Fun, engaging and hassle-free resources for secondary English and Drama. Developed by a lead practitioner and AQA examiner, you can be sure all resources are geared towards the latest specifications.
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Fun, engaging and hassle-free resources for secondary English and Drama. Developed by a lead practitioner and AQA examiner, you can be sure all resources are geared towards the latest specifications.
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A fantastic collection of visually stunning display posters guaranteed to light up your classroom!
Using quotations from Macbeth, this collection of 20 display posters combines striking images with beautiful fonts to create memorable visual prompts for your students. Ideal in any GCSE English classroom.
In the age of closed book exams, these will not only look great, but help your students revise quotations during each and every lesson.
I have also included the PPT files, so that you can print using the ‘2 slides per page’ option and print them off for your students to use as revision cue cards!
Most of the key quotations are included here, covering all the acts and key characters from the play.
The PPT preview is problematic on TES, but they download absolutely fine when purchased. I’ve also included the PDF version for added peace of mind. Why not check out the free trial before you buy?
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Full lessons preparing students for the writing task on the new AQA Language paper 2 - writing to present a viewpoint. I am already finding that students' writing is often quite 'pedestrian' and lacking in passion and enthusiasm. These lessons try and access the 'inner voice' the writer in order to guide students to a more passionate and enthusiastic method of writing.
The PowerPoint also contains a large bank of exam style 'provocative statements' for you to draw on and use with your students in a number of different ways (creative ideas for how best to use the statements is also included in the PowerPoint). This is ideal for developing persuasive and argumentative skills.
Brief breakdown:
* Students consider topics they care or are passionate about and create mini speeches around this
* Consider what makes a passionate speech and how we can import this into our writing
* Introduce students to DARCFOREST - a system of rhetorical techniques students can apply in their own writing (complete with modelled sentences)
* Students apply these skills in their own writing
* Huge bank of provocative statements as you would find them in the AQA paper 2 exam for students to consider, explore and respond to.
* Detailed learning review at the end
At least 2 lessons worth, range of speaking and listening and active learning contained within the PowerPoint. Also, lesson deals with lots of real life issues so there is a PSHE/ Personal development angle to the lessons too.
All there, ready to roll, enjoy! 35 slides jam packed with content. Feedback welcomed to help further improve all resources.
This is part of a full revision/writing skills scheme for paper 2, which is purchasable as a bundle.
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A huge collection of worksheets for English language paper 1 and 2 writing sections (new specification 9-1 GCSE). Written specifically to AQA but the difference between the exam boards on the writing sections is negligible.
Start the year right by regularly setting these sheets as homework. Easily enough for a whole year! Dead easy to mark just highlight and circle the statements that fit!
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Here I have the first of my 'Sensational Starters' series which aims to give teachers a huge bank of starters that they can use with all of their classes.
50 slides, with each slide providing a different starter task for your classes.Ideal as bell ringer/entrance activities as soon as your class walk in. It's as simple as that!
This edition focuses on writing skills; with a huge bank of starters developing the following aspects of writing:
Sensory descriptions
Similes, metaphors and personification in writing
Improving adjective use
Improving adverb use
Using dynamic verbs
Improving and developing general vocabulary skills
Adapting writing to suit purpose
Writing with passion and conviction
Using rhetorical devices
Improving descriptive skills
Would suit Key stages 3, 4 and even 5. Ideal Language GCSE preparation tasks for Paper 1 and 2; great for general skill building too! The tasks suit a wide range of abilities and can be easily tweaked if required. This would be an ideal resource for a whole school literacy drive too.
Perfect toolkit and inspiration for any teacher. Ready to roll with no adaptation required. Enjoy!
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20 worksheets each with a unique AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 style writing task. Ideal to set as HW and designed to be really quick and easy to mark.
The worksheets are worded/presented in the way you would expect to find an AQA English Language writing question (equally suitable for other exam boards).
They also contain lots of prompts and interactive questions to encourage students to use a wide range of skills as they are writing. That way, as you continue to set different questions, good writing skills will become habitual.
