A fun activity as students think for carefully about how what we see is often constructed for us. Can be used in conjunction with film studies in English.

Encouraging students to plan their writing is a challenge sometimes. It is important they understand that the plan can help them. This diagram works with the simple 3 paragraph essay but can be adapted fro essays of any length.

Nothing perfects speaking skills faster than practice. Short spontaneous speaking tasks build student confidence. This selection of topics is designed to give them opportunities to succeed by focussing on topics they are familiar with.

Teaching visual literacy and film requires a whole new vocabulary. Often this is refered to as a meta-language. Whatever we call it, our students need to know it in order to speak and write analytically about film as text. This A4 poster covers the basic essentials.

Speaking clearly and concisely is an important skill which can be learnt and perfected. This handout can help students, teachers or anyone who needs to speak in public - ever. A selection of tongue twisters which deal with the most common problem areas in diction. They are selected to address a number of diphthongs and tricky letter combinations.

A simple two frame beginning to get students using storyboards in English to flesh out ideas.

When our students need to talk about literature in a sophisticated way they need to employ the meta-language. Meta language is not jargon ( Well, not always.) It is language that lets us discuss language and literature objectively. This handout provides a selection of the most common terms needed to talk about literature.

Film has its very own meta language and it is critical that our students understand that. This simple poster gives the most popular words needed when discussing film in the English classroom.

Using this handy scaffolding students can start to become more aware of the choices made by a filmmaker and the effect of those choices. This is a handy activity for doing at home either individually or in small groups. It can also be used with students of mixed ability as it can be applied to any film.

It is often wrongly assumed that all Shakespeare’s work was Elizabethan. We English teachers know that that is not right. Indeed some of the most commonly taught works, including MacBeth are firmly in the Jacobean canon. This handy poster gives the accepted dates of the works and places them in the historically accurate monarchic period.

The art of persuasion is required by everyone at some point in time. Whether students are writing speeches or simply trying to convince a friend to go along with their latest nefarious plan, the need to persuade is evident. More than any other type of writing, other than poetry, persuasive speech uses a variety of rhetorical devices. This infographic gives examples of a few of them.

According to most sources there are only 7 story archetypes upon which all stories are built. Aaron Spelling believes there are only 5 in film. This poster presents those 5 colourfully. A valuable addition to the English classroom. Suits any English class.

Interesting content, confident delivery and appropriate language are the three essential elements of any effective speech. This short (46 slides) presentation explains each and outlines the ideas students need to consider when making their choices. A useful resource for introducing concepts of spoken English to secondary students. Examples are kept to a minimum so that teachers can use ones that are appropriate to their year level. This is part of a larger body of material on spoken English but is perfectly able to be used as a stand alone.

Give students the confidence they need to talk about literature by arming them with the right terms and language. There are so many factors that go into making meaning in texts and these 3 handy resources are just the beginning.

2 simple quizz activities and a vocab list that compliment the study of Katherine Paterson’s popular novel Bridge to Terabithia. These could be used in any class and offer the benefit of being useful in mixed ability classes.

Keep your planning simple and up to date with these 2 colourful templates. The lesson planning template has sections for the information that teachers really need. DIW - Did it work? What interruptions occurred to the lesson and what did you not get to? Most important, did they learn what you needed them to? The to-do list gives you a page for the week that lets you see at a glance what is coming up. It is not helpful to add more items n a to-do list than it is possible to complete so we have deliberately limited the number of spaces. And made room for some fun things.

This zip package includes 5 variations of the avatar Susan. You can use these on your worksheets or other resources. The avatars are print quality and will hold their resolution for reasonable resizing. The avatars are suitable to be used for any year level.

This zip package includes 5 variations of the avatar Risha. You can use these on your worksheets or other resources. The avatars are print quality and will hold their resolution for reasonable resizing. The avatars are suitable to be used for any year level.

This zip package includes 5 variations of the avatar Sally. You can use these on your worksheets or other resources. The avatars are print quality and will hold their resolution for reasonable resizing. The avatars are suitable to be used for any year level.