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A detailed set of 5 model answer on Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ and J B Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. The answers included in this bundle are: A Christmas Carol: Happiness The most powerful spirit Working life Attitudes to Christmas The importance of family An Inspector Calls: Conflict between generations Gender Priestley’s intentions The importance of Eva The importance of the Inspector This allows students to understand how to structure their arguments to achieve full marks. At the end of the essay is the mark as well as a detailed comment analysing the student’s strengths and weaknesses. This enables students to understand what parts of the essay have been so successful. This resource has been written for AQA, but will be useful to all students studying ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’. This is bundle 1 and offers excellent value for money. Included in this set are 10 answers. Check out the rest of the series and other great resources in my Tes Shop. Any Enquires: Instagram - @thomasd0resources Twitter - @thomasd01resou1 Email - thomasd01@yahoo.com

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‘Be who you want to be…’

A detailed set of 5 model answer on J B Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. The answers included in this bundle are: Conflict between generations Gender Priestley’s intentions The importance of Eva The importance of the Inspector This allows students to understand how to structure their arguments to achieve full marks. At the end of the essay is the mark as well as a detailed comment analysing the student’s strengths and weaknesses. This enables students to understand what parts of the essay have been so successful. This resource has been written for AQA, but will be useful to all students studying ‘An Inspector Calls’. This is bundle 1 and offers excellent value for money. Check out the rest of the series and other great resources in my Tes Shop. Any Enquires: Instagram - @thomasd0resources Twitter - @thomasd01resou1 Email - thomasd01@yahoo.com

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Using ‘Little Red’ retold by Lynn Roberts, this lesson is aimed at Year 3 and 4 children. The outcome is to write a description of one of the settings used in the story focusing on adjectives and adverbials. The idea of atmosphere is introduced to aid the focus of the writing.

A ppt that covers the new AQA specification. Includes objectives, starters, diagrams, video links, plenary, questions and a marking grid.

Recycle and upcycle club - Use this resource to lead your children in helping the environment. Children will learn how to recycle and upcycle household items into exciting and beautiful crafts, gadgets and toys. Applying knowledge from core subjects, children can explore design technology, science and art.

A detailed model answer discussing Priestley’s presentation of gender in ‘An Inspector Calls’. This allows students to understand how to structure their arguments to achieve full marks. At the end of the essay is the mark as well as a detailed comment analysing the student’s strengths and weaknesses. This enables students to understand what parts of the essay have been so successful. This resource has been written for AQA, but will be useful to all students studying ‘An Inspector Calls’. Check out the rest of the series and other great resources in my Tes Shop. Any Enquires: Instagram - @thomasd0resources Twitter - @thomasd01resou1 Email - thomasd01@yahoo.com

Entrepreneur club - Based on Dragons den, children work in small groups to complete business based tasks. Applying knowledge from core subjects, children can also explore design technology, IT and media. Great for leadership building! Why not pick a few of the tasks and use for an enterprise day?

Two after school clubs are included in this bundle - Entrepreneur club and our Recycle and Upcycle club. Entrepreneur club - Based on Dragons den, children work in small groups to complete business based tasks. Applying knowledge from core subjects, children can also explore design technology, IT and media. Great for leadership building! Why not pick a few of the tasks and use for an enterprise day? Recycle and upcycle club - Use this resource to lead your children in helping the environment. Children will learn how to recycle and upcycle household items into exciting and beautiful crafts, gadgets and toys. Applying knowledge from core subjects, children can explore design technology, science and art. Each handbook comes with detailed guidance on how to run the club, full lesson plans and detailed resources, making these after school clubs easy to run. Just pick up and go!

We look at three key quotes from Sheila Birling, one of the most important characters from An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley, and look at how and why she changes throughout the three acts of the play.

This is the first three lessons which cover the AQA Modern Britain syllbabus, the impact of Thatcherism. There is an introduction to Thatcher as a leader which deals with ideology and the second lesson explores why Thatcher was victorious in the 1983 and 1987 elections. The third lesson examines why Thatcher was successful by analyising the divided opposition. There are printed notes with each lesson and hyperlinked clips throughout.

Montessori material - final set in sequenced spelling lists. 41 pages, should be printed 2/sheet

Print on cardstock. Cut into nametags. Give 1 nametag to each student. Students circulate speaking with classmates and using correct expressions based upon the name on the nametag. Use to practice formal vs familiar and él vs ella. May be used with many lessons: · Buenos días vs hola · ¿Cómo estás? vs ¿Cómo está? · ¿Cómo te llamas? vs ¿Cómo se llama usted? · Te / Le presento a · él / ella se llama · ¿De dónde eres? vs ¿De dónde es usted? · adiós vs chau Students should also respond appropriately to all greetings / questions.

