Secondary English], General Secondary Resources, Te Reo Maori Resources, 0-5 Preschool Resources for enjoyable and engaging learning.
I love teaching English and have been doing so for many years. I hope that my experience and resources can save you time and energy in setting up and running your classroom :)
Secondary English], General Secondary Resources, Te Reo Maori Resources, 0-5 Preschool Resources for enjoyable and engaging learning.
I love teaching English and have been doing so for many years. I hope that my experience and resources can save you time and energy in setting up and running your classroom :)
A ready-to-print Looking for Alibrandi novel study on Melina Marchetta’s LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI complete with printable student booklet and teacher’s plan.
This easy to follow resource provides a ready Looking for Alibrandi unit plan for teachers and Looking for Alibrandi student booklet which is printable and ready to teach, saving you time and effort searching for suitable text study resources.
Perfect for students in Australia and New Zealand studying this novel in class.
This can be easily sent home for distance learning during Coronavirus restrictions :)
Suits students of approximately 13-15 years of age: New Zealand Year 9, 10 or lower 11 students, Australian Year 8, 9 or lower 10 students, and UK Key Stage 3 students.
Student booklet includes:
Webquest task on the author
Looking for Alibrandi Character file templates
Looking for Alibrandi Setting
Looking for Alibrandi Chapter Questions on the novel looking at important character changes, ideas, themes and events
Dairy entry writing task
Themes page
Observing the text
Big Ideas discussion pages
Essay structure and planning
+Sample Teacher Unit Plan
This is perfect as a text analysis unit to prepare for essay writing. It goes perfectly with the Text Response Essay Writing Unit in my store.
Everything you need to pick up and run with this novel. So easy!
Included:
40-page student booklet for analysis of Looking for Alibrandi
Notes on language terminology, complete with lists and definitions, for each year of Secondary Schooling, increasing in breath and difficulty for each year level. Use as a complete list to give to students each year, and refer to them throughout the year as you memorise terms, hone skills and complete tasks.
Buy one set for the English year level you teach, or pay less per set for a complete Secondary Language Terms Set.
1. Year 10 Language Terms – 10 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 14 years of age: New Zealand Year 10 students, Australian Year 9 students, and UK Key Stage 3 students
2. Year 11 Language Terms - 11 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 15 years of age: New Zealand Year 11 students, Australian Year 10 students, and UK Key Stage 4 students
3. Year 12 Language Terms - 12 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 16 years of age: New Zealand Year 12 students, Australian Year 11 students, and UK Key Stage 4 students
4. Year 13+ Language Terms - 11 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 17 years of age: New Zealand Year 13 students, Australian Year 12 students, and UK Key Stage 4 students, Post 16 Education, and English Higher Education or Tertiary Students
Each set covers a range of areas that students need to know:
This set = Y10
Grammar & Parts of Speech Terms – Adverb, Antonym, Article, Connotation, Conjunction… etc
Sentences, Parts of Sentences Terms – Contention, Run-on Sentence, Clause… etc
Language Terms for this level – Analogy, Colloquialism, Contrast, Cliché… etc
Textual Terms to go with units on Novel, Film, Oral Presentations, Poetry
Punctuation Terms – Apostrophe, Capital Letters, Colon,… etc
Notes on language terminology, complete with lists and definitions, for each year of Secondary Schooling, increasing in breath and difficulty for each year level. Use as a complete list to give to students each year, and refer to them throughout the year as you memorise terms, hone skills and complete tasks.
Buy one set for the English year level you teach, or pay less per set for a complete Secondary Language Terms Set.
1. Year 10 Language Terms – 10 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 14 years of age: New Zealand Year 10 students, Australian Year 9 students, and UK Key Stage 3 students
2. Year 11 Language Terms - 11 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 15 years of age: New Zealand Year 11 students, Australian Year 10 students, and UK Key Stage 4 students
3. Year 12 Language Terms - 12 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 16 years of age: New Zealand Year 12 students, Australian Year 11 students, and UK Key Stage 4 students
4. Year 13+ Language Terms - 11 pages in length - Suit students of approximately 17 years of age: New Zealand Year 13 students, Australian Year 12 students, and UK Key Stage 4 students, Post 16 Education, and English Higher Education or Tertiary Students
Each set covers a range of areas that students need to know:
Y13
Grammar & Parts of Speech Terms – Adverb, Antonym, Article, Connotation, Conjunction… etc
Sentences, Parts of Sentences Terms – Contention, Run-on Sentence, Clause… etc
Language Terms for this level – Analogy, Allegory, Alusion, Ambiguity, Bias, Black Humour… etc
Textual Terms to go with units on Novel, Film, Oral Presentations, Poetry
Punctuation Terms – Apostrophe, Brackets, Capital Letters, Colon,… etc
*CHECK OUT my other great Secondary English resources - I have a set of colourful Essay Structure posters you may like, or a novel study booklet suitable for use with any novel.
