This is the registration display every student needs for every day of the year. Words/Word Roots/Etymologies in a one-slide-a-day powerpoint to ensure your class or form group start each day with their literacy fix. 50+ slides to use and update as you see fit. Literacy Co-ordinators/English Teachers - this is worth £10 of your budget!
A self-contained lesson (or two) about writing comedy characters. Focusing on stereotypes (using teachers), similes, metaphors etc. Suitable for 11-16s.
Differentiated comprehension of opening of Oliver Twist. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students. Tailored questions to encourage close reading of the language style of a pre-twentieth century text.
Quick, straightforward, self-contained(!) lesson for GCSE Eng Lit students. This lesson guides students through Dicken's use of contrast between the opening and the end of the novel.
A power point and word doc that helps teach about TONE in poetry. This football-based lesson (or series of lessons) is suitable for less able KS3 or KS4 students as an introduction into AO2.
Worksheet suitable for Y6-Y8 (football fanatics!). Original poem by comedy poet Stephen Williams on worksheet covering reading skills, with suggestions for writing activities. A gentle, football-themed introduction to English Language GCSE AOs.
An original football poem from 'Jiggerypoetry' with accompanying comprehension questions and written tasks. Suitable for Y7-9, less able football-lovers.
A comedy poem from 'Jiggerypoetry' called 'Instagran', with accompanying reading and writing tasks. Suitable for Y7-8s. My classes have enjoyed the poem and the AO1/AO2 accompanying tasks.
A collection of 40 original comedy poems for children aged 10-16, written by poet and English teacher, Stephen Williams. This brand new collection is a reading resource that will hopefully inspire your students to write a humorous poem or two of their own. All in word doc format so easy to copy. Suitable for older primary students upwards.
A detailed powerpoint series of lessons on Eng Lang Paper 2. Includes lots of grammar work and example extracts that guide your students through the requirements of the exam paper.
A multi-activity worksheet (that has never let me down) to introduce students to crime writing. Great for getting children to share ideas about a fictional murder and then produce high-quality written/illustration work. Suitable for Y7-Y9.