Poetry Analysis Workshop for close reading activity with Mary Hannay Foott’s ‘Where the Pelican Builds her Nest’. This great Australian poem is an interesting snapshot of the early explorers’ frame of mind as they set out into the great unknown. Workshop takes 2-3 lessons. This great poem analysis can be printed in a small booklet. Perfect for snippets of analytical thinking and textual analysis practice between other units, or for a reliever or substitute teacher - everything needed is included. Perfect for students in Upper High School - New Zealand Years 11-13, Australia Years 10-12, USA Years 10-12, and Britain Years 10-12 (Key Stage 4-5). Included: A list of language techniques to look for An analysis grid A language features page to focus on two chosen language features 4 great extension tasks for students to choose from A sample marking schedule Teacher sample analysis notes Included: 10 page Australian poetry close reading workshop

A fun set of WRITING CHALLENGES for high school English students to improve their writing skills and vocabulary with prompts on all kinds of personal growth, language technique or specific language challenge writing tasks. Each challenge set out in easy to print worksheets, ready to write! Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student writing and vocabulary, these WRITING PROMPTS and WRITING CHALLENGES are perfect for ELA English students in Years 10-13 English classes. Students will develop their language skills through engaging writing tasks. Full instructions and ideas for variation included. These writing exercises are excellent for vocabulary and language development in a fun and collaborative setting. Included: Over 80 writing challenges

These CLASSIC EXCERPTS EDITING WORKSHEETS for high school English students inspire interest in classic novels as students work to find the 20 spelling, punctuation and grammar errors hidden in each one. 10 different editing worksheets, with answer keys. Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student writing skills these HIGH SCHOOL EDITING WORKSHEETS are perfect for ELA English students in Years 9-12 English classes. Students will develop their vocabulary through engaging games. Ideas for differentiation included in the instructions. These exercises are excellent for revision of punctuation rules, homonyms, spelling and grammar skills. Texts Used for this Editing Worksheet Set: The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (Excerpt) 2.Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte (Excerpt) 3.Frankenstein – Mary Shelley (Excerpt) 4.Great Expectations – Charles Dickens (Excerpt) 5.1984 – George Orwell (Excerpt) 6.Chocolat – Joanne Harris (Excerpt) 7.The Dubliners – James Joyce (Excerpt) 8.Persuasion – Jane Austen (Excerpt) 9.Tess of the Durbervilles – Thomas Hardy (Excerpt) 10.Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte (Excerpt) Included: 10 Editing Worksheets with Marking Keys

These **TEEN FICTION EDITING WORKSHEETS for high school English students **inspire interest in current teen fiction as students work to find the 20 spelling, punctuation and grammar errors hidden in each one. 10 different editing worksheets based on well-known teen fiction excerpts, complete with answer keys. Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student writing skills these HIGH SCHOOL EDITING WORKSHEETS are perfect for ELA English students in Years 9-12 English classes. Students will develop their vocabulary through engaging games. Ideas for differentiation included in the instructions. These exercises are excellent for revision of punctuation rules, homonyms, spelling and grammar skills. Texts Used for this Editing Worksheet Set: Paper Towns – John Green (Excerpt) 2.Tomorrow, When the War Began – John Marsden (Excerpt) 3.Twilight – Stephenie Meyer (Excerpt) 4.The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (Excerpt) 5.The Giver – Lois Lowry (Excerpt) 6.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J. K. Rowling (Excerpt) 7.The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky (Excerpt) 8.Divergent – Veronica Roth (Excerpt) 9.Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher (Excerpt) 10.The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (Excerpt) Included: 10 Editing Worksheets with Marking Keys

25 great English Classroom Posters for ENGLISH CLASSROOM DECOR showing FAMOUS AUTHORS POSTERS from history. Perfect for Secondary or High School teachers wanting to inspire a bit more reading and text knowledge in their students - also good as discussion starters or writing prompts! An easy and attractive display. Let me save you some time! Includes: 25 Classic Authors Posters

50 great English Classroom Posters for ENGLISH CLASSROOM DECOR showing NOVEL COVERS from a range of interesting and classic novels. Perfect for Secondary or High School teachers wanting to inspire a bit more reading and text knowledge in their students - also good as discussion starters or writing prompts! An easy and attractive display. Let me save you some time! Includes: 50 Classic Covers Posters

A VOCABULARY GAME for high school English students this BOGGLE WORD GAME is fun for students as they race other teams to find the longest words they can from the grid of letter! 20 different game sheets. Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student vocabulary these HIGH SCHOOL VOCABULARY GAMES are perfect for ELA English students in Years 8-11 English classes. Students will develop their vocabulary through engaging games. Ideas for differentiation included in the instructions. These games are excellent for vocabulary and language development in a fun and collaborative setting. Included: 20 Boggle Word Games

A VOCABULARY GAME for high school English students this SYNONYMS UNSCRAMBLE GAME is fun for students as they race other teams to unscramble all the synonyms for a given word! 12 different game sheets. Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student vocabulary these SYNONYMS GAMES are perfect for ELA English students in Years 10-13 English classes. Students will develop their vocabulary through engaging games. Ideas for differentiation included in the instructions. These games are excellent for vocabulary and language development in a fun and collaborative setting. Included: 12 Synonyms Unscramble Games

FUN VOCABULARY GAME for high school English students this ENGLISH SCATTERGORIES GAME includes categories such as parts of speech and types of language and is great for developing student vocabulary and English skills. Game included game sheets for writing on, or use student workbooks! Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student vocabulary, these VOCABULARY GAMES are perfect for ELA English students in Years 10-13 English classes. Students will develop their vocabulary through engaging games. Full instructions included. These games are excellent for vocabulary and language development in a fun and collaborative setting. Included: Over 90 categories, game sheets and alphabet set.

