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Hi, I'm Sarah, and I've been teaching for over a decade. I graduated in 2006 with a degree in Primary Education, but have taught in both Primary, Secondary and FE settings. My resources are primarily aimed at students aged 9-16+, and are mainly resources to be used in English lessons. I try to make resources that can be easily adapted for all types of abilities and ages. I hope you find my resources useful. Please feel free to leave me feedback on my resources - I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Hi, I'm Sarah, and I've been teaching for over a decade. I graduated in 2006 with a degree in Primary Education, but have taught in both Primary, Secondary and FE settings. My resources are primarily aimed at students aged 9-16+, and are mainly resources to be used in English lessons. I try to make resources that can be easily adapted for all types of abilities and ages. I hope you find my resources useful. Please feel free to leave me feedback on my resources - I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Writing a Letter of Complaint
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Writing a Letter of Complaint

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A powerpoint talking students through how to write a letter of complaint. This explores a possible structure, and demonstrates how addresses should be correctly presented. Following the information section, there is a task asking students to write a letter of complaint about a mobile phone.
Annotating Texts to Develop Understanding
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Annotating Texts to Develop Understanding

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An activity to help students understand textual extracts by annotating them. It's really interesting to do this with groups that struggle to take the information within the text and develop it further. ***All extracts belong to the authors who wrote them***
The Tempest - Quotation Matching
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The Tempest - Quotation Matching

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An activity designed to enable students to explore the language of Shakespeare and identify the modern-day equivalents of certain phrases from Act 1 Scene 2 of the play. Students are then required to answer a question exploring the relationship between the different characters. Easily adaptable for students of different abilities and ages. *** All quotes from the play are the intellectual property of William Shakespeare***
Christmas Criss-Cross
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Christmas Criss-Cross

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A Crossword/Criss-Cross activity for students to test their recapping skills in terms of Christmas. A fun activity to use in a session near the holidays!
Debate Topics for Speaking & Listening
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Debate Topics for Speaking & Listening

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An activity sheet to help students prepare for their debate/discussion Speaking and Listening Task. The topics are phrased as questions and can be given one-by-one or all together, depending on the ability of the group.
Speech Train
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Speech Train

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This is one way of helping students understand how to plan and draft their work and ideas on presenting a speech. The speech train provides a visual representation of their speech - showing how each section should be linked and how important it is to have a direction and destination for your speech. I enlarged this to A3 before getting the students using it, then it's spacious enough for lots of ideas!
Unseen Poetry Revision (Island Man - Nichols)
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Unseen Poetry Revision (Island Man - Nichols)

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A practice exam question for any students undertaking an unseen poem. This particular activity focusses on the poem Island Man by Grace Nichols, and asks the students to complete a planning grid, helping them to focus and note down their ideas. ***The poem is the property of Grace Nichols***
An Inspector Calls - Theme Table Task
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An Inspector Calls - Theme Table Task

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An activity used by students to help aid their understanding of the themes of the play 'An Inspector Calls' and how the themes affect each character. Can be simplified or made more challenging easily, so suitable for all students.
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Annotating Text
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Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Annotating Text

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An activity designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of how the author of 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' uses his writing to delve further into the lives of Bruno and his family, and the background of life in Germany at that time. ***The extracts are the property of John Boyne.***
An Inspector Calls - What's Happening?
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An Inspector Calls - What's Happening?

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An activity designed to get students thinking and recapping on their understanding of the plot of 'An Inspector Calls.' The activity gives students quotes from the text and asks them to explain where they fit into the plot.
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme - Session 6
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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme - Session 6

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These resources form Session 6 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to allow students to revise the parts of a sentence, and then develop their understanding of how vocabulary is used in extracts. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***
Reading Skills - Making Predictions
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Reading Skills - Making Predictions

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A PowerPoint on the skill of predicting what might happen in a book, leaflet, etc. Students are asked to predict the contents of writing using various sources, and are able to identify primary and secondary elements in texts. The Activity 'What does the Cover say?' asks students to say what they think a book may be about from the cover&'s primary and secondary elements. * Image links are included and can be easily found on the internet.
How Would you Advertise...
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How Would you Advertise...

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A PowerPoint designed to develop students understanding and ability to sell and promote products using both written and S&L methods. Designed around everyday items to make it more realistic. Image link have been included to aid ease of use, but can be easily changed or adapted for any group.
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme - Session 5
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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme - Session 5

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These resources form Session 5 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) 19th Century Fiction Scheme of Work. They are designed to introduce the skill of PEE writing (Point, Evidence, Explanation) and then assess the progress of the unit up to this point. ***All extracts are the intellectual property of their author***
Christmas Traditions - Comprehension Practice
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Christmas Traditions - Comprehension Practice

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A comprehension practice based on the text ‘Christmas Traditions’ in The Telegraph* newspaper. Can be easily adapted for students of different ages and abilities. A separate sheet with the answers included is also attached. *Source is listed in resource.
Word Scramble (English)
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Word Scramble (English)

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An activity for students that encourages them to challenge themselves to work out words. Great for spelling and remembering key words. This set of words are specifically focused on the subject of English, but the sheet as a template can be easily adapted for different age groups and abilities.
Homophones - What Are They?
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Homophones - What Are They?

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A PowerPoint designed to explain Homophones to students. It requires them to be able to identify them and work out whether the words they've chosen are actually homophones or not - through discussions with peers. Can be easily adapted for different groups and abilities.
Basic Punctuation - The Rules
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Basic Punctuation - The Rules

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A quick guide to the basic punctuation marks and what they mean/are used for. Could be diasplayed on Classroom Walls or used as a prompt for students who are struglling individually.
Introducing Tenses
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Introducing Tenses

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A PowerPoint designed to be a basic introduction to the idea of past, present and future tenses. Can be added to with own examples, and followed up with worksheets or examples dependent upon the ability of the group.
Harry Potter Comprehension
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Harry Potter Comprehension

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An activity to revise and test students understanding of a story. Using Harry Potter allows the students to connect to a well known text. ***The extract used is copyright of the author J.K Rowling.