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William Blake 'The Tiger/Tyger' poem, tasks and answers
A comprehensive set of tasks for students to understand and analyse the poem. All tasks are differentiated using stars (*-All, **- Most, ***-Some) and extension tasks are provided for more able students/early finishers. Alternatively, they could be set for homework.
A handy copy of the poem is provided, as well as answers to the questions, which could be displayed for self/peer assessment.
Essay plan - poetry comparison
A detailed guide for students to work through the poetry comparison essay. Structured into paragraphs with a clear description of what should be included.
Poem 'Blessing' with Tasks' activities to understand the poem &prepare for GCSE and IGCSE
GCSE & IGCSE poetry preparation. Worksheets are divided into tasks e.g. cloze activity, True or False, visual/sketching task and annotating the poem.
Differentiated objectives, answers (cloze) and extension task included.
Frankenstein Main Character Analysis through Quotations
Students name the character who speaks the quotation and write a comment explaining what the quotation shows about each person.
Includes differentiation (All, Most, Some), extension tasks and answers.
An Inspector Calls complete the blanks key quotations revision
Three pages of quotations for students to complete the blanks as a handy method of revising for exams.
Completed quotes included.
EDEXCEL IGCSE English Language SOW & Resources for Anthology in Section A
Over 60 PP slides, a SOW, worksheets and revision tests (with answers) to teach the Non- fiction anthology texts in Section A. Includes a range of tasks: cloze, matching, comprehension questions, analysis grids and more (many tasks also with answer sheets for easy marking or self-assessment). There are suggestions and aids for student annotation and most texts come with essay plans. There are lots of images to support visual learners and enhance understanding of context. In addition, there is a variety of extension tasks and homework sheets, which can be applied to all texts.
The Tower, Stories of Ourselves CIE, Activity Pack & Summary sheet
Information sheet
Single handout including: Summary of important information on the text for revision and understanding -plot summary, themes, author info, setting, and genre.
Activity Pack
o Task 1: Examines the characters of Caroline and Neville
o Task 2: Complete the blanks to explore how Caroline changes over the course of the story
o Task 3: How tension is created through language
o Task 4: Revise the plot by matching quotations to describe the images
o Task 5: Short writing task to explore the reader’s own reactions to the story
o Task 6: Analyse the use of symbolism
o Task 7: Explain the effect of the literary devices in quotations
o Going further: various extension tasks to examine the text in further detail
Young & Dyslexic IGCSE Edexcel. English Language textual analysis with essay question and plan
Several lessons worth of worksheets including differentiated objectives and tasks of increasing difficulty, as well as extension tasks.
There is an exam style question with a structure to create an essay plan with clear examples.
Bundle
Frankenstein - Developing Vocab & Essay Skills
This bundle contains a variety of activities to prepare students the examination and enable them to become more familiar with the language.
Includes:
Pre-reading tasks
Key quotation tasks
Essay preparation (assessment question and essay plan)
Close textual analysis of chapter 5
Vocabulary tasks (starters of homework)
'Brendon Gallacher' & 'On a Portrait of a Deaf Man' poem comparison tasks and essay
Tasks based on each individual poem and an essay title with mini assessment grid.
Includes differentiated learning objectives, tasks of increasing difficulty and an essay checklist for students.
Developing Creative writing skills - varying vocabulary and sentences to describe
A PPT including
a vocabulary starter with answers for class marking
main activity describing an image with a wordbank (also provided on a worksheet in case technology fails you),
peer assessment
an extension activity on a worksheet where students complete sentence starters and endings
differentiated learning objectives
Describing settings lesson - ideal for cover
A whole lesson on worksheets, just print and teach - ideal for cover or when you're technology has failed.
Includes differentiated objectives
starter with extension on powerful verbs and adjectives - using a thesaurus to find synonyms
main task: create sentences with synonyms in starter then peer assess (checklist included)
Developmental task: Describe the image using ambitious vocab from previous activities and self assess
Display posters adjectives to describe settings with definitions and images
A set of 8 A5 posters with adjectives and their definitions and images of different settings to inspire and support creative writing as well as decorating the classroom.
Improving writing skills - adding detail - ideal for cover
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by adding detail through close inspection of images. Includes self and peer assessment criteria, differentiated objectives and three tasks of increasing difficulty. 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.
Describing character for descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to describe character effectively. Includes, differentiated objectives, three tasks of increasing difficulty, a character profile page with a step by step guide to describing a character with a wide range of useful vocabulary and sentence starters. 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.
Adjectives lesson
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use adjectives effectively. Includes an explanation and example of adjectives 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.
Using colour to effect in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use colour effectively. Includes an explanation of how colour can bring writing to life, easy teacher assessment marking grid, 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.
Using literary devices effectively in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to use literary devices effectively. Includes an explanation and example, assessment tasks, differentiated objectives, an extract to read and see how devices are used effectively, three tasks of increasing difficulty and extension tasks. 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.
Openings, settings and titles in descriptive and creative writing
A set of worksheets aimed at improving the quality of writing by learning to write effective openings, titles and describe settings. Examples of openings and tasks to help students write their own. Images to aid students description of settings and a set of words to inspire titles. Aimed to encourage slow starters and prevent time wasting. Ideal for cover or homework too.
La Belle Dame Sans Merci poem and worksheets
The poem and a summary of the content are provided, as well as some brief notes on the form and structure. Teacher answers to questions are added on a separate word document to display and have students mark if required.
Tasks include an image based quotation search, questions of increasing difficulty about the content of the poem to encourage close reading and various activities related to form, structure and tone.
Learning objectives are included and there is also a glossary and extension tasks at the end.