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With half a million members across both the primary and secondary sectors, Teachit is a thriving community of teachers and home tutors sharing resources and inspiration. What makes us different? All our resources are written and shared by teachers and checked by our teacher-editors so you know they can be trusted to work.
From free PDFs to PowerPoints, worksheets, quizzes, games and CPD webinars and articles from experts, Teachit has something for you at www.teachit.co.uk
Help your children achieve punctuation perfection with our KS2 teaching pack.
Featuring animated clips from Professor Punc and ideas and resources for the teaching of commas, colons, apostrophes, speech marks and parentheses, this pack will give your punctuation teaching a bit of pizazz!
What’s included?
23 supporting resources
includes introductory activities, main teaching points, plenaries, assessment opportunities, extension ideas and home learning tasks
links to the curriculum.
What’s inside?
Section 1: Punctuating direct speech (pages 1-15)
Teaching ideas
Dialogue difficulties – punctuating direct speech
Look who’s talking! – turning scripts into narratives
Direct or reported? – types of speech
Who said what?
Punctuation pitfalls – direct speech
Rules of speech
Section 2: Possessive apostrophes (pages 16-23)
Teaching ideas
Professor Punc’s misplaced apostrophes
Don’t be addled by apostrophes!
Section 3: Extending sentences: using commas beyond lists (pages 24-33)
Teaching ideas
Subject / object / verb cards
Subordinating connectives discussion game
Adverb acting
Can I use commas to mark clauses?
Section 4: Extending sentences – inserting parentheses (pages 34-40)
Teaching ideas
Professor Punc’s parentheses!
Punctuation for parentheses – a fan
Don’t be puzzled by parentheses!
Building complex sentences
Section 5a: Linking clauses with semi-colons (pages 41-51)
Teaching ideas
Clause confusion – using semi-colons
Using semi-colons
Semi-colons – right or wrong
Section 5b: Linking clauses with colons (pages 52-54)
Teaching ideas
Colon conundrums
Section 6: Keeping things ticking over (pages 55-62)
Teaching ideas
Punctuation fan
Punctuation prowess
Spelling, punctuation and grammar mistakes
Move away from traditional spelling tests with our KS1 teaching pack.
Creative teaching ideas and a variety of resources will support your teaching of spelling strategies and rules and engage your year 1 and 2 classes in this tricky area of learning.
The pack includes sections on grapheme/phoneme correspondence, high frequency words, compound words, homophones, plurals, silent letters and apostrophes.
It’s as easy as a, b, c!
What’s included?
32 supporting resources
includes both five minute activities and activities for longer sessions, extension suggestions, assessment opportunities, home learning tasks and ideas to keep things ticking over
links to the curriculum.
What’s inside?
Section 1: Words we use a lot: high frequency words, numbers, tricky words (pages 1-7)
Teaching ideas
Rhyming words for numbers
High frequency crosswords
Section 2: Recognising and matching graphemes and phonemes (pages 8-25)
Teaching ideas
Matching words and pictures – ee sounds
Four corners – digraphs and graphemes word sets
Digraph word group display templates
Section 3: Recognising, matching and blending digraphs and graphemes (pages 26-43)
Teaching ideas
Digraph picture word cards
Making word cakes – blending digraphs and graphemes
Making word cakes – blending split digraphs and graphemes
Digraph snap for real and non-real words
Section 4: Linking words and definitions (pages 44-53)
Teaching ideas
Loop game word definitions
Loop game word definitions – missing letters
Section 5: Compound words (pages 54-59)
Teaching ideas
Compound word dominoes
Word sums
Word building challenge
Section 6: Chunking words by number of syllables (pages 60-64)
Teaching ideas
Syllable counter
Syllable tricks
Section 7: Reinforcing high frequency word knowledge (pages 65-79)
Teaching ideas
Common usage words top 100
Tricky high frequency word cards
Missing keywords
Anagram word ladders – HFW
HFW anagram cards
Section 8: Plurals of words including those ending in y (pages 80-90)
Teaching ideas
One dog, two dogs – plurals picture cards
Words ending in ‘y’ – picture cards
Section 9: Recognising common homophones (pages 91-102)
Teaching ideas
Homophone fan
More homophones
Homophone squares
Section 10: Spelling words ending with /dz/ sound (pages 103-105)
Teaching ideas
Word building blocks – dge and ge
Section 11: Words beginning with silent letters (pages 106-108)
Teaching ideas
Shh! – silent letters
Section 12: Apostrophes – possessive and contractions (pages 109-118)
Teaching ideas
Expand and contract
Contractions all around us
Dogs or dog’s – singular possessive nouns
Cartoon apostrophes to show possession
Reading SATs practice for KS2 will ensure your class is well-prepared for the English reading papers in their key stage 2 reading SATs at the end of primary school.
