This worksheet allows students to compare two poems on the theme of childhood: Forgotten Boyhood by Edgar Guest and In Mrs Tilscher’s Class by Carol Ann Duffy. This worksheet includes: title page, copies of each poem in large font for student annotations and 14 comprehension questions encouraging students to consider the writers’ use of structural and language devices. This would be a great resource to align with the NI CCEA Response to Written Controlled Assessment task on the theme of childhood.

This engaging and creative task reinforces learning on the use of colour to persuade and can tie in with Engligh language and media studies. It’s a great resource for the study of media texts at KS3, and at GCSE level where students are required to analyse media texts in their English Language exam. The pack includes an engaging powerpoint which outlines the impact of colour in advertising/ media texts with activities and prompts for a range of student activities. Alongside this, the pack includes a PDF of 30 different Pantone-style colour chip cards with accompanying activity which can be used in a fun plenary. Students are asked to consider what person, place and thing their colour might represent and give their shade a creative shade name. This works brilliantly displayed as a vibrant display for colourful classroom display boards! I’ve used this activity as a simple Year 8/9 introduction to media texts, and as an expanded activity for GCSE students with a creative writing component, for example: setting descriptions, piece of short fiction or a piece of poetry using their colour as inspiration. Thank you and please leave a review :)

This resource includes a powerpoint and activity sheets on the topic of genre and specifically, the genre of gothic fiction. Feel like making this a full unit of study? See the GOTHIC FICTION BUNDLE with 5 weeks of full lesson powerpoints, handouts and a full scheme of work. This is a great resource for high ability KS3 and KS4 students with video clips, activities and class discussion elements. I hope you enjoy and please leave a review :)

An annotated copy of Poppies by Jane Weir. This poem features in the CCEA Conflict Anthology at GCSE. Key features of language, structure and context are annotated.

An annotated copy of the poem, Last Post by Carol Ann Duffy. This poem features in the CCEA Conflict Anthology for English Literature at GCSE. Annotations relates to features of language, structure and context.