
Concrete Nouns
Collective Nouns
Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs
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.
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Nouns - Year 1
Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
Types of Nouns
Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns - Year 3 and 4
‘Collective Nouns - Year 3 and 4’ is an engaging PowerPoint presentation focusing on using collective nouns. Content includes:
1. Collective nouns explanation
2. Examples of collective nouns
3. Collective nouns activity with accompanying worksheet
4. Further collective nouns worksheet with example answers
‘Collective Nouns - 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.
Nouns - Year 1
‘Nouns- Year 1’ introduces pupils to common nouns: people, places and things. 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 is a noun introduction
An interactive noun sorting activity with accompanying worksheet
Go on a noun hunt activity worksheet
Circle the nouns activity and worksheet
Identify the noun in the sentence activity and worksheet
Further consolidation worksheet with answers
‘Nouns - Year 1’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.
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Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
Types of Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Collective Nouns
Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1
'Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1’ introduces pupils to singular and plural nouns as per the curriculum objectives of the Year 1 English programme of study - Writing - transcription. This engaging PowerPoint lesson includes class activities with 6 accompanying worksheets for children to use during the lesson. It contains 3 further differentiated worksheets to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. It uses the example words from the Year 1 English - Appendix 1- Spelling. Content includes:
Singular nouns and plural nouns explanation
Using -s to form plural nouns
Using -es to form plural nouns
6 activities with accompanying worksheets
3 differentiated worksheets with answers
‘Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Year 1’ can be edited giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.
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Nouns - Year 1
Types of Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Collective Nouns
War Horse
War Horse is a unit of work containing a 142-slide PowerPoint, 14 PDF worksheets and 13 lessons. This scheme of work explores the novel chapter by chapter, analysing the book’s plot, characters, themes and language through a range of engaging activities. These teaching resources can be used with Year 5 or Year 6 (Upper KS2) or with a lower ability Year 7 group either as a whole class text or as part of a guided reading programme.
Below are examples of the activities contained in the lessons.
Comprehension questions
Chapter by chapter activities to consolidate understanding
Research task – World War One
Making predictions about War Horse using the cover, title, author and blurb
Exploring and discussing themes
Character analysis of Joey, Albert, Father and Captain Nicholls
Understanding the features of a novel – how does Michael Morpurgo use language and narrative structure in War Horse?
Close analysis of language in key scenes
Role play and hot seating activities
Understanding War Horse’s characters through empathetic writing – diary writing
Developing inference and deduction skills
Writing a newspaper story about key events in the story
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
This Charlotte’s Web unit of work has been created to develop key KS2 reading skills by exploring the popular children’s novel in detail. It covers the following areas of study:
Inference and deduction skills
Discussion and research skills
Exploring character in detail
How to write a response using quotations
Examining plot, themes and language
Activities for individuals, pairs and groups
Think, pair, share tasks
Hot seating and storyboarding
Making a quiz
Writing a front-page newspaper story
Writing a book review
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular KS2 novels:
The Silver Sword
War Horse
The Demon Headmaster
Skellig
Holes
Billionaire Boy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Holes - Year 6
‘Holes - Year 6’ is a complete unit of work for the Louis Sachar novel ‘Holes’. This editable PowerPoint teaching resource contains 23 lessons with 27 accompanying worksheets. It explores the following in detail:
Youth detention in the USA and boot camps
The historical context of the American South (racial segregation, civil rights, Jim Crow laws)
Analysis of the characters of Stanley Yelnats, Mr Sir, Mr Pendanski, The Warden, Kate Barlow, Sam and Zero
Exploring key themes - crime and punishment, friendship, redemption
Key features of a novel – narrative hooks, building tension, setting the scene
Writing about the book using Point/Evidence/Explain
Louis Sachar’s purpose and viewpoint
Activities to consolidate understanding of the plot
Language study in key scenes
Hotseating activities
Empathy writing tasks - diary and letter writing – to show understanding of plot, character and themes
To preview ‘Holes - Year 6’ please click on the images.
Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see resources for other popular upper KS2 / lower KS3 novels:
Holes - KS3
The Silver Sword
War Horse
The Demon Headmaster
Skellig
Charlotte’s Web
Billionaire Boy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A Christmas Carol
LIFE IN A ROMAN TOWN
KS2 History Teaching Resources: Life in a Roman Town
PowerPoint
KS2 History Teaching Resources: Life in a Roman Town is a 14 slide PowerPoint resource ideal for teaching pupils about life in Roman towns and cities. KS2/KS3 History Teaching Resources: Life in a Roman Town includes:
A short film about life in Rome
An introduction to Roman town life
A labelled plan of the Roman town of Silchester
Exploration and explanation - what everyday life was like for rich and poor
The key buildings and places of a Roman town - the forum, town hall, law courts, etc
The importance of health and hygiene
Design a Roman town consolidation task
'A day in the life of a Roman' diary entry task