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SPEAKING & LISTENING DISCUSSION: HUMAN RIGHTS - Shamima Begum
This was originally made when this was a topic discussed in the daily papers. Students will research the subject and then will take part in a discussion. The purpose of the exercise is to be able to look at both sides of an argument - no matter how controversial the topic is.
Unseen Poetry Introduction Lesson: How to Approach Unseen Poetry Using 'The Mirror' by Sylvia Plath
A lesson introducing Unseen Poetry and what to expect in the exam paper. It explains to learners how to annotate a poem using the SMILE technique and they will analyse Plath’s poem ‘The Mirror.’
Please note: I created this PPT using mostly my own ideas, however, to create this lesson, I have also adapted/ pasted some information from other ‘FREE download’ poetry resources that I found on TES. Thankyou for sharing your work.
Jane Eyre - English Language Paper 1 Q1 - Q2 Lesson. KS3 / KS4 / GCSE
This is a lesson on answering Q1 and Q2 on the paper 1 English Language paper.
This was used with my KS3 class to introduce them to answering the questions. Would work for KS4 for low / mid level learners.
The teacher can guide them through the questions step-by-step using the PPT slides.
Reading Book Tasks
A range of different tasks for children to complete using their favourite reading book!
Homeschooling: Storybook Activities
Make homeschooling fun! Grab a storybook and complete the activities.
Little Red Riding Hood - Adjectives
Identify the adjectives in the following short story.
Create Your Own Story Worksheet - Primary School Resource
Get children to create their own story, from planning the characters and setting to writing a plot summary.
Sonic the Hedgehog Anagrams: Unscramble the Letters
Can you unscramble the words to guess the Sonic themed words
Primary School Resource: What is the Corona Virus?
Worksheets to help young children learn about the Coronavirus.
English Newspaper Activities - Funny Headlines, Descriptive Writing and Language Devices
2 English activities.
I sourced the language technique grid from TES and the article from The Daily Mail and edited them to make an English activity.
Get students to locate the language devices from the article and then create a descriptive story or article by choosing a funny headline as a prompt!
English Literature Poetic Technique Language Techniques Table - Unseen Poetry
Overview:
Find the devices in the poem
Evidence(Use an appropriate quotation from the poem)
Analyse(Why has the poet decided to use this technique? How has it improved the poem?)
English Literature Unseen Poetry SMILE Technique Planning Sheet / Grid - Annotating Helpful Template
A template to help learners apply the SMILE technique to an unseen poem
Speech Writing Question: Formula 1 Racing . GCSE English / Functional Skills. Transactional Writing
A speech writing question based on Formula 1.
Harry Potter & The Fantastic Beasts English PPT & Worksheet Task
Get your learners to create their own magical creature to add to ‘Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them’ book.
They will start by looking at an extract from the book and doing a task on this. Then they will begin to create their own creature.
Please note that this PPT and Worksheet was not my original idea and I used FREE resources that I found on TES and the internet to put into a PPT. I adapted this PPT and created the worksheet myself using these ideas.
Thank you for sharing your resources with other education professionals.
Article Writing Football Task - English Language Transactional Writing
Write an article task.
Uncle Montagues Tale's of Terror: Skating Creative Writing POV Task English Literature
A creative writing task based on the last short story in the novel.
**Task: **
In this chapter, the story is told from the point
of view of a third person narrator and focuses
on a character named Diane Parrington.
Rewrite this short story from the point
of view of the young man who Diana meets on
the iced lake. You need to write in the first
person and the story will end exactly the same
way as it does in Priestley’s book: with the
young man disappearing under the cracking
ice.
An Inspector Calls Context Research Worksheet English Language GCSE
Learners are asked to research the context of the novel in order to get some background information on the novel.
Poetry Anthology Power & Conflict Quotes Quiz GCSE English Literature
A fifteen question multiple choice quiz. Students will be given a each from each poem and must write down on the white board which poem it is from. Answers are given on the PPT once they have answered the question.
I also have a sencond version of this quiz which you can download for free:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12649377
Halloween Games: Bingo and Word Scramble. Lesson Starter/Task. KS3 & KS4
2x Halloween PDF games. A4 SIZE.
Halloween Bingo - 5 games cards and a grid card included.
Instructions: Cut out the images on the grid sheet and place inside a container. Give each player a bingo card. As you draw an image from the hat, ask the players to cross them out on their grid sheet. The first player who gets 5 in a row, wins!
Halloween Word Scramble - Unscamble the Halloween themed words
Elliot Page LGBTQ Pride Month English Reading Comprehension Activity
An English Reading Comprehension Activity.
This resource gives the learner an overview of the inspirational Actor and Producer Elliot Page. Learners will be asked to answer seven skimming and scanning questions based on the document. They will also be asked to look up four key words from the document.
Answers are provided so that learners can self mark.