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

Measuring Capacity and Volume - Year 2 In this Year 2 teaching resource pupils are taught to choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure capacity and volume. They are also required to compare and order capacity and volume and record the results using >, < and = (as per the Year 2 Programme of Study – Measurement). Content includes: What is capacity and volume explanation Capacity and volume units of measurement explanation Measuring volume activities with accompanying worksheets Comparing and ordering capacity and volume activities with accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Measuring Capacity and Volume - Year 2’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Measuring Mass - Year 2 Measuring Length and Height - Year 2 Money - Year 2 Telling the Time - Year 2 Comparing and Ordering Time - Year 2

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

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.

Compound Sentences - KS3 (21-slide editable PowerPoint lesson with 5 worksheets) This lesson is aimed at KS3 pupils who are relatively confident with simple sentences and need to progress onto compound sentences. After a recap of the basics of simple sentences, pupils are introduced to the concept of compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions and the popular acronym FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So). Pupils will then use the ‘Coordinating Conjunctions in Action’ worksheet to help them respond to a range of differentiated tasks aimed at helping them to develop their confidence in the use of compound sentences. The lesson concludes with a brief plenary in which students identify and correct the mistakes in six compound sentences. Suggested answers are provided for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see more KS3 Essential English resources: Adjectives - KS3 English Essentials Capital Letters - KS3 Essential English Full Stops - KS3 Essential English Skills Question Marks - KS3 Essential English Inference Skills - KS3 Essential English Simple Sentences - KS3 English Essentials

Just A Minute Starter Activity This fun starter (or plenary) activity will help children recap prior learning and can provide an engaging start to, or end of, a lesson. ‘Just a Minute’ is ideal for upper KS2 and KS3 but it could also be used with KS4 students. It can be enjoyed by all abilities and is easily edited to fit into whatever topic is being taught. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources: Stop the Express Starter Activity Quickfire Questions Starter Activity One Word Story Starter Activity Guess Who? Starter Activity Hot Potato Starter Activity Noughts and Crosses Starter Activity Blockbusters Starter Activity

Improving Vocabulary This handy teaching resource focuses on word choice and vocabulary. Content includes: 1. An animated PowerPoint presentation 2. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 3 accompanying worksheets 'Improving Vocabulary' is fully editable which gives teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.

GCSE Broadsheet Newspaper Article Writing (KS4 unit of work with PowerPoint and worksheets) This differentiated unit of work, which is aimed at middle-to-upper ability GCSE students, explains how to write an effective article for a broadsheet newspaper as required by the GCSE English Language exam. The unit is made up of five individual lessons, each with differentiated tasks that teach the components of a successful broadsheet article: The structural features of a broadsheet article Effective and imaginative article headings How to write an engaging introduction Coherent paragraphs with a topic sentence, evidence and discussion Formative assessment task with WAGOLL and success criteria. Suggested answers are included for all tasks. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Writing a Review Persuasive Writing Writing to Persuade Writing Effective Story Openings Writing to Entertain Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3 GCSE Speech Writing GCSE English Narrative Writing GCSE English Writing Fiction - Descriptive Writing

Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3 This ‘Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3’ teaching resource includes a range of teaching activities designed to help pupils create characters with depth and believability. Content includes: A study of how Dickens presents Magwitch in the opening pages of Great Expectations Exploring how writers convey character through the use of description, dialogue and action Examining the key ingredients of effective character creation A guide to building a character profile - with exemplar materials How to transform a character profile into a piece of prose and a convincing character A model text to help students through the process Four accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Writing Fiction - Creating Characters - KS3’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar writing resources: Show Not Tell Writing Effective Story Openings Descriptive Writing - KS2 Descriptive Writing - KS3 Adjectives in Stories Complex Sentences Words Instead of Said Drafting - How to Improve Writing

