24X fruit and veg flash cards. Can be used with ESOL learners, primary aged school children and Functional Skills learners E1 - E3. Get your learners to put the cards in alphabetical order by identifying both the first letter and second letter. These can be used for other activities. Prints double sided. A4 PDF document.

An English Article Writing Activity. This task gives the learner the following scenario: Your country’s football team have won the UEFA European Championship! To celebrate, you are planning to host a FREE entry party in the gardens of your local church. Ideas are given to what the learner may want to writing in the article, space is provided for planning and an article planning grid and writing paper are attached.

An A4 PDF Worksheet A resource to use as you class read through the novel. The learners will research two people who have been in similar situations to the books main character: Brian.

An English Reading Comprehension Activity. This resource gives the learner an overview of the Salem Witch Trials. Learners will read the text and then answer ten skimming and scanning questions based on this document. There is also an extension question. Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.

This is a three page PDF document designed to help students to answer Q3 in their English language paper. The first page gives an overview of the following: What is structure What to expect to see in Q3 How to answer the question List of structural techniques Page 2 contains other relevant information about Q3 and what to look for when examining each section of the text. Page 3 gives learners a template that they can use to answer the question, which is based on the PEE paragraph structure. This is ideal for those struggling with answering this question.

A good refreser / lesson stater on this subject. This is a 22 page PPT on figurative language devices. A short task is also provided on the last slide. The PPT includes: What is a figurative language Examples of figurative language and the meaning including: -Oxymoron -Alliteration -Simile -Metaphor -Onomatopoeia -Idiom -Hyperbole -Personification Figurative language class quiz. Learners will answer questions on their whiteboards. Answers will appear on PPT. They need to identify the figurative language in eight portions of song lyrics. The last slide includes a portion of Katy Perry’s song ‘Roar.’ Learners will be asked to identify any of the eight figurative language devices that they have just learnt about.

3X Flashcard sheets that contain 21 different reading tasks that learners can complete during or following the reading of the play. The tasks are based on the lay ’DNA’ and includes tasks such as: Article Writing Creating a Storyboard Diary Entry Writing Creating a Facebook Character Profile Creating a New Book Cover / Blurb Plus many more. These sheets are double sided ( with a DNA strand background on one side of the cards). Laminate and cut out and get your student to choose a task at random.

2X skimming & scamming tasks. The learner reads two short texts and answers questions about these texts by using their skimming and scanning skills. Answers are provided so that students can self mark. Topics: Football & Reality TV This would suit High Level E3 and L1 and L2 learners.

Letter Writing booklet. The learner has three letter writing tasks to complete. This booklet would suit L1 and L2 learners

A fun English game designed for my KS3 class to help them with their creative writing. The board contains a series of 5 prompts which will allow the learner to build their story: setting, main character, genre, main theme and conflict. Give the student a dice piece. They will roll the dice piece 5 times moving from left to right of the board. for example: The first number is a 4 which refers to the setting. Therefore, their story will be set on a train. The next number rolled is a 1, which mean the genre will be gothic / horror. the learner will then write a short story based on what they rolled on the prompt board. # E.g: A gothic short story set on a train featuring a teenage boy. The main theme is survival with the conflict in the story being the character vs the supernatural.

An English Reading Comprehension Skimming & Scanning Activity. This would be ideal for E3 Functional Skills learners and pupils in the KS3 & KS4 age groups. Based on the topic of LGBTQ+, learners will read a source document before answering 8 skimming and scanning questions based on the source document. Answers are provided so learners can self mark.

This is a 13 page PPT on how to write a report. The PPT includes: What is a report? What do I include in a report? Step-by-Step report format and content slides Examples throughout PPT Layout of a report 3 practice question tasks Report Writing Template & Writing Sheet

WhatsApp Social Media Template. An A4 worksheet that learners can use in English to show a conversation between two fictional characters. 2 different designs in two different colours - black and grey.

Two revision guides - one catered for NCFE and one catered for City and Guilds. Both are 6/7 page revision guides that helps learners to understand what to expect in their reading assessment. They also gives advice and examples of how to answer the questions on the exam paper. Revision guides includes: Overview of the assessment Source document that will be used throughout the guide to show examples of how to answer the questions How to skim and scan a piece of text The different purposes of a text how to find the meaning of words How to replace a given word (C&G guide only) These revision guides are based on the NCFE and City and Guilds criteria and uses the updated REFORMED Functional Skills delivery guide.

24X Irregular Plural Flash Cards - double sided with polka dot print on one side. These are flash cards which are useful to use with Entry Level 3 learners. In the exam, learners are expected to write the plural form of a word. They will be expected to know a list of common plural nouns that don’t follow the usual spelling conventions. Each singular noun and its irregular plural form is on one of the 24 cards. You could add an extension activity and turn this into a matching game ( match the noun to the plural form). Learners could also create a sentence which includes each word.

2 X A3 Worksheets Summary - A resource to use as your class reads through the novel. After each chapter, get your learners to write a short summary of that chapter. They can also note down any characters that are featured / mentioned in the novel. This can be useful for when learners need to revise the novel and the key scenes. Characters - A resource to help learners identify and analyse the different characters as they read through the novel. They can write down a description of the character and their personality traits.

This is a task booklet which would be useful for when learners begin to study/ revise the poem. The booklet includes: Front Page Page 1 & 2 - Poem My Last Duchess. Robert Browning - / Learners can highlight this poem and annotate it as the teacher reads the poem Page 3 - First reading: Brainstorming page Page 4 - Summary / research page for learners to fill in - poet, date poem was written, summary, key themes, context and links to other poems Page 5 - Analyse the poem using the SMILE technique template Page 6 - Timeline. Learners to read the poem and create a timeline of events. These will need to be supported with quotations from the poem Page 7 & 8 - Key quote and Analysis - Learners to write down 10 key quotes from the poem and analysis each quote Page 9 & 10 - Two pages for note writing on this poem to print the borders please choose ’ fit to print’ when printing this booklet.

These A3 posters can be stuck on the classroom wall to help learners with structuring their speech writing. The posters feature an memorable acronym that makes sure they include everything needed to persuade / engage their audience. Poster 2 - Can also be used as a template. It gives learners more information on how they should structure their speech and expands on poster 1.

Five worksheets designed for students who are studying the poem *Exposure. * Worksheets included: Write a brief overview of each stanza worksheet Use the ‘SMILE’ approach to help you to analyse the poem. 8X key quote cards. Get learners to cut out the cards which feature nine key quotes from the poem. On the back of each card they can write an analysis of the quote or even laminate the cards to use as revision cards. Poetry exam question game. Learners will roll a die and then answer the question that the die lands on. Cube task sheet. Get learners to cut out and glue the cube together and when they have done this, they will roll the cube and complete the nominated question. Questions relate to the poem.