I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
A fun, full resource consisting of various fiction and non-fiction activities, aimed at all Key Stages.
Including:
Writing Monologues
5 Senses
Writing Newspaper Articles
Various writing tasks.
Various writing task, Christmas
Sentence Auction
Sentence Auction, Christmas.
A fun innovative resource, including Macbeth Snap game to get students to recognise and learn useful Macbeth quotes, in preparation for GCSE exam. This then leads to further exploration of these quotes as a planning sheet to answer the exam question on culpability for Duncan's death.
Resource includes:
Lesson Plan
Snap game
Worksheet
Planning Sheet
Lessons to investigate and create monologues. The resource includes starter activity, looking at famous monologues: Mickey - Blood Brothers and Chocolate Cake - Michael Rosen, both resources have attached transcripts. It also includes writing monologue activity with visual stimuli.
Ticks the 'creative prose' box for GCSE English (WJEC)
Include:
Lesson plan
PPT starter and other activities
Handouts
Writing activity to create own monologue.
Extension activity: Cloze procedure for Blood Brothers
Includes video extracts.
How to set targets and assess post levels? Follow the simple Dartboard Technique..
Pupil Targets and Teacher Assessment for KS3 English, but can be applied to any subject or Level.
Teachers can set the individual target for the pupil according to relevant descriptors. The pupil's own involvement in setting targets and completing their Dartboards motivates them to achieve and this is rewarded with a fun certificate.
Tried and tested, deemed 'outstanding' and 'noteworthy' by recent Ofsted inspection.....
Resource includes:
PPT existing of description of system, descriptors for KS 3 English, Pupil friendly targets, Exemplar Dartboards; both teacher and pupil.
Certificates for completion of targets.
Generic Dartboard for other subjects.
Teachers can set the individual target for the pupil according to the descriptors. The teacher discusses the targets with the pupil from the descriptors and how to possibly achieve the target. Pupils either complete the chart themselves (via the pupil friendly descriptors) or the teacher can, the teacher keeps one copy electronically, the pupil can stick their dartboard to the front or inside their exercise books)
Once a pupil has completed target related work, they can be assessed according to the colour key (above, below or secure). The teacher can complete their own dartboard for each pupil and fill in colour as appropriate. Thus the teacher can review the progress of the whole class simply and efficiently.
The system allows for easy reviewing of the targets with the pupil and a joint discussion on which targets has been met by mutual agreement. Once both teacher and pupil has agreed on the assessment of the target, the pupil can then colour in the target with reference to the key. The pupil can then easily see which targets still need work, which targets have been satisfactorily met. This then gives them motivation to work on the next target as a desire to complete the board and thus achieve their ‘bullseye’.
The targets assessed as ‘below’ provides the basis for the next target board alongside new targets. Pupils are rewarded for a completed board by hitting the bullseye and therefore receiving an achievement certificate. The pupil therefore has a sense of achievement and the teacher a form of assessment which can be reviewed with the pupil and significant adults.
Tried and tested, deemed 'outstanding' and 'noteworthy' by recent Ofsted inspection.....
A fun, interactive resource to fully engage and allow pupils to fully understand specific grammar points; present progressive, past progressive and past simple, present perfect tenses, the use of comparative and superlatives, adverbials.
Particularly aimed at Year 6 (SAT's) and EAL students, but can be used for all classes studying grammar points.
This festive version contains 5 class, grouped, paired or individual Christmas related tasks which, when completed decorates a Christmas Tree in time for Christmas. The tasks should last for 5 lessons.
Resource includes:
Fun PPT, which when followed to the end decorates a Christmas Tree ( with embedded video)
5 Task Sheets
Full lesson plan.
A fun, child centred resource to practise phoneme and rhyming sounds. This resource can also be used for EFL.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• To recognise and practise rhyming and phonemes sounds.
• To match similar sounds together.
Fully differentiated resource; play snap, matching sounds with pictures (the words can be stuck to the back of the card if necessary). Match words cards or match picture and word cards together.
A PPT, to practise sounding out the phoneme sounds, highlighted in red.
Resource includes:
Fully differentiated picture/word snap cards
Lesson plan
PPT.
An assortment of resources to aid teaching of KS3, includes descriptive writing tasks; both fiction and non-fiction. Also included is a fun activity to introduce pupils to the language and theme of Macbeth.
A mixed bag of fun resources to enhance the teaching of KS 2. Resource includes: Easter Egg hunt, Descriptive Writing, Topical PPT's, Sentence Auctions, Phonic Activity.
A essential guide to GCSE English Language 9-1 exam success and preparation. This intensive handbook is aimed at the borderline students; who are currently stuck at a 2/3 grade, to enable them to access a grade 4 and above. However, is would be useful for all students from all bands, in preparation for the exam. It equips the students with the essential skills necessary to answer the exam questions, notably analysis of both Language and Structure.
The handbook is relevant to all exam boards, including both an original modern extract as well as a 19th Century piece. The revision tool includes sample exam questions, as well as a mark scheme.
Contents:
Reading an unseen extract
Learning to ‘infer’ and 'deduce’
Using Language Techniques
How to approach each exam question
Structural Techniques
Answering a sample GCSE paper, with a modern text.
Answering a past paper with a 19th Century extract
Mark Scheme
Aimed at GCSE or Year 6 SATs pupils learning to analyse extracts and to recognise Language and Structure devices. Particularly for the GCSE English Language Paper 1. A fun and interactive game resource for student centred learning, to learn and recognise the terminology needed for the exam. Can be used as a starter to develop into an analytical approach to reading a sample exam extract.
Included is a revision booklet for progression, which includes GCSE exam questions.
A introduction to Newspaper Article writing.
Includes PPT focusing on elements of Newspapers; Tabloid v Broadsheet
Activity for students to their write own newspaper article.
Template for newspaper article.
Example of newspaper article.
Extension work
Lesson Plan
Information for the article
A fun, interactive resource to fully engage and allow pupils to fully understand specific grammar points; present progressive, past progressive and past simple, present perfect tenses, the use of comparative and superlatives, adverbials.
Particularly aimed at Year 6 (SAT's) and EAL students, but can be used for all classes studying grammar points.
This package contains 5 class, grouped, paired or individual tasks which, when completed the racing car wins the race. The tasks should last for 5 lessons.
Resource includes:
Fun PPT, which when followed to the end finishes a racing car race ( with embedded video)
5 Task Sheets
Full lesson plan.
Fun and interactive resources to teach pupils the relevance of the historical/social and cultural background to Inspector Calls.
Reource includes:
Fun board game
Planning Sheet for essay
Worksheet
Investigation about who Inspector Goole is.
Incorporating fun and exciting resources to cover the teaching of: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls and Blood Brothers. Highly recommended resources.
A complete set of lessons investigating the main themes of Blood Brothers. Nature v Nurture and the impact cultural influences had on the brothers choices and chances in life.
Resource includes an evoking PPT, with embedded video clips from Blood Brothers on stage, Educating Cardiff and Benefits Britain, This leads to Discussion points and a separate activity worksheet to discuss and make notes on, A grammar focus worksheet investigates Conditionals and practises the 3rd conditional in relation to Mickey (sliding doors effect).
An extension activity leads to an essay question ( could be used as preparation for AQA or OCR GCSE Literature paper)
Reource also included Lesson Plan.
RELEVANT EMBEDDED VIDEO CLIPS LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-81K7aIKIg
Blood brothers on stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-81K7aIKIg
Trailer: Educating Cardiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXC8nyEQ8Mo
Benefits Britain: life on the Dole by the sea.