Elementary school English language arts resources

Display posters with the themes from AQA Past and Present Poetry Anthology. Instant print and display.

Banner for The Sign of Four display, instant print and display.

Poetry banner instant print and display.

This has a creative writing starter activity using a word bank from the poem. It then gives a differentiated PEE paragraph structure using an example to help with paragraph writing.

Macbeth Banner instant print and display.

A template to make vocabulary lists. Suitable for making lists words, phrases or subject specific vocabulary. Use save as to make more copies. You then build up your own bespoke set of vocabulary lists. This is the editable version. The format is ms word. Use save as first. Then fill in the copy. You can build up your own bespoke set of word/phrase/subject-specific vocabulary lists. I wanted to offer it at 25 pence but I cannot set the price to below 1 pound. Sorry.

If you want a blank template to use for your vocab work then this one might a place to start. There are 32 numbered lines for your vocabulary list /words/phrases. Not editable as it stands.

CCEA GCSE ENGLISH Language: Unit 4 (Paper 2) Section A: Personal or Creative Writing Here is a sample creative piece in response to one of the mock papers made (and available for download on TES). It is quite dry and whilst the plot line is probably standard enough, it doesn’t really pitch it to the correct audience stipulated in the mock question. The characters are quite static and need to be developed more, and the piece is too short. However, I thought students could use it to see the importance of reading the question carefully and consciously trying to engage the target audience you’ve been assigned. My plan would be that after they in pairs discussed the work, filled in the checklist and gave some feedback on what was good/bad, that we could discuss the stimulus picture and brainstorm some potential plotlines. A lot of them might be inspired to do a Pretty Little Liars style thing where the main character perhaps gets texts from a mysterious unknown person, or perhaps go down a bullying route?

5 texts and matching questions, each has 5 questions in the style of English Language Paper 1. These resources can be used for whole lessons or as starters.

14 weeks of spelling lists to be learnt and tested on.

11 Sheets that have dialogue, plot ideas, words, images and titles. Ready to print and use either as a whole lesson or as a starter.

Use The Little Prince to Teach Point of View This Book Club Bundle for The Little Prince is an excellent choice for 6th grade readers who are ready to begin using more sophisticated comprehension strategies. This package includes a Common Core aligned lesson plan and resources designed to support small group reading instruction that focuses on Points of View. Here’s What You’ll Get: Interactive Lesson Plan for 7 Book Club Meetings Focusing on Point of View Chapter by Chapter Discussion Guide Chapter by Chapter Vocabulary Guide Book Club Calendar Conversation Prompts Expectations for Book Club Anchor Chart / Student Reference Sheet Student Self-Evaluation Forms Student Reading Response Guide Comprehension Assessment Rubric Common Core State Standard Assessment All of the lesson plans and activities included in this package are aligned to the Common Core Standards for sixth grade. I hope that you will enjoy using my resources along with your copy or copies of “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. If you have any questions about the resources included in this set please email me at AmyMackenzie@BookPagez.com. It will be my pleasure to reply and help you in any way I can.

A lesson, which could stretch over two, 1 hour, periods this lesson prepares key stage 3 for a practice language exam. This lesson is based on the sample AQA English Language Key Stage 3 paper which avaliable on their site, I cannot put this as an attachment due to copyright laws BUT this is very easy to find on the AQA site. The lesson walks the pupils, step by step, through question 1,2,4, and 5 by using model examples and top tips to answer each questions - there is also time for the pupils to have a go at this question too. Question 3 is omitted from this ppt as we don’t include it on our own examination for key stage 3, but it can be easily added if required. Many thanks for looking :)

Reading comprehension story of a jeweller who successfully hid his precious stone while traveling with a thief. This is a moral story with a lesson that everything is within us, inside us but we spend our lives searching for them in others. Faith , beauty, opportunities , talent ,love everything is inside us. Reading comprehension questions and solves answer sheet is given. This story is suitable for grade 4 or 5 level.

