The students love this! This 50-item quiz about commonly misspelled English words may sharpen the students’ minds and boost their knowledge about correct spelling of words.

A fun exercise I did to introduce travel writing. Students have to guess the wonders, research facts and then feedback. Info on each Wonder provided.

An interactive and fun lesson on TATTOOs. The students love it. Lesson plan: tattoos proofreading tattoo facts design your own tattoo tattoo class discussion tattoo letter writing

An informative and interactive lesson looking at using sentence starters to improve any type of writing. The PowerPoint has individual & group tasks and uses videos (mainly Ricky Gervais) to grab the students' attention. Also includes a grade 9 exemplar work that uses sentence starters successfully. They love this lesson!

A selection of teacher annotated and highlighted extracts from Touching the Void. I have included my PowerPoint, a podcast and the individually scanned PDFs. They are annotated by whole extract and individual paragraphs. Extracts included. The following extracts are examined, annotated and analysed: Leg break - Joe’s account Leg break - Simon’s account Cutting the rope

Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a GRADE 9 LEAFLET. Also comes with the grade 9 leaflet on a separate WORD page and another WORD page highlighted with language devices. The leaflet is based on the theme of 'Monkey World'. The resource looks at the following: GRADE 9 example Sentence starters LEAFLET form LEAFLET conventions DAFOREST Stylistic devices Lecturer tips Common mistakes SPAG

A selection of monologues with YouTube links included. The following monologues and clips are included: Trainspotting Love, Actually Kick Ass The Duff Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

An in-depth Powerpoint for revision for the GCSE Nov exam. This for the paper 2 reading fiction exam. I teach EDUQAS but could be used for any board. The PowerPoints includes the following: exemplar marking** student work top tips real exam answers interactive images**

Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a formal letter. Also comes with a separate letter writing quiz PowerPoint. The resource looks at the following: Grade 4-9 example paragraphs Sentence starters Letter form Letter conventions Interview discussion points Example structure Stylistic devices Lecturer tips Common mistakes SPAG

Fantastic PowerPoint on writing a formal letter. Also comes with a separate letter writing quiz PowerPoint. The resource looks at the following: Level 2 example paragraphs Sentence starters How to write an intro Letter form Letter conventions Interview discussion points Example structure Stylistic devices Lecturer tips Common mistakes SPAG

Mock exam from Sally Rooney’s Normal People. PowerPoint & Paper.

Mock exam from Sally Rooney’s Normal People. PowerPoint & Paper.

I have created a L2 reading paper for the new Functional Skills qual. I have used the theme of rock climbing. My students really enjoyed it. Mark scheme included.

Based on the classic TV programme, this quiz asks the students questions on spelling, punctuation and grammar. Makes the topic fun and competitive!!

A collection of GCSE English resources using Charlie Brooker as its main theme. The following topics are covered: writing techniques figurative language proof reading sentence starters room 101 activity fun starter activity reading comprehension

A great Powerpoint outlining the questions in component 2 into the following areas: - how many marks - how points should you make? - how many quotes should you use? - what are the marks given for? - what do you need to avoid? Very clear, concise and helpful for the students.

A great lesson on the Coming of Age Genre. Includes the following: -Definition -Examples -Discussion topics -Interactive starter -Coming of age soundtrack task

75-page Microsoft Word pack. A guide to speech writing for speech writers by great speech writers. Other speech writing resources included.

An interactive and informative lesson looking at movie posters. My students really enjoyed it. I have included a starter on movie title anagrams.

An ‘outstanding’ lesson on the language question (& examiner podcast) in paper 2. This fantastic lesson uses the exam question, ‘How does Mark Binelli’s article try to show that prisoners in Florence live in extremely ‘harsh conditions’? It’s based on the Summer 2017 exam which looked at two articles on prisons. The resource includes the following: Model answer Language analysis Group activities Examiner insight Modern, fun and dynamic images to help analyse the text. Connotation advice Answer structure Exemplar work Exam paper and mark scheme link