This pack of SATs papers aims to practice reading comprehension skills through a range of fiction and non-fiction texts and poems and 10 practice papers differentiated at three levels.
Based on past papers and perfect for SATs revision, the reading assessments can be used as practice tests in class or for home learning.
This pack of SATs practice papers is the perfect revision tool for the KS2 reading tests.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 4)
10 text extracts and 10 English SATs practice question papers (page 5)
Each practice paper contains:
English National Curriculum aligned content domain coverage
Text extract
SATs questions (differentiated as sets A, B and C)
Marking scheme and answers (sets A, B and C)
Featured texts:
The Explorer – Katherine Rundell
Wonder – R J Palacio
Matilda – Roald Dahl
Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
Goodnight stories for Rebel Girls – Elena Favilli & Francesca
Cavallo
Who Was Marie Curie? – Megan Stine
Who Was Anne Frank? – Ann Abramson
The Short and Bloody History of Highway Men – John Farman
Throwing a Tree – Thomas Hardy
The Sailor’s Consolation – William Pitt
English homework activities for year 7 is designed to ensure you have all your homework activities for year 7 English in one place.
Including differentiated tasks for reading, writing and SPaG, there’s a task for every week of the school year.
Whether you use it as a homework workbook or dip in and out, it’s perfect for teachers, home tutors and teaching assistants of year 7 students.
The pack is identical to the Home Learning for year 6 – English pack on Teachit Primary: it has been specially adapted for year 7 students to consolidate KS2 prior learning.
What’s included
39 photocopiable tasks, differentiated where appropriate
mapped to the NC objectives for year 5/6
answers where relevant
teacher’s tick list to keep track of work set.
What’s inside
Teaching notes (page 4)
Section 1 – student section
Reading resources (pages 5-36)
Comprehension resources
Book review resources
Poetry performance resources
Different genres resources
Figurative language resources
Writing resources (pages 37-67)
Resource – proofreading
Resource – assessing a piece of writing
Resource – describing characters
Resource – describing settings
Resource – the plot
Resource – the big write
Resource – a newspaper report
Resource – persuasive writing
Resource – formal or informal?
Resource – a précis
Resource – advice for year 6
Resource – your school report
Spelling, punctuation and grammar resources (pages 68-100)
Resource – prefixes and suffixes
Resource – homophones
Resource – using a dictionary and thesaurus
Resource – a conversation
Resource – parenthesis
Spelling resources
Resource – passive verbs
Resource – relative clauses
Resource – lists
Resource – modal verbs
Resource – avoiding ambiguity
Resource – the perfect tense
Resource – expanded noun phrases and independent clauses
Section 2 – teacher section
Teacher’s tick list (pages 101-103)
Answers
Reading (pages 104-110)
Comprehension resources
Figurative language resources
Writing (pages 11-112)
Proofreading resources
Spelling, punctuation and grammar (pages 113-129)
Resource – prefixes and suffixes
Resource – homophones
Resource – using a dictionary and thesaurus
Resource – parenthesis
Spelling resources
Resource – passive verbs
Resource – relative clauses
Resource – lists
Resource – modal verbs
Resource – avoiding ambiguity
Resource – the perfect tense
Resource – expanded noun phrases and independent clauses
Our templates packs have been designed to support your teaching in any subject at KS3, GCSE and KS5.
