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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.
Design or Pitch an App | Differentiated to 4 Levels | Research, Plan, Design
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Design or Pitch an App | Differentiated to 4 Levels | Research, Plan, Design

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Design or pitch an imaginary app! Engage your students’ creative side by researching, planning and designing an app that they wish existed through these four staged tasks, each differentiated to four levels. That’s 16 activities, suitable for individual or booklet printing. Mix and match them to create bespoke booklets for each student! Includes… One ‘How to Use’ page Research task to find out the most used apps among peers Research task to find out the most desired imaginary app among peers Planning task to explore the functions of a new imaginary app Design task to show what this new app would look like All of the aforementioned tasks are differentiated to 4 levels, indicated by the stars at the top of each sheet
Survival Island | Critical Thinking and Reasoning | 5 ELA Tasks in 1
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Survival Island | Critical Thinking and Reasoning | 5 ELA Tasks in 1

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Take a trip to an imaginary remote island! Students start by selecting one island from four descriptions and explaining their choice before going on to select seven items to take with them. Students will have different choices and reasoning depending on their island choice… Wrap the activity up with a piece of narrative, imaginative writing for their first night on the island.
Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure
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Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure

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Support your students to write about literature and language with this PEEL mat, filled with sentence starters to help them take their main Point, back it with Evidence, Explain their thoughts and Link them back to the original question. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Literary Symbols Mat | Motifs Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Poetry Analysis Mat | Content and Structure Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame
Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy
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Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy

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Encourage students to target punctuation and grammar skills in their work with the Accuracy Passport. These can be printed as A4 or A5 booklets and glued inside folders, exercise books, or kept in a file with the teacher. When you grade work, simply sign off when the skills have been demonstrated and stamp the skill once your student shows consistency in each area. Tiny ‘growing plant’ graphics encourage your students to move along to the next stage and indicate progress.
Romeo and Juliet | Quick Revision Bookmarks | 2 Characters & Play
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Romeo and Juliet | Quick Revision Bookmarks | 2 Characters & Play

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Three sets of five eye-catching double-sided bookmarks for Romeo, Juliet, and an overview of the play. A great introduction, discussion starter and ice-breaker for the play, or even to give as rewards! Romeo and Juliet’s bookmarks feature the symbols, themes and a selection of quotations associated with each character. The overview features the themes, characters, symbols and location of the play as well as a selection of quotations. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame Romeo & Juliet Essay | Guided Practice | Commitment Romeo and Juliet | The Prologue Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors
Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors
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Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors

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Printable sticker labels to help you give fast, individualised feedback based on the needs of each student. Save time and give higher-quality feedback in one go! Each sticker explains the punctuation or grammar error, outlines the rules for use, models the correct usage and suggests an improvement task. The stickers are laid out in printable sheets of 8, with colourful headings and dyslexia-friendly font. Four sets included to give a choice of colour backgrounds to meet your school’s marking policy or your marking style. Choose from pink, blue, green or yellow! This pack now includes feedback sticker sheets for: Possessive apostrophes Omissive apostrophes Capitalisation of the word I Capital letters Single commas Parenthetic commas Connectives Conjunctions Full stops Semi colons Speech marks Question marks Improving vocabulary choices Ellipses Here/Hear It’s/Its There/Their/They’re Too/To/Two Where/Were/Wear/We’re Whose/Who’s Your/You’re Paragraphing Synonyms If you found this helpful, you might also like: Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame Extension Tasks | Early Finisher Choice Board | All Subjects
Literacy Modelling | Extended Writing | Seven Text Type Posters
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Literacy Modelling | Extended Writing | Seven Text Type Posters

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These sheets are linked to seven main writing text types. They are suitable for use from age 11-16, and include annotated models of the text, suggested usage and punctuation prompts, among other information. The seven text types are: Explain (essays and analysis) Instruct Recount Report Exposition (essays) Narrative Persuasion (reviews, letters, speeches, etc) These sheets are also suitable for use as frames, posters or handouts.
Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy
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Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy

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Aimed at Secondary level, this resource includes six grammar mats for general writing support. They come in both colour and black and white PDFs. Best stuck in exercise books or to desks as tools for improving students’ written work! Each mat covers… Homophones Connectives Conjunctions Capital letters Improving vocabulary
To Kill a Mockingbird | Bundle | Character Study | 8 Resources
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To Kill a Mockingbird | Bundle | Character Study | 8 Resources

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This bundle includes all of my To Kill a Mockingbird resources to date. This pack includes: 9 character sketch worksheets for Atticus Finch 9 character sketch worksheets for Boo Radley 9 character sketch worksheets for Calpurnia 9 character sketch worksheets for Miss Maudie 7 sheets for Atticus Finch’s closing speech Guided practice frame for literature essays PEEL structure guide and sentence starters for literature essays 4 posters with vocabulary for English lessons
Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving
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Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving

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Four sets of 6 printable double-sided cards to encourage pupils to take responsibility for their learning. Desperate to encourage your students to be more independent, and to avoid the tidal wave of unnecessary questioning in the first ten minutes of a task? The reverse side prompts the questioner to try five independent steps to problem-solve their learning issue before finally raising the front side of the card to ask for your help. Just print your selected design back to back, laminate and trim! If you found this helpful, you might also like: Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Extension Tasks | Early Finisher Choice Board | All Subjects Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Literacy Mats | Support Writing More Able and Talented Bundle | Literacy | Challenge Resources
Easter Exposition | Persuasive Writing | Should Chocolate be Banned?
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Easter Exposition | Persuasive Writing | Should Chocolate be Banned?

