A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet and PowerPoint for older students with a summer theme. For example, would your students rather spend every day at the beach, or every day in the woods, and why? Encourage discussion around eight prompt pairs, all focused on summer activities, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice. Check out the video preview for a closer look! This resource comes in two styles (one color and one black and white), and in both US letter and UK A4 document formats for easy printing, plus accompanying PowerPoint to make it easy for you to use these tasks as individual bell-ringers or exit tickets. I have also ensured that US and UK spellings are included on the appropriate documents. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Exposition Bingo | School Breaks and Holidays | Persuasion | KS3 and KS4 Summer Writing | Developing Ideas | Sentence Building | KS2 and KS3 Family Activities | Would You Rather | Discussion and Reasoning Wonder | Ordinary | Literature Extract Question and Essay Response Plan Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT

This no-prep resource includes a choice of bingo grid or shopping list of 25 prompts to encourage students to research and develop their opinion about school breaks and holidays, drafting a persuasive exposition about whether breaks should be spread out more evening or not. Great for competitive classes, and can be used with students with any school year structure. Colour and black and white options provided! The resource also includes a graphic organiser for students to prepare their information, and all sheets come in both US and UK document sizes with appropriate spellings.

Encourage developed sentences in creative writing with this summer-themed worksheet. Using the prompts (what, who, where, when, how, and why) your students start with a single detail and build it into a fully developed, image-filled sentence. One sentence-building process is modelled for your students, then two prompts are provided, and finally there are two empty spaces for students to create their own ideas from scratch. This worksheet is in graphic organizer format, comes in 2 black and white styles and 2 color styles, and all of these come in both US letter and UK A4 document sizes with appropriate spellings and terminology on each.

A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet and PowerPoint for older students with an appreciation theme; perfect for Mother’s and Father’s Day. For example, would your students rather make their parents breakfast, or make their parents dinner, and why? Encourage discussion around eight prompt pairs, all focused on parents and grandparents, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice. This resource comes in two styles (one color and one black and white), and in both US letter and UK A4 document formats for easy printing, plus accompanying PowerPoint to make it easy for you to use these tasks as individual starters or exit tickets. I have also ensured that US and UK spellings are included on the appropriate documents.

Coach your students through the close reading and annotation of an extract about Chapter 13 from Wonder, then instruct them in the use of the differentiated essay frame to challenge and stretch pupils at all levels. What are August’s thoughts and feelings in this extract? The extract and annotation sheet includes instructions and suggested quotations underlined, and the essay frame shows a clear route of progress and has a built-in example and extension column. This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size documents, and in colour and black/white versions.

Coach your students through the close reading and annotation of an extract about Chapter 1 from Wonder, then instruct them in the use of the differentiated essay frame to challenge and stretch pupils at all levels. How does Palacio show that August does not fit in? The extract and annotation sheet includes instructions and suggested quotations underlined, and the essay frame shows a clear route of progress and has a built-in example and extension column. This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size documents, and in colour and black/white versions.

Thirty posters showing key quotations from all three acts of An Inspector Calls. Each poster is in an attractive black and white design, as many of us do not have access to colour printing! Each poster features a key quotation (along with who said it and when), the associated themes as hashtags, and indicates the tone used by the character. All 30 posters are A4 size.

A peer assessment carousel not only lightens your workload, but it also allows each student to gain feedback from six different classmates whilst also seeing and evaluating examples of work from their peers. How it works… Just print a six-box feedback sheet for every student and staple it to their work. The work and these feedback sheets will be passed around the carousel to collect feedback. Next, group your students equally, according to their strengths. Each student reads a piece of work and fill out the feedback box for their focus, using the student guide sheets for prompts. When the time is up for reading and giving feedback, each group piles up the work, and the piles are passed on to the next group. You can use the premade sheets, which works around the concept of six focus groups, or you could make your own with the included blank editable version. Easily adapted for different tasks, this product will serve you year in, year out! Includes a handy ‘How to Use’ guide.

