Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Imitaz Dharker’s "In Wales, Wanting To Be Italian” This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions

Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Amy Blakemore’s "Peckham Rye Lane” This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions

Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Nichols’ "Island Man” This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology. This poem also appears in the “Different Cultures” section of the AQA Poetry Anthology. The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions

Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Thomas Hood’s "I Remember, I Remember” This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology. Also falls under the CCEA “Identity” Poetry Anthology The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions

Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Emily Bronte’s "Mild The Mist Upon The Hill” This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions

Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver John Clare’s "Sunday Dip” This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions

SPAG PDF booklet of KS2/KS3 basics aimed at transitioning to secondary teaching and can act as a Knowledge Organiser for year 7s. Contents include: Spelling: - i before e except after c - changing y to ies - adding es to words ending in s, ss, z, ch, sh & x - doubling up rule - drop the e rule - changing the y to i when adding suffix endings - changing f to ves - words ending in ful - adding ly to the end of a word - adding the prefix all - their vs there Sentence types: - imperative - declarative - exclamatory Punctuation: - capital letters - apostrophes - question marks - it’s vs its Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs This resource works well as an independent reference guide for students both in school and with home learning. This is also particularly helpful for inclusion work and as a learning and support aide for SEN teaching. The booklet is in PDF and is formatted so that when it is printed on landscape A4, it can be stapled in the middle and made into a booklet. Totals 20 sides of A5. When printing from PDF, be sure to select paper size as A4 and print 2 pages per sheet. Always print a practice booklet first!

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 8 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resources include: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan Additional gap-fill resource The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 13 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resources include: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan Additional extract resources (x2) Fill-in-the-gaps exercise The lesson is designed to take an hour but is more likely to need two lessons depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 12 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resource includes: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 11 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resource includes: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 14 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resource includes: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

One Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 7 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resources include: 1 full Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan Challenge activity for higher abilities The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Two Powerpoint lessons covering chapter 6 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resources include: 2 full Powerpoint lessons with lesson plans Additional extract resource Challenge activities for higher abilities Each lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 9 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resource includes: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 10 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resource includes: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 15 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States). Resource includes: Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text. This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).

A simple and easy-to-use set of lessons covering Amanda Gorman’s ‘Earthrise’. This works really well with Key Stage 3 pupils, particularly years 7 and 8 but could also work for year 6 as well. As this is an American poet, this resource would work well for 5th Grade, and the start of Middle School (6th-7th Grade) Resources include: 1 Powerpoint comprising of 6 lessons 6 Word Documents with poem sections to print