Most importantly, marking the work is really easy. Simply circle the effort level and highlight a target from the target bank. Diagnostic marking without even having to write a single word!
Ideal to set as homework, as part of a scheme of work, or simply some inspiration for some AQA style worded writing tasks.
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Here is everything you need to teach Act 1 of Macbeth. The complete scheme of work for the entire play can be found here.
This scheme contains full lessons for each and every scene of Act 1, with each lesson containing a range of interesting and engaging activities to develop and deepen your students’ understanding of the text.
The scheme contains differentiated success criteria and tasks, full analysis for all scenes and teacher notes to guide you through the teaching of the lesson. Homework tasks are also included with the scheme. The lessons will require little to no adaptation and all the resources you need are included.
Save big compared to buying these resources separately. Buy in confidence from a TES recommended author.
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A fantastic collection of visually stunning display posters guaranteed to light up your classroom!
Using quotations from Romeo and Juliet, this collection of 20 display posters combines striking images with beautiful fonts to create memorable visual prompts for your students. Ideal in any GCSE English classroom.
In the age of closed book exams, these will not only look great, but help your students revise quotations during each and every lesson. As part of the display bundle, there is also a ‘thinking points’ poster which encourages students to think about the different aspects of the quote in the same way they would need to in the GCSE exam.
I have also included the PPT files, so that you can print using the ‘2 slides per page’ option and print them off for your students to use as revision cue cards!
Most of the key quotations are included here, covering all the key events and key characters from the play.
The PPT preview is problematic on TES, but they download absolutely fine when purchased. I’ve also included the PDF version for added peace of mind. Why not check out the free trial before you buy?
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This is a lively and engaging resource developing students’ word choices and general vocabulary skills. Ideal in preparing students for GCSE English Language Paper 1, Section B. The full scheme of work is available to purchase for just £5. Click this link to check it out!
A range of activities designed to develop your pupils’ vocabulary use and to also get them into positive habits of editing and improving vocabulary after having ‘finished’. This has been designed with the new AQA Language Paper 1 specification in mind, which places heavy emphasis on making effective vocabulary choices in the writing, but is equally useful for KS3 teaching and for other major GCSE exam boards.
Would work well as a standalone writing/literacy lesson or as part of the paper 1 writing scheme of work of which this is a part.
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Create an informative and visually engaging display with these ‘responding to a text’ materials. Ideal for Key Stages 3 and 4
There are lost of acronyms out there when responding to a text. PEEZL is an ideal middle ground between the more simple PEE model and some of the ridiculously complicated ones that seem to be around these days!
Each part of PEEZL is broken down with a pupil-friendly definition alongside two worked examples.
Image depicts what the finished display could look like (although I’m guessing you’ll be better at lining up the letters than me!)
All the slides are fully editable and adaptable, so can be changed to suit your needs. When you’re ready to print them off, simply opt for the ‘print full page slides’ option on your settings and the resources will print as displayed.
Feedback welcomed and appreciated!
Here I have the second volume of the 'Sensational Starters' series which aims to give teachers a huge bank of starters that they can use with all of their classes.
50 slides, with each slide providing a different starter task for your classes. Ideal as bell ringer/ entrance tasks. It's as simple as that!
This edition focuses on reading skills; with a huge bank of starters developing the following aspects of reading:
Basic Inferences
Layered Inferences
Using evidence to support points
Inferring from images
Inferring from quotations
Exploring key words within quotations
Identifying word classes
Commenting on the effect of word classes
Understanding the writer's messages/viewpoints
Understanding the writer's world (context)
Responding critically to a text
Would suit Key stages 3, 4 and even 5. Ideal Language GCSE preparation tasks for Paper 1 and 2; great for general skill building too! The tasks suit a wide range of abilities and can be easily tweaked if required. This would be an ideal resource for a whole school literacy drive too.
Perfect toolkit and inspiration for any teacher. Ready to roll. Enjoy!