Seven tasks on seven double-sided worksheets. Each task focuses on a quotation about loneliness, and features four points or ideas about the quotation. Students must evaluate how much they agree with the points, rank them, and explain their reasoning… but beware - one point in each four is totally inaccurate! Use individually as bell-ringers, brain breaks, or give groups of students different quotations for a more developed discussion lesson. These worksheets are double-sided and come with answer keys to show the inaccurate points. I have also provided US letter and UK A4 size documents, and spellings for both the US and the UK.

Analyse the figurative language and literary devices from eight Tiktok sound trends and viral songs seen during April 2021! Use either as a full lesson in preparation for a bigger analysis task, as individual recap tasks for skills, or as a series of engaging starters for figurative language and device lessons. Best suited to upper KS3 and KS4. This resource comes in both US and UK document sizes (letter and A4), features eight sets of lyrics (recognisable to many students who use Tiktok), colour-coded answer keys, and an additional PowerPoint version for class collaboration. If you love this resource, follow me for an update when I release the sound trend tasks for May 2021 and beyond!

Analyse the figurative language and literary devices from eight Tiktok sound trends and viral songs seen during March 2021! Use either as a full lesson in preparation for a bigger analysis task, as individual recap tasks for skills, or as a series of engaging starters for figurative language and device lessons. Best suited to upper KS3 and KS4. This resource comes in both US and UK document sizes (letter and A4), features eight sets of lyrics (recognisable to many students who use Tiktok), colour-coded answer keys, and an additional PowerPoint version for class collaboration. If you love this resource, follow me for an update when I release the sound trend tasks for April 2021 and beyond!

This FREE activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great starter, brain break or exit ticket. Learn about interesting information whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. See the video preview for a fuller demonstration! The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions.

This St Patrick’s Day activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great seasonal starter, brain break or exit ticket. Learn about eight different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions, and US and UK spellings.

This activity for KS3 and KS4 can complement any topic with links to the ocean. Learn about six different superstitions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions. If you found this helpful, you might also like: St Patrick’s Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Mother’s Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Easter Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Earth Day Celebrations | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG July 4th Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Of Mice and Men | Correct the Errors | Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Or to see a similar free sample, try… FREE | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG

This July 4th activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great seasonal starter, brain break or exit ticket. Learn about eight different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions, and US and UK spellings.

This Mother’s Day activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great seasonal starter or exit ticket. Learn about six different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. See the video preview for a fuller demonstration! 13 slides, six tasks, and 18 errors that can be used as a full lesson or shorter tasks. The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions, and US and UK spellings.

Great starter and exit tasks for lessons on Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. This slideshow features summaries for all six chapters; every chapter summary is split across two slides and there are six spelling, punctuation or grammar errors in each. That’s 12 errors per summary. Each summary also comes as a printable worksheet, and answer keys are built into the slideshow. There are also recap extension tasks at the end of each summary for additional stretch!

A simple cut ‘n’ paste Earth Day activity that allows a student to plan a narrative from the point of view of a raindrop, ray of light, seed or grain of sand. Students plan their story across five paragraphs with attention to plot and devices through the ‘pick and mix’ prompts, whilst still using their own ideas. The activity worksheets feature: Writing titles and prompts Five-paragraph planning grid Structural features for planning the plot and narrative style Writing device labels for adding spice Punctuation checklist for drafting This resource comes in US letter and UK A4 size, and in color and BW versions.

Explore the more sophisticated vocabulary of Earth Day through these word search and definition matching tasks. Aimed at KS4 students, or MAT KS3 students, these sheets make a great starter task before moving on to an extended writing task linked to Earth Day. These tasks come with full answer keys and in both US letter and UK A4 size for easy printing. This Earth Day activity for Years 7-11 is a great seasonal starter or exit ticket. Learn about six different Earth Day celebrations whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Earth Day | Would You Rather | Discussion and Reasoning Earth Day Bingo | Persuasive and Exposition Writing Earth Day | Figurative Language | Writing Devices | Differentiated Easter Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT

This Earth Day activity for Years 7-11 is a great seasonal starter or exit ticket. Learn about six different Earth Day celebrations whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. The slideshow is also accompanied by printableUK A4 and US letter size worksheet versions, and UK and US spellings.