This chart helps students understand the relationships between the main characters in the play ‘Twelfth Night’. Students use bullet point notes to explore the characters and how they are linked.

This is a practice sheet to help pupils use parenthesis to make their writing style more interesting. It gives examples of how to use parenthesis and 10 practice questions. Use as a one off lesson to improve writing style.

This worksheet gives students practice in using parenthesis and varying the length and style of sentences in their writing. Use it as a lesson to consolidate a student’s understanding how to develop a more mature writing style. Please leave a review if you found this useful.

This Power Point clearly sets out the differences between news reports and magazine article in both content and writing style. This is useful for writing news reports or magazine article in the CIE First Language English papers.

This worksheet gives the options of two essays: one on poems that explore how WWI poetry condemns war and one on poems that explore how poetry glorifies war. It has 10 poems to use in class discussion, where students identify which are glorifying war and which are condemning war. They then choose two poems to write an essay on - either poems that glorify the war or condemn the war.

This comprehension focuses on the skills of analysing language and exploring the intention of the writer in creating effect. This is based on the skills required in the CIE IGCSE Paper 1 and any other task that requires an in-depth analysis of the use of language.

Use these Act by Act questions to ensure students have understood what is happens in each Act. Students can do these questions for homework or in pairs in class. They can be self marked in class with guidance from the teacher.

In this single activity, students are asked to question themselves about what they know and would like to know about the topic Space Exploration. After reading a passage students make notes on what they have learned. This activity helps to develop research and note taking skills for 11-14 year olds. This activity also appears in my Research and Note Taking Unit 1 booklet. If you enjoy this resource, take a look at both Research and Note Taking Unit 1

After teaching the use of apostrophes and how to punctuate dialogue, use this worksheet to encourga ehte students to demonstrate their understanding through creation.

This worksheet explores how authors open their stories and students can then practise opening narratives in different ways. Help students write creatively in this one-off lesson - no preparation for you as a teacher.

This worksheet helps students practise the effect of language question from CIE First Language English 0500 Paper 1 Question 2d. It provides three practice passages plus the mark scheme and advice points from the examiner’s report. If you find this useful, please leave a review.

This comprehension focuses on exploring figurative language and its effect on atmosphere, tone and setting. Use this as a one-off comprehension lesson or as part of a unit on figurative language and the effect of language.

This Power Point will be very useful when teaching students to write an interesting narrative. It practises writing attention-grabbing description and creating more attractive characters. It is SHOW DON’T TELL!

This worksheet will help students practise different ways to vary the structure of their sentences. It gives ideas on how to open sentences in different ways and how students can vary the structure of their sentences to make their writing more interesting.

This quick one-lesson activity makes writing an hyperbole poem fun. Students will understand how hyperbole can add humour to a poem and make poetry more fun. It gives three examples of short hyperbole poems and sets a writing task. Use this worksheet as a fun addition to your poetry unit.

Help! Don’t throw me out!! A fun one-off lesson. Students choose to be someone famous and write a persuasive speech to persuade others not to throw them out of a sinking balloon. Tips on writing a persuasive speech included. Turn this activity into an oral presentation lesson where students read their speeches aloud and the class votes who to keep in the balloon.

This practice task is perfect for the IGCSE CIE descriptive writing task in First Language English 0500 Paper 2. It encourages students to look at pictures to see what they can describe and to think about the other senses such as touch and sound. The students plan their descriptive writing and then write an exam length composition. A simplified marking scheme is included.

Use this simple news report based on the fairy tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to illustrate the features of writing a news report. This is a great one-off lesson which consolidates news report writing skills. Students write their own news report based on a fairy tale of their choice. This includes a scaffolding planning sheet to help pupils organise their ideas.

This Power Point gives students the opportunity to explore the descriptive language used to create interesting story openings. It reminds them of the meaning of descriptive techniques and allows them to use them in their own writing. Students are then encouraged to review a partner’s work and discuss what they find interesting in their story openings. Students then write their own narrative.

This Power Point gives examples of political cartoons that students can discuss and analyze. This skill is important when thinking about satire, bias, propaganda and symbolism in political cartoons when analyzing primary sources. Use this as part of your classroom discussion for History or Research Skills.