A couple of powerpoints and a planning sheet. Can be adapted. Story (one day there) or diary entry focusing more on features. Could take further and plan a (virtual) class trip to the rainforest!

Suitable for KS3 and KS4. This resource is suitable as a criteria sheet that students can use to achieve their persuasive writing targets. They can keep re-visiting the sheet for HW tasks too throughout the year (if it’s glued into their exercise books). The key strategy governing the activity is that students are taking charge of their own progress and learning to be independent learners as the criteria sheet is an important tool in their learning toolbox. The activity also deploys FAR marking techniques.

Myths and Legends - Create your own mythical story. Mini project. Differentiated High and Low Ability - 2 separate sheets and resource included.

PowerPoint which covers four theme based lessons on Macbeth: ambition, supernatural, revenge and kingship. It has a range of main activities as well as: differentiated learning objectives, challenge tasks, extension tasks and some starter sentences too. Made with middle ability year 9 in mind.

I made this lesson for a year 9 class after their end of year exam had revealed that, while they are good at picking out the relevant methods, they are not explaining HOW and WHY these methods affect the reader as they do. The text used is from Joe Hill’s “NOS4A2” and it is similar in length to the texts that the students will encounter at GCSE. For differentiation, the pupils are asked to produce a paired response; this could easily be adapted with pupils being asked to work independently for greater challenge.

Year 8 War Poetry Scheme Poems from the perspectives of women, home front, considering a German perspective, pro and anti-war. Booklet and full scheme on PPT included. I’ve selected a series of poems that vary from the ‘usual’ selections. Possibility for individual analysis, unseen, collaborative annotation etc. Includes clips.

In this 3-sheet quiz, comprising clues, picture and answers. (Only 2 visible here.) The pirates are unaware of the 8 dangers, hidden in the clues - not even counting the advancing sea monster! This dramatically themed and humorously presented quiz promotes literacy (spelling, vocabulary and reading and writing fluency), as children unravel the clues and add one or more of their own. Answers are provided on a separate page. Recommended for Yrs 3-5 approximately.

Struggling to reach your bottom set year 7s or 8s? This is the scheme of work for you! Complete with assessements, lesson by lesson worksheets, resources and differentiated tasks, this scheme of work makes reaching those tricky students a little less stressful. Every lesson has been adapted to fit in with the new AQA English Literature and Language GCSE, to help prepare those weaker students with an accessible text.

The Worksheet contains 2 banks of persuasive skills. Set 1: Basic Techniques for persuading your audience for hitting Grade 4-6 (new GCSE) and Set 2 includes more advanced Techniques for persuading your audience for hitting Grade 4-9 (new GCSE). Useful for independent work/HW tasks for KS3 and KS4.

Every year, I keep getting asked if I am creating another quiz because everyone seems to love them. As we finish school on the 22nd of June this year, I have been able to get this one made during times when the kids are involved in end of year activities! I was lucky as it is so time consuming! The music round alone took me 4 hours to create and I was able to do it whilst kids were on a out of school visit! This will fill a full hour including the marking, but you must be tight on timing. I would suggest for each picture in the places round - 10 seconds. For the personalities round 2 minutes and for the wotz dat?? round 3 minutes maximum. The conundrum round should have no more than 10 minutes, but they should be able to do it in 5 as the focus is English punctuation and there are only so many forms of punctuation. The music round takes 15 minutes (video I have created). My quizzes usually prove to be very popular and the kids love them! Enjoy!

This bundles includes 9-11 lessons based on “Persuasive Writing”. This pack includes whole lessons that have everything you need to teach the topic and genre. Every lesson has: a starter, a plenary, teaching models, group work and individual writing activities and HW tasks. I have also included a handy assessment sheet that can be used to mark the students’ work based on specific criteria that they can learn and use to make very clear progress easily, and a self-assessment activity that draws on FAR marking strategies. It’s suitable for KS3 and KS4. However, some ppts are more suited to KS4 classes and gifted (or accelerated) KS3 classes. You’ll have to make that decision based on your class’ abilities and skills.