This 100 ENGLISH LITERARY TERMS SORTING GAME or HUNT for Secondary English Classrooms is an easy way to help students learn about language techniques and writing techniques. Print these and cut them along the dotted lines to divide the term, definition and examples. You can mix them up in a bag and have students sort them into correct sets, or you can set up a hunt around the room and make teams find the definition and example of their team’s terms. Some ideas for use are included in the document. While they play, you’ll be helping your students learn English terminology and vocabulary which will help them develop their vocabulary and confidence with literary terms. Use the color / colour version to help scaffold students who need a little more help and differentiation! Use them all or use the ones you want! All the terminology you need is here: Analogy, Ambiguity, Alliteration, Allusion, Bias, Colloquialism, Contrast, Conflict, Cliché, Euphemism, Hyperbole, Irony, Jargon, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron, Paradox, Pun, Satire, Slang, Symbolism, Connotation, Homonym, Register, Mood, Suspense, Theme, Plot … Includes character types & novel terms such as stock/static/round & red herring, resolution, turning point, etc and many more. NOTE: I do my best to avoid words which are spelled differently in different countries, but it is possible that you may find a word or two with British English spelling. Included: *100 terms in both colour and black and white.

17 attractive PARTS OF SPEECH Posters English Classroom Posters ready to print and display to make your ELA classroom look great. All posters included in two slightly different designs, PLUS black and white. Perfect for helping your students understand parts of speech in their writing. Parts of Speech Posters on: Nouns (as well as collective nouns, abstract nouns, concrete and proper nouns) Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Articles Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections …and more

19 attractive PUNCTUATION Posters English Classroom Posters ready to print and display to make your ELA classroom look great. All posters included in two slightly different designs, PLUS black and white. A great visual display to help your students master punctuation skills in their writing tasks. Punctuation Posters on: Full stops capital letters commas dashes hyphens colons semicolons subject predicate ellipsis question marks exclamation marks …and more

These CLASSIC EXCERPTS EDITING WORKSHEETS for high school English students inspire interest in classic novels as students work to find the 20 spelling, punctuation and grammar errors hidden in each one. 10 different editing worksheets, with answer keys. Perfect bellringers or writing skills activities to improve student writing skills these HIGH SCHOOL EDITING WORKSHEETS are perfect for ELA English students in Years 9-12 English classes. Students will develop their vocabulary through engaging games. Ideas for differentiation included in the instructions. These exercises are excellent for revision of punctuation rules, homonyms, spelling and grammar skills. Included: 10 Editing Worksheets with Marking Keys

A VOCABULARY GAME for high school English students this SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS GAME is fun for students as they race the clock to come up with synonyms and antonyms that nobody else has thought of! 12 different game sheets. Perfect for ELA English students in Years 11-13 English classes. Students will need a reasonably good vocabulary to play! Ideas for differentiation included in the instructions. These games are excellent for vocabulary and language development in a fun and collaborative setting. Included: 12 Synonyms and Antonyms Games

Great parts of speech worksheets for students to find and sort each word type. Excellent review and revision sheets to reinforce student knowledge of their parts of speech. Included: 5 fun worksheets complete with detailed marking/checking sheets.

Great parts of speech worksheets for students to find and count each word type. Excellent language review and revision sheets to reinforce student knowledge of their parts of speech. Included: 5 Find and Count Parts of Speech Worksheets (each with accompanying answer key)

10 different St Patrick’s Day poems to write. Get the creative juices flowing with easy-to-write and fun Saint Patricks Day poetry worksheets which lower high school students will enjoy. Great for students in Upper Primary (Middle School) & Lower Secondary (Lower High School) - Years 6-10. *Comes with an instructional Powerpoint presentation with a slide for each of the poetry types to accompany the task with a visual aid. 10 page PDF document with student worksheets 10 page Powerpoint presentation Poetry Types: Acrostic poems Simile poem Sensory poem Limerick Haiku Cinquain and more :) *Also perfect as no-prep lessons for substitute or relief teachers near St Paddy’s Day :)

10 different Valentine’s Day poems to write. Get the creative juices flowing with easy-to-write and fun Valentine’s poetry worksheets which lower high school students will enjoy. *Comes with an instructional Powerpoint presentation with a slide for each of the poetry types to accompany the task with a visual aid. 10 page PDF document with student worksheets 10 page Powerpoint presentation Poetry Types: Acrostic poems Simile poem Sensory poem Limerick Haiku Cinquain and more :) *Also perfect as no-prep lessons for substitute or relief teachers near Valentines Day :)

10 different Thanksgiving poems to write. Get the creative juices flowing with easy-to-write and fun Thanksgiving poetry worksheets which lower high school students will enjoy. Perfect for lower secondary or junior high school. Comes with an instructional Powerpoint presentation with a slide for each of the poetry types to accompany the task with a visual aid. 10 page PDF document with student worksheets 10 page Powerpoint presentation Poetry Types: Acrostic poems Simile poem Sensory poem Limerick Haiku Cinquain and more :) *Also perfect as no-prep lessons for substitute or relief teachers near Christmastime :)

10 different Christmas poems to write. Get the creative juices flowing with easy-to-write and fun Christmas poetry worksheets which lower high school students will enjoy. Comes with an instructional Powerpoint presentation with a slide for each of the poetry types to accompany the task with a visual aid. 10 page PDF document with student worksheets 10 page Powerpoint presentation Poetry Types: Acrostic poems Simile poem Sensory poem Limerick Haiku Cinquain and more :)