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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.
An Inspector Calls | Hexagon Diagram | Hex Pieces | Activity | Note-Taking
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An Inspector Calls | Hexagon Diagram | Hex Pieces | Activity | Note-Taking

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Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the characters of the play An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley, or allow them to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces. Then instruct them in the creation of a hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between characters and explaining their reasons. This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size versions.
Chapter 9 | Holes | Stanley's Letter | Informal Letter Writing
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Chapter 9 | Holes | Stanley's Letter | Informal Letter Writing

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This differentiated informal letter task requires students to finish or redraft Stanley’s letter from chapter 9 of Louis Sachar’s novel Holes. If Stanley is twisting the truth so that his mom won’t worry, what else might he write? There are three styles of worksheet for the writing activity included, plus a printable sheet of checklist slips (four per sheet) to give out as necessary. Introduction and planning activity also included… All versions come in both US letter and UK A4 document size.
Homelessness Webquest | Guided Research | 54321 Process | Differentiated
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Homelessness Webquest | Guided Research | 54321 Process | Differentiated

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Using simple countdown prompts to guide students, this resource allows your class to get on with research responsibly with clear starting and finishing points. Supplement your unit on homelessness or social issues as either a classroom or a homework task. There are three differentiated versions of this worksheet - one with suggested search terms and foci for pupils needing support, one without prompts but including writing lines, and one without prompts for more independent students. This resource includes: 3 differentiated versions of the task PDF versions for quick, no-prep printing US and UK document sizes
Problem Solving | How to help with $100 or £100 | Homelessness
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Problem Solving | How to help with $100 or £100 | Homelessness

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Engage your class with a problem-solving task for your unit on Homelessness or Global Issues. Use this differentiated activity to promote discussion and critical thinking - if you had $100 or £100, how would you help a homeless person? US and UK currency versions included, plus appropriate document sizes. Either select items from a tabled list of resources, or use the image-based list. Quick bellringer task version provided, plus a vocab word search for fast finishers. This task also includes editable Google Docs versions for online learning or homework tasks. Please note: The images on the second page are not editable or moveable due to the terms of use.
Holes | Correct the Errors | Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
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Holes | Correct the Errors | Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

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Great starter and exit tasks for lessons on Louis Sachar’s Holes. This slideshow features opening quotations from all 50 chapters; there are six spelling, punctuation or grammar errors in each, and answer keys built in. That’s 300 errors to correct in one slideshow. Use as bellringers, brain breaks, exit tickets or as mini-lessons.
WORD GROUPS | Grammar Word Search | Autumn | Vocabulary Building | Pre-Writing
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WORD GROUPS | Grammar Word Search | Autumn | Vocabulary Building | Pre-Writing

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Explore a wide variation of autumn-themed vocabulary through these word search sheets. Aimed at KS2 and KS3, these sheets make a great bellringer, starting task or brain break before moving on to an extended writing task linked to the season. They also work well for fast finishers. These tasks come with full answer keys and in both US letter and UK A4 size for easy printing, as well as US and UK spellings and references to Fall and autumn accordingly.
Stone Cold | Swindells | Link Character Sketch | Quotations
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Stone Cold | Swindells | Link Character Sketch | Quotations

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This differentiated set of A4 sheets asks students to create a character sketch of Link, from Robert Swindells’ Stone Cold. Includes the option to provide quotations or not, and to provide silhouettes to sketch over or not. 8 different worksheets to choose from!
An Inspector Calls | Birlings | Impressions | Essay Question | Close Reading
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An Inspector Calls | Birlings | Impressions | Essay Question | Close Reading

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Coach your students through the close reading and annotation of the opening description from the play An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley, then instruct them in the use of the differentiated essay frames to challenge and stretch pupils at all levels. The extract and annotation sheet includes focused instructions, and the essay frame shows a clear route of progress with a built-in example and extension column to model development of ideas. Full answer key and suggestions provided.
Writer's Tone | Analysis of Language | Author Purpose | Printable Vocab Cards
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Writer's Tone | Analysis of Language | Author Purpose | Printable Vocab Cards

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These printable tone cards can be used to discuss and analyse the language in both fiction and non-fiction texts. Available in colour and black and white! Prompt your students to use more sophisticated vocabulary with these sets of positive, neutral, and negative tone word mini-cards which also have the option to print four synonyms on the reverse to clarify meaning and avoid repetition in written or spoken responses. Low prep - print and cut. For repeated use: print, laminate, cut, and store in small popper wallets or boxes.
Creative Writing Bundle | 20 Resources | Differentiated
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Creative Writing Bundle | 20 Resources | Differentiated

