A collection of resources on planning a short story. The resources include: 40 slide PowerPoint 1st / 3rd person debate Tenses Features of narrative writing Grade 9 exemplar Worksheets Writing techniques Lecturer tips

A 23-slide PowerPoint on topic sentences. The resource includes the following: explanation good and bad exercises student exercises closing sentence explanation

A full lesson on how to write a grade 9 letter of complaint. All resources provided. The main 111 slide PowerPoint has a fun starter activity and goes through the process step-by-step in a fun way. Six different versions of the grade 9 letter are included which focus on the following: language techniques DAFOREST emotive language paragraphs sentence structure sentence starters

86-slide PowerPoint and 32 minute video on Q1-Q6 on the EDUQAS paper 2 reading exam. The resource is focused on the November 2022 GCSE exam. The following are included: **Exam paper link 81-slide PowerPoint 32 minute video by an EDUQAS examiner Starter activity Exam advice Model answers All extracts Hightlighted extracts Connotation activites Fun & modern images**

Fantastic 87-slide PowerPoint on writing a L2 email. Based on the topic of festivals. My students loved this lesson. The resource looks at the following: GRADE 9 example paragraphs Sentence starters Structure examples SPEECH form SPEECH conventions DAFOREST Stylistic devices Lecturer tips Common mistakes SPAG

My lessons for the transactional writing tasks. In each PowerPoint I have included exam questions, model answers, discussion points and grade 9 examples. The following are covered: Letter Speech Leaflet Review Report

A set of resources for 3-4 weeks on the Stephen King novella, The Body. The book was made into the film classic, Stand By Me. The resource include the following: Three large PowerPoints Link to extract of the whole novella Starter activities Group Activities Study Guides for the students Teacher study guide with answers Images from the film Individual activites The Body - key quotes worksheet Character table worksheet

An 138-slide PowerPoint on how to get a grade 9 on the GCSE English Language based on the summer 2018 reading exam paper. Other more general revision PowerPoint included.

A great resource on writing on the non-fiction writing exam. 79-slide PowerPoint, 22 minute video and model answers for all texts types included. Areas covered are written below. Mark scheme Model answers SPAG Run-on sentences Sentence starters Topic sentences Stylistic devices Planning sheets Writing a good intro Word Count

A fun PowerPoint lesson on idioms. The following is included in the resource: definition, quiz, answers, fun idiom images, group discussion.

A informative, interactive and fun lesson on ‘show, not tell’ in creative writing. The lesson uses the book and film ‘I am Legend’ as its main resource. The students love this!

12 separate fun, informative and interactive quizzes using the retro speak and spell game as the theme. The students love it! You could also use it just for the fun PowerPoint template. The following topics are covered: GCSE writing tasks Fact and opinion Persuasive Language Bias SPAG

Over 40 different resources on PEEs. Some really great stuff included.

This lesson looks at the 2017 coming-of-age film, ‘Lady Bird.’ The lesson includes: quiz questions, the plot analysed, genre discussion, the importance of the soundtrack, Lady Bird discussion/writing questions, teenage stereotyping questions and a fun memory starter.

A 42-slide PowerPoint with an explanation and examples of famous and rarely used idioms.

Revision sheets for the paper 2 exam e.g. transactional writing and reading non-fiction.

The language question on the paper 1 reading exam. The question is ‘How does the writer make us feel uneasy?’ Aimed at getting a grade 5-6. Based on the third chapter of the novel JAWS by Peter Benchley (the ‘Get Out the Water’ scene in the film). I have included all resources which include extract, model answers, exemplar answers and a fun phobia starter activity. Video clip of the scene in the film is on YouTube.

PowerPoint on Grammar. Can be used by most abilties and levels.

PowerPoint revision aid based on a L1 and L2 Functional Skills English Reading exam. It is an Edexcel online exam.

L1 & L2 Functional Skills Reading Revision From an EDI exam