This worksheet is suitable for KS2/KS3 Three sequences are to be completed on these beautifully illustrated helter skelters. We hope you enjoy!

Print on cardstock. Cut into nametags. Give 1 nametag to each student. Students circulate speaking with classmates and using correct expressions based upon the name on the nametag. Use to practice formal vs familiar and lui vs lei. May be used with many lessons: · buon giorno vs salve · come stai vs Come sta · Come ti chiami vs Lei come si chiama · ti / le presento · lui / lei si chiama · arrivederla vs arrivederci / ciao Students should also respond appropriately to all greetings / questions.

IB MYP 3; Grade 8 Assessment for Criteria B:- Investigating Patterns Criteria C;- Communicating Criteria D:- Applying Mathematics to Real Life context Units mainly covered are:- Numbers:- Negative Numbers and Number operations Numbers:- Ratios ( two different assessment Tasks) Geometry:- Pi Investigations and Linear graphs Algebra;- Algebraic rules Probability:- tHe roulette Wheel These resources are meant to assist IB teacher teaching MYP 2 to have ideas of great assessment tasks and how Rubric is adapted to suit these assessment tasks. Some of the tasks have Task specific rubric for easier grading

Print on cardstock. Cut into nametags. Give 1 nametag to each student. Students circulate speaking with classmates and using correct expressions based upon the name on the nametag. Use to practice formal vs familiar and er vs sie. May be used with many lessons: · Guten Tag vs Hallo · Wie geht’s vs Wie geht es Ihnen · Wie heißt du vs Wie heißen Sie · er / sie heiße · Auf Wiedersehen vs Tschüss Students should also respond appropriately to all greetings / questions.

Print on cardstock. Cut into nametags. Give 1 nametag to each student. Students circulate speaking with classmates and using correct expressions based upon the name on the nametag. Use to practice formal vs familiar and il vs elle. May be used with many lessons: · bonjour vs salut · Ça va vs Comment allez-vous · Comment t’appelles-tu vs Comment vous appelez-vous · Je te / vous présente · il / elle s’appelle · Quel âge as-tu vs Quel âge avez-vous · Où habites-tu vs Où habitez-vous · D’où es-tu vs D’où êtes-vous · Au revoir vs salut Students should also respond appropriately to all greetings / questions.

Print on cardstock. Cut into nametags. Give 1 nametag to each student. Students circulate speaking with classmates and using correct expressions based upon the name on the nametag. Use to practice formal vs familiar and ele vs ela. May be used with many lessons: · Buenos días vs Olá · Como estás vs Como está · Como te chamas vs Como você se chama · ele / ela se chama · De onde você é vs De onde tu és · Quantos anos você tem vs Quantos anos tu tens · Adeus vs Tchau Students should also respond appropriately to all greetings / questions.

This Year 2/3 Autumn Block 1 Step 8 lesson pack for Mixed Age Planning includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency, and reasoning problem solving questions for each year group. The varied fluency resources are differentiated in three ways and includes a selection of different questions types. The reasoning and problem solving resources are differentiated in three ways and includes a range of reasoning and problem solving question types. The two steps this pack covers are: Year 2 Compare Objects Year 3 Comparing Objects You can find more resources which follow the same small steps White Rose Maths Guidance here.

GCSE French Powerpoint presentation on the topic of the environment. What have you done recently to protect the planet? Revision of the perfect tense of regular and irregular verbs.

We look at three key quotes from the pivotal character of Arthur Birling from JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Helpful revision for GCSE and KS3 students analysing this classic play.

I’m an experienced English teacher and I run through some key quotes from Mrs Birling, analysing her language used and the type of character she is presented as. A key character from An Inspector Calls and a fascinating character to analyse.

A detailed model answer discussing how far Priestley’s fulfills his intentions in ‘An Inspector Calls’. This allows students to understand how to structure their arguments to achieve full marks. At the end of the essay is the mark as well as a detailed comment analysing the student’s strengths and weaknesses. This enables students to understand what parts of the essay have been so successful. This resource has been written for AQA, but will be useful to all students studying ‘An Inspector Calls’. Check out the rest of the series and other great resources in my Tes Shop. Any Enquires: Instagram - @thomasd0resources Twitter - @thomasd01resou1 Email - thomasd01@yahoo.com

I’m an experienced English teacher that loves discussing interpretations of texts. In this video I choose three key scenes from each major character in JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls and analyse the use of language in each one.

detailed model answer discussing how Priestley presents the importance of Eva Smith in ‘An Inspector Calls’. This allows students to understand how to structure their arguments to achieve full marks. At the end of the essay is the mark as well as a detailed comment analysing the student’s strengths and weaknesses. This enables students to understand what parts of the essay have been so successful. This resource has been written for AQA, but will be useful to all students studying ‘An Inspector Calls’. Check out the rest of the series and other great resources in my Tes Shop. Any Enquires: Instagram - @thomasd0resources Twitter - @thomasd01resou1 Email - thomasd01@yahoo.com

Four lessons preparing students for an assessment on Jessie Pope’s ‘Who’s for the Game?’ Model analysis and model answers included to help students prepare for an assessment focusing on context and language analysis. Follow-up lesson encourages students to reflect on and improve their work. Suitable for higher ability KS3 or mid- to lower-ability KS4.