These templates aim to support vocabulary development – encouraging students to engage in meaningful ways with words and narrowing the word gap.
Many schools now recognise the importance of disciplinary literacy, and targeted vocabulary development and accelerated word learning can be an important strategy to improve literacy in every subject.
These templates are designed to support the teaching of tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary and offer a variety of approaches to helping students explore new vocabulary and have fun with words.
Best embedded in the lesson as part of the development of a student’s specialist language, they also work well to support revision, independent study and homework.
What’s included?
13 adaptable templates including a Frayer diagram, vocab wheel, a word frame and a knowledge organiser
teaching ideas, games and displays.
What’s inside?
Introduction for teachers (pages 4-5)
Frayer diagram template (pages 6-9)
Vocab wheel template (pages 10-11)
Hexagon template (pages 12-13)
Word bunting template (pages 14-15)
Word frames template (pages 16-18)
Word bookmark template (pages 19-20)
Word dice template (pages 21-22)
Word jigsaw template (pages 23-24)
Knowledge organiser template (pages 25-26)
Vocab zones template (pages 26-29)
Oyster template (pages 30-31)
Shape linking template (pages 32-33)
Vocab spinner template (pages 34-35)
A set of 39 photocopiable home learning tasks mapped to NC objectives and differentiated where appropriate. Includes tasks for reading, writing composition and GPS. Answers included where relevant.
All of your English year 6 homework all in one place!
This six-week teaching pack is designed to develop KS3 students’ reading, writing and spoken English skills with a range of drama and performance activities and creative tasks.
The pack focuses on key scenes and includes tasks based upon diaries, scripts, cartoons and set design to encourage close textual engagement.
What’s included?
An assessment objective map
Lesson plans and ideas along with tailor-made resources.
What’s inside?
Introduction Summary of pack 1 Route through – week one (overview of the text) (pages 2-3)
Route through – week two (Act 1, Scene 1) (pages 4-5)
Route through – week three (Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2) (pages 6-7)
Route through – week four (Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2) (pages 8-9)
Route through – week five (Act 4, Scene 1 and Act 5, Scene 1) (pages 10-11)
Route through – week six (essay writing and consolidation) (pages 12-13)
Resources (pages 14-76)
Works like a dream
Storyboard template
Sequencing the plot
Character map
How well do you know the play?
Who’s who
Story zoom
Relationship tableaux
News flash
Lonely Hearts advert
Egeus’ monologue
Custody battle
Presenting the fairies
Two worlds
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
A miscellany of activities
Character question game
Hermia’s monologue
Role play character cards
Paired quotations for matching and sequencing
Directing a scene
Connect 12
‘The course of true love never did run smooth’
Hexbusters
Film trailer
The activities and ideas in this pack will help students develop a close understanding of the text, explore its social, cultural and historical contexts, consider Steinbeck’s ideas and perspectives, and analyse his use of language and structure.
‘There’s a strong focus on the themes, characters and life in 1930s America in this pack, with plenty of support for students developing their own critical interpretation. There are some great contextual images of the Dust Bowl and documentary-style videos too. It’s a short but powerful novel so the approaches are suitable for KS3 students as well as IGCSE, and there’s something for all abilities.’
Helen Stacey, writer
All the practical and creative ideas you need to teach this popular text in one place.
What’s included?
An assessment objective map
Lesson plans and ideas alongside tailor-made resources.
What’s inside?
