Welcome. My resources include CPD self-study units for teachers as well as whole units of work specifically designed for the English classroom. Whole units come with detailed teacher notes, teaching PPTs and all student resources. I hope you enjoy using them as much as I have. Questions are very welcome and I can be contacted at roseandmay2@virginmedia.com.
Best wishes, Sam
Welcome. My resources include CPD self-study units for teachers as well as whole units of work specifically designed for the English classroom. Whole units come with detailed teacher notes, teaching PPTs and all student resources. I hope you enjoy using them as much as I have. Questions are very welcome and I can be contacted at roseandmay2@virginmedia.com.
Best wishes, Sam
This unit is aimed at English teachers and departments who wish to develop their practice in relation to teaching the whole class novel. It is a self study unit which includes lots of practical ideas for the secondary or upper primary classroom as well as opportunities for reflection and activities to help translate what you have learned into practice. The unit covers how to choose and introduce the novel, improving reading fluency, developing key reading skills, writing about the novel and drama approaches. It is an ideal unit for a teacher preparing to teach a novel to a Key Stage 3 or GCSE class. This unit has also been published as part of a CPD mobile learning platform.
This bundle includes four CPD self-study units which are designed to support early career teachers in creating a positive and engaging learning environment.
The units are:
Creating the Positive Classroom
Assessment for Learning
How to Plan and Design lessons
Developing Active Reading Strategies
Improving Writing Across the Curriculum
Each unit includes tried and tested practical ideas drawn from research and teaching experience which can be taken straight into the classroom.They are generic and aimed at trainee teachers across the secondary curriculum. By working through these units you can build your teaching repertoire helping to develop key skills and increase student engagement. They include opportunities for reflection and suggestions for next steps to help develop your teaching skills beyond these units . Please note that they have also been published on the nimbl platform by Pearsons.
This unit is specifically designed for English teachers who wish to develop their teaching of poetry in the secondary or upper primary classroom. It takes you through a wide range of practical, active approaches to promote engagement with poetry as well as ways of developing pupils’ own poetry writing. It includes tasks and opportunities for personal reflection and is ideal for teachers preparing to teach poetry in the English classroom. This unit has also been published by Pearsons as part of a CPD mobile learning platform.
AQA Step Up to English: Complete Course
This bundle includes everything you need to teach the full AQA Step Up to English course. It contains two practice units (The Next Step and Myths and Legends) plus two component 1 units (Hobbies and Music) plus one component 2 unit (Science Fiction). Each of the three units contains a teaching PPT, all resources in word and pdf formats and a set of detailed teacher’s notes. The bundle also includes four self-study CPD units on how to teach entry level English.
Please check current list of NEAs with AQA and note that information, guidance, support and resources are available from AQA.
More Step Up to English Resources
More complete courses and individual teaching units on all component 1 and 2 topics are available. They include teaching PPTs, all student resources and a set of detailed teacher’s notes and can be found at:
RoseandMay’s TES English Classroom Resources
New individual units:
AQA Step Up to English: Component 1 STYLE Unit
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 CRIME Unit
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AQA Step Up to English: Grammar and Punctuation Starters
AQA Step Up to English: Component 2 Creative Writing Unit
