This quick and fun activity will be sure to have your students engaged! Using the worksheet students will select a word from categories A through to C in order to create a Shakespearian insult. This could be used as an icebreaker activity or as a fun way to start or end your lesson…who can come up with the best insult?
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!
This lesson focuses on improving narrative writing. Students are asked to create a realistic character that they can drop into a scenario. Brilliant lesson for focusing on skills for language paper one question five on the AQA exam.
Only PowerPoint included.
This KS4 tutor time reading booklet is great to use during tutor time or as a starter activity during English lessons. This is aimed at reading for pleasure and contains extracts to get students talking and hooked on reading.
Roll the dice and explain how the image is linked to the text.
Roll again and link the two images together!
This is a great resource for revision, introducing students to links across the text and is a fun an interactive resource!
Craft Tension Like a Pro: Master Paragraphing and Structure with Jaws as Your Blueprint!
Looking to inject more suspense into your writing? Our Paragraphing and Structure for Building Tension lesson is the perfect way to elevate your storytelling skills. Using the iconic film Jaws as our guide, you’ll learn how to structure your paragraphs to maximize tension and keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Here’s why this lesson is a must for any writer wanting to master the art of suspense:
Expert Structuring: Discover how Jaws expertly builds suspense through strategic scene transitions and pacing. Learn to apply these techniques to structure your paragraphs, creating a rhythm that heightens tension.
Paragraph Dynamics: See how the length and flow of paragraphs can impact the tension in your narrative. From short, punchy paragraphs that create urgency to longer, descriptive ones that build suspense, you’ll learn to manipulate structure for maximum effect.
Building Suspense: Understand how Jaws uses paragraphing to control the release of information and build anticipation. Learn to use cliffhangers, strategic pauses, and pacing to keep your readers hooked.
Hands-On Practice: Engage with targeted exercises that let you rewrite scenes inspired by Jaws, focusing on paragraph structure and tension-building techniques. Our practical worksheets will guide you step-by-step to perfect your skills.
Instant Application: Apply what you’ve learned directly to your own writing. With clear, actionable strategies, you’ll see how effective paragraphing and structure can transform your scenes into suspenseful, gripping narratives.
With expert guidance and detailed exercises, this lesson will equip you with the skills to craft paragraphs that build suspense and captivate your readers. Ready to make your writing as thrilling as a Jaws movie? Dive into this lesson and master the art of tension through perfect paragraphing and structure!
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!
A complete lesson covering the plot and context of Romeo and Juliet. The lesson explores symbolism, the main plot and has a range of activities for students to complete. A great lesson for KS3 and KS4 and can be adapted to fit students needs.
Comprehension questions on the Graveyard book alongside a character profile activity. A concise PowerPoint that could be used as a filler lesson, starter activity or reading intervention.
This activity could be used as a bell ringer or exit ticket activity. Students are prompted to sum up what they know about a topic in the form of a tweet…don’t forget to include a fun hashtag!
These A Level terminology flashcards are such a versatile resource. They can be used to teach your students key words on the curriculum or be turned into a fun revision game!
A simple worksheet that can be differentiated for students, that explores classifying the -s pronoun. Students place the words on the first worksheet into the correct category. The second worksheet can be adapted for students to include words that you choose or can be adapted for students to make their own quiz for peers etc.
Can you sort the nouns in the table into the correct noun group?
This worksheet encourages students to identify abstract, concrete and common nouns. An activity that can be adapted to suit any age group. The worksheet is pokemon themed and is great to encourage students.
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.
This lesson explores Lord of the Flies context and introduces students to the underlying themes of the novel.
The lesson looks at a Banksy image an refers this back to the novel, it asks students to look at various book covers and infer what the novel might be about, it also explores context of William Golding and looks at the Coral Island as his inspiration.
Students are also asked to consider the nature vs nurture approach. In the second lesson students read the first chapter of the book and consider what makes a good leader and do a brief character analysis.
These are two full lessons that can be used with students or as a revision lesson.