A quick resource to use. Pin up individual slides all around the classroom, while students take the information and record it on their own 'bauble' sheet. (This is on the last slide.)

A visual representation of the poem along with key quotations

Displays key quotations

Family Fortunes style game to make students consider the content of their descriptive writing This activity worked really well with boys in particular

Works really well printed onto A3

This resource is a list of how Literacy could be developed in a secondary school. Along with this, each idea include the impact that the initiative would have. There is also an additional column to put staff names in, for who may want to take responsibility in that lead.

A great resource for printing on A3 Includes a space for students to write their own quotations in.

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

These odd bits are all what I have created to aid a descriptive/narrative scheme of work with the theme Gothic Horror. There's a planning sheet with titles Links and clips to interesting videos on YouTube Narrative writing conventions card sort Identifying conventions in actual examples

structured tasks that can be used for intervention with this question type

I've created this colourful display for use in my classroom. The focus is on subject terminology in English. I will be creating another display to match this with more subject terminology so please look out for part 2.

A colourful resource with 17 different starter activities

A colourful and tasteful display of key quotes for the theme of power in Macbeth.

Each word on every slide has a different coloured/patterned background. There are 100 words in total and they do make an excellent display in the classroom.

A mini scheme on letter writing - this was created and aimed at year 9.

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.

Prepare students for their non-fiction writing on the English Language exam 1 big PowerPoint that includes 4 full lessons Resources to support too

5 quotes per poem. Students loved this sorting activity for matching key quotes to each title.

A colour coded resource with a checklist on to help students with approaching poetry. There is also a colour coded essay framework, which helps students to construct a response to 2 poems read, at the same time as comparing them. This resource has worked great with my middle ability and lower ability classes. An excellent revision resource too.

These are the PowerPoints that I rolled out to my school as part of my role as whole school Literacy co-ordinator. The task on each PowerPoint should last about 25 minutes; the remainder of the lesson spent reading for enjoyment. Within each PowerPoint you have a differentiated task for year 7,8 &9. Printable worksheets with these too! I have more week-by-week focuses; look in my shop :)