Introduction (pages 2-3)
Section 1 (pages 4-20)
Resource - judge a book by its cover
Resource - a comprehensive pack
Resource - Lennie in quotes
Resource - historical context
Resource - wanted poster
Resource - section 1 learning grid
Resource - match the contextual information
Resource - evaluating a PEE paragraph
Section 2 (pages 21-37)
Resource - chapter 2 – introducing more characters
Resource - picture research
Resource - chapter 2 question loop
Resource - role on the wall
Resource - chapters 1 and 2 – picture game
Section 3 (pages 38-58)
Resource - word definitions task
Resource - Steinbeck’s writing style
Resource - foreshadowing
Resource - from Character presentations
Resource - tension graph
Resource - A-Z quiz of George and Lennie’s Dream
Resource - Chapter 3 – Do you know the question? Quiz
Section 4 (pages 59-72)
Resource - bullseye
Resource - Chapter 4 – Getting to know Crooks
Resource - Crooks and Curley’s wife
Resource - critics’ viewpoints
Resource - De Bono’s six thinking hats
Resource - top ten statements
Section 5 (pages 73-100)
Resource - power and authority diamond nine
Resource - the characters’ innermost feelings
Resource - Lennie on trial
Resource - an unusual form
Resource - extract study
Resource - Curley’s wife: Miss Dynamite or lonely victim?
Resource - Curley’s wife: do we sympathise with her?
Section 6 (pages 101-133)
Resource - Chapter 6 – Beat the clock
Resource - storyboard
Resource - characters – key quotations revision guide
Resource - Bloom’s taxonomy discussion questions
Resource - society under scrutiny
Resource - put the PEE structures back together
Resource - themes in the novel – essay planning
Exam style questions (pages 134-135)
A KS3 pack designed to help students understand and identify persuasive techniques and apply them to their own writing.
The pack is split into sections and features a range of practical and engaging activities aimed at familiarising students with persuasive writing, including: speeches, letters and leaflets, articles, argumentative writing, revision and exam preparation.
What’s included?
KS3 curriculum assessment objective map
Lesson plans and ideas along with tailor-made resources.
What’s inside?
Each lesson plan contains detailed teaching notes with:
Suggested starter activities
Suggested main activities
Suggested plenary activities
Suggested additional creative activities
Assessment Objective map (pages ii-v)
Introduction - summary of the pack (page 1)
Teaching notes and lesson plans (pages 2-14)
Route through – part one: familiarising students with persuasive writing
Route through – part two: speeches
Route through – part three: letters and leaflets
Route through – part four: articles
Route through – part five: focusing on argumentative writing
Route through – part six: revision and exam preparation
Teaching resources and activities for persuasive and argumentative writing (pages 15-135)
Persuasive role play
Persuading your parents
Can you sell a house?
Flog that house!
Planet perfect!
Save my dog!
Persuasive techniques bingo
What’s your learning style?
Winston Churchill speech excerpt
Comparing persuasive speeches
Cats are better than dogs
England riots persuasive speech analysis
Writing a speech
Young people’s council meeting
Rewriting for audience and purpose
Analysing a leaflet
Kick-start discussion slides
Recipe for a formal letter
Rat o’burger
‘Send a cow’ practice questions and answers
Preparation of a leaflet
Theme park persuasive writing leaflet
Self-assessment review
Writing to persuade checklist
Fact or opinion
Tabloid or broadsheet?
Newspaper bias
Lead articles
Analysing an opinion article
Writing a feature article
Why use quotations?
How to use quotations effectively
Using a newspaper as a stimulus
Editorial decisions
Summarise that!
Categorising connectives
Hinges, bolts and sealers
Effective introductions
Building an argument
Writing for different purposes
The man on the wall story problem
To argue or persuade
Literacy placemat
Speed dating revision
Writing revision fan
Top grade persuasion
All fun and games revision
Card template
Domino template
Fishing template
Analysing persuasive texts
Room 101
Save time with our Non-fiction and media pack; a collection of relevant and useful source materials alongside creative teaching ideas and resources.
Aimed at both KS3 and KS4 students, this pack is sure to motivate!
What’s included?
links to non-fiction source material
lesson plans and ideas alongside tailor-made resources
practical, student-facing activities.
What’s inside?
