10 pages, (2 x each sense) of sentence tracing for the five senses. Students can see how sentences are constructed as well as being able to practise letter formation.

23 flashcards designed to help students revise the literary techniques used in satirical writing. I used this resource when teaching Juvenal’s Satires but the cards could also be used for teaching satire as part of a creative writing unit. Flashcards include (examples): Parody Invectives Sarcasm Imperatives Epigrams Apostrophe (not the punctuation mark) Circumlocution Ridicule Antithesis

Using Old Major’s song ‘Beasts of England’, students are to select specific literary or language techniques to show how Old Major convinces the animals that Animalism is a worthy cause. This comes with a an exemplar or model answer with grade boundaries for New Zealand NCEA Level 1 levels, A, M and E. Students can see the cumulative effect of techniques on the animals / reader. This resource is designed to take a closer look at Orwell’s language when studying Animal Farm, but also develop general reading comprehension skills.

3 resources included in this package. Analytical notes on Pan organised through SOLO Taxonomy descriptors showing students what is needed to be proficient eat each level. A borderline Non-Achieved / Achieved Pan essay on character development. I have found this resource to be useful in illustrating the difference between a plot-driven essay. Students are able to edit the document and provide relevant analysis. Editable document showing how to integrate analytical comments into an essay. Again, this is useful for students who tend to ‘tell the story’. The scene analysed is Ofelia and the Toad. Resources designed for NCEA Level 3, NZ Curriculum, but can be adapted to any film analysis of Pan’s Labyrinth.

2 exemplar essays on Wright’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, Atonement. Based on NCEA Level 3 Visual Text questions, these essays are Excellence level essays.

A set of 10 cards (5 picture cards and 5 word cards). Colour resource to help your students develop their phonemic and phonic awareness. This game can be played by having the words or pictures pre-cut and matching cards are placed on the opposite card or they can be matched up via pen /pencil. Can be used as a group or individual activity.

A 26 page workbook for students who are developing phonological awareness. This is a brilliant resource for students who recognise different letters but need to focus on the sounds made at the start, in the middle and the end of the words.

This is an ideal resource if you are looking for a quick revision activity for King Lear Students have to match the quote to the character. Quotes can be pre-cut and matched to the characters as an independent activity or the quotes can be read at random and students have to write the quote next to the character they think it belongs to.

2 page PDF document outlining one of the key themes in Del Toro’s work (family). Students are given prompt questions when comparing 2 scenes, meeting Vidal and bonding with Mercedes. This resource is ideal for a close study of two scenes, focusing on the use of foreshadowing and a general revision activity on the movie.

Quick revision activity on Pan’s Labyrinth. Answer sheet included.

2 resources included: Vocabulary checklist for formal letter writing. Can be used as a list of requisite words or as a spelling aid. Formal Letter Writing Info sheet / Poster. This can be used for classroom display or as a helpful worksheet guide for students.

14 picture cards to be matched up with the corresponding analysis. Ideal for revision once students are familiar with Orwell’s text. Group or individual activity

31 questions designed to help students create a response to texts. Can be used as group discussion prompts or as sentence starters for a written response. I have colour-coded the cards into the following areas: Understanding the Text Perspectives Personal Opinion A different perspective Evaluating the Text Beyond the Text

30 flashcards containing basic sentences. Students need to decide whether a possessive apostrophe is needed. A fun revision activity. Answer cards included.

A quick, fun, interactive literacy game for your students. 30 domino cards: match the picture to the corresponding onomatopoeic word.

10 templates included in this pack encouraging students to develop imagery in their creative or descriptive writing by using sensory imagery. The visual images are designed to prompt students into developing their ideas and the boxes are designed to help students organize them.

20 pairs of flashcards where students have to match the picture to the onomatopoeic sound associated with it. A quick, fun, interactive group game for your students when exploring language techniques.

8 page PDF file. 4 on ‘The Kiwi’ and 4 on the ‘Tasmanian Devil’. Non-fiction. Students can develop their comprehension skills with basic inference questions, identify language techniques such as adjectives, verbs and onomatopoeia. Some questions require students to research dictionary definitions. Students are asked to sharpen their editing skills with misspelled words, inserting capital letters correctly and missing punctuation. Answers included.

10 sheets, each containing two adjectives. Answer sheets included (synonyms listed not a full list) Designed as a quick ‘do now’ literacy activity to help boost student vocabulary.

4 activities on Poe’s famous short story The Tell Tale Heart. These activities are designed to be starter activities to promote literacy and analysis skills. 1 x Match the literary technique to the quote (Answers included) 1 x Match the symbol to the definition (Answers included) 3 x Analyse the quote. Example given on the first page showing students how to identify and explain the literary technique used. 1 x Identify the punctuation and find an example of its use in the text.