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I am an experienced teacher of high school English who regularly produces resources for use across the English curriculum. My shop contains a collection of my favourite resources, from whole schemes of work, to standalone lessons, PowerPoint presentations and worksheets which aim to teach students the full range of skills required through a variety of texts and topics.

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I am an experienced teacher of high school English who regularly produces resources for use across the English curriculum. My shop contains a collection of my favourite resources, from whole schemes of work, to standalone lessons, PowerPoint presentations and worksheets which aim to teach students the full range of skills required through a variety of texts and topics.
Modern Horror Lessons: Darren Shan
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Modern Horror Lessons: Darren Shan

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A set of three lessons using extracts from Darren Shan's 'The Demon Thief'. Allows younger pupils to engage with a modern horror writer which they find accessible. Uses relevant resources for three subsequent lessons and aims to teach pupils to recognise, analyse and use various creative writing skills: sentence structure, personification, effective vocabulary choices. Final lesson contains a creative writing assessment for pupils to display the skills they have learnt throughout the sessions. Contains: 3 Powerpoints with complete lessons: starter activities, varied discussion, reading and writing tasks and plenaries 3 worksheets with relevant extracts from The Demon Thief
GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on an extract from Cider With Rosie
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GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on an extract from Cider With Rosie

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An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Laurie Lee's 'Cider With Rosie'. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from 'Cider With Rosie' Question Paper
DNA Sample Exam Response Practice
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DNA Sample Exam Response Practice

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Worksheets with sample exam answers designed to support the teaching of Dennis Kelly's DNA for the Literature GCSE. Contains: 5 worksheets with sample answers on a range of examination-style questions. Some of the answers are full, and some have been started and pupils can discuss their content and work on completing them.
DNA Activity Worksheets: Exam Preparation
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DNA Activity Worksheets: Exam Preparation

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Worksheets with activities designed to support the teaching of Dennis Kelly's DNA for the Literature GCSE. Contains: 4 worksheets with activities for students to work through concerning key quotations from the play, the dramatic actions taken by the characters, questions used by the characters and their significance and the importance / symbolic effect of Leah's speeches. A simple summary of the play 1 powerpoint with the key quotations which supports the worksheet.
GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on Oliver Twist Extract
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GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on Oliver Twist Extract

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An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from Oliver Twist Question Paper
GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on an extract from Jane Eyre
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GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on an extract from Jane Eyre

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An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from 'Jane Eyre' Question Paper
Jane Eyre Extract Test
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Jane Eyre Extract Test

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A challenging test based on the extract from 'The Red Room' chapter of Jane Eyre. Aimed at Talented, Able and Gifted pupils, the test focuses on questions which will prepare pupils for the new GCSE-style examinations. The four questions look at selecting information, inferring and deducing information from the text, commenting on the writer's intentions and analysing the effects of the language used. Contains: The test itself The relevant extract A comprehensive mark scheme
Comparing War Poetry
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Comparing War Poetry

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A set of three simple lessons which look at the poems 'Who's for the Game' and 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' and lead students into a comparison essay. Aimed at lower ability students, the powerpoints present a step by step guide to looking at each poem in turn and then practising how to write about the poems and compare them. COntains: 3 Powerpoints, 1 per poem and 1 about comparing the 2 poems 2 worksheets with the poems printed on them
Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time Powerpoint
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Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time Powerpoint

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A powerpoint which can be used and adapted over and over to get pupils used to looking at teacher's marking of an assessment, celebrate their successes and work out how they can improve further next time. Can be used generically with any assessment or easily adapted to be more specific depending on the skills being addressed in the piece of work.
Set of Lessons on DNA by Dennis Kelly
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Set of Lessons on DNA by Dennis Kelly

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A set of Powerpoints which can assist with the teaching of Dennis Kelly's play DNA. Contains: 2 Powerpoints focusing on introducing different elements of the play DNA by Dennis Kelly. 6 Powerpoints looking at a number of potential exam questions and possible ways to focus on them with a group. 1 Powerpoint feeding back common pupil errors during the exam question focused on DNA
The Crucible Exam Preparation: Director's Question
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The Crucible Exam Preparation: Director's Question

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An information booklet which focuses on the exam question about how director might use production elements to create a successful performance of the opening of Act Four of The Crucible. The booklet breaks down the question into sections and give students advice about how they could go about answering it successfully. Contains: Advice on each area: costume, staging, props and stage furniture A paragraph on each discipline, modelling examples of how students could answer that section Sentence starters for students to use Questions to help students secure their understanding
Roald Dahl's Boy Themed Oracy / Philosophy for Children Set of 8 lessons
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Roald Dahl's Boy Themed Oracy / Philosophy for Children Set of 8 lessons

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A set of 8 lessons using Roald Dahl's Boy as the inspiration for Philosophy for Children, linked closely to fiction texted aimed at extending children's literacy levels. Through reading of a range of texts linked to autobiography and childhood, pupils engage in discussions centred around issues linked to growing up and childhood. The reading materials supplied contain excerpts from fiction, non-fiction, prose, play, poetry and modern / Pre-Twentieth Century texts and are a useful introduction to more challenging, older texts required in the new curriculum in the form of small, manageable extracts. For use with Year 7 or 8 Contains: 8 self contained PowerPoint presentations which include entire lessons - excerpt from Boy, plus short discussion tasks leading into a number of potential Philosophy for Children questions. 8 Resource sheets containing the excerpts used with each PowerPoint lesson
GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice for Component 1: The Hobbit
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GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice for Component 1: The Hobbit

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An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from JRR Tolkein's The Hobbit. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from The Hobbit Question Paper
GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on The Tiger in the Smoke extract
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GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on The Tiger in the Smoke extract

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An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Margery Allingham's The Tiger in the Smoke. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from The Tiger in the Smoke Question Paper
Creative Writing Workshop: The Journey
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Creative Writing Workshop: The Journey

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All the resources for a workshop I did with visiting primary school children aimed at enthusing them to write their own piece of Creative Writing using a range of techniques. It lasted two hours and at the end each student had created their own descriptive piece to take back to their primary school. Covers sentence structure, selecting premier league descriptive vocabulary, imagery, using effective verbs, adjectives and adverbs as well as the senses to create detailed description. Contains: PowerPoint of the entire workshop Plan of the workshop and resources required Worksheet on the senses Worksheets for whole group sentence structure activity
My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress Test
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My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress Test

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A test based on an extract from 'My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress: Memories of an Irish Childhood' by Christina McKenna. Aimed at year 7, 8 and 9 pupils, the test focuses on questions which will prepare students for the new GCSE-style examinations. The four questions look at selecting information, inferring and deducing information from the text, commenting on the writer's intentions and analysing the effects of the language used. Contains: The test itself The relevant extract A comprehensive mark scheme
Lemony Snickett Test
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Lemony Snickett Test

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A test based on an extract from Lemony Snickett's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' (taken from the chapter entitled 'A Bad Beginning'). Aimed at Year 7 and 8 pupils, the test focuses on questions which will begin to prepare pupils for the new GCSE-style examinations. The four questions look at selecting information, inferring and deducing information from the text, commenting on the writer's intentions and analysing the effects of the language used. Contains: The test itself The relevant extract A comprehensive mark scheme