Introduction (pages 1-2)
Summary of pack
Non-fiction and media source material
Route through – part one: non-fiction overview (pages 3-5)
Route through – part two: structure (pages 6-7)
Route through – part three: tone and influence (pages 8-10)
Route through – part four: pictures and other presentational devices (pages 11-12)
Route through – part five: PAF language and tone (pages 13-14)
Route through – part six: assessment and exam (pages 15-16)
Resources (pages 53-87)
Strategies for tackling writing weaknesses
Importance of tone
Analysing persuasive texts
Views of Stonehenge
Persuasive writing worksheet
Newspaper bias
The key to a good blurb
Word analysis quadrant
Analysing a still image
Analysing an opinion article
Colour symbolism
Speed dating revision
Rewriting for audience and purpose
Crocodile language: making it snappy
What’s included?
KS3 Comprehension contains 6 self-contained text extracts with reading comprehension worksheet questions, accompanied by model answers.
This pack is versatile enough to be used in class, or as a sequence of homework tasks, end-of-term/year assessments and cover lessons.
KS3 Comprehension helps students complete the transition from primary to secondary level and provides an effective introduction to 19th century and early 20th century literature. The extracts are suitable for year 7 and year 8 reading comprehension lessons and can be used to supplement existing schemes of work.
NB – this pack is an adapted version of Teachit Primary’s ‘Comprehension’ pack, containing newly commissioned KS3 curriculum questions, replacement texts and a selection of supporting resources.
What’s inside?
Introduction (pages 3-4)
Extract 1 – Five Children and It by E. Nesbitt (Pages 5-10)
Extract 2 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum (pages 11-17)
Extract 3 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (pages 18-23)
Extract 4 – Odin’s Reward by Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings (pages 24-30)
Extract 5 – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (pages 31-38)
Extract 6 – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (pages 39-45)
Additional resources to support reading comprehension (page 46)
A versatile KS4 pack filled with teaching ideas and activities to help students at different stages of creative writing.
The pack includes essential sections on sentences, the use of tenses and suggestions for tackling ‘problem’ areas of writing, from sense based writing to using pictures as prompts.
Practical support to inspire your students.
What’s included?
KS4 curriculum assessment objective map
lesson plans and ideas along with tailor-made resources.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 1)
Summary of pack
Getting students started (page 2)
Generating an idea for a story (page 3)
Tenses (page 4)
Narrative point of view (pages 4-5)
Varying sentences (page 6)
Improving vocabulary and descriptions (pages 7-8)
Conflict (page 9)
Beginnings (page 10)
Plans and planning (page 10)
Resources (pages 11-83)
Law and order in Britannica
Packing your bag
Encounter with Gromitz’ spy
Getting across to Tongwe Island
Extract from Beast Quest – Krabb, Master of the Sea, by Adam Blade
How to have TipTop paragraphing skills
Diary Openings
Dead Trial by Matthew Green
An Active Imagination by Virginia E. Zimmer
Written for the Power and conflict cluster of the AQA poetry anthology, Power and conflict student revision is an illustrated revision workbook comprising detailed, handwritten notes and activities to build students’ confidence and develop their understanding of the poems.
Perfect for revision and consolidation prior to the exam.
What’s included
15 sections (one per poem), each containing illustrated revision notes and engaging revision activities
extension tasks focused on language, structure and themes
exam-style questions.
What’s inside
Introduction (page 3)
Summary of themes for revision (pages 3-5)
Revision notes and activities (pages 6-161)
Featured poems:
‘Ozymandias’ – Percy Bysshe Shelley
‘London’ – William Blake
‘The Prelude’ (extract from) – William Wordsworth
‘My Last Duchess’ – Robert Browning
‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ – Alfred Lord Tennyson
‘Exposure’ – Wilfred Owen
‘Storm on the Island’ – Seamus Heaney
‘Bayonet Charge’ – Ted Hughes
‘Remains’ – Simon Armitage
‘Poppies’ – Jane Weir
‘War Photographer’ – Carol Ann Duffy
‘Tissue’ – Imtiaz Dharker
‘The Emigrée’ – Carol Rumens
‘Checking Out Me History’ – John Agard
‘Kamikaze’ – Beatrice Garland
Answers (page 162)
Example revision activities from the student workbook:
Zooming in on ‘Ozymandias’
What quotations can you find which give us a hint about the sort of leader Ozymandias was when he was alive?
