B and D Publishing’s Working With Words Series Four. There are four packs in the series, each containing 40 English lessons. The work in each pack has been varied to provide lesson content for a wide range of abilities. Heads of Department have found the series useful for providing last minute lesson material for non-specialist teachers covering for absent staff. Similarly the variety of differentiated lessons can meet the short-term needs of supply teachers. The worksheets are also suitable for home learning. Some of the resources provide useful revision work - particularly for perennial problems with words such as ‘their’ and ‘there’ and ‘was’ and ‘were’. A range of material in lighter vein is also included: crosswords, word games, wordsearches etc. Many teachers have found this material useful at the end of a project, as individual homework assignments, or for the end of term. Free sample pages from Working With Words Series Four are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/working-with-words-series-four-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11960204 Working With Words Series Four Contents Crossword (1) Mastermind One Mastermind Two What’s In A Name? Writing About Places Entertainment A Question of Emphasis The Weather SHOW OFF! Books & Writers Word Search Tall Stories Character Informal Letters Story Starters Adding a Suitable Adjective The World Of Work Was and Were Monsters Sentence Work Ceremonial Occasions & Special Events Adding a Suitable Adverb Pronouns The “IGHT” words Writing About Animals Literary Knowledge: William Shakespeare Antonyms and Synonyms Strange Inventions Writing About Holidays Advertising Adjectives and Nouns Crossword (2) Word Practice Literary Knowledge: William Wordsworth Stuff and Nonsense Literary Knowledge: Lewis Carroll The Best Word Question Marks Full Stops and Capital Letters Crossword (3) - One to Finish Crossword (4) - Rather More Difficult! Even More Difficult! Create Your Own Crossword Mastermind One & Two Answer Sheet Blank Wordsearch Grid Bundles are also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/working-with-words-series-1-4-scheme-of-work-bundle-11961274 Also available: KS2 English Skills Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-one-resource-pack-11860719 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-revision-series-two-resource-pack-11860734 See also our KS3 English Skills resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-resource-pack-bundle-11860826 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

This pack of teaching materials provides a useful introduction to the work of Charles Dickens. A series of extracts from Dickens follow a page about his life. Commentaries, vocabulary lists and questions follow each extract from the work of Dickens. The worksheets are also suitable for home learning. Extracts are provided from the following: Sketches By Boz [illustrations by Cruikshank] The Pickwick Papers [illustrations by Phiz] Oliver Twist [Illustrations by Cruikshank] Nicholas Nickleby [illustrations by Phiz] The Old Curiosity Shop [illustrations by Cattermole and Phiz] Martin Chuzzlewit [illustrations by Phiz] A Cristmas Carol [illustrations by Leech and Barnard] The Haunted Man [illustrations by Leech] David Copperfield [illustrations by Phiz] Great Expectations [illustrations by Marcus Stone] There is a Dickens Quiz and answer sheet at the end of the pack. This scheme of work is 54 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-sample-pages-11986409 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text A Christmas Carol in a pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-11860740 Much of the work in the A Christmas Carol pdf workbook is also available as a PowerPoint Scheme of Work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also our KS4 scheme of work on Great Expectations, perfect for detailed studied of the AQA, Edexcel and OCR GCSE text: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-12009292 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s The Tempest in Focus, a short, colourful introduction to the play for KS3. This resource pack contains 12 colourful A4 posters that can be printed and displayed in the classroom as a useful aid to memory. The pack can also be used by pupils for revision and home learning. Each of the accompanying worksheets provides enough work for a whole lesson or homework. There are 12 worksheets providing work for 12 lessons or homework and free sample pages are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-tempest-in-focus-poster-and-worksheet-pack-ks3-sample-pages-12024828 The resource pack would also make a useful, quick revision resource at key stage 4. But for an in-depth analysis of the play see our KS4 The Tempest scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-the-tempest-scheme-of-work-11860628 Also available in B and D Publishing’s ‘In Focus’ series of classroom display materials: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Henry V; Richard III; Twelfth Night. Also available is the KS3 scheme of work Introducing Shakespeare. This useful resource introduces pupils to Shakespeare’s England and theatre with worksheets on Elizabeth I; Elizabethan clothes, homes, food, festivals and life; Shakespeare’s home and family etc. The pack includes a simple model of the Globe theatre for pupils to make: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-shakespeare-scheme-of-work-11889714 For a short, simple introduction to Shakespeare’s plays at key stage 3, B & D Publishing’s Starting Shakespeare series is also available for the following plays: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest; Henry V; Julius Caesar; Much Ado About Nothing; Richard III; The Merchant of Venice. Key Stage 4 Shakespeare