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Encourage your students to write persuasively with this Easter-themed task. The writing task asks students to consider whether chocolate should be banned at Easter 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. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Easter Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Easter | Figurative Language Activity | Differentiated Go Outside | Active Learning | Description Scavenger Hunt Easter Language Scavenger Hunt | Literacy | English Language
Primary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts
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Primary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts

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Encourage your older Primary level students or younger Secondary students in need of support to develop their persuasive writing skills using these bingo grids, which feature 25 devices, techniques and features to spice up their argument. This pack includes the grid in five different formats for differentiation. Choose from: Simple grid with 25 prompts Support grids with 25 prompts and 51 sentence starters Planning grid with 25 empty spaces for drafting features Create some rewards or merits for ‘House’ and ‘Full House’, and away you go! Great for competitive students! If you found this helpful, you might also like: Primary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Primary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Primary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Student Newsbites | Introduction Activity | Back to School
Literary Symbols Mat | Motifs Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support
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Literary Symbols Mat | Motifs Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support

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An easy cheat-sheet for 69 symbols in literature, and possibly film and TV… Ready to print in A4 or A3, you can stick these in folders and exercise books, or laminate them as reusable class handouts. Me? I laminate them and stick them to the desks, so they’re always on hand! The 69 symbols and their meaning have been split into the following categories for easy indexing… Illumination Seasons Daily Cycles Celestial Bodies Weather Landscape Animals Human Environment and Tools If you found this helpful, you might also like: Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Poetry Analysis Mat | Content and Structure Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame
Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT
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Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT

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Challenge your MAT and Gifted and Talented students by asking them to edit work using this Ambitious Punctuation mat. There are five styles in this download, including a low-ink option. Includes guidance on… Parenthetic commas Ellipses Colon Semi colons Dashes If this was helpful, you might also like: Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Extension Tasks | Early Finisher Choice Board | All Subjects Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame
Secondary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts
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Secondary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts

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Encourage your KS3 students (or KS4 in needs of support) to develop their persuasive writing skills using these bingo grids, which feature 25 devices, techniques and features to spice up their argument. This pack includes the grid in five different formats for differentiation. Choose from: Simple grid with 25 prompts Support grid with 25 prompts and sentence starters Support grid with 25 prompts and sentence starters in dyslexia-friendly font Planning grid with 25 prompts and note space Planning grid with 25 empty spaces for drafting features, plus simple list of the 25 prompts, designed to be printed back to back Create some rewards or merits for ‘House’ and ‘Full House’, and away you go! Great for competitive students! If you found this helpful, you might also like: Primary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Student Newsbites | Introduction Activity | Back to School
Oracy | Free Choice Talk | Individual Presentation | Planning
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Oracy | Free Choice Talk | Individual Presentation | Planning

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This slideshow and planning pack allows students to think about their own interests and knowledge before they structure it into a presentation. A great sneaky way to get them preparing their ideas before they are told that they’re giving a talk to the class. No more will you hear “I don’t know what to talk about!” Includes… PowerPoint Printable planning sheet If you found this helpful, you might also like: Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT
Poetry Analysis Mat | Content and Structure Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support
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Poetry Analysis Mat | Content and Structure Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support

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An easy cheat-sheet to prompt your students into considering at least six aspects of a poem. Ready to print in A4 or A3, you can stick these in folders and exercise books, or laminate them as reusable class handouts. Me? I laminate them and stick them to the desks, so they’re always on hand! The six areas are… themes tone and mood poetic forms common symbolism the vocabulary of structure senses …plus a couple of handy tips. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Literary Symbols Mat | Motifs Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame
Easter | Figurative Language Activity | Differentiated
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Easter | Figurative Language Activity | Differentiated

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Enjoy using these differentiated figurative language worksheets as a starter, main, fast finisher or homework task. Use the Easter theme to build your students’ understanding of alliteration, similes, personification, onomatopoeia and hyperbole. This resource includes two activities and four levels of difficulty for both, so you can mix and match as needed for your students. The three sheets at each level can be used together or separately. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Easter Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Easter Exposition | Persuasive Writing | Should Chocolate be Banned? Go Outside | Active Learning | Description Scavenger Hunt Easter Language Scavenger Hunt | Literacy | English Language
Student Newsbites | Introduction Activity | Back to School
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Student Newsbites | Introduction Activity | Back to School

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A reflective alternative to the ice-breakers and ‘getting to know you’ worksheets. This simple single-sheeter encourages students to think about the impression they want to make, whilst also helping to create a buddy system environment. This is suitable for a range of ages and all subject areas. The pack includes: US and UK terminology versions black and white and rainbow colour versions in PDF FREE simplified editable Word version to help you differentiate or personalise for your class If you found this helpful, you might also like: Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Secondary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts
Character Revision Placemats | Of Mice & Men
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Character Revision Placemats | Of Mice & Men

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No-Prep Group Work! Just print, pass and problem-solve! A set of desk placemats to encourage groups to discuss and share information about quotations, themes and context, specifically linked to individual characters from the novel. This can either be an oracy task alone, or discussion alongside the creation of a revision map on A4 or A3 paper, or use with the included Character Thoughtpad to record the discussion. Includes eight characters, six tasks per sheet, and works well with 4-8 groups of students. Laminate for multiple use! You might like… Theme Revision Placemats | Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men | Context Workshops | Group Work Of Mice and Men | Character Sketch Bundle | GCSE Study Of Mice and Men | Light Symbolism | Post-Reading | GCSE Close Study