An in-depth and fun lesson on the inkblot personality test. This can be used as a lesson or as a starter. All inkblots and explanations are provided. The students love it!
I have included the inkblots on sheet to be cut out.
A collection of resources on creating a character for a narrative piece. Lot of individual and groups activities they will love. With even a bit of Anchorman and The Office making an appearance!
The students love this! A PowerPoint and video looking at being moral and moral dilemmas. The PowerPoint has definitions, explanations, group activities and a number of interesting, fun dilemmas the students can debate for hours!
A really fun activity the students love! On PowerPoints there are pictures of celebs...........as kids. The students have to work out who the are. Gets a great debate going! All answers included.
An in-depth PowerPoint on desert island discs, proof reading and sentence structure. I have also included a starter on celebs as kids. The students love it!
My whole SOW and resources on Of Mice and Men. The following are included:
All my lesson PowerPoints focused one each chapter
Lecturer annotations on the chapters involving Curley's wife.
Worksheets
PP attached. Type title of the resource into YouTube for the video.
Explore how Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s wife. You should focus on his use of language.
ANSWER - Steinbeck has chosen to place Curley’s wife, a female character, onto a ranch where there are only men. He presents her as a weak and occasionally vulnerable character that needs the attention of others. Ultimately this leads to her downfall. For example she is described as, “leaning against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward”, and, ���heavily made up.” The way Steinbeck has focused on her flirtatious body language shows the importance of her seeking male attention. Steinbeck describes her throwing her body forwards because it highlights to the reader her need for physical attention. “Thrown” is a powerful verb that suggests she fully intends to show off her body and attract male attention. “Heavily” describing her make-up again suggests she has spent a lot of time on her appearance. As a woman in the 1930s she would be socially inferior to men, and perhaps is trying to use any advantage, like physical appearance, to get close to men and up the social hierarchy.
Simile/Metaphor quiz based on the TV show ‘Catchphrase’. The students love it!
The students decipher the catchphrase
the students decide whether it is a simile or a metaphor.
Idiom Catchphrase available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/idiom-catchphrase-12057026
My students love this!
A fun and interactive group activity that you can play like dominoes. Cut out the cards and get every single student involved. The two resources provided are a general English one (literary terms, grammar etc.), one general knowledge / trivia one and one on Of Mice and Men.
A fun, informative and interactive quiz on letter writing.
It comes in a PowerPoint or video format.
I have also included marked exemplar working on letter writing. Marked by the exam board.
A full lesson on how to write a grade 9 letter of complaint. All resources provided. The main 111 slide PowerPoint has a fun starter activity and goes through the process step-by-step in a fun way.
Six different versions of the grade 9 letter are included which focus on the following:
language techniques
DAFOREST
emotive language
paragraphs
sentence structure
sentence starters
Over 18 fun and interactive starter activities I have used. All are on separate Powerpoints and the students love them all!
The resource bundle includes the following:
WORD ASSOCIATION
FUNNY YEAR BOOK QUOTES
FUN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
WOULD YOU RATHER
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE WITH A TWIST
RIDDLES
CATCHPHRASE
THE CUBE
CELEBS AS KIDS
CATCHPHRASE
PROOF READING
ONLY CONNECT
DINGBATS
RIDDLES
TABOO
TONGUE TWISTERS
WORDWHEELS
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