What is the effect of the story being told to us by a person who has not seen the statue for themselves, but is just retelling details of something he was once told about?
How does Shelley use sound for effect within the poem?
Why do you think the statue is now broken? What possibilities are there? What wider messages are there in the image of this broken statue and its inscription?
Why is the statement written on the pedestal ironic?
Diamond nine:
Find a short quotation to support each of the diamond-nine statements. Explain why the quotation you found supports the statement.
Exam-style questions:
Compare the ways poets present ideas about the power of nature in ‘Ozymandias’ and ‘Storm on the Island’.
Discuss the ways in which poets present human power within ‘Ozymandias’ and one other poem.
Take students on a compelling journey through this famous text and prepare them for the AQA and Edexcel English Literature GCSE.
‘I think this novel is a fantastic exam text, but can be a little intimidating for teachers and students. I wanted the pack to offer a pathway through this challenging text and offer lots of contextual support, so that teachers can easily navigate this stimulating novel. There is a real emphasis on thinking skills and developing alternative viewpoints … : all essential skills for the GCSE exams.’
Annabel Wall, writer
Featuring resources and activities to explore context, key themes and plot development, this pack will shed light on this dark and challenging 19th century text.
What’s included?
20 lessons
Exam-style questions with extracts for relevant exam boards
51 bespoke resources
Activities to develop students’ critical reading skills in preparation for the GCSE.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 3)
Specification summaries (page 4)
Chapter 1 - 4 (pages 6-32)
Lesson 1 - Robert Walton’s letters
Lesson 2 - Symbolism
Lesson 3 - Frankenstein’s early life - Chapters 1 and 2
Lesson 4 - Science and discovery
Lesson 5 - Mary Shelley and context
Exam style questions
Chapters 5 - 8 (pages 33-61)
Lesson 6 - The creature
Lesson 7 - Exploring genre
Lesson 8 - Theme of creation
Lesson 9 - Femininity in the novel
Lesson 10 - Friendship
Exam style questions
Chapters 9 - 16 (pages 62-87)
Lesson 11 - Language and landscape
Lesson 12 - Judging the creature
Lesson 13 - Biblical references
Lesson 14 - Society and prejudice
Lesson 15 - Frankenstein and the creature
Exam style questions
Chapters 17 - 24 (pages 91-126)
Lesson 16 - Journeys and travel
Lesson 17 - Tension and drama
Lesson 18 - Family
Lesson 19 - Narrative structure
Lesson 20 - The writer’s intention
Exam style questions
Unseen fiction is a step-by-step introduction to the unseen element of the GCSE English Language exam, developing students’ analytical skills and confidence.
The perfect foundation for KS4 students, this pack addresses AO1, AO2 and AO4 and will help your students develop their skills and confidence in approaching unseen fiction.
With eight detailed lesson plans for each text, the pack includes starter activities, main lesson activities, plenary ideas and extension activities, as well as worksheets and classroom resources.
Featured text extracts:
Kerfol by Edith Wharton
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
‘The Christmas Present’ by Richmal Crompton
Mort by Terry Pratchett
‘Printer’s Devil Court’ by Susan Hill
‘Down to a Sunless Sea’ by Neil Gaiman
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
What’s included?
