Four printable, editable Halloween bookmarks to give as gifts or use and purposeful gift tags in your class. Simply edit the message and font in PowerPoint, print, laminate and go!

A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow for secondary school students focused on Halloween. Great for October or autumn! Encourage discussion around 20 prompt pairs, all focused on the winter season. Perfect for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks.

A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow for KS3 and KS4 school students focused on winter traditions and festivals around the world. Great for Christmas! Encourage discussion around ten prompt pairs, all focused on the winter season. Perfect for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks.

Guide your students in the close reading of any quotation from any text with these Quote Marks - bookmarks with differentiated mix and match activities. Perfect for rounding off a bigger reading task! Features three options for a front side and two options for the reverse, or print any of them as single-sided bookmark tasks. Four repeated bookmarks per sheet in black and white allow for easy printing and ink-saving. Includes US letter and UK A4 document sizes, plus a quick guide for printing. Tasks include: Identifying a quote Who said it and when Meaning of quote Tone of language Key words or impact In your own words… Word group categorizing Star ratings Change a word to alter the meaning

This Halloween activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great bellringer, brain break or or exit ticket. Learn about the history of Halloween 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.

This proofreading activity for KS2 and KS3 is a great bellringer, brain break or or exit ticket. 6 errors on each slide are differentiated by outcome - an error to spot for all levels of ability! Introduce your students to ten examples of classic literature whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. The café theme and quick, close reading skills needed makes this perfect for your book tasting event! Answer key included.

This differentiated quotation analysis task requires students to look closely at quotes from chapters 14 to 18 of Louis Sachar’s novel Holes and pick out the figurative language, devices and techniques Sachar has used. This is followed by the opportunity to analyse the quotations for meaning and impact. There are three levels of differentiation within the lists of writing techniques included, plus a double sided worksheet of fifteen quotations. Answer key also included. All versions come in both US letter and UK A4 document size.

Round up independent reading or book tasting sessions by asking your students to fill out the sides of a hexagon with information about their own book. Then instruct them in the creation of a whole-class hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between the books to make a fantastic wall display. This resource includes quick-print sheets of large, medium and small hexagons, and two differentiated versions. Version 1 has sides for protagonist, antagonist, genre, theme, favorite quote, and setting. Version 2 has sides for hero, conflict, setting, favorite moment, genre, and pages. An exciting activity that will also help your students to recommend new novels to each other!

Support social-emotional learning or start a conversation about mental health by asking your students to fill out the sides of a hexagon with information about their reflections and emotions. Use in one-to-one counselling sessions, in smaller nurture groups or with classes to help students share their experiences. Six different designs of hexagon allow students to draw, graph or write about their moods and feelings, and track their experiences over days or weeks. Create personal diagrams for one student, or collaborate with larger groups! This resource includes quick-print sheets of large and smaller hexagons, both US letter and UK A4 document sizes.

This fun descriptive writing task includes everything you need to support your less able students and stretch your gifted ones. First, students explore ideas for describing a pumpkin, bat or skeleton as individuals, or in pairs or as a class, using the visual prompts on the first sheet. Some students might wish to express some of their ideas through colour as well as words. Next, share the differentiated word bank of sensory words to support and stretch your students as needed. Included are banks for sight, sound, smell and touch - taste is not included, but you could always do this as a separate bank or as another collaboration project. There is also a vocabulary bank for verbs. US letter and UK A4 size documents included. The outcome will be interesting and vivid descriptions of the humble pumpkin, misunderstood bat and spooky, scary skeleton. Enjoy!

Students can get a feel for the setting of their story or description with this set of ten graphic organizer planning sheets - select different sheets to differentiate for the needs of individual students. Either use nine prompts to determine as many ideas or aspects of language as possible, or give more specific sheets like the five senses, one specific sense, or location building to aid development of detail. Students can quickly and easily jot down notes, phrases, ideas and vocabulary; laminate the sheets and use with dry-wipe pens for lower printing costs! Suitable for a range of ages - flexible mats in both US and UK document sizes. Great for NaNoWriMo, but please note that this resource is not associated with or endorsed by the National Novel Writing Month team.

Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the themes of any novel, short story or play, and then instruct them in the creation of a hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between the themes and explaining their reasons. Allow more able students to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces. Includes two differentiated versions - one with headings for three quotations, characters, context and symbolism for the theme, and one with subheadings in each of these areas. VERSION 1 SIDES: Characters Context Symbolism Quotations x3 VERSION 2 SIDES: Characters Main characters Secondary characters Tertiary characters Context Historical context Social context Symbolism Symbol Meaning Quotations x3 Who said it? When? This resource includes US letter and UK A4 size versions.

Four reading comprehension questions focused on setting for any novel, poem or extract. Use this list of differentiated questions as ideas for lessons, or print and hand out all questions and determine which students should complete. Use the worksheet version of each question as note-making activities or visual guides. The four questions explore: gathering evidence for inferring the setting, changes in the setting, details and features of the setting, and evaluating the importance of a setting. Perfect for literature stations, lit circles, or homework tasks.

Create an interactive decoration for your classroom by asking your students to fill out one of these strips as a record of their reading. Each strip includes space for the title and author of the book, and the name of the student who finished the book as well as the date they finished it. Simply add the book loop to the chain or garland and watch your class’s collective book log grow! Five styles of ‘link’ are provided in this pack: library shelf, comic books, pages, white with color text, and white with black text for printing on colored paper.

14 grammar posters for your English classroom - simple black and white styles which are easy to print on colour paper, or keep it monochrome. Gen Z slang used on all posters as examples of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and more! One version features sketch images to accompany the slang, and the other is text-only. 28 posters in all!

This fun descriptive writing task includes everything you need to support your less able students and stretch your gifted ones. First, students explore ideas for describing a turkey, pumpkin or pumpkin pie as individuals, or in pairs or as a class, using the visual prompts on the first sheet. Some students might wish to express some of their ideas through color as well as words. Next, share the differentiated word bank of sensory words to support and stretch your students as needed. Included are banks for sight, sound, smell and touch - taste is not included, but you could always do this as a separate bank or as another collaboration project. There is also a vocabulary bank for verbs, and space in each section for students to add ideas of their own. The outcome will be interesting and vivid descriptions of the humble turkey or pumpkin pie. Enjoy!

This Bloom’s Ball template for close character study features two sides for each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy - remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create. Each side has a prompt for character study: Remember the character’s first appearance Remember the character’s key details Understand the character’s choices Understand the character’s conflict Apply one of the character’s beliefs to the real world Apply one of the character’s quotes to an impression you get of them Analyze the meaning of the character’s name Analyze the impact of the character on the story Evaluate how good or bad the character is Evaluate the character’s future Create a picture of the character Create a meal for this character

Support social-emotional learning or start a conversation about mental health by prompting your students to explore their negative thoughts and emotions through the metaphor of trees. Use in: one-to-one counselling sessions smaller nurture groups with classes to help students share their experiences This resource includes step by step instructions, interactive trees activity, and an optional reflection task in both US letter and UK A4 document sizes.

This editable pack of three activities about Romeo’s use of language in Acts 1.4 and 1.5 of Romeo and Juliet promotes close study of the play. Assess Romeo’s emotions Analyze his positive and negative language Read closely into his use of themes and semantics Categorize his speech US and UK document sizes and terminology provided, plus fully editable Google Docs version.

Create a DIY advent calendar with pictures behind each door! This fantastic keepsake craftivity can be used with a range of student ages and abilities, and makes a great gift or project. 10 templates included! Elements included: Detailed teacher instructions for preparation and delivery Printable templates with a choice of fonts 24 literary quotes about Christmas, one behind each door Totally blank printable templates for complete creative freedom 10 pre-made, easy print templates - just decide whether you want blank or pre-filled calendar fronts or reverses!