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Check out my English Language and Literature resources for secondary level.
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BUNDLE of Codebreaking Activities and Games | Crack the Codes | Complete Tasks
Engage your classes with this growing bundle of themed codebreaking activities, all with added challenge and difficulty levels!
Features activities for:
New Year
Valentine’s Day
St David’s Day
St Patrick’s Day
Women’s History Month
Easter
April Fool’s Day
Earth Day
Mental Health and Wellbeing
First, students use the keys to decode the messages. The messages revealed are tasks and questions, which students then respond to in the spaces given.
Additional tasks ask students to:
write more questions and tasks using the given code, then decode and respond to each others messages
create new codes of their own and use it to share messages
differentiated extension slips require students to name code systems, with reasoning
Includes activity pages, extension pages, and answer keys.
Printable Literary Theme Sticky Notes | Editable | Any Novel, Poem or Play
Help your students to analyse the themes in any text using these printable sticky note sheets. Print prompts and questions to distribute among the class, or give full sets to students for them to evaluate and apply as individual or group work.
This product includes…
Base template to ensure that your sticky notes go in the right place
12 themes to be printed onto 12 sticky notes (2 pages, 6 per page)
12 themes to be printed onto full page sets of sticky notes (12 pages, 6 per page)
Blank editable boxes for you to create your own information (1 page, 6 per page)
All materials included are provided in US letter and UK A4 size documents.
Figurative Language | Literary Devices | Bunting | Classroom Decoration
A bunting set aimed at high school classrooms featuring eight different writing devices. Decorate your classroom with purposeful and attractive flags! Each poster includes the Greek or Latin word roots for the device, and five quotations from literary works as examples.
The posters demonstrate:
Alliteration
Assonance
Imagery
Metaphors
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Similes
Use as classroom bunting, posters or print as smaller handouts or flashcards.
An Inspector Calls | Mrs Birling Quotations | Colour by Theme
Explore the quotations and themes of the character Mrs Birling, from JB Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls. The line art image of Mrs Birling is peppered with quotations, acting as a graphic organiser as well as a fun visual activity.
Choose a colour for each theme on the checklist at the bottom of the sheet, and shade the sections to link the quotations and the themes. Not only does this help understanding and revision, but you get a piece of art at the end!
This resource is provided in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
Follow me to be updated as each character sheet is added for this play!
TikTok Profile Template | Any Character or Historical Figure
Encourage your students to step into the shoes of a character or historical figure by creating a TikTok account for them. Great fun, but requires thought and justification! What would their TikTok handle be? What’s the profile picture? How about the bio? How many followers do they have, and what do their last six videos look like?
As well as a profile screen, this set of sheets includes screens for followers, following and suggested follows. It also has screens for paused videos and comment sections. There are three types of sheet provided, and one of them is individual screens each on a single page.
US and UK document sizes included. have fun!
Summer | School's Out Acrostic Poem | KS2 and KS3 | Reflection
Six summer acrostic poem worksheets with different fonts, and with or without writing guidelines. Students use the letters in the phrase ‘SCHOOL’S OUT’ to write a reflective acrostic poem about their school year.
These worksheets come in simple black and white format for easy printing, and in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
An Inspector Calls | Mr Birling Quotations | Colour by Theme
Explore the quotations and themes of the character Mr Birling, from JB Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls. The line art image of Mr Birling is peppered with quotations, acting as a graphic organiser as well as a fun visual activity.
Choose a colour for each theme on the checklist at the bottom of the sheet, and shade the sections to link the quotations and the themes. Not only does this help understanding and revision, but you get a piece of art at the end!
This resource is provided in both US letter and UK A4 size documents.
Follow me to be updated as each character sheet is added for this play!
Abstract and Concrete Nouns | Word Sort | Flashcards | EDITABLE
This abstract and concrete noun sorting activity is designed to prompt discussion as well as stretch learners and consolidate skills. Attractive flashcards come in three designs, and I have also included PNGs of image-only flashcards for you to add an extra layer of discussion, or to differentiate for your gifted and talented learners.
The text on each flashcard is fully editable for you to adapt the font or change the language, making this set of cards a bilingual resource too!
Back to School | Would You Rather | Visual | Editable | Printable
A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow and accompanying worksheets for KS3 and KS4 students with a back to school theme. For example, would your students rather do lessons one day a week without electricity, or one day a week outdoors in any weather, and why?
Encourage discussion around fifteen prompt pairs, all focused on the school theme. Great for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks. Either use the PowerPoint alone for verbal responses, use the full worksheets as a longer activity, hand out individual pairs as slips for a quick task… or a use as a combination!
US and UK document sizes included, and Google Apps versions with editable worksheets provided.
Individual Talk Self Assessment | Evaluation and Reflection | Two-sided Sheet
A self assessment form in high school not only lightens your workload, but it also allows students to reflect and evaluate their progress and open a dialogue with you as their teacher. Whether students are talking about an interest or hobby, or delivering their own Ted Talk, this task raises awareness of the communication skills required.
This resource comes in both US and UK document sizes (with appropriate spellings), editable Google Apps, and prompts your students to consider the following:
The topic of their presentation or talk
How they planned for it
Which speaking skills they used
Which listening skills they used
How they used them (giving examples)
Confidence levels at the beginning, middle and end of the discussion
Areas to improve based on the skills
Back to School | School Day Memory | Recount and Narrative Writing
Engage your students in some narrative or recount writing in the first week back at school by exploring a school day memory of their choice. This four-version differentiated graphic organiser is laid out like a lunch tray and you can either designate different prompt versions to different students, provide the blank one for class discussion and autonomy, or add your own prompts.
Comes with editable Google Apps version and in both US and UK document sizes.
Oral Communication | The Great Seasonal Debate | All Year | Argue and Persuade
An all-year debate task for KS3 and KS4! Students represent or personify seasonal holidays and argue their place in top spot in the holiday rankings.
This versatile, flexible activity can be assigned in a variety of ways (several suggestions included). Use the 21 pre-made seasonal celebration graphic organisers, or the generic version to assign totally different holidays.
This 100-page resource includes both American and British celebrations, suggestions for additional celebrations, and both US and UK document sizes.
Theatre Design Mat | Prompt Sheet | Visual Choice Board | KS4
This A3 Theatre Design mat is a single sided sheet of prompts for students to refer to while they think about their set layout and design.
It is easy to forget or miss an element, and sometimes having a menu of options to choose from can be helpful! Simply print and laminate for reuse.
Covers…
Stage types
Lighting Types
Lighting colors
Shadow effects
music and Sound effects
Costume
This mat is provided with both US and UK spellings.
Exposition Bingo | School Breaks and Holidays | Persuasion | KS3 and KS4
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.
Family Activities | Would You Rather | Discussion and Reasoning
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.
Summer Writing | Developing Ideas | Sentence Building | KS2 and KS3
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.
Wonder | First Day Jitters | Literature Extract Question and Essay Response Plan
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.
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Creative Writing Bundle | 20 Resources | Differentiated
This 20-product Creative Writing bundle for KS2, KS3 and KS4 differentiated includes resources for teaching and practising structure, figurative language, creative devices, punctuation and grammar development… and more!
Resources are provided with spelling and document sizes appropriate for US and UK classrooms, and many include Google Apps versions.
Of Mice and Men | Loneliness | Quotation Evaluation | Close Reading
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.
St Patrick's Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG
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.