A really simple resource that can show the progress a student has made in any lesson. You can even use as a starter and plenary.

4 different coloured poker chips e.g. red, blue, orange and green You hand out the blank chips to students and you keep the chips with the varied questioning starts on them The question starts have been taken from a question matrix It is up to you, you can use them as a differentiation tool, but the idea is that you take a red one for example, from your own pile and then look for an answer from a student who has a blank red poker chip. And so on. It's as simple as that!

A quick help guide for students

A quick settler/starter image to get your students thinking about the main themes in the poem Valentine.

A colourful multi-paged revision task booklet. There are many tasks/revision questions on each page that can be used for students to complete as homework tasks, classroom tasks or simply for revision. All ideas are linked to what may come up in their exam.

A really simple to follow SOW that has a PowerPoint for every lesson. Each PowerPoint has a settler starter image linked to the play. The scheme was developed for low ability year 10 students, however it would be ok to use with year 8/9 The scheme leads to a discursive essay on the treatment of women by men, however it can be adapted to suit

This presentation is a short presentation that I create to deliver on whole staff inset. it takes you through the definitions of literacy and why it is important to all subjects. It also reassures staff that they will already have an element of literacy in their lessons as well as offering practical strategies for all subjects to incorporate.

This resource allows students to revisit the apparitions at the end of the play and explore how they actually tricked Macbeth.

In addition to this resource you will need some lego style building bricks. Slide 1 - Gets the discussion started in your classroom. Students should use the building blocks so that you can identify who is taking part in the classroom discussion. Slide 2 - This teaching slide uses animations to teach the fundamentals of writing to argue Slide 3 - This has a thinking image. The image aims to make students consider whether or not they're contradicting themselves.

2 cards printed per A4 sheet Nice and colourful to engage students Can be used as a plenary Questions are generic and can be applied to any book

A4 Jigsaw pieces that each have a connective written on them. There are 29 pieces, in full colour, each with a connecting conjunction.