Simple poster illustrating the Speed, Distance, Time calculation triangle. Can also be given as a handout for revision.

This opening passage of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' has had all of the capital letters removed. Students can copy it out and insert them into the correct place, or for quick revision just highlight the letters that need to be changed into capital letters. Suitable for 7-11 year olds

A fact sheet about Rudyard Kipling's life and a printable copy of 'IF'.

Two worksheets on commas, one at sentence level and one at paragraph level. These two sheets are based on 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' and are aimed at 7-11 year old students.

Word Document handout - example graph from a Pearsons Edexcel mock Functional Skills assessment Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as an instruction tool and explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but could work as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: understand how to draw a graph during an Edexcel Functional Skills Onscreen Assessment Suitable for: Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

Ten Facts about William Golding, author of Lord Of The Flies These help to put the story of The Lord Of The Flies into personal and historical context for students before beginning the novel. At least one of my students has been inspired to go and read more widely as a result of these too, which is an extra bonus! Great for GCSE students, 'The Lord Of The Flies' is an extremely popular set text at present (2016)

This activity for developing writing skills is based on the Iron Man franchise. Students are required to read the notes and write out a past tense, full sentence version of Iron Man's diary. This activity was designed to re-engage a reluctant, low ability, male learner, who had not attended school for over a year. While the literacy level is appropriate to Primary school, this activity successfully engaged a 14 year old boy with learning difficulties and dyslexia.

I use these simple outlines to encourage students to make notes about characters. Quotes go around the outside, facts and key plot points are summarised inside. There is a male outline, a female outline and also a dog, since I have covered several texts where dogs play key roles in the plot (most notably Of Mice And Men).

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Sourced from Wikipedia, simplified to a one page handout. Good introduction for studying poetry by Marvell, such as 'To His Coy Mistress'

Powerpoint resource explaining different types of persuasive techniques, including: Direct Address Inclusive Address Statistical Evidence Imperative Commands Quotes Rhetorical Questions Nouns/Verbs/Adjectives/Adverbs Tripling/List of 3 Alliteration Learning Objective - to be able to identify different persuasive techniques within the context of advertisements Suitable for: KS3 Teaching KS4 Revision Adult Learners - Functional Skills L1 and L2 Can be displayed as a PowerPoint or turned into a printed handout for reference

A presentation about the Health and Safety act and how Health and Safety is essential within the work place. Useful for vocational studies (apprenticeships), work based learning or 'world of work' preparation.

Word Document handout -conversions within and between Imperial and Metric Measurement systems This was designed as a summary revision sheet for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to know how to convert within and between Metric and Imperial Measurement systems Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

An activity focusing on identifying repetition and key points in Mr Birling's opening speech, in 'An Inspector Calls'. Nice introduction to the play, links to the history/culture of 1912 and sets the scene for the events of the play. Useful for getting students to engage with the text at a deeper level, can be followed up by discussion on why those points have been included and repeated by the writer (JB Priestly), speaking to a 1945/46 audience. Ideal for GCSE and IGCSE students.

Powerpoint resource explaining the difference between Fact, Opinion and Bias Learning Objective - to be able to tell the difference between Fact, Opinion and Bias and identify examples of each in written texts Suitable for: KS3 Teaching KS4 Revision Adult Learners - Functional Skills L1 and L2 Can be displayed as a PowerPoint or turned into a printed handout for reference

Powerpoint resource explaining the difference between Your and You're. Learning Objective - to be able to tell the difference between the two homophones and identify the correct usage for each one Suitable for: KS2 Teaching KS3 Teaching/Revision KS4 Revision Adult Learners - Functional Skills L1 and L2 Can be displayed as a PowerPoint or turned into a printed handout for reference

Powerpoint resource explaining the difference between Where, Were, We're and Wear Learning Objective - to be able to tell the difference between the four homophones and identify the correct usage for each one Suitable for: KS2 Teaching KS3 Teaching/Revision KS4 Revision Adult Learners - Functional Skills L1 and L2 Can be displayed as a PowerPoint or turned into a printed handout for reference

Sample exam style questions focusing on the characters of Bassanio, Antonio and Portia in The Merchant Of Venice. Can be used as discussion points or practice essay questions. Suitable for GCSE, IGCSE, and A-Level.

Handout explaining how to change paragraphs using TIPTOP (Time, Place, Topic, Person). Can also be used as a small display poster. Simple, uses colour for key elements, ideal for visual learners.

PowerPoint presentation to introduce the the very basics of algebra. Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed to take the fear out of algebra for adult learners who struggled to understand the basic concepts of the subject. Learning Objective: to understand how letters can be used to represent unknown values within sums Suitable for: KS3 - Teaching KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L2 - Teaching/Revision