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English Editing Checklist - Handy Worksheet Listing Items for Students to Check Their Writing against.
Include this checklist in a student booklet, put it on the wall, or use it as a marking sheet to help improve the quality of student work and written accuracy. Enables you to be perfectly clear on what is expected from written work.
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CHECK OUT my other great Secondary English resources - I have a great set of Essay Writing posters which may interest you - and a fully editable booklet for studying any novel - very easy to follow and a great time-saver.
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50 Great Quotes from Literature! Beautiful Watercolour Design!
A range of interesting, inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from novels, plays and texts – on colourful and visually interesting posters.
Perfect for any secondary English classroom.
Great instant décor suitable all year round.
Includes quotes such as:
There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for – Lord of the Rings
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, as long as somebody loves you – The Witches
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
…and many more great nuggets of wisdom from the world’s best authors.
50 pages
This poster set is also available in Watercolours! Check out my TES store!
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This great Growth Mindset Display and Décor Pack has 144 pages of everything you need to create instant wow factor in your classroom while teaching your students about developing a growth mindset.
Inspire and engage students to put in their best effort with a large range of display items to choose from - or print them all for the best looking classroom in the school!
Your Growth Mindset pack includes:
A full size Black & Bright Colours Banner which says: Change your words; change your mindset.
Mindset words and phrases banners showing fixed mindset thinking and growth mindset thinking
Brain images to go with or break up the mindset words banners
Famous Failures Posters with images and information about famous people who achieved success after repeated failure
Inspiring and motivational quotes posters
Growth Mindset Vocabulary word wall labels along with a Growth Mindset title
An extra full alphabet, numbers 1-10 and common symbols in case you would like to create another banner or more large words for your room.
144 Pages
You may also be interested in these other great Classroom Display Resources - Check them out in my TES Store!
Other Décor Packs:
Black & Brights Décor Set for Secondary Classrooms - Titles, Signs, Post
Bright Ideas Décor Set for Secondary Classrooms - 110+ pages of Labels, Signs
Mathematics Décor Set - Titles, Signs, Posters and more.
Watercolour Classroom Décor Set - Titles, Signs, Posters and more.
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50 Great Quotes from Literature! Beautiful Watercolour Design!
A range of interesting, inspiring and thought-provoking quotes from novels, plays and texts – on colourful and visually interesting posters.
Perfect for any secondary English classroom.
Great instant décor suitable all year round.
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Includes quotes such as:**
There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for – Lord of the Rings
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, as long as somebody loves you – The Witches
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
…and many more great nuggets of wisdom from the world’s best authors.
50 pages
This poster set is also available in White with Bright Lettering! Check out my store to see it :)
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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
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
Poetry Analysis Workshop for close reading activity with Australian Poet Henry Lawson’s ‘Up The Country’. This great Australian poem is a super fun study - with Lawson totally bagging out the Australian bush and all the idyllic images painted of it through others’ poetry. He and Banjo Paterson had an epic poetry battle - one poking fun and one defending the Aussie countryside and ideas.
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
Questions on the text
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
Poetry Analysis Workshop for close reading activity with War Poet John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’. This great war poem is well-known for its beautiful poignant imagery of a soldier becoming part of the earth, having given his life in service in another country.
Workshop takes 2-3 lessons. This great poetry analysis lesson 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
A poet webquest page
An analysis grid
Questions on the text
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 war poetry close reading workshop
A ready-to-print 1984 novel study on 1984 by George Orwell complete with printable student booklet and teacher’s plan.
This easy to follow resource provides a ready 1984 unit plan for teachers and 1984 student booklet which is printable and ready to teach, saving you time and effort searching for suitable text study resources.
Suits students in High School English classes of approximately 15-17 years of age: New Zealand Year 11 or 12 students, Australian Year 10-12 students.
Student booklet includes:
Webquest task on the author
1984 Character file templates
1984 Setting
Context
1984 Chapter Questions on the novel looking at important character changes, ideas, themes and events
Dairy entry writing task
1984 Themes page
Symbols Page
Observing the text
Big Ideas discussion pages
Interview and Presentation
Essay structure and planning
+Sample Teacher Unit Plan
This is perfect as a text analysis unit to prepare for essay writing. It goes perfectly with the Text Response Essay Writing Unit in my store.
Everything you need to pick up and run with this novel. So easy!