Top tips for diary writing with an activity at the end of the PPT.

Looking for Bible activities that will excite and engage your students? Have fun teaching them more about the Bible with our FREE Noah’s Ark activity pack. WHO IS IT FOR? 3rd Graders (8 to 9-year-olds) 4th Graders (9 to 10-year-olds) 5th Graders (10 to 11-year-olds) 6th Graders (11 to 12-year-olds) 7th Graders (12 to 13-year-olds) Visual Learners Homeschoolers Interactive learners WHAT’S INCLUDED? **Noah’s Ark Word Search Puzzle **The Great Flood coloring activity page **Noah creative writing activity **Clean and Unclean coloring worksheet **Plus an Answer Key for teachers and parents Want more Noah’s Ark activities? Check out our Noah’s Ark Activity Book To be kept informed of new resources click HERE and follow!

This is a PowerPoint presentation which shows students what the Language paper 2 looks like and gives an insight into each question. This is a great PowerPoint to introduce the AQA language paper 2 to students.

This Activity Book is a wonderful way to help students learn about Noah’s Ark. Includes 89 pages of lesson plans and activities. Plus an Answer Key for teachers. WHO IS IT FOR? 3rd - 8th Graders (8 to 14-year-olds) WHAT’S INCLUDED? 17-page Bible story: The Great Flood Fill in the blanks activity: Part One, Two, and Three **Lesson One** Lesson plan (two pages) Coloring page: Giants! Bible Word Search: Noah’s Ark Bible Quiz: Noah Bible Craft: Noah’s Ark puppets Question ’n color activity: Giants! Fact Sheet: Who were the Nephilim? Bible worksheet: Noah Creative Writing: Giants! My Bible Notes worksheet **Lesson Two** Lesson plan (two pages) Coloring page: Building the Ark Creative writing activity: Obeying God Bible Question ’n color activity: Building the Ark Fact Sheet: Noah’s Ark Discovered? Bible verse copywork: Trusting God Bible Task Cards: Building the Ark What’s the Word? Genesis 6 Bible copywork ’n color: Getting Ready Let’s Draw: Getting Ready Bible craft: Craft Stick Noah’s Ark **Lesson Three** Lesson plan (two pages) Coloring page: Entering the ark Bible Word Search: Clean and Unclean Bible Word Scramble: Noah’s Ark Bible worksheet: Clean and Unclean animals Creative Writing: Noah Coloring worksheet: The Animals Fact Sheet: Clean and Unclean Bible worksheet: I can eat… Bible Task Cards: Animals Bible Maze: All aboard! **Lesson Four** Lesson plan (two pages) Coloring page: Animals on the Ark Bible crossword: Noah’s Ark Bible verse match Fill-in-the-blanks & color activity: The Great Flood Connect the dots to create a lion Bible worksheet: The Ark Fact Sheet: Fountains of the Deep Fact Sheet: Fossil Graveyards My favorite Bible animal worksheet What’s the Word? Genesis 8 Creative writing: The Flood **Lesson Five** Lesson plan (two pages) Coloring page: Noah celebrates! Bible Quiz: Noah and the Flood Write your own story: Noah’s Ark My story retell: Noah’s Ark Let’s Draw: Noah’s Ark Question ’n color activity: God’s covenant with Noah Recipe: Noah’s New Earth Breakfast Bible worksheet: Everlasting Covenant Fact Sheet: Anchor stones Bible Craft: Make a hanging mobile Creative writing: Everlasting covenant For more inspiring educational resources visit: Bible Pathway Adventures

This is a PowerPoint presentation which shows students what the Language paper 1 looks like and gives an insight into each question. This is a great PowerPoint to introduce the AQA language paper1 to students.

Year 1 adjective worksheets 4 adjectives that describe YOU, then use them in a paragraph about YOU Higher and lower ability worksheets.

