Answers Booklet 5 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on Power and Conflict Poetry. 17 x A4 printable Powerpoint slides (3 sheets per lesson, including poem and questions). Can be printed into a booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. This is the teacher copy, with correct answers already highlighted. A separate file is available to purchase, without correct answers highlighted, designed for pupil use. Tasks focus on comprehension, selecting relevant evidence, poetic devices analysis, writer’s ideas and themes. Poems: 1 - Wilfred Owen - Exposure 2 - Seamus Heaney - Storm on the Island 3 - Ted Hughes - Bayonet Charge 4 - Simon Armitage - Remains 5 - Jane Weir - Poppies

6 weeks’ worth of homework tasks including one page of learning and one page of related activities as A4 Word editable and printable booklet. Easy and quick to self-assess in class. Tasks focus on the following: Homework 1 – What is a verb? What is a verb? Different types of verbs found in the verb phrase Complete the activities: Complete the clauses Distinguish the verbs Homework 2 – Verb tenses Different types of verb tenses Complete the activities: Which tense is being used? Turn present to past Homework 3 – Present tense What is the present tense? Present continuous Present perfect Present perfect continuous Complete the activities: Correct the tenses Homework 4 – Past tense What is the past tense? Past continuous Past perfect Past perfect continuous Complete the activities: Correct the tenses Homework 5 – Future tense What is the future tense? Modal auxiliary verbs Future continuous Future perfect Future perfect continuous Complete the activities: Correct the tenses Homework 6 – Completing an action The progressive aspect The perfective aspect Some special uses of aspect Complete the activities: Identify progressive and perfective Match time expressions

A Powerpoint slide with sentence openers to use when analysing writers’ methods. The next few slides offer an example text, suggested selection of evidence, and an example of analytical paragraph. This structure encourages pupils to ‘write a lot about a little’ and highlights the importance of selecting appropriate evidence which can provide material for a developed analytical paragraph. The slides can be projected and the first slide can be printed out as a classroom display.

A Powerpoint with 15 Verb Tenses Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register. Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete. The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken. Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers. Verb Tenses covered: simple present tense simple past tense simple future tense

A Powerpoint with 15 Verb Tenses Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register. Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete. The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken. Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers. Verb Tenses covered: present continuous tense past continuous tense future continuous tense

A Powerpoint with 15 Homophone Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register. Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete. The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken. Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers. Some examples of homophones covered: to/too/two there/their/they’re no/know buy/by/bye