An A4 sheet for new learners to fill out so that staff can get to know their interests.

Get your learners to create their own Encanto themed word search. Instructions: The learner will think of 12 words that are associated with this movie. They will write these words in the grid boxes and on the lines below the grid. Following this, the learner will then fill the remaining grid boxes with random letters of the alphabet. Get your learners to swap their completed word search with a peer, who will then complete it.

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 an alternative quiz with other key quotes from the anthology which you can download for free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-anthology-power-and-conflict-quotes-quiz-12636653

A sheet for learners to colour in with the dates of Queen Elizabeth’s birth and death.

A five question reading task with answers. The text itself is a case study taken from the Comic Relief website. Topic: Food Banks / Food Poverty

A short AIC quiz. Great to use as a lesson starter to get learners familiar with some key quotes. Can also lead a discussion on the meaning of each quote and how they fit in with the themes in the play.

A good lesson starter. Get students to cut out the different pictures and stick them on the A3 timeline. Their task is to guess which fashion trend belongs to which decade. A PPT is attached with the pictures and answers.

A PPT and worksheet that I used to introduce the KS3 class to poetry. I have started off with an easy poem and then throughout the lesson taught them skills in how to analyse the poem. Some information contained in this slide has been taken from free resources available on TES. Thank you for sharing your resources.

This is a task that I have created. Students will use their skills to rewrite an informal letter into a formal letter.

How to read and annotate the text before moving on to answer the exam questions 1- 4.

This was originally made when this was a topic discussed in the daily papers.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.

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.

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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.

A colouring page were learners can colour in the Pride flag.

A short PPT on how to answer Q2. This gives the learner examples and a overview of how to plan and structure their answer.

Character Analysis Sheet.

A task sheet for learners in KS2 / KS3.

10 questions back to school quiz.

18X cards and grid sheet.