This lesson looks at the symbolism of love and the onion in Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ - students physically engage with the content of the text, experiencing the language, content and themes with all of their senses.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer complete reference points for students learning or revising the following poems from the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology: London - William Blake; The Prelude (Extract) - William Wordsworth; The Emigree - Carol Rumens; Tissue - Imtiaz Dharker Remains - Simon Armitage My Last Duchess - Robert Browning Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley Checking Out Me History - John Agard Each organiser contains a number of detailed, clear, and colourful sections explaining the key elements of the poem: Context; Line-by-Line Analysis; Poetic Devices/ Language Devices; Themes; Form/Structure; Poems for Comparison; The Poet’s Influences. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDFs and Word documents (so that you can edit should you wish to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included). For all 15 of the Power and Conflict poems knowledge organisers, please search for the 'Huge Bundle.' The remaining 7 poems are also available in their own bundle (‘Big Bundle 1’)

This lesson introduces KS3 students to abstract concepts to help them explore themes in literature and understand how/why we might all interpret a text differently. It is a useful lesson before starting a novel or poetry SOW

THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS FOR ALL 15 OF THE POWER AND CONFLICT POEMS! These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer complete reference points for students learning or revising the following poems from the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology: Exposure - Wilfred Owen; Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes; The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Poppies - Jane Weir War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy Kamikaze - Beatrice Garland Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley My Last Duchess - Robert Browning Storm on the Island - Seamus Heaney Checking Out Me History - John Agard Tissue - Imtiaz Dharker Remains - Simon Armitage The Prelude (Extract) - William Wordsworth The Emigree - Carol Rumens London - William Blake Each organiser contains a number of detailed, clear, and colourful sections explaining the key elements of the poem: Context; Line-by-Line Analysis; Poetic Devices/ Language Devices; Themes; Form/Structure; Poems for Comparison; The Poet’s Influences. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDFs and Word documents (so that you can edit should you wish to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

A fully differentiated and resourced lesson that analyses the use of language within Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s classic poem Sonnet 29. Throughout the lesson we look at how the narrator uses language and structure to build a sense of obsession and frustration, including analysing key quotes and language techniques. A brilliant lesson for KS4 students preparing for AQA English Literature Paper 2 and easily adaptable for younger KS3 or KS4 students

I hope your class have had a great year. You’ve worked so hard and you deserve to use this for…all your classes at least once? So I’ve made it broad enough to apply to ages 11 - 19 with no amendment. 5 rounds of questions: 1. Film and TV 2. Children’s Literature 3. News headlines 4. The Royal Wedding 5. Music Intros. The films and TV programmes , news headlines and royal wedding are from 2018 while the children’s books referred to are mostly classics with a few recent best sellers, The music intros are linked to YouTube. All songs selected are from this year and suitable for all ages while still (hopefully!) being cool. I’m sure the kids will give you their opinions! The newspaper headlines round asks students to write their own true headlines to go with the pictures provided. This can also vary in assessment depending on the ability of your class. It’s difficult to give definitive answers to some of these (no PowerPoint should have to burden all of Donald Trump’s newsworthy stories), so links have been provided to Google searches for news on the person in question. Enjoy and have a wonderful summer! : )

Teach the sounds of letters B,A,T to read and write the word BAT with this printable handout. Capital and lowercase letters. Bb as in ball Aa as in apple Tt as in turtle Pictures included to teach sounds (and to color): ball, apple, turtle, bat. Thank you for using my printable handouts in your classroom! Please follow me for more. Reviews are welcome and very much appreciated.

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This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising John Agard’s power and conflict poem 'Checking Out Me History.’ It contains comprehensive sections on: Context; Line-by-Line Analysis; Poetic Devices/ Language Devices; Themes; Form/Structure; Poems for Comparison; The Poet’s Influences. Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This is based on The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. A short SOW containing 4 lessons that takes KS3 students through the reading section of the NEW GCSE English Language Paper 1 “Explorations in creative writing”. Lessons are differentiated by questions, resource and task. There is also a mock paper based on a different extract from the same book. This worked well with a Year 8 class.

Presentation in pdf all about exploring the different themes raised in the Bad Seed by Jory John.