A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet for older students with an Earth Day theme. For example, would your students rather have an hour of electricity a week, or an hour of clean water? Encourage discussion around seven prompt pairs, all focused on environmentally friendly activities, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice. This resource comes in three styles (two colour and one greyscale), and in both UK A4 and US letter document formats 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. The slideshow is also accompanied by printableUK A4 and US letter size worksheet versions, and UK and US spellings.

This is a persuasive writing graphic organiser on a single A3 sheet, aimed at KS3 and KS4. Print on a large sheet of paper for planning and creative thinking, or on a smaller letter-size or A4 sheet if needed. This organiser prompts your students to plan for writing about: Main opinion Situation, action, outcome 3 reasons or arguments Tripling, similes, alliteration and exaggeration Rhetorical questions and repetition Emotive language Facts and statistics Punctuation checklist …and available with both UK and US spellings.

Alternative statements and sentence starters for the phrase ‘it makes the reader want to read on.’ Encourage variation in your students’ analyses! Comes in UK A4 size and US letter size documents, and with both colour and BW options.

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!

Encourage your students to write persuasively with this Earth Day themed task. The writing task asks students to consider whether schools should have an ‘environmental hour’ every day or not, and to express their viewpoint in the form of a speech, letter or essay. The bingo grids feature 25 prompts; from details to consider to techniques to include. Prep some rewards for full rows and columns, and let your students aim for a Full House! The shopping lists feature the same 25 prompts reformatted, with space for your class to check them off as they use them. I have also included a printable themed sheet of writing paper for extra festivity. Both the bingo grid and the shopping list come in US and UK sizes, and with dyslexia-friendly font versions.

Enjoy using these differentiated figurative language worksheets as a starter, main, fast finisher or homework task. Use the Earth Day theme to build your students’ understanding of alliteration, similes, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole and sensory language. Some sheets provide prompts at every level, whilst others are more open for inspiration or challenge. The three sheets at each level can be used together or separately. I have also provided simple colour-free versions of every sheet: that’s 8 activities altogether!

This double-sided worksheet relies on the close study of light-themed quotations from the novel. The sheet includes several quotations from each chapter, and promotes discussion and more complex analysis for MAT students. This resource comes in both UK A4 size and US letter size, and includes a detailed answer key to support new teachers of the novel.

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.

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!

Punctuation feedback stickers in a pastel background design! 15 types of printable stickers for drawing attention to grammar improvement areas. The larger stickers fit nicely at the bottom of pages, and the smaller stickers can be perfectly placed in the margin of an exercise book or sheet of paper. The stickers come as one sheet with all grammar stickers in one print, or as full sheets of each individual punctuation focus for you to top up when you run out. The 11 different stickers are… I is your name for yourself and needs a capital letter. All sentences must start with a capital letter. All names of people, places and companies need a capital letter. Sentences must not ‘run on’ from each other. Use a full stop. Make sure you stay in the same tense when writing. Is this past, present or future tense? Stay consistent! Check you are using there, their and they’re correctly. Check you are using here and hear correctly. Check you are using your and you’re correctly. Check you are using where, were, we’re and wear correctly. Check you are using to, too, and two correctly. Plurals do not need an apostrophe. Apostrophes must be added to show possession. Use names instead of vague pronouns. could have, should have, might have …not ‘of’. If you like this, you might also like… Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Printable Punctuation Feedback Stickers | Marking | Literacy | Wild Design

**Punctuation feedback stickers in a sweetie background design! ** 11 types of printable stickers for drawing attention to punctuation improvement areas. The larger stickers fit nicely at the bottom of pages, and the smaller stickers can be perfectly placed in the margin of an exercise book or sheet of paper. The stickers come as one sheet with all punctuation stickers in one print, or as full sheets of each individual punctuation focus for you to top up when you run out. The 11 different stickers are… Don’t forget your capital letters Don’t forget your full stops Don’t forget your commas Don’t forget your apostrophes Don’t forget your question marks Don’t forget your speech marks Don’t forget your colon for a list You could use a colon You could use an ellipsis You could use a semi colon You could use a dash If you like this, you might also like… Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy

Punctuation feedback stickers in a wild background design! 11 types of printable stickers for drawing attention to punctuation improvement areas. The larger stickers fit nicely at the bottom of pages, and the smaller stickers can be perfectly placed in the margin of an exercise book or sheet of paper. The stickers come as one sheet with all punctuation stickers in one print, or as full sheets of each individual punctuation focus for you to top up when you run out. The 11 different stickers are… Don’t forget your capital letters Don’t forget your full stops Don’t forget your commas Don’t forget your apostrophes Don’t forget your question marks Don’t forget your speech marks Don’t forget your colon for a list You could use a colon You could use an ellipsis You could use a semi colon You could use a dash If you like this, you might also like… Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy