Lesson task for examination prep English Language, or for an assessment Letter to MP writing about needed improvements in local area.

Set of questions on Rossetti's 'From the Antique'. Questions on language, form, structure and context. Geared towards OCR AS poetry anthology, but can be used for any exam board.

Witches questions and wordsearch

An extract from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with questions on the extract. Frankenstein similes activity Spellings

Discussion of language, form and structure in Rossetti's poem entitled 'Echo'... Geared towards OCR, but can be used with an exam board or as an unseen poem for KS4..

What is a subordinate clause? Activity with examples Year 5/6/7

Whole lesson. Created for an entry level group working on the pscale, but can be used as a shorter activity in English lessons or tutor time for any KS2 or KS3 groups as basis for discussion on hobbies and pastimes. A big list of hobbies is included as a starter. Students have to put in the correct punctuation into the sentences, mind-map their own hobby and write five detailed sentences about it. There is an example of looking at street art. At the end of the lesson, there are prompts for a class discussion and debate on hobbies.

Poetry of WW1 wordsearch with authors and many famous ideas and poems

Questions and activity The poem is on a word document also

Much Ado About Nothing wordsearch

Reading questions and writing task based on Stanley Cook’s poem about flowers growing on an old site where there used to be houses. KS3 or KS2.

Language paper 2 of my own devising that I used with resit class. Charles Dickens describing the inmate in his cell at Newgate Kenneth Williams last few thoughts before execution on Death Row All questions included including the writing task Have also attached my ppt from the lesson with the resit class which has a few model answers.

Article on bonfire night celebrations in Cheshunt, with AQA style questions. The lesson was prepared for a Year 9 class. Also a powerpoint of questions/activities if you wanted to use the text with Year 7 or 8.

Inserting adverbials at the starts of sentences. KS3. starter activity with examples on next slide.

Starter for KS2/3 Lower level learners or entry level students. Common nouns My low ability students did these on a B&W copy first, then copied onto a colour copy and made a poster with autumn leaves with similes on each leaf, looked lovely

Extract from Mistletoe Murders with questions, AQA style Hints and tips for how to answer each question Designed to be a lesson where you go through the paper with the class helping them, a good introduction to the lang paper.

Lessons 1 and 2 in a half term unit on non fiction writing. Enough for two hours, maybe more. Was made for a Year 8 class at KS3, but can be used for KS4 as well. 16 slides with nice presentation Revision on audience and purpose and different examples of how to write formally, with some examples which the students can critique and make suggestions. Two main writing tasks included. Improve the letter from the student who wants a place at the school. Names and ideas can be tweaked to suit your class. Main writing task - write a formal letter to Boris Johnson about improving a social issue in your local community. Examples of how to write the letter.

Media resource Bonfire Night at Cheshunt worksheet with questions and Q5 writing task Year 10/11 GCSE

True or false starter activity on the Prelude Comparison grid with SOTI

Fun starter Write sentences using nouns and proper nouns