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Check out my English Language and Literature resources for secondary level.
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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.
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.
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 | 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.
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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.
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Proofreading Bundle | Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar | Accuracy | SPaG
These activities for KS3 and KS4 are great seasonal bellringers, brain breaks, starters or exit tickets. Learn about lots of different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer keys included.
Earth Day | Would You Rather | Discussion and Reasoning
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.
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Cover Lesson Bundle | Substitute Teacher Collection
A great collection of 16 one-off lesson materials for those unexpected cover lessons. Just print what you need and go!
Earth Day Celebrations | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG
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.
Persuasive Writing Planning | Graphic Organiser | Visual Learners
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.
FREE | Development of Analysis | Improving Vocabulary
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.
Mother's Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG
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.
Of Mice and Men | Correct the Errors | Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
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!