20 Resources
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.
12 Free Downloads | Sample Pack | English Lesson Tasters | Bundle
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12 Free Downloads | Sample Pack | English Lesson Tasters | Bundle

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If you want an overview of my product quality, or you love what you see and just want to download a collection of my freebies in one go, I’ve tried to make it a little easier for you! This collection is best suited to middle and high school classrooms. Includes: Half-page character autopsy trio sheet Any book codebreaker sample Persuasive writing introduction scaffold Activity page for chapter 10 of Tears of a Tiger Quick opinions chain reaction example Mindful coloring notebook cover Blackout poetry activity page Text to World comprehension sample Greek and Latin roots through Dinosaur Names Sell a haunted house planning page Half-page wellbeing daily check-in sheet Examples of autumn haiku Thanks for visiting my store!
Building Sentences | Figurative Language & Creative Devices | Full Lesson | Starters
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Building Sentences | Figurative Language & Creative Devices | Full Lesson | Starters

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This resource is a step by step guide to building sentences by rewriting a sentence and adding an example of figurative language or a creative device each time. Use as a full lesson, or spread it out over several lessons as a bellringer. A peer feedback task is built in to the end of the process. The provided example models the process every step of the way whilst students work on their own sentence from a choice of three. Students begin with a base, three word sentence and add an adverb, alliteration, simile, personification, onomatopoeia and oxymoron in guided stages. The slideshow provided steers this process, and can be used as a lesson slideshow, or as bellringer slides. An editable Google Slides version of the PowerPoint is also included. Both US and UK document sizes are included!
Six Word Memoir | Icebreaker | Differentiated
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Six Word Memoir | Icebreaker | Differentiated

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A great bellringer, brain break, warm up or ‘getting to know you’ task that can also be used as an extended task. Differentiated in nine different ways, this resource encourages students to select and edit their thoughts to a strict limit… harder than they anticipate! It’s also worth using for fast finishers. Includes: 9 levels of differentiation Quick and extended versions of the task US letter and UK A4 document sizes and terminology Fully editable Google Docs version
Design a Gaming Live Stream | Descriptive Writing | Differentiated | Fun
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Design a Gaming Live Stream | Descriptive Writing | Differentiated | Fun

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Looking to engage students with an interest in gaming? This differentiated resource allows your gamer students to design or describe a live stream similar to those seen on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok and Facebook. Bring their world and your world together with this alternative writing task! One version of this task allows students to design or draw their ideas, and two versions offer prompts for written descriptions on a computer screen style graphic organiser. All three versions of the sheet are provided in both US letter and UK A4 size document.
Back in Time Capsule | Reasoning and Empathy | How Would History React
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Back in Time Capsule | Reasoning and Empathy | How Would History React

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This activity focuses on the idea of a time capsule - what would your students put in a time capsule to be opened in the past? The resource features three formats: What eight items would you put in a time capsule, and why? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would people react if they discovered it 100 years ago? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would the people in the historical society in your novel or story react if they dug it up? This makes this set of worksheets suitable for one-off lessons, or linked to historical study, or linked specifically to the study of a novel or story. All worksheets are provided in US letter size and UK A4 size, and also as a Google Docs editable version.
Time Capsule | Reasoning and Prediction | Futuristic or Dystopian Society Task
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Time Capsule | Reasoning and Prediction | Futuristic or Dystopian Society Task

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This activity focuses on the idea of a time capsule - what would your students put in a time capsule to be opened more than 100 years from now? The resource features three formats: What eight items would you put in a time capsule, and why? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would people react if they dug it up in 100 years? What six items would you put in a time capsule, and how would the people in the society in your novel react if they dug it up? This makes this set of worksheets suitably flexible for one-off lessons, or linked to a range of tasks and subjects, or linked specifically to the study of a dystopian or futuristic novel or story. All worksheets are provided in US letter size and UK A4 size, and also as a Google Docs editable version.
Holes by Louis Sachar | Expanding Bundle | Novel Study Companion | 10 Tasks
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Holes by Louis Sachar | Expanding Bundle | Novel Study Companion | 10 Tasks

10 Resources
This bundle of activities for use alongside study of the novel Holes currently includes 10 tasks. I am teaching this novel to my students at the time of writing, and will add resources to the bundle as I create, use, and improve them with my classes. Buy this novel companion bundle now, and benefit when I add new resources!