Teacher notes on 'How does Shakespeare present Lear in the opening scene of the play?". This could also be used as an exemplar answer demonstrating how students should integrate literary techniques into their answers. (Not a full essay response.) Key terms match up exercise (answers included) Worksheets on Lear and Edmund comparison Worksheet on how characters handle rejection Match the image to the character / circumstance Focus on Lear’s speech in the storm; labeling of literary techniques. Match the character to the quote domino type game. Short classroom activities / do nows.

Character, theme and literary technique revision flashcards for Orwell’s Animal Farm. Perfect for independent revision or group work activities.

25 pairs / 50 flashcards of homophones. This is a fun, interactive resource to develop homophone knowledge. Students have to match the picture to the correct spelling. Ideal literacy group activity.

20 sheets (40 cards) containing different types of nouns. 5 sheets of concrete nouns 5 sheets of collective nouns 5 sheets abstract nouns 5 sheets of proper nouns Can be used an an activity to sort the types of nouns into categories or as a classroom display.

20 sheets / 40 cards of cvc words. Can be made into a flip book for students or cut up into individual cards. Bright, vibrant cards help your students practise letter and word formation of CVC words.

12 revision activities based on Wright’s adaptation of McEwan’s novel. These activities can be completed in any given order; in groups, pairs or independently. Mind maps, essays, or discussion can be used to stimulate critical thinking about this amazing text.

40 cards. 2 containing a definition of active and passive voices. 20 examples of active voice. 20 examples of passive voice. Students are given a card / cards and have to convert the sentence into the opposite voice. Can be used as a verbal group activity or as a written independent activity.

31 bright, colourful flashcards depicting cinematography terms. Colour coordinated: Green: shot, scene, sequence Blue: Camera angles Yellow: Lighting, filters Purple: Diegetic, non-diegetic and dialogue Orange: Editing techniques Pink: costume, props, mise-en-scene This is a neat revision game where students (in groups or independently) can match the definition to the term.

Flashcard game relating to sentence types. 11 sentences covering terms such as clause, predicate, simple, compound, complex sentence, phrase etc. 11 definitions. 11 examples. Cards will need to be pre-cut. This activity can be group based or an individual, cut and paste exercise to put in student workbooks.

17 pages of 5 letter word spelling lists grouped by their initial blend sound. Blends include: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, gl, pl, sl, sm, sn, sp, sc, sk, st, sw and tw. Each list has 16 - 18 words (tw has 12.)

A neat flashcard game for students who mispronounce blended sounds. Students need to match the cards based on the full beginning blend with its “opposite”, the card with the part of the blend missing. For example, plate = late; brush = rush; branch = ranch. 19 sheets (3 pairs per card), 57 colourful pairs that need to be precut for students.

14 slide Power Point looking at the aspect of Setting in Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth. Discussion questions / lecture style notes on the physical and socio-political setting of the film. Suitable for Year 13 / Level 3 NCEA Visual Text study.

12 revision activities on Orwell’s 1984. Students can work independently on the activities once familiar with the text.

10 colourful flashcards, each card citing an aspect of the Tragic Hero. There is space for the students to write the evidence from their text onto each card showing how the character meets (or not) the criteria for a tragic hero. Group or individual activity. Not text specific.

28 quote cards to be matched to 7 different characters from McTeigue’s adaptation of V for Vendetta. Ideal group revision activity.

24 card domino pack. A fun, interactive way to help your students discover / revise animal themed collective nouns.

10 Pack of worksheets that focus on word class / parts of speech revision. Students are to decide if the word in each picture matches the word class at the top of the worksheet and, if so, colour in the picture. Word classes covered: Verbs Abstract nouns Collective nouns Prepositions Conjunctions Irregular verbs Past tense verbs Adjectives Adverbs Pronouns This worksheet pack is ideal for fun, Christmas-themed literacy activities.

10 pack of worksheets that require students to highlight the word class or language technique specified. Similes Metaphors Irregular verbs Conjunctions Prepositions Onomatopoeia Interjections Abstract nouns Collective nouns Adverbs A fun, festive literacy activity for the Christmas season.

If you are looking to brighten up your classroom walls with a condensed version of the creative or formal writing process, this is it. A3 size PDF files, 2 posters included. It outlines the writing stages in order to achieve the final written product, ready for submission.

21 examples of conjunctions arranged in correlative, subordinating and co-ordinating groups. Flashcard or Wall display resource.