An Inspector Calls – Dramatic Irony GCSE English Literature – Post 1914 Drama ‘An Inspector Calls’ This resource explains how and why J.B. Priestley uses dramatic irony in An Inspector Calls. Designed for GCSE pupils, it is made up of a 23-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 2 accompanying worksheets. In this resource, students: Define and understand the concept of dramatic irony using examples from famous films. Explore the social and historical context of An Inspector Calls – 1945 and 1912. Discuss Priestley’s political objectives – social class, socialism, capitalism and social responsibility. Analyse Arthur Birling’s inaccurate predictions in Act One of An Inspector Calls. Answer comprehension questions (answer key provided) to assess knowledge and understanding. Complete an essay writing activity to consolidate understanding and prepare for the GCSE exam. This resource contains everything you need to teach GCSE students how Priestley uses dramatic irony in An Inspector Calls to explore themes and convey his message. To preview it, click on the example images. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: An Inspector Calls - GCSE Unit of Work An Inspector Calls - Arthur Birling An Inspector Calls - Sybil Birling An Inspector Calls - Eric Birling An Inspector Calls - Shelia Birling An Inspector Calls - Gerald Croft An Inspector Calls - Comparing Goole and Birling An Inspector Calls - Context (Capitalism and Socialism) An Inspector Calls - Themes An Inspector Calls - Plot Summaries An Inspector Calls - The Eduqas GCSE English Literature Exam Question An Inspector Calls - Year 9 Unit of Work

Fact Families - the eight facts - Year 1 In this maths teaching resource, pupils build on their knowledge of addition fact families to include all eight facts in a fact family. ‘Fact Families - the eight facts - Year 1’ supports the White Rose small steps guidance for Year 1 - Autumn - Block 2 - Addition and Subtraction. Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 2 accompanying worksheets 2 further worksheets with answers ‘Fact Families - the eight facts - Year 1’ is fully editable, allowing teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to meet all their teaching requirements. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 1 White Rose addition and subtraction resources: Parts and Wholes - Year 1 Part-whole Models - Year 1 Writing Addition Number Sentences - Year 1 Number Bonds Within 10 - Year 1 Systematic Number Bonds Within 10 - Year 1 Number Bonds to 10 - Year 1 Addition - Adding Together - Year 1 Addition - Adding More - Year 1 Addition Problems - Year 1 Finding a Part - Year 1 Subtraction - finding a part - Year 1 Fact Families - Addition Facts - Year 1 Subtraction - Taking Away and Crossing Out - Year 1 Subtraction - Taking Away - Year 1 Subtraction on a Number Line - Year 1 Add or Subtract 1 or 2 - Year 1 Year 1 Addition and Subtraction within 10 Bundle

Wonder - Unit of Work Part 4 (17 lessons, 129-slide PowerPoint and 7 worksheets) This ‘Wonder – Part Four’ resource is the fourth and final section of our unit of work for ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. The unit contains seventeen lessons which explore the text from the chapter ‘In Science’ to the end of the book , ‘The Walk Home’. It contains a range of teaching and learning activities including: Developing reading and vocabulary skills Differentiated tasks (Gold, Silver and Bronze) to provide appropriate learning for all abilities Reading and comprehension tasks GPS activities that cover colons, the subjunctive form, parenthesis, dialogue punctuation, word classes, homophones, extended lists Find and retrieve tasks Formal writing, fact and opinion, participating in discussion and expressing an opinion Discussing key themes Character analysis and 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

Decimal Tenths - Year 4 In this KS2 maths teaching resource pupils practise recognising and writing tenths as fractions and decimals. It is an ideal teaching aid to use in a lesson covering some of the year 4 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Fractions, including decimals). Content includes: An animated PowerPoint presentation Activities to support the teaching of this small step with 3 accompanying worksheets ‘Decimal Tenths - Year 4’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 4 decimals resources: Tenths and Hundredths - Year 4 Place Value and Tenths - Year 4 Decimal Tenths on a Number Line Dividing One and Two Digit Numbers by Ten - Year 4 Decimal Hundredths - Year 4 Place Value and Hundredths - Year 4 Dividing One and Two Digit Numbers by 100 - Year 4 Comparing Decimals - Year 4 Ordering Decimals - Year 4 Rounding Decimals - Year 4 Halves, Quarters and Three Quarters as Decimals - Year 4 Year 4 Decimals Bundle

1 More and 1 Less - Year 1 In this Year 1 maths resource, pupils practise finding 1 more and 1 less of a given number as per the statutory requirements of the year 1 programme of study (Number - number and place value). Content includes: interactive activities 4 accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘1 More and 1 Less - Year 1’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar Year 1 place value resources: Counting One More and One Less - Year 1 Year 1 Place Value Bundle – Numbers to Ten

