I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
A resource to develop the use of adjectives in creative writing. The inspiration for the story is taken from unusual names for colours. The learners are asked to match names of colours with examples and to find five things they associate with the colours.
The learners then plan a story by drawing a picture and consider their use of adjectives.
A colourful crossword for the revision of language features and persuasive writing techniques.
Ideal for revision of GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 2.
Clues include testing the learners on both definitions of the terms and how they effect a reader.
Questions for revision or to assess learning.
10 questions - The learners add the commas to the sentence.
5 questions - The learners correct the mistakes.
This is a dyslexia friendly Power Point with green slides.
The learners are guided through the process of creating an excellent newspaper report on a recent sports day.
The lesson lasts 1- 2 hours. It includes an activity for groups, (a three minute word bomb) planning activities with a mind map and key tips on what the examiners are looking for.
Attention is paid to purpose and audience and the learners are encouraged to use language features in their work.
Interesting and engaging starter activity based on four pictures leading to one word for the learners to guess.
These 8 slides with varying difficulty levels make a starter activity to get your learners thinking. The learners should recognise the format of the game where letters are provided to fill the answer boxes.
This is suitable for GCSE English learners and Functional Skills Level 2.
It takes about 20 minutes to complete although learners could go on to make their own slides.
Answers are provided on the final slide.
A whole lesson on writing essays using PEA including a starter activity and research using the internet. 21 slides.
The starter activity involves putting the number 10 at one side of the classroom and 0 at the other side of the classroom and the classroom needs to be cleared on one side to allow the learners change to decide where they stand on the scale of 0-10.
Learners are encouraged to write extensive paragraphs. The learners are guided through the process of writing an essay.
This lesson is ideal for GCSE English Language and learners who are just starting to write essays.
Three word-searches based on 16 different presentational features with colour and pictures. The word-searches have varying difficulty levels.
Wordsearch One - Star shaped with 10 presentational features to find.
Wordsearch Two - Large square wordsearch with 16 presentational features to find.
Wordsearch Three - Large Diamond wordsearch with 11 presentational features to find.
Ideal for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 1-2.
A huge bumper pack of my GCSE English Language revision exercises and activities. 13 resources in total.
This pack includes:
Work booklet on inference.
Two Power Point starter activities - Revision Catchphrase and Four Picture One Word
Four whole lesson Power Point with work booklet when required - X2 Writing a newspaper report Crime Journalism and Sports Day, essay writing PEA and word classes with plenty of activities to ensure the learners retain the information.
Language Features Bingo
Three language features wordsearches and a language features crossword
A revision sheet explaining the effects language features have on a reader/text.
Over £25.00 of individual resources in a bumper pack for £15.00.
Three wordsearches of varying difficulty level with colour and pictures including up to 26 different language features.
1. Star shaped wordsearch with 13 language features.
2. Diamond shaped wordsearch with 15 language features.
3. Large square wordsearch with 26 language features.
Ideal for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills English Level 1/2.
Improve your learners' reading skills by practising skimming and scanning.
Help your learners revise in a fun, easy and engaging way.
Fun and engaging way for your learners to revise language features. 26 square game where the learners need to provide definitions, examples and explain how the feature effects the text/reader.
Dice required to play game.
This resource is perfect for a new group or for a group with communication issues.
Each student gets a copy of the bingo card and they have to speak to each other to match a name with the facts on the cards.
Maths/English/ICT included and a healthy lifestyle is promoted.
When the game is won the feedback from the class is a perfect time to start building trust with the learners or to begin a new discussion.
This is one A4 bingo sheet and all learners get the same sheet to work with.
A challenging acticity for students. Ideal for pushing learners but may need to be simplified for lower level students.
The resource needs to be cut into two piles. One pile of verbs used in the exam and one pile of definitions.
The learners need to match up the two.
This resource is versatile. Learners can be given one card each and ask to match them, they could work on the whole activity in pairs or small groups.
