This lesson centres on autumn as inspiration for a piece of creative/descriptive writing - specifically this lesson focuses on a high level sensory vocabulary. It is a complete stand alone lesson, designed to be visually appealing and help immerse students in writing creatively about autumn. The lesson also comes with a learning mat to take students through the lesson which should be printed on A3 paper. Please follow me on: facebook.com/teachcoach

This resources contains 20 pages of literacy activities for KS3 - Year 8 and Year 9 students. Perfect for form times, or catch up literaxhsessions as well as homework. Complete and ready to use. Please make sure you leave a review if you like this resource and follow me: www.facebook.com/teachcoach

This resource is a 15 question who wants to be a millionaire style quiz for technical terms in English. Ranging from language techniques through to poetry, dialect, genre, personal opinion and synonyms. Checks knowledge of a wide range of English terminology. Perfect for end of the year or end of half term. Please make sure you follow me on: facebook.com/teachcoach

In this resource you will find, 4 detailed lessons on Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. This includes lesson on: Prediction using posters/fan art of the poem and exploring colour symbolism, themes, characters and narrative. Understanding narrative including a keyword mix and match, poem overview, reading of the poem (youtube links not owned by me!), comprehension and analysis questions, a narrative plotting task for each stanza using high level vocabulary and transformation task which requires students to turn the opening of the poem into a description. Analysis of the poem and key stanza including stanza 1, 2, 4, 7 13 and 18 - complete with detailed teacher notes and copies of analysis questions for student task. Exploration of symbolism generally and within the poem including symbolism of ravens in detail and analysis task of symbols used within the poem. Lessons conclude with several GCSE style poetry/literature questions which could be set as homework or used in the lessons - these are not scaffolded but simply an addition to the resource. This resource also includes an A3 worksheet for the poetry stanza by stanza task and a copy of the poem itself.

This resource was designed as a homework task for a low ability Year 11 group to reflect and review their knowledge of the plot of a Christmas Carol. It was printed in A3 and then used alongside a summary of the novella from youtube. The task just promotes students to recall information about the plot and key ghost scenes, as well as to consider key scenes from the novella narrative. Follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

This resource contains 5 individual full lessons for use in a library lesson or reading lesson. These could also easily be split into 10 sessions for form time sessions or for lessons which contain half reading, half skills focus. They could also be used for booster reading session, catch up or intervention sessions. The powerpoint also contains 12 reading starters/library lessons tasks and 5 spelling tests for homework. The 5-10 sessions include coverage of the following: Why reading is important and the journeys reading can take us on. The complexities of English, facts about the English language and how it can be confusing and homophones Skimming skills including an extract from Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter Scanning and retrieval skills including a non-fiction extract and an extract from The Hunger Games. This is then followed by the 12 reading/library activities/starters which can be used in lessons. For example: 'Reading Task What is an apostrophe? Why do we use apostrophes? (2 reasons- Can you give examples?) Look at the apostrophes in a section of your text. Write down each word which has an apostrophe, and explain why it is there.’ These cover the following: apostrophes nouns dictionary use inference from reading book characters adjectives/antonyms/synonyms simile/personification/metaphor etc. first person use character problems cartoon strips for comprehension title analysis t-shirt for your main character task new front cover task

In this resource, you will find a PDF of 12 weekly spelling tests. This are aimed at students who’s spelling is below their chronological age or who have been identified for catch up. These spelling lists are comprised using the KS2 spelling lists including words from Years 3-4 and 5-6. The lists become progressively harder as the weeks progress with 9 onwards being Year 5-6 words. These can be distributed to students as a homework or used as part of a catch up programme. Please follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

In this resource, there are 20 individual literacy activities. These are perfect for use as starters or for use during form time literacy sessions. Each activity is self contained and should take approx. 10 minutes. The tasks focus on: homophones proofreading ‘unch’ words syllables connectives vocabulary capital letters ‘ice’ words the spelling police writing tasks question marks tenses commas pronouns plurals spelling (boggle style) Please leave a review if you find this useful. Please also follow me on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/teachcoach/

This scheme contains approximately 20 lessons which cover writing skills and reading skills. Good for intervention as well as for form times and catch up. Lesson 1-2: Baseline Assessment Lesson 3-4: Spelling Rules Lesson 5: Homophones Lesson 6-7: Using commas, full stops and capital letters Lesson 8: Reviewing language features and word types Lesson 9-10: Inference and literal meaning Lesson 11: Paragraphing Lesson 12-13: Using past tense – is/am and was/were Lesson 14: Sentence types Lesson 15: Using punctuation for effect Lesson 16-17: Writing assessment Lesson 18-19: Re-complete baseline You must also allow for additional time in lessons to complete spelling tests. This unit also contains a reading baseline assessment using Roald Dahl’s Boy as well as a writing baseline focused on GCSE AQA skills and writing from an image. This resource also includes 6 sets of spelling tests to use weekly as homework. This unit is ready to use and has been delivered with success before. Follow me on: www.facebook.com/teachcoach

A complete 40 page booklet which includes a focus on ALL basic literacy skills. This is perfect for form time activities, for intervention sessions as well as for catch up and booster sessions. It could be used for homework as well as summer work. If you like this resource please leave a review and follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/teachcoach

In this resource you will find a blank literary text review knowledge organiser. This can be used for any literature text and can be photocopied onto A4 or A3 for revision purposes. It includes a section for the title of the text, as well as section for characters, context, key themes, example exam questions, plot, characters. It also has a section to summarise the text in less than 10 words and to create visual representations of the text. Getting students to complete this for homework or after studying a text is a great way to get students revising any text or poem for literature and can be used in a real variety of ways. Follow me on facebook: facebook.com/teachcoach

This resource is a planning grid for preparation to complete a piece of creative writing/descriptive writing from an image. This includes 4 images of abandoned places and a checklist to encourage students to ensure they cover basic and advanced writing skills. The sheet also includes sentence starters and a planning section to allow students to think about what they will include in their writing. Please follow me on: https://www.facebook.com/teachcoach/

This resource is a blank character profile sheet - perfect for use when creating character or trying to understanding character better. I have had great success using this on multiple different occasions with a wide variety of different texts and characters and it has worked every time. Best used when students are really pushed to complete in detail. Please follow me on: facebook.com/teachcoach

This lesson is a stand alone lesson about dialogue and how to use dialogue effectively. It includes some ‘golden rules of dialogue’ and the chance for students to create some dialogue using an image for inspiration. Students then used the golden rules of dialogue to peer assess. This lesson includes 1 x powerpoint, 1 worksheet for students to edit, 1 worksheet with a list of interesting dialogue tags on. Follow me on: facebook.com/teachcoach

This lesson explores dual narratives using an extract from Jaws - this lesson includes discussion about the benefits of using a dual narrative. It then requires students to write their own dual narrative using a new image and then peer assess. Follow me on: facebook.com/teachcoach

This resource includes approximately 3 lessons on the Ballad of Charlotte Dymond. The lessons cover: understanding the poem, comprehension and making predictions an investigation style resource where students have to piece together what happened quotation quest task a link to a Cornwall article which discusses Dymond’s death. exploration of narrative structure storyboarding task to check understanding and discussion points around tension a poem quiz exploration of audience reaction to the poem a transformation lesson; transforming into a film poster (this has links to media) including looking at font use and analysing example posters This resource also includes a copy of the poem, a copy of resources in the powerpoint and a 15 question quiz on the poem also.