10 dinosaur themed creative writing prompts. Can be used as a verbal cue card for group activities or as an individual written activity.

24 cards with colour names. 24 “write your answer” cards. Flashcard activity and / or Classroom display.

10 pages of individual stories with 4-6 questions. This small booklet is perfect for students who can read basic sentences. The worksheets begin with true or false questions and progressively work towards more complex, inference type questions.

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.

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.

11 quotes from Animal Farm analysed. Ideal revision tool for students.

6 slide Power Point on creating an Ode poem. This is designed to be part of a larger unit on exploring poetic forms. It is meant to be a tongue in cheek, fun activity, having previously introduced students to Ode poems. Works well as a creative writing activity.

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.

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.

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.

4 bright, vibrant posters for your classroom. Posters can be reduced in size to be used as word mats for individual students. Tense types Sentence types 10 rhetorical device / persuasive language definitions

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

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.

Example paragraph with Point, Evidence, Explanation and Response / Link highlighted. This was created for NCEA Level 1 Visual Text study on Nolan’s The Dark Knight. The term ‘foreshadowing’ is used in the paragraph showcasing how students can show how the technique used affects the structure of the text too. An additional section is analysis is included that shows how students can combine film techniques in a paragraph to achieve a higher grade.

Resources on Speilberg’s Jurassic Park. This is aimed at Year 10 / Year 11 Film Study. Symbolism Teacher Notes Character study for students Discussion questions for students

26 worksheets, in colour, helping students practise their handwriting / letter formation. Animal themed.

24 flashcard set that can be used as an individual or group activity. Created for reading comprehension or unfamiliar text prose / poetry extracts but these cards can also be used as study cards for extended texts too. These cards are designed to be prompt cards to help students annotate the extract / text and perhaps use to structure their answer.

30 domino cards displaying abstract nouns. A fun, interactive resource when teaching / revising word classes with your students.

Students have to insert the missing vowels for the months of the year. A fun spelling game for early learners. Months have been designed to reflect the Northern Hemisphere seasons.

6 colourful templates for dinosaur acrostic poems.