Introduction to poetry and language features using Eminem’s Lose Yourself (clean version) as a stimulus. Also includes a matching game for students to complete. Suitable for higher ability KS3 or mid- to lower-ability KS4. Model answer, scaffolding/sentence starters included.

9 pages Write To Persuade People To Get A Pet Read the information leaflet about getting a pet. The child is asked to write their own version, persuading pet lovers to get a kitten. They can use the prompts to help them get started. They must remember to use good adjectives in their description, to use alliteration and repetition of initial letter sounds, to form persuasive phrases like ‘cutest cuddliest kitten…’ Next, the child should read ‘New Home’ and write their own persuasive appeal, encouraging people to give money to a charity that helps sick or abandoned animals. This series provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Written in a lively magazine style format, each pack provides a step by step guide to teach children how to plan and write an animal themed story. The packs also provide starting points to write e-mails, letters, play scripts, diaries, reports and other non fiction texts. The child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. This series is recommended for use with children between the ages of 7-11 and provides writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ examinations or S.A.T.s. The packs will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language.

This lesson uses Lemony Snicket’s book ‘The Dark’ to teach personification and different types of figurative language. There is a link to a Youtube video if you don’t have the book. This lesson is suitable for Year 5 and 6 or to extend a high ability Year 4 group. The intended outcome is to personify a non-living object.

Using the presentation, you can optimise how you revise and save hours of time. Simply choose one option from each of the 5 blocks as is shown. Then revise quotations from the given poems. This should allow you to cover the most amount of poems with the least effort :)

Year 1 to Year 4 spelling assessment grids to assess children’s knowledge of spelling patterns and words to identify gaps to inform planning.

Included in this bundle is: 16 hours worth of lesson material for topic 5. A topic checklist for students to track progress and prioritise revision. Extensive knowledge organiser for revision purposes written using both published textbooks and the specification. Lesson powerpoints that cover the entire specification for this extensive topic including images, key questions, “geog your memory” starter recap questions, suggestions for homeworks, plenaries and embedded videos (if there are any problems with these let me know - there shouldnt be). No part of the specification is left out. Printable and editable worksheets. Complete scaffolding for 8 mark exam questions/assessments ***** Please note: Students will need to have access to the green Oxford textbook (with the big cat silhouette on) for some of the tasks. Any issues or questions please let me know and I will do my best to resolve them.

Word Forms Spanish Chutes and Ladders Board Game-Ernesto Clases Divertidas en Español Try out my Word Forms Spanish Chutes and Ladders Board Game. How to Play It: Play the Chutes and Ladders like a regular board game except students begin at the bottom of the game and move upwards. If a student lands on a space with a ladder they may climb up to the space where the ladder ends. If they land on a Chute they must slide down to the space where the chute ends. As students move around the board they will use the target language to perform the tasks on the spaces they land on, whether it be answer a question or fill in the missing word. How to Score It: If students give the correct answer they can remain on their spot until their next turn. If students give the incorrect answer they must go back to their previous spot and wait until their next turn to try again. Have Students spell the words for an extra challenge! Note: Incorrect answers do not count with ladders. Notes: An answer key and instructions are included on page 2. Paper markers and dice are included on page 3. All Spanish chutes and ladders board games are formatted to be printed on legal size paper. However, you can use a pdf editor to take a snapshot of the game, paste it into a clean document, and then stretch or shrink it to any size you want. Be sure to download our free “News Media Chutes & Ladders Board Game” English sample to try one out. Look for this game in English on our website and take advantage of the lower prices you will find there. https://www.eslfungames.com

7 pages Imagine That Animals Can Talk: Write An Interview Between Two Animals Read the interviews with Monster the dog and Millie the cat. Ask the child to add to it. They can then write their own interview between two animals. This series provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Written in a lively magazine style format, each pack provides a step by step guide to teach children how to plan and write an animal themed story. The packs also provide starting points to write e-mails, letters, play scripts, diaries, reports and other non fiction texts. The child will learn writing techniques; simple, compound and complex sentences, connectives and spelling, punctuation and grammar tips. There is an emphasis on improving vocabulary - looking at lots of better word choices: harder adjectives, more powerful verbs and adverbs. This series is recommended for use with children between the ages of 7-11 and provides writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ examinations or S.A.T.s. The packs will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language.