Excercises for Chapter 1 of ‘Holes’ Answers also provided. Important information about the novel is also provided.

This resource has been used in many classes and has enabled both E.A.L (English an Additional Language) and SEN students understand key features of figurative language. These are so important and are introduced and explained in a clear way. The resource is differentiated so that difficult concepts i.e. metaphors are introduced in a simple way. This resource is very easy to follow and has a useful self evaluation sheet at the end.

A popular Aesop fable that has been effectively differentiated so that the students’ will be able to read the story and confidently answer the different type of exercises in this worksheet.

A very clear and simple summary of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’. This video is guaranteed to enable students understand the plot & timing of events of the play. Suitable for all age groups.

The importance of life after death in Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam is aimed at secondary students and gives a clear understanding of the basic principles of Islam. This resource also has exercises attached, as well as a self-assessment form, for the students to complete once they have studied this unit.

Why do all students find studying so boring?

A lesson designed for IB Language B but can easily be used for GCSE & IGCSE

'The Prophet Mohammed (pbuh)' is a lesson that aims to explain simply the supreme importance of the prophet for Muslims. This resource also has questions attached.

A look at everyday objects and their amazing origins. Designed for IB English B and works very well as an Oral Assessment

A look at laughter and what makes us laugh. This English lesson is aimed for high school students who can discuss the reading passage and connect it with their own experiences. The lesson gives the students ample opportunity to listen and speak as well as read and write.

An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley The important context or background of the play is discussed in this lesson. Context or the background means: The time and place when the text was written. (An Inspector Calls was written in 1945) The writer’s personal experiences. (What we know about J B Priestley & why he wrote the play?) The time and place in the text. (An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 in the North Midlands) For a video of this lesson please use the following link: https://youtu.be/nrKzM1VM9QY To purchase the workbook on Amazon please use the following link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inspector-Calls-students-working-towards/dp/B08FS75Z6B/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=an+inspector+calls+gcse+a+hamid&qid=1613313848&sr=8-3

Eva Smith never appears on stage in J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls but the entire drama centres around her. In the play, she is referred to as Eva Smith, Daisy Renton and Mrs Birling. This was an excellent lesson in which the students imagine they are Eva Smith and what they would say to each character who contributed towards her tragic downfall.

A systematic explanation of the Bard’s most famous sonnet. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare clearly explained from first principles. Widely acclaimed as the greatest poem in the English language, Sonnet 18 has to be carefully explained if students are to fully appreciate and understand the Bard’s literary genius. This lesson also can be viewed at: https://studio.youtube.com/video/H6cv377Qdq8/edit

Designed for IB Language B but also can be used for GCSE & IGCSE English Language

An interesting lesson about why we yawn. Designed to improve thinking and speaking skills of students.

A effectively differentiated lessons that introduces facts and opinions to EAL students

A concise chronology of events that unfold in Romeo & Juliet. This is very useful for all age groups.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde GCSE Literature. It is very imortant for students to understand context or background of the novel. In this lesson students will undertstand: The time and place when the text was written. (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written in 1886.) The writer’s life and personal experiences that may have influenced them to write the text. (What do we know about Robert Louis Stevenson?) The time and places referred to in the text. (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde set in London in the 1880s) For a video of this lesson please use the following link: https://youtu.be/J606vlmhz48

A simple chronology of the ‘chain of events’ that happen in ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J B Priestley. This is aimed for GCSE students who are working towards Grade 5. It is,also, very suitable for SEN/EAL students For a chronological timeline that is aimed at students working towards Grade 9 please use the following link: https://youtu.be/xBIVRBOdtIE