packs are also available for the following plays: Othello; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Merchant of Venice; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing; Julius Caesar; Macbeth; Twelfth Night; Henry V; Richard III KS4 Shakespeare resource packs contain scene by scene notes on all aspects of the play, story summaries and differentiated worksheets. Areas typically covered include: character, themes, imagery, language, cloze passages, revision questions, picture pages, written and oral assignments, quiz pages, commentaries etc. The workbooks can also be used by pupils for GCSE exam revision. See our Shop for more high quality English resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 scheme of work on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. This GCSE resource pack contains ample material for detailed study of the text. Differentiated worksheets cover story, characters, themes, historical context and revision questions. The pack can also be used by pupils for home learning. The full key stage 4 scheme of work for this AQA, Edexcel and OCR set text is 75 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12009284 See also B & D Publishing’s resource pack on Charles Dickens, a useful introduction to the work of the author: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-11986419 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text A Christmas Carol in a pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-11860740 Much of the work in the A Christmas Carol pdf workbook is also available as a PowerPoint Scheme of Work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 scheme of work on Talking in Whispers by James Watson. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets and oral and written assignments suitable for key stage 4 pupils. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. Andres Larreta, a young musician, lives in Santiago, Chile. Andres and his friends Isa and Beto battle, not merely to survive but to fight tyranny in their native land. The characters in Talking in Whispers are the creation of the author, but events such as those portrayed have happened in the past in Chile, and continue to happen in countries around the world today “where the force of arms rules the people instead of democracy and the rule of justice”. Our Talking in Whispers resource pack contains over 40 pages of worksheets covering story, characters, themes and ideas. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/talking-in-whispers-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12251010 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

Pupils need to talk and write about many aspects of the texts they use. To do this well they need to be familiar with the major technical terms. B & D Publishing’s two Language for Literature schemes of work spanning key stages 3 and 4 aim to give pupils a sound understanding of many literary terms. These are explained and illustrated by examples. Work is provided for pupils to do on each topic. The pack can also be used by pupils for revision and home learning. The literary terms covered include Acrostics, Alliteration, Anecdote, Clerihew, Epic, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Myth, The Ballad, Fable, Assonance, Autobiography, Cinquain, Cliché, Elegy, Haiku, Ambiguity, Rhyme, Rhythm, Kenning, Legend, Ode, Parable, Parody, Personification, Sonnet, Limerick, Soliloquy, Pun, Spoonerisms, Dialect, Dialogue, Epitaph, Onomatopoeia, Proof Reading, Proverbs, Riddles, Anachronism, Allegory, Diaries and Journals, Dramatic Irony, Hyperbole and much more. Two packs are available - Language for Literature Series One and Language for Literature Series Two, with each scheme of work suitable for KS3 and KS4 students. Language for Literature Series One is 49 pages and free sample pages are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-series-one-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11911635 Language for Literature Series Two is 51 pages and is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-series-two-scheme-of-work-11911644 For even better value, Language for Literature and Poetry Bundles are also available (see bundle options below this listing). Also available: KS2 English Skills Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-english-skills-bundle-12072596 See also our KS3 English Skills schemes of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-english-skills-resource-pack-bundle-11860826 Also available is the Reading Record scheme. This pack of materials provides KS3 pupils with a structure for recording their reading progress, ideal for use in library lessons. Students are guided through three levels - BRONZE, SILVER and GOLD - with targets that must be reached and recorded within each level. Each level is rewarded with a certificate. The resource pack contains a wide variety of worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-record-scheme-of-work-for-library-lessons-12011584 See also the Working With Words series: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/working-with-words-series-1-4-scheme-of-work-bundle-11961274 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 scheme of work on Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This GCSE resource pack contains notes and questions on the text, differentiated worksheets, written and oral assignments and work on characters, themes and vocabulary. The worksheets can also be used by pupils for revision and home learning. This teaching resource pack on the CCEA and WJEC set text Of Mice and Men is 47 pages and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-of-mice-and-men-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11887202 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.