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This is everything you could possibly need to teach all aspects of writing and SPaG.
Huge collection of popular and well reviewed resources.
Incredible savings in excess of 50% compared to buying these resources separately!
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An ideal solution to ensure your students can work from home independently and effectively in this critical run up to the exams.
Here is the complete collection of comprehension booklets foe Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.
Save a massive 60% compared to buying these resources separately!
7 action packed booklets full of an exciting range of activities. Each booklet will allow your students to master all the key assessment objectives for their AQA 9-1 English Literature exam (though equally useful for other exam boards). Here you have all you need to teach this important set text.
Would work as a scheme of work, independent study work or revision before the exam. See individual resources for further information.
Ready to go - no adaptation required. Feedback welcomed and appreciated!
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Everything you need to teach Act 5 Scenes 4 and 5 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do. PDF version is for preview purposes.
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Developed specifically for the new AQA GCSE English Literature specification (yet equally suitable for other examination boards), here is a detailed comprehension work book. revision guide for Stave 4 of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’.
This is basically a mini scheme/unit of work in a booklet and would work brilliantly as either revision for your students, independent study work for cover, tutoring and home schooling, or for students to actively read the text and consolidate their understanding as they read.
Huge range of comprehension questions exploring plot, character, themes, context and writer’s messages and intentions. Ideal preparation for the AQA English Literature qualification as all the Assessment Objectives are covered. 13 pages packed full of content; a wide range of engaging activities are included.
A PDF copy of the source text has been included to support the page references in the workbook only. Due to the age of the source text, it is out of copyright and is available to share.
Resource is absolutely ready to go, you won’t need to edit or tweak the resource for it to work with your groups. Ideal for low maintenance teaching or revision.
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Everything you need to teach Act 2 Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is probably a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do.
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Everything you need to teach Act 2 Scene 4 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is also available as part of a complete scheme of work whereby a considerable saving can be made; further details can be found here.
IMPORTANT - If you have purchased the full scheme of work and are following the scheme, there is also a mid-point assessment lesson plan and resources included here to enable you to complete an exam style question after you have finished studying Act 2.
The lessons have been created specifically for teaching at GCSE level, and cover the key assessment objectives for 9-1 New-Specification AQA: understanding of the text, language and structure, context/themes/author intent (although equally applicable to other exam boards).
Differentiated outcomes and tasks allow you to reach all learners, although I would recommend the lessons specifically for middle to higher ability students. Throughout the scheme, students are encouraged to make notes and annotate the text, as this will be a valuable revision tool when preparing for exams.
Teacher notes are provided on the PowerPoint to help explain and guide you through all phases of the lesson, with a range of interesting and engaging tasks for you to choose from. Importantly, full analysis is provided for all the tasks set, to enable you to lead interesting and engaging discussions which will deepen the students’ appreciation of the text. Strictly speaking, there is probably a lot more here than you would fit into a 1 hour lesson, so you may wish to spread this over a couple of lessons, or perhaps be a little selective with the tasks you wish to do.
Buy in confidence from a TES recommended gold author!
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Here I have a lesson/mini scheme on monologues. Though considered a necessary evil by many, I think they are a great way for students to break through the 'wall' in terms of lacking confidence and conviction. Once they have successfully completed a monologue, they should find that any issues around nerves and confidence are much improved.
There are six monologues for students to perform (so each can be done over six lesson or you can give different groups different monologues, it's up to you). There is also a lesson powerpoint to coach students through preparing for, performing and evaluating their monologues.
The monologues are my own creation and cover a variety of different themes and ideas. They have been deliberately crafted in order to present complex characters which challenge the performer to demonstrate a wide range of emotions. They are also relatively short, meaning your students shouldn't have too much bother learning lines. Most can be performed by either gender.
They have worked incredibly well with my groups and I'm glad I introduced these lessons early in year 10. Little/no adaptation is required.
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Developed specifically for the new 9-1 AQA GCSE English Literature specification (yet equally suitable for other examination boards), here is a detailed comprehension work book for Chapter 2 - ‘Search for Mr Hyde’ of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’.
