A nice resource for students with upcoming exams There is space for name, exam date, reading targets and writing targets

You will also need a past student response to aid this PowerPoint Students will 1st work identifying elements that are successful in the student response and filling out the grid Then, move onto thinking about the task title - in this PP it is to describe the scene at a park There are some images to get students thinking creatively and imaginatively Students should then aim to write at least one descriptive paragraph by the end of the lesson

Introduce your students to descriptive writing with this visual aid There are a range of images to be printed out I stuck the images on A3 paper - one image per sheet The students, in groups, then had to have a go at adding adjectives, verbs, similes etc to describe the image ****No book marking involved!!!

A worksheet for students to consider the difference between thoughts and feelings - visual aid

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

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!

Low ability resource to get students thinking about the difference between thoughts and feelings - visual aid

Key character revision sheet I printed this on A3 and then asked students to add their own key quotations

Here are 2 practice assessment questions that have been pieced together based on the new AQA specification for 2017 onwards entry

Starts with a short video clip from YouTube Resource on the demonstrate phase allows students to demonstrate their understanding of Stave 1 though key characters, quotes and symbolism

Narrative writing assessment planning sheet - can be changed and adapted to suit own theme Thus was for a gothic theme

checklist to use alongside narrative writing This has a gothic theme but can be easily changed

Descriptive writing WAGOLL with lots of ambitious vocabulary

A colourful resource with 17 different starter activities

A short lesson that can accompany any book Starter images lead into the discussion on everyone having their own opinion The end result is the student producing a paragraph based on personal responses

Has images and spellings on it linked to Roald Dahl's 'The Witches'; however these can be easily changed to suit any novel being studied

A range of themed images to prompt students to focus on specific detail

As the title says

Poetry terms with definitions match up Print and laminate

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