A resource which helps students understand the different techniques that writers include in their writing and including the writing of speeches. Goes through a key glossary of information and gives students some key techniques such as ‘TEA’ and ‘PETAL’ to help them with their reading skills and understanding the techniques that authors put into their work.

A worksheet with answers which focuses on key literacy skills linked to a study of the novella, **Of Mice and Men

A resource mat to help students to write commas and semi-colons within their work.

A 15 page booklet of information giving students the key information for the Whitehchapel Unit of the EdExcel GCSE History course

Key information about the historical context of Sherlock Holmes with a focus on key background information and an author profile of Arthur Conan Doyle. Key words associated with the genre and detective fiction are also explained

A punctuation mat which can be printed A3 size which focuses on the different types of punctuation, when it should be used and some concrete examples. This is a useful resource for helping students to think about using a wider range of punctuation in their writing.

24 Retrieval Quiz questions with answers and pictures to aid memory of key concepts. The quiz is differentiated with harder questions towards the bottom. Works well as a revision exercise.

This resource gives an overview of the key characters, information about Steinbeck, historical context and definition of some of the main key words and terms that students will encounter in the text.

A resource giving an overview of key information about Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales suitable for Key Stage 3 Englsh. The resource explains who the key characters are and gives a focus on some of the historical context of the Canterbury Tales.

A resource which focuses on key writing and language techniques that are used in poetry and some key advice to support students in writing about poetry. The resource is aiming at Key Stage 3 students but could also be used to support Key Stage 4 students.

Suitable for both Key Stage 3 and GCSE this revision resource focuses on the role of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. It covers key quotes, a summary of the scenes Lady Macbeth is in and a link to key historical context.

A knowledge organiser with key writing techniques and key words to support dystopian writing for Key Stage 3 English.

A knowledge organiser of key words and writing styles to support a study of gothic literature and writing.

This is a lesson which focuses on using top trumps card to evaluate who was was the most significant individual in medicine. There is a wordsearch, a power point, 16 top trump cards and a quiz questions sheet. The lesson focuses on pupils evaluating which individual was the most significant. This can be used at both Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4.

This resource provides key information for the historic environment topic for AQA GCSE History - Elizabethan England. It covers key words, key events and a profile of William Cecil (Lord Burghley). A great way to help pupils revise and remember the key information and unlock the key words required to understand this unit.

An overview sheet which gives pupils clear guidance and support on how to tackle EdExcel GCSE History Germany Paper 3. It includes top tips for exam questions, advice, example paragraphs and useful phrases.

This assembly focuses on aspirations and the idea of growth. In this assembly you share a story from your own life where you have had to show and demonstrate resilience. You then share some stories about other successful people showing that they have all experienced setbacks and have had to show resilience. You then use it to focus on the importance of resilience and setbacks in achieving success in life and that success is down to hard work and delibrate practice. You link this in with pupil aspirations to inspire them to work hard and realise that things going wrong, feeling worried about things and experiencing failure is a normal part of life and a normal part of the learning experience.

A booklet that sets up a World War One project for pupils to write their own trench diary. This is a really successful project that pupils really enjoy and learn a lot from.

A booklet of CPD ideas which can be used within staff training to support literacy and oracy across the curriculum.

Literacy bookmarks that can be used in English or as part of a cross-curricular literacy project.