Included:
28-page student booklet for analysis of 1984 / Nineteen Eighty Four
Essay Writing Structure Posters - Rainbow Burger Style Essay Structure for Easy Display
Easy to understand and colourful posters - ready to print and display.
Choose from the more detailed Upper Secondary poster or the simplified Lower Secondary poster for the TEECL burger structure format.
4 posters to use when teaching students essay writing and helping them improve their structuring and formatting skills to argue ideas more clearly.
Or include the pages in your classroom booklet for easy referral while writing.
Great for all Secondary or High School classrooms. Any subject can use these to help kids write better essays. Particularly useful for any Secondary English class.
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**A cute printable Bingo game for preschool or kindy kids who love animals. Lions, hippos, monkes, cats and dogs - all the fun stuff is included in this cute game set. **
Simply print enough game sheets and covers for each player, and one set of space pictures for the drawer to hold up, and the race is on to shout out, ‘Bingo!!’ The kids love this one :)
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Included in this resource are:**
25 different game sheets
‘Got it’ Bear covers to place over the matching images
A master set of images to draw from.
Instructions
Everything you need to encourage your little munchkins to learn animals names!
30 pages.
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 :)
A cute printable Bingo game for preschool or kindy kids who love pirates. Ships, pirates, treasure and maps - all the fun stuff is included in this cute game set.
Simply print enough game sheets and covers for each player, and one set of master pictures for the drawer to hold up, and the race is on to shout out, ‘Bingo!!’ The kids love this one :)
Included in this resource are:
25 different game sheets
‘Got it’ covers to place over the matching images
A master set of images to draw from.
Instructions
Everything you need to encourage your little munchkins who love pirates :)
30 pages.
Poetry Analysis Workshop for close reading activity with Australian Poet Henry Lawson’s ‘The Roaring Days’. This great Australian poem is an interesting snapshot of the gold-crazy immigrant’s outlook as they chased the possibilities promised in the Gold Rush.
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
Questions on the text
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
Poetry Analysis Workshop for close reading activity with A B Banjo Paterson’s ‘A Bush Christening’. This great Australian poem is a funny story about a young boy living in the Australian Outback who does NOT want to be christened and hides out in a hollow log to avoid it.
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 9-11, Australia Years 18-10, USA Years 9-10, and Britain Years 8-10.
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 poetry close reading workshop
A ready-to-print Holes novel study and text study on Louis Sachar’s HOLES complete with printable student booklet and teacher’s plan.
This easy to follow Holes resource provides a ready Holes unit plan for teachers and Holes student booklet which is printable and ready to teach, saving you time and effort searching for suitable text study resources.
Suits students of approximately 11-14 years of age: New Zealand Year 9-11 students, Australian Year 7-9 students.
Student booklet includes:
Webquest task on the author
Holes Character file templates
Holes Setting
Context
Holes Chapter Questions / comprehension questions on the novel looking at important character changes, ideas, themes and events
Dairy entry writing task
Holes Themes page
Holes Symbols page
Language Techniques page
Observing the text
Big Ideas discussion pages
Interview and Presentation
Essay structure and planning
+Sample Teacher Unit Plan
This is perfect as a text analysis unit to prepare for essay writing. It goes perfectly with the Text Response Essay Writing Unit in my store.
Everything you need to pick up and run with this novel. So easy!
Included:
28-page student booklet for analysis of Holes by Louis Sachar
A ready-to-print The Great Gatsby Novel Study Guide and text study on THE GREAT GATSBY by F Scott Fitzgerald complete with printable student booklet and teacher’s plan.
This easy to follow resource provides a ready The Great Gatsby unit plan for teachers and a The Great Gatsby student booklet which is printable and ready to teach, saving you time and effort searching for suitable text study resources.
Suits students of approximately 12-15 years of age: New Zealand Year 10-12 students, Australian Year 8-10 students.
Student booklet includes:
The Great Gatsby Webquest task on the author
The Great Gatsby Character file templates
The Great Gatsby Setting page
Context
The Great Gatsby Chapter Questions and Comprehension questions on the novel looking at important character changes, ideas, themes and events
Dairy entry writing task
The Great Gatsby Themes page
Symbols in The Outsiders page
Language Techniques page
Observing the text
Big Ideas discussion pages
Interview and Presentation
Essay structure and planning
+Sample Teacher Unit Plan
This is perfect as a text analysis unit to prepare for essay writing on The Outsiders. It goes perfectly with the Text Response Essay Writing Unit in my store.
Everything you need to pick up and run with this novel. So easy!
Included:
29-page student booklet for analysis of Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.