A selection of English resources including worksheets to support Roald Dahl's Witches, Harry Potter, Shakespeare, and study of the Novel as a form.

a sheet with a self assessment component asking them to draw the breakers yard a simple character grid for pupils to describe the character of alex rider and a sequencing sheet of the main events of chapter 3 and 4

a nice powerpoint linking the dreams and some qoutes from the novel to the american dream

A printable 'Scotland Today' newspaper template for pupils to design and write a news article about Macbeth by William Shakespeare in order to consolidate their understanding of the play and produce a creative response to Shakespeare. Designed for SEN, EAL, and lower ability students.

A simple powerpoint presentation lesson plan resource that summarises the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Includes short bullet points, perfect for SEN, EAL, and visual learners.

this is a selection of the New DC 52's blank comic covers that they published as part of their cover variants. I had a great art lesson with my pupils where they designed their own cover art, which is now on display in the local comic shop. This makes a great stand alone cover lesson or part of a ongoing topic on multimodal literature or comic art There is also an example of a completed cover attached to provide inspiration

This printable worksheet resource contains an illustrated handout showing a scene from The Tempest by William Shakespeare. This resource is good for use with KS3 for an introduction to the works of Shakespeare module

A downloadable, ready to use powerpoint on the key points of Shakespeare's life. Useful to introduce Shakespeare at the start of a module.

a nice powerpoint on the themes of violence in the novel of mice and men useful for coursework preparation

A levelled activity for the tempest made a while ago so levels may need changing in line with APP

A simple, printable writing frame handout, good for SEN, EAL, and lower ability pupils to start thinking about constructing a coursework or controlled assessment essay on Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

a nice powerpoint for lower ability students about the raven - getting them to interpret themes of the poem

Based on the game consequences which you may remember from when you were younger, I made these sheets when we had been working on lord of the flies so they have a bit of a lost theme. Each pupil fills in one part of the sheet folds it over and passes it to the person next to them they do a part fold it over and pass it on. when all parts have been completed you unfold it and get some really random and funny stories

A simple, printable worksheet including a cloze activity to consolidate or revise understanding of what happens to Lady Macduff in Macbeth by William Shakespeare. This resource was designed for lower ability pupils

a short extract from the Golden key one of the Grimms fairy tales is given to the children and they continue the story from where they left off. on the second page is the complete fairy tale which the Grimms often left unfinished at the end of the their tales to give an indication of more treasures to come

a simple writing frame to get pupils thinking about the role of the character kissing kate barlow in holes. good for lower ability pupils

A simple Powerpoint lesson for lower ability pupils introducing information about Shakespeare and his historical context, and some basic conepts about Romeo and Juliet

a simple introduction to the american dream starter mind maps - where pupils describe their dream life and then thnk about what its like in the 1930's then introduce the concept of the american dream an give pupils a character from the ones in the file and get them to write a short story about their characters dream - lenny is included

a simple powerpoint on camp green lake including suggested lesson activities for pupils

A module i designed on travel writing, which has the pupils studying travel writing from different eras and different styles, cross curricular in that it looks at writing in runes, historical events, geography, science in that it allows you to design and test a kon-tiki raft an d some maths involved where you cost the different journeys, finishes with the pupils writing a travellog of a journey or a school trip, also included are some viking pictures which we used as a launch point to design a viking character and write a short paragraph introducing them