This resource contains helpful pictures to use as a wall display when teaching Animal Farm by George Orwell

Activities to encouarge learning and thinking USeful for all - and staff!

This resource has a Jeopardy style quiz focusing on the layout and presentational devices that may be expected in texts used in the GCSE Language exam

Punctutaion focus - students correct the errors in a story version of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Really useful to have on an English shared ICT area - allows students to work on screen.

A resource providing a useful sheet for students to choose their own essay question on Arthur Miller's The Crucible. It includes GCSE grade level descriptor.

A resource for those studying the novel Of Mice and Men. It is focused on an examination of the language used by John Steinbeck in the killing of Curley’s wife.

Quiz on Shakespeare - students answer True or false

Mix of quotes on learning and on affirming positive thoughts. We use these in Tutor time and as posters for classrooms Gives a useful thinking point to the beginning of form time as students are coming in. useful to discuss and to share. Classroom affirmations are used to create a positive and supportive environment by teaching students to be supportive of one another. Affirmations develop an atmosphere where it is the norm to acknowledge and affirm positive behaviors, thoughts and actions. Used consistently, affirmations can change students’ attitudes and their actions. Daily affirmations train your brain to think positively; they are uplifting truths you want to believe and heartwarming convictions about yourself or the world as a whole. They are one of the most effective ways to proactively and permanently change the way you think. Included are some notes about affirmations and how they can support students to be resilient with some academic research to support the use in schools.

This resource provides exam preparation for the AQA GCSE writing task of writing to inform. It considers some of the language devises employed by texts with the purpose to inform and how they may to used to good effect on the text's audience.

Focused activty concentrating on Punctation. Really useful on screen as an activity.

ppt exploring gcse exam task writing to explain

This resource contains a lesson presentation on writing to argue. It examines a text created with the purpose of arguing and provides a GCSE writing task based on developing an argument

A resource that shows the English reading and writing app levels for KS3 it could be used as a starter or focusing activity or printed off as display

Activity based on Millions

This ready to use Shakespeare resource contains a series of quotes and character names from William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night that may be used as a classroom display - hope these are helpful.

A resource this presentation concentrates on improving the quality of creative writing - could also be adapted for GCSE. It employs the Writing And Reading Assessment Foci (AF) and is focused on students moving to level 5 of these.

easy pacey starter testing key quotes from OF MICE AND MEN

AQA ANTHOLOGY - WORKSHEET FOR LOWER ABILITY STUDENTS FOCUSING ON EAGLE AND SONNET

A resource with a simple chart for students to use to help them compare the poems in AQA Other Cultures Cluster 1. The mood space has been left blank for students to complete and a blank chart is provided for students to write their own comments

A worksheet with a writing activity based on school reports using The Ghost of Thomas Kempe a low fantasy novel for children by Penelope Lively