A lesson based around preparing students for an essay question based around chapter eight of A Monster Calls. The lesson explores exploding quotes, zooming into key language choice and responding to an essay question based on the first tale.

This lesson is based on chapter twenty one and twenty two of the book A Monster Calls. It focuses on Conor’s perspective as well as the effects of violence. Students are given the opportunity to explode quotes, zoom into key language and attempt an essay style question.

This booklet contains a range of independent activities for students to complete when reading any book. These are aimed at KS3 students and include activities such as: Chapter overview questions Analysing quotes Freytag models Book cover design Character analysis Plot development Setting And many more! Independent reading general questions.

Supercharge Your Writing: Master Varied Sentence Starts & Structure with Alma as Inspiration! Is your writing feeling flat or repetitive? This Varied Sentence Starts & Structure lesson will teach you how to add rhythm, flow, and impact to your writing, making it more engaging and dynamic. Using the mesmerizing short animation Alma as a creative spark, you’ll explore how sentence variety can heighten suspense, set the tone, and keep readers captivated. With lots of practical worksheets and exercises, you’ll have all the tools you need to transform your sentence variety and structure. If you’re ready to make your writing flow effortlessly while building tension and excitement, this lesson is for you! Let Alma inspire you to bring your writing to life, one sentence at a time.

Experience the Ultimate Tension Writing Workshop: Speed Dating Edition! Get ready for a writing experience like no other! This Tension Writing Speed Dating lesson is a dynamic, hands-on exploration of suspense that will revolutionize the way you build tension in your stories. Here’s what makes this lesson truly amazing: Book Cover Showdown: Dive into a visual feast of thrilling book covers and discover how the right cover can set the stage for tension before the first page is even turned. Jaw-Dropping Extracts: Analyze heart-pounding passages from top authors and uncover their secrets to keeping readers breathless with anticipation. Engaging Questions: Unlock deeper insights into tension techniques with expertly crafted questions designed to push your storytelling to the next level. Movie Magic: Watch iconic movie clips that align perfectly with the extracts, showing you how tension transcends the page and how you can harness that power. This isn’t your typical writing class—it’s a fast-paced, interactive experience that combines visual, written, and cinematic elements to help you master the craft of suspense. Leave with fresh ideas, practical skills, and the confidence to keep your readers glued to the edge of their seats. Ready to make your writing unforgettable? This is the class for you!

A Christmas quiz themed around the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. This quiz contains multiple round to quiz students on their knowledge of the text, characters, context etc. Both questions and answers are provided!

Seven weeks worth of comprehensive home learning tasks to use alongside the ‘Ghost Boys’ book. These tasks focus on features of writing, language techniques and debate questions.

This resource contains seven weeks worth of homework tasks! These activities are aimed at KS3 and KS4 learners and center around the theme of Romeo and Juliet. Each week contains three fun activities to stretch learners and get them thinking outside the box. Activities include dual coding, essay style questions and language technique recaps as an example. This will save you so much time with your planning and will hopefully encourage your learners to get their homework in on time!

This workbook contains a range of revision games to support students in revising for An Inspector Calls. This booklet contains nine pages of: Give Me Five Recall Picture Link Game Connect Four Game Venn Diagram Prompts Give Me One Game

This resource contains seven weeks worth of home learning tasks aimed at KS3 students. The theme follows Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rodes with each week of home learning containing three unique tasks that include dual coding, essay style questions or language terminology focus. This is sure to save you time planning and this resource could also be used as a stretch and challenge or extension activity for learners.

This lesson focuses on chapter nine and ten in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The resource contains multiple comprehension activities. Learners will look at Simon’s character, how leadership changes on the island and respond to an essay style question, explore metaphors in the novel and complete a dual coding/symbolism activity. With seventeen slides worth of activities, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

This pack contains seven weeks worth of home learning tasks, extension or challenge tasks for students. Each sheet contains three different tasks based around the book Lord of the Flies.

A bundle of seven powerpoint slides aiding students in writing a dystopian narrative. The lessons include: An introduction to writers. Building a dystopia. Creating a dystopia. Introducing your dystopia. Writing from different perspectives. Creating your narrative. Assessment lesson.

An amazing activity for KS3 and 4 students! They have to escape the room answering questions based around the book ‘Ghost Boys’ by Jewell Parker Rhodes.

A home learning booklet for year seven jam packed full of vocabulary and activities based on key words/knowledge. This recaps key vocabulary, skills and knowledge students require in year seven in a fun and dynamic way. A 45 page booklet that is adaptable to all learner needs.

A home learning booklet for year nine jam packed full of amazing activities that cover the main skills needed in year nine. A 57 page booklet that covers activities to recap vocabulary, key skills and knowledge in a fun and dynamic way.

A booklet jam packed full of home learning activities for year eight. This is a recap of key vocabulary, skills and knowledge required for year eight. A fun and dynamic way for students to learn including 59 slides in total.

Four different worksheets that cover: Language Change (The seven stages) Descriptivist vs Prescriptivist approach Standardisation Morphological Derivation These worksheets contain various cartoon characters and colour to make them engaging for your students.

A huge Christmas quiz that I created to last over double period lessons (two hours). This quiz contains rounds such as: Guess the Christmas Advert Guess the Christmas Food Pixalated Harry Potter Pokemon or Prescription Guess The Gadget Vegan or Not? Largest to Smallest Dark Disney And SO much more!! A total of 247 slides both questions and answers are provided to ensure you can be the best quiz master possible! This is a brilliant Christmas quiz for both in school for students and at home to play with family!