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Goodnight Mr Tom Workbook/activity pack. Whole unit of work ready to print
A detailed, differentiated workbook with tasks for almost every chapter, including SPaG starters, extension tasks, wordbanks, sentence starters and examples for students to use as a guide.
Includes approximately three tasks per chapter of increasing complexity. Tasks focus on understanding and interpreting the text, using quotations and explaining their significance. There are also writing tasks such as diary entries and character analyses.
Easy to mark assessment grids included (a range of self/peer and teacher assessment).
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Improving SpaG, Descriptive & Creative Writing Skills
A selection of resources to develop many major aspects of the writing process and widen the range of student vocabulary. All resources include objectives and are ready to print and teach.
Frankenstein chapter 5 analysis whole lesson activities
Includes a starter to improve vocabulary (AO4), an extract from chapter 5 with cut out annotation cards for the main activity and a point, quote, comment task for the developmental (AO2). There is an example of how students should write a comment and embed quotations and a word bank to encourage the use of more sophisticated essay language.
Developing descriptive and creative writing using the senses
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use the senses effectively. Includes several assessment grids (easy marking), differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty for each of the senses and tasks to increase the range of relevant student vocabulary related to the senses. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Developing vocabulary in creative and descriptive writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use vocabulary effectively. Includes assessment grids, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and an extension. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
Adverbs lesson
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use adverbs effectively. Includes an explanation and example of adverbs and their use, peer assessment, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty and an extension. There is space for students to write so nothing else is needed and therefore this would be ideal for cover and, with very little adapting, for homework too.
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Gothic Poetry SOW, resources and assessment
A complete set of resources to teach 'The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner' with a detailed scheme of work to follow, a detailed assessment plan and an easy-to-mark homework project.
Also includes a poetry self-assessment sheet to assess knowledge of terminology at the start of the unit and a placemat to support students with poetry analysis.
Poems of the Decade - History by John Burnside task/work sheets
A double sided worksheet with five tasks to help students explore and analyse the poem.
Poems of the Decade - 'On her Blindness' worksheet & an essay question comparison with 'Effects'
A student task sheet to explore and analyse the poem. Includes activity to identify devices, quotation analysis tasks, an essay question and comparison grid to compare with the poem 'Effects'.
our versus are - homophone worksheet
A handy worksheet for student s to clarify the differences between 'our' and 'are'. Includes explanations of each word with examples and three separate tasks. Good as a starter or extension activity.
Analysis of articles. Purpose, audience, language, layout. GCSE exam preparation.
A wide range of tasks for students to complete after reading any non-fiction article. Great for preparing students for the GCSE English language paper. Alternatively, this would work well as a cover lesson or even a homework project.
Can be laminated and reused.
Persuasive Writing Task - Persuade a friend to visit your area GCSE English Exam Preparation
This task is highly differentiated as students are provided with a planning sheet, which reminds them to use persuasive devices and outlines ideas for each paragraph. There is a sample introductory paragraph, reminders, word-bank and sentence starters for less able students, as well as extension tasks for the more able.
There is a matching task for a lesson starter with an 'add your own example' column and extension for more able or early finishers. Teacher answers are also included and can be displayed. The answers are colour-coded for students to self-mark.
A PowerPoint presentation outlines all tasks and includes a peer assessment task for the end and also includes differentiated objectives.
Tone & Structure in the poem 'Blessing'
Good for practising the unseen or general poetry analysis in preparation for the GCSE and IGCSE
Various tasks to help students understand the impact of tone, structure and connotations in the poem. Differentiated objectives and extension task are included.
Answer sheet provided for students to self-mark.
Homework Project
A project based on the reading of a novel over an extended period of time; ideal for holiday homework.
Specific links are outlined for GCSEs, but the project can also be used for KS2 and 3. This is excellent preparation for year 9 over the summer as a transition from KS3 to KS4 and/or to develop the reading and language skills of year 10 groups.
The project includes a range of tasks which support the skills needed to succeed in English Language and Literature GCSEs/IGCSEs. The tasks are categorised into the following sections: research, writing, analytical and creative, to appeal to different learners and cover a range of skills.
There are specific guidelines included for presentation and emphasis is placed on the development of independent learning i.e. students must learn to manage their work and time effectively in order to meet the teacher's deadline.
Essay vocabulary helpsheet/bookmark
A range of vocabulary to help students express their ideas in a more sophisticated way. Words have been organised into themes commonly explored in literature. There are also general essay words e.g. other words for 'shows' and helpful phrases.
The resource can be copied and glued into student books for easy reference. Alternatively they can be cut out, glued back to back and laminated to make a selection of bookmark shaped classroom tools.
Descriptive writing, the five senses, vocabulary to describe.
A good start to creative/descriptive writing topics as it encourages students to consider the senses and develop the quality of their descriptions.
Includes differentiated tasks, objectives and easy to use, fast assessment methods.
Analysing sound and poetic devices in the poem 'Blessing'
Good for practising the unseen or general poetry analysis in preparation for the GCSE and IGCSE
Various tasks to help students understand the impact of sound and poetic devices in the poem. Differentiated objectives and extension task are included.
An example of the P.E.E.L structure is also given as a model and colour coded with a sample of how it would look in essay format.
Cover lessons and homework task for poem 'Island Man'
several lessons and homework tasks with little or no marking involved. Based on the poem 'Island Man'.
An Inspector Calls - Acts 1 & 2 activity sheets
Worksheets on acts 1 & 2 of the play. Includes tasks of increasing complexity, examining key events, quotations and character descriptions with some vocabulary work to aid this.
Differentiated objectives and glossary included.
An Inspector Calls - Arthur Birling analysis tasks
Worksheets, with tasks of increasing complexity, examining the character of Arthur Birling through analysis of quotations.
Differentiated objectives and assessment grid included.