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TES Author. English teacher and Whole School Literacy Coordinator. Main knowledge - Shakespeare and plays in general.

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TES Author. English teacher and Whole School Literacy Coordinator. Main knowledge - Shakespeare and plays in general.
Suffixes - Key Stage 3 English - Going Solo Roald Dahl
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Suffixes - Key Stage 3 English - Going Solo Roald Dahl

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A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of suffixes. This will test pupils prior knowledge of suffixes and how to recognise and use them within creative writing. This focuses on using an autobiography, Going Solo by Roald Dahl, to support.
Homophones - Key Stage 3 English
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Homophones - Key Stage 3 English

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A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of homophones. This will test pupils prior knowledge of homophones and how to recognise and use them within creative writing. This focuses on using a short story to support.
The future tense - Key Stage 3 English
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The future tense - Key Stage 3 English

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A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of the future tense. This will test pupils prior knowledge of future tense and how to recognise and use it within creative writing. Resource attached.
Exclamation marks - Key Stage 3 English
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Exclamation marks - Key Stage 3 English

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A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of exclamation marks. This will test pupils prior knowledge of exclamation marks and how to recognise and use them within creative writing.
Adjectives - Key Stage 3 English
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Adjectives - Key Stage 3 English

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A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of adjectives. This will test pupils prior knowledge of adjectives and how to recognise and use them within creative writing. Resource attached.
Formal letter writing AQA English Language (easily adaptable)
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Formal letter writing AQA English Language (easily adaptable)

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Written for the AQA spec, but easily adaptable, this lesson is a stand alone lesson going through the basic and more advanced ingrediants of a formal letter lesson. Pupils consider first the signifiance of commas (as this has been an issue) and then work through what makes an effective formal letter (they had analysed one last lesson). Following this pupils consider the assessment objectives and what is required for a high band. Then pupils plan and write their own letter based, to the local coucil, based on the condition of a local park. Concluding with peer assessment using the mark scheme. Many thanks :)
A Christmas Carol assessment - Harsh and sensitive sides of Scrooge
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A Christmas Carol assessment - Harsh and sensitive sides of Scrooge

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An assessment that I had set for my year 9 who were studying a Christmas Carol but easily adaptable. I s based on the question... How does the writer use language and structure to portray both the harsh and sensitive sides of Scrooge? PPT goes through the assessment question, examples of when Scrooge acts this way, example of how to set out a PETAL paragraph, example PETAL paragraph and a second lesson on how to reflect and improve on the assessment after marking.
Quote Bank - Blood Brothers - Blank
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Quote Bank - Blood Brothers - Blank

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Attached is a blank quote bank for pupils to fill in as they are reading the play. This allows pupils to have a handy booklet rather than skim through the entire play. There is also a section for reflection about the dramatic devices used by Russell and their impact on the reader. Many thanks!
Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers - PEEL Table
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Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers - PEEL Table

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Used with a low ability year 10, this PEEL table is used to analyse the poem in regards to the theme of mourning and loss; a part of the Conflict section of the Eduqas Anthology. It is easy to adapt and highlights the when the pupils are hitting the assessment objectives (AO1/2/3). Pupils found the step by step approach to analysing a poem really helpful and can be easily differentiated with sentence stems for example.
Eyewitness account - Of Mice and Men
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Eyewitness account - Of Mice and Men

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This lesson is an end of a topic lesson based on the shooting of Lennie. Pupils will learn how to write an eyewitness account based on Of Mice and Men. I used an update to date issue as an example of an eyewitness account from the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre, Paris; this ensures pupils are using a modern resource but you can also discuss British Values. I used this with a top set year 9 (low achieving school) but it is easily adaptable. Includes Powerpoint and differentiated resource.
Capital letters - Key Stage 3 English
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Capital letters - Key Stage 3 English

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A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of capital letters. This will test pupils prior knowledge of capital letters and how to recognise and use them within creative writing. Resource attached.
Biased language and intensifiers - Key Stage 3 English
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Biased language and intensifiers - Key Stage 3 English

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A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of biased language and intensifiers. This will test pupils prior knowledge of biased language and intensifiers and how to recognise and use them within creative writing. Resources attached.
Literacy resources - Whole school/Cross curricular
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Literacy resources - Whole school/Cross curricular

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Lots of different resources to use in a wide range of lessons in regards to improving, practising and revising literacy within subjects. These can be used across different subjects, different age ranges and obviously please feel to adapt these to however you need it!
Persuasive speech - Should an audience really be afraid of the Witches?
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Persuasive speech - Should an audience really be afraid of the Witches?

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A lesson in which pupils cover what is meant by the IPERSUADE devices used for a persuasive speech. This speech links to the pupil's study of Macbeth and towards the question 'Should a Jacobean audience really be afraid of the Witches?' This gives pupils the opportunity to practice their AO5/6 skills for English language and mixing their AO1/3 skills for Literature. This was a really engaging activity and pupils loved arguing their point of view on the issue.
Persuasive device planning sheet
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Persuasive device planning sheet

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On this sheet is a table with all the IPERSUADE devices, a space to consider the definition of the word and space to create an example of this device linked to the topic you could be studying within the lesson. IPERSUADE stands for; Imperatives Personal Pronouns Emotive language Rhetorical questions Statistics Use discourse markers Anecdotes Direct address Exaggertion Nice and easy for pupils to remember!
Writing to persuade - excessive workload
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Writing to persuade - excessive workload

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This is written for AQA GCSE English Language (9-1) but can be easily adapted. This lesson focuses on how to persuade and uses the issue of teacher's excessive workload (trying to get sympathy here!). The pupils will define the key devices, recognise their use and finally write a response to the letter they have analysed. There are two letters attached, one is more differentiated than the other. Many thanks :)
Adjectives - Practice makes perfect
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Adjectives - Practice makes perfect

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A stand alone lesson, or intervention piece, quite simply on adjectives - how to use them and classify them. This is great for most year groups depending on ability and can be easily adapted. Many thanks :)
Spelling booklet - Term 3 - Whole School Literacy
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Spelling booklet - Term 3 - Whole School Literacy

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Based on the look, say, cover, write, check system, this booklet is Term three of three which will take spellings tests throughout the entire academic year. Each week has a different topic and gives pupils three chances to check their spellings of each word. The booklet also allows you to easily keep track of scores with a big score counter in the corner and allows an observer to recognise whether you have awarded commendations/merits (whatever you use!)