For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.
For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.
A revision sheet on The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It contains key quotes from Stave 4 and explains the impact of this Ghost on Scrooge. Perfect for WJEC English Literature GCSE.
A proofreading exercise for Year 7 students. Students proofread the letter and correct the informal elements to the formal conventions of letter writing. Students are also asked to proofread and edit the 5 literacy errors in line with New WJEC English Language expectations.
A challenging essay plan for Year 9 students to complete a poetry comparison to prepare them for WJEC English Literature GCSE controlled assessment. The students are asked to compare Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare with Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43. The sheet poses questions, phrases some points and gives advice on how to structure the response. Designed to gain L6+ from students.
A PEE grid showing students points that can be made an how to embed the quotations. Students then explain the points made. Designed to build the fluency of poetry analysis. Made for Year 9.
This is an example of a 'Description' for the new WJEC English Language GCSE - Unit 2 Section B. Because the difference between a 'description' and 'narration' is difficult to gauge with the new definitions given, I wrote this piece so students could see a model. It has helped my students to realise the difference and to give them a model to aspire towards.
11 practice National Reading Tests for KS3 English. They are designed to be challenging tests to help students improve their test performances as well as improve key reading skills for the new WJEC English Language GCSE.
A narrative writing example for the new WJEC Unit 2 Section B English Language GCSE. Excellent to use for answering a 'How does the writer ...' question and to show what students need to aspire towards in their own response.
An A3 annotated copy of 'Drunk' by Carol Ann Duffy. It covers all comments on the writer's techniques and comments as well as a comprehensive overview of the poem. This is very useful to help cover all poems in the anthologies without taking too much time, revision materials or to help students catch up with poems missed in class.
A 40 page workbook using A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to practise WJEC English Language skills. This booklet contains Language Unit 2 proofreading exercises on the context of ACC, sequencing questions using events from the text, 'What impressions ...' questions using an extract from ACC, 'How does the writer ...' questions which help both Language and Literature examinations, 'Compare and contrast' questions, 'access, search and retrieve' questions and a list of possible character and theme questions. The resource was created because schools are not focusing so heavily on English Literature because of it no longer is used for schools' L2+. Using the Literature text to work on Language skills is an excellent way of addressing both examinations. This is an excellent workbook for lessons, homework or for catch up or tutoring sessions.
A series of plot points about Blood Brothers. Pupils cut out the box, find the corresponding quote then attach it to a timeline of the play. Excellent for revision and focusing on key quotes.
A large variety of high quality resources to help deliver and revise for WJEC English Literature. They include PEE grids on the ghosts and characters, context sheets, revision notes with key quotations, a timeline activity and key notes on staves.
4 National Reading Test practice papers for KS3 students. Topics include battery farming, a letter from Hogwarts, a first hand account of the Hillsborough Disaster and a review of Despicable Me.
An annotated A3 sheet with analysis notes on 'Take One Home for the Kiddies' by Philip Larkin. It contains an overarching synopsis to the poem, detailed commentary focusing on specific details and the poem itself. Perfect for revision, catch up for those who may have missed the poem or a way of getting students to engage with the poem away from the classroom. Designed for WJEC English Literature AS Level.
A Point, Evidence, Explanation grid designed to help students practice explaining what Thomas has done in the poem. It focuses on language, techniques and images created. A range of points from the poem are given - students then infer meaning and practise explaining the points ready for the Welsh Writing in Wales WJEC controlled assessment.
A 28 slide presentation with revision notes on Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings. It is split up into sections focusing on A01 - Terminology to apply, AO2 - Language and Structure Analysis, A03 - Historical and autobiographical details that can be used, A04 - How the poems may link together under certain themes and A05 - How other interpretations can be seen. The PowerPoint is designed as a revision session for Year 12 English Literature AS exams.
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - A Christmas Carol. A Point, Evidence and Explanation grid used to help students identify points to make in the WJEC English Literature exam. The 'Point' column is filled, page numbers given so students can find evidence and an explanation column to allow pupils to analyse details. The resource can be used in lessons or as a high quality homework.
A revision poster designed to revise the different layouts needed for the non-fiction text types - Formal/Informal letters, speeches, leaflets, articles, reviews and formal reports. Perfect for WJEC English Language. The sheet is a colourful, well presented A3 revision sheet.
A PowerPoint guiding students through Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. Begins with an overview of Victorian Society, teaches how to build essays using the PEE method and considers how verbs, imagery and other poetic techniques are employed. Perfect for GCSE English Literature students.
A booklet given to Year 12 students to track their reading. For the WJEC creative reading unit of the AS English Literature, this booklet is used to record what texts the students were reading for inspiration for their own story, a section to include comments and a section to complete to show their inspiration for a narrative of their own.
