I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
25 imagination inspiring photos for creative writing. Can be used as prompts for story writing or for group discussions/ planning exercises. Ideal for GCSE English and FS Level 2.
Perfect for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 2 revision.
Language Features Bingo includes 30 different game cards and can be used for up to 30 learners.
The language features can be used to revise language features, language techniques and persuasive writing techniques.
After each feature is called out the learners should give a definition of the technique and the winner is the first to fill their bingo card.
The resource can also be used to quiz the learners on how each feature has an effect on a reader.
After the quiz the learners can use their game card to guide them through a writing task, using the language features on their card.
Language features included are:
Rhetorical Question
Repetition
Alliteration
Rule of Three
Adjectives
Powerful Verbs
Comparative
Direct Address
Imperative Verb
Exaggeration
Fact
Oxymoron
Proper Noun
Adverb
Hyperbole
Statistics
Short Sentences
Emotive Language
Humour
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Pun
Onomatopoeia
Anecdote
Opinion
Rhyme
Common Noun
Pronoun.
A whole lesson on writing essays using PEA including a starter activity and research using the internet. 21 slides.
The starter activity involves putting the number 10 at one side of the classroom and 0 at the other side of the classroom and the classroom needs to be cleared on one side to allow the learners change to decide where they stand on the scale of 0-10.
Learners are encouraged to write extensive paragraphs. The learners are guided through the process of writing an essay.
This lesson is ideal for GCSE English Language and learners who are just starting to write essays.
Questions for revision or to assess learning.
10 questions - The learners add the commas to the sentence.
5 questions - The learners correct the mistakes.
Easy to read wordsearch includes a table so the learners can provide a definition for the words they find in the grid.
Perfect for GCSE English Language revision or Functional Skills Level 2.
This is a Power Point presentation and worksheet perfect for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills Level 1- 2.
The learners are asked to act as journalists, watching a report about the Hatton Garden Gang and taking notes to locate the vital information.
The learners then get into groups of three or four and answer questions on the report. The worksheet allows the students to answer the questions on paper. The answers are provided on the Power Point.
The Power Point then asks the learners to partake in a board blast to list what they would include in a newspaper article and some answers are provided.
Finally, the learners can use some time to research the gang before creating a newspaper article on the Hatton Garden Gang appealing to the public for information on the missing suspect.
This lesson last around an hour and a half and can be split into two equal lessons of the listening comprehension and the writing task.
The learners are required to complete a table on the purposes of text. The learners look at a definition of each text, a brief example and match a feature to each text.
The learners then consider the audience of texts by completing a different table.
Finally, the learners can choose a purpose and an audience and create their own text.
A good resource to stretch and challenge learners.
This resource has plenty of games/puzzles and revision activities.
Rather than purchase each resource for £2.00 get this Bumper Pack.
Four Picture One Word Starter.
Catchphrase Starter
Language Features Snakes and Ladders
Language Feature Wordsearch X 4
Presentational Feature Wordsearch X 3
Language Features Crossword
Language Feature Quick Revision Table with Effects on the Reader
Practise Inference Workbooklet
Revision Activity for Question 3 and 4.
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An ideal task for group work or paired work, this resource includes a list of the EU countries and the students match the flag to the country.
This is excellent for engaging students who are also into football or athletics as they recognise the flags and feel comfortable with the task. This is also perfect for inspiring a discussion about the EU. It can also be used as a starter activity.
A PowerPoint with accompanying worksheet on book genres. Students are asked to complete a variety of activities including the final written task.
This is a whole lesson which includes a class discussion and group work.
A booklet that explores some of the weird and wonderful hoaxes of the Internet. Fake websites range from the endangered tree octopus to an online pregnancy scanner. Learners are asked to evaluate the sites and decide why things on the page may not be as they seem.
At the end of the resource the learners are asked to look at some less controversial conspiracy theories such as time travel and life on Mars.
This is a light-hearted and fun lesson designed to remind learners not to believe everything they see on the internet.
This wordsearch includes 23 words designed to expand your learners' vocabulary.
The wordsearch includes space for the learner to write a definition of each word. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.
A ten question crossword of language features with examples as the clues.
Ideal to use as a starter activity or an extension task.
This crossword can be used for GCSE English, old and new exam or Functional Skills Level 2.