Thank you for visiting my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching resources that reduce the
need for hours of planning and help learners to achieve their potential in English and English Literature.
Please feel free to email me at sdenglish18@gmail.com with any queries, requests or comments.
Thank you for visiting my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching resources that reduce the
need for hours of planning and help learners to achieve their potential in English and English Literature.
Please feel free to email me at sdenglish18@gmail.com with any queries, requests or comments.
A 124-slide PowerPoint that provides the full text of ‘Macbeth’, Act One, translated and annotated. The PPT uses layered text boxes with translations appearing first in blue, followed by analysis and critical commentary in different colours. The annotations include:
AO3 detailed contextual background information and its relationship with the text (e.g. features of Greek tragedy, biblical allusions, cultural expectations of women, fear of witches etc.)
Analysis of writer’s methods
Analysis of effects of structural devices.
There are a series of comprehension and analysis activities to work through and the PPT will indicate when these should be undertaken.
With the appropriate school licence, this could be uploaded onto a network and accessed by students for revision.
NB: on the cover image, the translations may be hidden under additional text boxes. However, they do exist!
UPDATE: Guide to Meter replaced with more straightforward explanation.
A fully-resourced unit of work for SEN students who need a general understanding of the play before approaching the original text in KS4.
The unit includes an adapted script in modern English.
The PPT is just over 140 slides long and is intended to provide 8-10 weeks’ worth of work for low ability and SEN students. It guides students through the adapted Acts 1-5 and provides a range of comprehension and vocab exercises.
It culminates in an assessment that makes use of both short-answer questions and one long-answer question on Romeo as a tragic hero.
Suitable for teachers and non-specialists with a low ability KS3 group.
If you would prefer to buy the adapted script separately, it is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-sen-script-11892212
NB. On slide 128, I’ve discovered that the multi-coloured text boxes look slightly out of place on different computers. If this is the case, it is simply a question of adjusting them slightly to put them back over the appropriate squares.
UPDATE: Core PPT tweaked and 2 new starters added. Please email me with any queries.
A 217-slide PowerPoint that aims to teach article writing at KS3. Learners read a range of broadsheet and tabloid texts on the theme of crime and punishment and complete reading and writing activities based on each.
The article questions set are oriented towards AQA 8700 Paper 2, Question 5 but could be adapted for other boards.
Links to each article and report are provided.
The whole unit covers about 8-10 weeks and was written with a high ability year 8 group in mind.
This resource includes a ZIP file containing 44 files including the core PowerPoint. If there are download issues, please email me at SD English using the email address provided in my shop front.
A bundle of seven lessons that introduces learners to descriptive techniques included in the acronym MRS SOAP. The topics covered are:
Introduction to creative writing
Metaphor and Simile
Personification
Adverbs and adjectives
Sentence Structure
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
The lessons are aimed at lower ability KS3 learners.
Buy a bundle of lessons on the following writing formats for GCSE English Language:
The text of a leaflet
Broadsheet articles
Discursive essays (PPT included is for higher ability)
Formal letters
The text of a speech
For PowerPoint 3 (Discursive essays), an alternative bundle is available.
All PowerPoints are accompanied by their corresponding paper resources and contain the necessary links to the required texts.
UPDATE: Updated broadsheet article writing lesson now included. The lesson was revised earlier this year and I forgot to update it on the bundle. My apologies!!
These resources were created for lower ability KS4 groups looking to study ‘Macbeth’ over the course of around five weeks.
For each act, there is a PPT with the full text translated into modern English. There is also a range of worksheets to develop understanding.
Act One also contains simplified contextual notes with a corresponding worksheet.
‘An Inspector Calls’ Acts 1, 2 and 3 complete course of study complete with differentiated tasks and sample answers to a range of questions. 267 PPT slides in total. Aimed at middle-upper ability GCSE groups.
Lessons on all the Power and Conflict poems in one bundle.
There are three free lessons included in the package.
The remaining twelve are normally charged at £3 each.
The bundle cost of £30.50 saves you 15%
This bundle comprises of all five annotated staves of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Buying as a bundle effectively means that Stave Five is free.
If you purchase these resources, please ensure that you open them in a PDF reader. Opening them in a browser tends to distort the appearance. I also find that a magnification of over 150% makes viewing the comment boxes easier.
As with the individual staves, I’d like to think that there are no typos but should you come across one, you can choose a resource up to the value of £5 for free.
A 527-slide PowerPoint bundle that provides the full text of Macbeth’, translated and annotated. The PPTs use layered text boxes with translations appearing first in blue, followed by analysis and critical commentary in different colours. The annotations include:
AO3 detailed contextual background information and its relationship with the text (e.g. features of Greek tragedy, biblical allusions, cultural expectations of women, fear of witches etc.)
Analysis of writer’s methods
Analysis of effects of structural devices
There are a series of comprehension and analysis activities to work through and the PPTs will indicate when these should be undertaken.
With the appropriate school licence, this bundle could be uploaded onto a network and accessed by students for revision.