Eight text extracts
Exam-style questions
Exam-style practice papers with suggested ‘answers’ for the final extract for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 3)
Specification summaries (pages 4-6)
Top tips (pages 7-8)
Text 1: Kerfol (pages 9-17)
Resource 1 - finding information
Resource 2 - the black greyhound
Text 2: The War of the Worlds (pages 18-28)
Resource 3 - the storm
Text 3: My Ántonia (pages 29-37)
Resource 4 - guess what is being described
Resource 5 - character descriptions
Resource 6 - author’s use of language
Text 4: ‘The Christmas Present’ (pages 38-50)
Resource 7 - structural terminology
Resource 8 - the beginning
Resource 9 - developing the story
Text 5: Mort (pages 51-59)
Resource 10 - venn diagram
Resource 11 - close analysis of Mort
Text 6: ‘Printer’s Devil Court’ (pages 60-68)
Resource 12 - evaluating writing
Resource 13 - exam-style questions
Text 7: ‘Down to a Sunless Sea’ (pages 69-84)
Resource 14 - narrative voice in the story
Resource 15 - imagery
Resource 16 - planning grid
Text 8: A Thousand Splendid Suns (pages 85-107)
Resource 17 - exam style questions
Our comprehensive GCSE teaching pack has been created to support students taking GCSE English Literature for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas. Page numbers and extracts relate to the Methuen Drama Modern Classics edition (2001).
‘Blood Brothers is a … favourite with both teachers and students. This pack contains a wide range of activities to encourage exploration of the play’s context, themes, language, structure and characters. Tasks range from starter games to comparisons with Greek tragedy and Romeo and Juliet. It also includes revision grids and practice examination-style questions suitable for detailed and thorough examination preparation.’
Annie Fox, writer
These 23 lessons and wide range of resources are all you need for an in-depth analysis of this tragic story.
What’s included?
23 lessons
49 bespoke resources
Exam-style questions for GCSE English Literature.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 4)
Specification summaries (pages 5-7)
Lesson 1 (pages 8-17)
Pre-reading: how to read a play and identify drama genres
Lesson 2 (pages 18-25)
Pre-reading: using the context and writing an original script
Lesson 3 (pages 26-31)
The role of the narrator
Lesson 4 (pages 32-42)
Characterisation: Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone
Lesson 5 (pages 43-50)
Themes: superstition and motherhood
Lesson 6 (pages 51-55)
Theme: childhood
Lesson 7 (pages 56-58)
Conflict
Lesson 8 (pages 59-61)
Characterisation: Linda and theme: social class
Lesson 9 (pages 62-65)
Theme: friendship and symbolism
Lesson 10 (pages 66-76)
Revision of Act 1: plot, genre, style and structure
Lesson 11 (pages 77-81)
Characterisation: Sammy, Mickey and Edward
Lesson 12 (pages 82-86)
Themes: education and social class
Lesson 13 (pages 87-91)
Theme: love
Lesson 14 (pages 92-97)
Characterisation: Mrs Lyons and theme: mental illness
Lesson 15 (pages 98-107)
Handling of time
Lesson 16 (pages 104-107)
Characterisation: Mr Lyons and theme: unemployment
Lesson 17 (pages 108-109)
Creation of tension
Lesson 18 (pages 110-112)
Subtext and conflict
Lesson 19 (pages 113-114)
Resolution
Lesson 20 (pages 115-119)
Writing about comedy and tragedy
Lesson 21 (pages 120-126)
Writing about characters
Lesson 22 (pages 127-133)
Writing about themes
Lesson 23 (pages 134-142)
Revision
Your go-to pack for writing non-fiction at years 3 and 4! Equip your children with the skills to write newspaper reports, non-chronological reports and texts to persuade, explain, instruct and discuss.
What’s included?
44 quality resources, including answer sheets where relevant
PowerPoint presentations to accompany each non-fiction type
Opportunities to introduce, practise and consolidate key grammar elements
Includes starters, main activities, plenaries, assessment opportunities, Extension ideas and home learning tasks
Links to the curriculum.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 3)
Instructional writing (pages 4-27)
Recounts – newspapers (pages 28-58)
Explanatory writing (pages 59-84)
Persuasive writing (pages 85-109)
Non-chronological writing (pages 110-125)
Designed for the GCSE English Literature specifications for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas, this pack will help your students explore characters, themes and events through comprehension, debate and drama.
‘This pack allows you to find your own path. Every lesson offers a choice of activities, so you can tailor your teaching to the needs of your pupils and your own areas of expertise, without compromising on quality of learning.’