Sorting 3D Shapes - Year 1 In this maths teaching resource, pupils sort and group 3D shapes (cube, cuboid, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid). This Year 1 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 1 - Autumn - Block 3 - Shape. The resource consists of interactive activities and accompanying worksheets to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 1 maths programme of study (Geometry - properties of shapes). Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities with 4 accompanying worksheets in colour and black and white ‘Sorting 3D Shapes - Year 1’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar Year 1 geometry resources: 2D and 3D Shape Patterns - Year 1 Sorting 2D Shapes - Year 1 2D Shapes - Year 1 3D Shapes - Year 1 Year 1 Properties of Shape Bundle

Calculating Angles Around a Point - Year 5 In this KS2 geometry teaching resource, pupils will learn how many degrees are in a full turn and how to work out missing angles using their existing knowledge of angle facts, including acute, obtuse, straight and reflex angles. This lesson covers the year 5 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Geometry - properties of shape) and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for year 5 - Summer - Block 2 - Geometry - properties of shape. Content includes: Angles and turns recap How to calculate angles around a point explanation Class activities 3 Differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Calculating Angles Around a Point - Year 5’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar Year 5 geometry resources: Measuring Angles in Degrees - Year 5 Measuring Angles with a Protractor - Year 5 Drawing Lines and Angles Accurately - Year 5 Calculating Angles on a Straight Line - Year 5

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare - KS3 Unit of Work (14 lesson unit of work, 133-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 24 worksheets) This unit is perfect for either a high ability Year 7 group or a Year 8/9 class. It contains a series of engaging lessons that explore the plot, characters, themes and language of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream in detail. Lessons cover: Elizabethan theatre and Shakespeare Analysing the characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream Examining structure Analysing language Key themes Shakespeare use of comedy Extension activities, questions, and video links And much more!

Romeo and Juliet - GCSE Unit of Work ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a GCSE unit of work containing a 259-slide PowerPoint, 50 worksheets and a 32 lesson unit overview. This engaging unit explores the play act by act and scene by scene, analysing its plot, characters, themes, language and historical context through a range of learning activities. These GCSE Romeo and Juliet teaching resources include planning (a 32 lesson unit of work overview), a fully editable PowerPoint teaching resource and 50 accompanying PDF worksheets. Below are examples of the activities contained in the lessons. Historical / social / literary context - a biography of Shakespeare’s life and the Elizabethan theatre. Scene by scene activities to consolidate understanding. Comprehension questions to assess students’ knowledge of plot, character, language, context and themes. Close analysis of the characters of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and Tybalt. Exploration of key themes - love, hate, fate, loyalty. The social and historical context of Romeo and Juliet and the play’s representation of women. Developing key reading skills - inference and deduction. Using P.E.T.E.R. Point/Evidence/Technique/Explain/Reader to write an effective GCSE exam essay. Detailed analysis of Shakespeare’s language, key quotes and Romeo and Juliet’s soliloquies and monologues. How Shakespeare uses tension and suspense in Romeo and Juliet. Role play - hot-seating activities. Understanding key characters through empathy writing tasks. Video links to help the teaching and learning of key scene. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for more GCSE English Literature drama resources: An Inspector Calls Blood Brothers Macbeth The Merchant of Venice The History Boys The Tempest

Factors, Multiples, Primes, Squares and Cubes - Year 6 This Year 6 maths teaching resource includes a PowerPoint and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through identifying factors and multiples of numbers. It will help the children understand how to solve problems involving factors, multiples, primes and square/cube numbers in context, along with deepening their understanding of the four operations, as they will need to use a range of skills including multiplication and division. They will learn to represent factors and multiples in a variety of ways, including pictorial representations. The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. The resource contains five lessons, which support the White Rose Small Steps guidance, and are designed to support a mastery approach to teaching maths. Content includes: Lesson 1: Common factors with 1 accompanying worksheet and answers Lesson 2: Common multiples with 1 accompanying worksheet and answers Lesson 3: Prime numbers with 1 accompanying worksheet and answers lesson 4: Square and cube numbers with 1 accompanying worksheet and answers Lesson 5: Consolidation of skills learned so far with challenge cards ‘Factors, Multiples, Primes, Squares and Cubes - Year 6’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs. Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below to see similar resources: Multiples - Year 6 Prime Numbers - Year 6 Square and Cube Numbers - Year 6 Factors, Multiples, Primes, Squares and Cubes Challenge Cards - Year 6 Factors, Multiples, Primes, Squares and Cubes Challenge Cards - Year 6 The Four Operations - Year 6 Factors - Year 6 Multiplication - Year 6