Learning Objectives: -Become more comfortable with the group -Have fun and laugh together -Break down barriers -Make new friends Great Ice Breaker games to get a new class laughing with each other. 10 fun, silly games that help students become more comfortable with each other and stop them from being self-conscious and shy with their peers. These games are great to use with your form, a new class or with a class where friendships and relationships are breaking down. Enjoy!

A PowerPoint with 10 different, fun 'get to know you' games perfect for form time and welcoming new classes. All of the instructions and resources you need to have a great time getting to know your pupils are in this Power Point . I use these for 'Family Friday' in form time to build a sense of family and community amongst my Y8 registration group. However, these games are fun for all ages - even adults! The games are a mixture of whole class, group, pair and individual activities. Some have been adapted from Dr Spencer Kagan's 'Silly Sports and Goofy Games' book which is a fantastic resource and a great book to buy if you want to learn more of these. Enjoy!

A set of 15 fantastic posters that explain the key literary devices. Illustrated with examples from film, fiction and pop songs such as Avengers, Harry Potter, Frozen, Inside Out, Katy Perry, Beyonce, and Despicable Me Perfect for display. Enjoy!

10 games to help build trust, strengthen relationships and create a safe environment. 10 different trust games including pairs, groups and whole class activities. Perfect for form time, drama or sports or just as fun energizing activities in your classroom that will help to encourage positive relationships and communication. Enjoy!

A quiz of three rounds that covers most of the major plot points and characters in the novella: The Spirits Scrooge Key Quotations There are lots of different question types: multiple choice questions, picture questions, complete the quote, whose line is it? etc. Enjoy!

A PowerPoint that explores the similarities between Yoda's and Shakespeare's use of language. Let your class have a go at speaking like Yoda - then surprise them by telling them they are actually speaking like Shakespearean actors. There is a link to a fun book trailer for Quirk Books William Shakespeare's Star Wars and it ends with a team quiz to work out whether the quotes are taken from Star Wars or a Shakespeare play. Enjoy!

A series of lessons that explores Dickinson's poem. Pupils are guided to annotate the poem, focusing on key imagery, language choices, structural techniques and contextual information. They will pick out the key themes of the poem and compare and contrast them to other poems in the Eduqas anthology, building up to a comparison essay to an exam style question. There are some group work and active and relatable activities to help engage pupils with this difficult poem. Enjoy!

A series of lessons that explores Sheers' Mametz Wood. Lesson 1: context, exploration of themes through 'dripping umbrella' game Lesson 2: Closer analysis of key quotations and the significance of theme Enjoy!

A set of lessons to teach pupils a simple formula for analysing and writing their own similes and metaphors. Lesson 1: What is a simile/metaphor? Introduction. Learn a formula for metaphors (tenor, vehicle, ground) Analyse the extended metaphor in James Reeves The Sea Lesson 2: Write your own poem about the ocean using metaphors and similes. There are some useful teaching notes with the slides. This formula works really well at helping lower ability classes master the idea and skill of similes and metaphors.

Flashcards with key quotations on from the play. Teaching Notes • It is best to do this as revision once the pupils have read and understood the play well. Cut the boxes out and stick them onto pieces of card, with one side on the front and one side on the back. • You can make these into flash cards to help students learn key quotations from the play. • Split pupils into pairs or groups and just give them four flashcards. Once pupils have completed their flash cards, have them analyse the quotations on their cards. • Once pupils have completed a flash card activity, they could arrange the cards into categories to explore the different themes of the play. What do the quotations reveal about the theme? • You could easily make this into a loop-cards activity. • You could make the flashcards A4 sized and do this as a whole class activity where you flip the cards over like in higher/lower and they can carry on only if they get the answer right.

Three team games based on popular children's fiction including: Harry Potter, Zoe Sugg, The Hunger Games , Gangsta Granny and lots more. Great for the start of September to get to know your class and build team-work. Also perfect for end of term activities or quick and fun starters. Enjoy!

A chapter by chapter quiz for Anita and Me. It covers the main events in the novel. Great for revision, a guided reading task or workbook over the Summer. Enjoy!

Great for revision or to go through after reading each scene. Well presented Power Point presentation with pictures from lots of different Macbeth productions and paintings/illustrations of the key scenes. There are fill in the blank quotes; multiple choice questions; character, theme and events questions. There are 46 questions in total and they are organised in the order of the scenes. All answers are available at the end of the presentation.

A Power Point lesson that explores Keat's poem To Autumn It includes context, form, language. It links the poem to things that are relevant to the students and requires the pupils to think carefully about the poem as well as get up on their feet. There is also a homework task. Enjoy!

A series of lessons that covers the language, imagery, structure and meaning of Death of a Naturalist in an engaging way and also has students attempt their own poetry and transactional writing, using the poem as a springboard. All resources that you need for these lessons are included: Fan N Pick question cards for both stanzas Glossary match-up cards Informal Letter activity Powe Point Presentation (around 3-4 lessons depending on the ability of the group) Enjoy!

Fun quiz questions on Shakespeare's life and work, includes pictures and multiple choice questions. All the answers are given at the end of the Power Point intended for pupils to peer-mark. Great for an introduction to Shakespeare or revision.

A series of lessons that explores Ted Hughes's Hawk Roosting from a number of different perspectives: surface meaning, a symbol of dictatorship, simply nature and the pupils' own perspective. The lessons guide pupils to annotate their anthologies and write an exam style response to a poetry question. There's a variety of activities for individuals, pairs and groups, including some drama and writing challenges. Enjoy!

A series of three lessons (possibly more if you have a low ability set) that explores Dickens's introduction to Scrooge. The lessons guide pupils to revise the key characters of the novel; analyse Dickens's characterisation and language of the protagonist and then learn the key contextual information needed to write an exam style essay. Learning Objectives are closely linked to the Eduqas assessment objectives but can be edited to suit different exam boards as the skills cross most exam specs: Lit AO1: Revise the key characters of the novel Lit AO2: Explore Dickens’s use of language and explain how Dickens creates Scrooge’s character at the opening of the novel Lit AO3: Explore the context of the novel Lit AO1, 2 and 3: Use the knowledge and skills you have built up so far to write an exam style analysis of Scrooge’s character I have a low ability Y10 group so the activities are short, scaffolded and varied. Activities include group, pair and individual tasks to accommodate all learning types; they range from visual activities and bingo to drama and exam writing. All the worksheets and contextual sources are included in this resource. Enjoy!

Two lessons that include a range of activities to guide pupils in revising the context of Willy Russell’s *Blood Brothers * Lesson 1 focuses on life in 20th Century Liverpool and guides pupils in writing an analysis paragraph that links historical information to their analysis of the play Lesson 2 focuses on biographical and literary information and looks at ways to include quick links to context in a response

6 x reading recommendation leaflets. They have a theme and a book that most teens will be familiar with on the front and recommendations for similar books that they might enjoy. Categories are; Books for Horror Fans Books for Fantasy Lovers Books for Sci-Fi Fans Books About Teenage Years Books for Animal Lovers Books to Read Before They Hit The Big Screen Great to have in the library or English classrooms. I have also found them handy at parents' evening when I get hit with the inevitable, "What should they be reading?" question.

Lesson 1: Learning objectives: Revise key quotations and ideas of each anthology poem Identify which poems you should focus your revision on Lesson 2 & 3: Learning objectives: Practice writing effective analysis Get to know the poems you find difficult