This is basically a mini scheme/unit of work in a booklet and would work brilliantly as either revision for your students, independent study work for cover, home schooling/tutoring, or for students to actively read the text and consolidate their understanding as they read.
Huge range of comprehension questions exploring plot, character, themes, context and writer’s messages and intentions. Questions are in chronological order (in line with events from the text) so very easy to follow and is an ideal teaching tool to ensure students are actively reading and engaging with the text. Ideal preparation for the AQA English Literature qualification as all the Assessment Objectives are covered. C
overs everything they need to know for the chapter really. Due to the challenging nature of the source text, I’d say this is more geared towards middle and higher ability students.
Resource is absolutely ready to go!
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Easter Quiz 2023! Make your end of term Easter Quiz the stuff of legend with this action packed, fun and fully resourced ‘mother of all quizzes’. Back for 2023 and, you guessed it, 100% BRAND NEW CONTENT.
140 slides of silly seasonal fun consisting of 7 rounds:
Round 1 - Celebrity Egg Hunt - can your students spot the celebrities hiding behind the eggs?
Round 2 - In The News - questions relating to the major news stories of the last 12 months…
Round 3 - Easter Trivia - do you know which part of a chocolate bunny gets eaten first?!
Round 4 - Where’s Woolly?! - See if you can spot Woolly the sheep in various crazy locations
BONUS ROUND - Points EGGSTRAVAGANZA - Team based elimination round. Put your students’ quick counting skills to the ultimate test!
Round 5 - General Knowledge - test your students on a range of general knowledge topics !
Round 6 - Easter Fun - guess the Easter related object and a video based observation round!
Full instructions, answers and guidelines are provided, the PowerPoint is visually impressive and easy to follow. Marking the quiz is a breeze as the team sheets allow for the entire thing to be peer-marked; the interactive scoreboard makes the tracking of scores equally straightforward!
The quiz should take you approximately 1 hour to complete but rounds can be easily dropped if time gets tight. There’s lots of variety in the rounds, making it fun and engaging for your groups.
Suitable for all secondary subjects and curriculum areas as a one off fun lesson that your students will never forget: all you need to do is provide the prizes! Buy in confidence from an author who has nearly 350 5* reviews and be sure to check out my other quizzes!
Unfortunately, the TES preview feature can distort PowerPoint files so I’ve attached an image so that you see what your’e getting. All resources download properly when purchased.
Praise for my previous quizzes:
Brilliant - pupils had a blast!! - Val Nicol
Fantastic as always! Many thanks - Summersby0
Brilliant resource and worth every penny, thank you - nicola_williams
As always, a fantastic resource! I love it and so will my pupils next week! Thank you. - Tinkercat
Your quizzes are great! Tried your end of year quiz in the summer and my classes loved it. This looks just as good. Cheers! - Wezzle82
My groups are going to love this! So much variety in the rounds and the team sheets make the marking so easy. Thank you so much for this! - McGlynne
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This booklet contains over 16 exam style questions based on all the key extracts from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Exam questions are worded in accordance with the latest GCSE 9-1 specification.
Whilst I created this resource with AQA in mind, I’m sure this would prove useful for other exam boards too. Extracts are in chronological order, so students also revise plot and the development of themes/ideas as they tackle the questions. Each question is unique, meaning that the study guide covers all the major themes, events and characters in the novel.
Ideal for all teachers as there are (obviously) very few past papers for the new specification. I reckon I’ve predicted a few future exam questions here!
Visual aids for each stave, and for certain extracts, are provided to help remind students of key events. There’s also lots of exam tips to help students produce more effective exam responses, containing content and analysis that examiners are specifically looking for. My students have found the booklets very useful as it has allowed them to tackle a range of exam questions at home, meaning they feel prepared for the real thing.
Ready to roll, everything a student needs to revise for the exam and boost their confidence in the run up to the exam. Little/no adaptation required. Enjoy!
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