Stephanie Atkinson, writer
Comprising 22 lessons and featuring practice exam questions, our Lord of the Flies GCSE teaching pack offers a creative approach to teaching this popular text.
What’s included?
22 lessons featuring group, independent and exam preparation class activities
50 bespoke resources
Exam-style questions for GCSE English Literature.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 4)
Specification summaries (pages 5-7)
Chapter 1: Lesson 1 - good versus evil (pages 8-12)
Chapter 1: Lesson 2 - order and disorder (pages 13-19)
Chapter 2: Lesson 3 - characters and events (pages 20-23)
Chapter 2: Lesson 4 - characters and events (pages 24-29)
Chapter 3: Lesson 5 - Jack (pages 30-36)
Chapter 4: Lesson 6 - Setting and the littluns (pages 37-45)
Chapter 4: Lesson 7 - conflict (pages 46-55)
Chapter 5: Lesson 8 - the text in context (pages 54-61)
Chapter 5: Lesson 9 - Piggy (pages 62-67)
Chapter 6: Lesson 10 - the beast (pages 68-76)
Chapter 7: Lesson 11 - leadership (pages 77-80)
Chapter 7: Lesson 12 - the rise of savagery (pages 81-87)
Chapter 8: Lesson 13 - fear (pages 88-94)
Chapter 8: Lesson 14 - symbolism (pages 95-99)
Chapter 9: Lesson 15 - outsiders (pages 100-105)
Chapter 9: Lesson 16 - Simon’s death (pages 106-112)
Chapter 10: Lesson 17 - Piggy (pages 113-118)
Chapter 11: Lesson 18 - power (119 -124)
Chapter 11: Lesson 19 - the death of Piggy (pages 125-131)
Chapter 12: Lesson 20 - change (pages 132-140)
Chapter 12: Lesson 21 - the final hunt (pages 141-151)
Chapter 12: Lesson 22 - revising the characters (pages 152-159)
Exam style questions (pages 160-167)
Revise unseen fiction is an exam-focused, student-friendly workbook filled with activities designed to consolidate your students’ skills and prepare them for their GCSE English Language exam.
Practice exam questions for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas are included.
Featured text extracts:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ by Arthur Conan Doyle
Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
What’s included?
Eight text extracts
Teacher notes and answers
Exam-style practice papers for every extract for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas
Exam-style practice paper with exemplar responses and suggested answers.
What’s inside?
Introduction (page 4)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (pages 5-28)
Extract of Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Do Not Say We Have Nothing Student workbook
Do Not Say We Have Nothing Teacher Notes and suggested answers
Do Not Say We Have Nothing Exam style questions
Tess of the d’Urbervilles (pages 29-58)
Extract of Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d’Urbervilles Student workbook
Tess of the d’Urbervilles Teacher Notes and suggested answers
Tess of the d’Urbervilles Exam style questions
All the Light We Cannot See (pages 59-95)
Extract of All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All The Light We Cannot See Student workbook
All The Light We Cannot See Teacher Notes and suggested answers
All The Light We Cannot See Exam style questions
Rebecca (pages 96-133)
Extract of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca Student workbook
Rebecca Teacher Notes and suggested answers
Rebecca Exam style questions
‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ (pages 134-160)
Extract of ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ by Arthur Conan Doyle
‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ Student workbook
‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ Teacher Notes and suggested answers
‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ Exam style questions
The Book Thief (pages 161-196)
Extract of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief Student workbook
The Book Thief Teacher Notes and suggested answers
The Book Thief Exam style questions
Everything I Never Told You (pages 197-224)
Extract of Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Everything I Never Told You Student workbook
Everything I Never Told You Teacher Notes and suggested answers
Everything I Never Told You Exam style questions
The Handmaid’s Tale (pages 225-268)
Extract of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale Student workbook
The Handmaid’s Tale Teacher Notes and suggested answers
The Handmaid’s Tale Exam style questions
Top tips (pages 269-270)