Colour in page.

A lesson so learners can understand the five parts of narrative structure. They will read this short story before breaking it down in 5 parts. Following this they will then begin to plan part 2 of this short story.

Learners are asked to research the context of the novel in order to get some background information on the novel.

A lesson introducing Unseen Poetry and what to expect in the exam paper. It explains to learners how to annotate a poem using the SMILE technique and they will analyse Plath’s poem ‘The Mirror.’ Please note: I created this PPT using mostly my own ideas, however, to create this lesson, I have also adapted/ pasted some information from other ‘FREE download’ poetry resources that I found on TES. Thankyou for sharing your work.

A fifteen question multiple choice quiz. Students will be given a each from each poem and must write down on the white board which poem it is from. Answers are given on the PPT once they have answered the question. I also have a sencond version of this quiz which you can download for free: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12649377

10 questions back to school quiz.

Get your learners to create their own Children in Need themed word search. Instructions: The learner will think of 12 words that are associated with this UK charity. They will write these words in the grid boxes and on the lines below the grid. Following this, the learner will then fill the remaining grid boxes with random letters of the alphabet. Get your learners to swap their completed word search with a peer, who will then complete it.

A worksheet to introduce KS3 or KS4 students to what to initially look for when they first read a poem. There are questions on the sheet to prompt them to read the poem and then answer the questions including: What the poem is about Why certain words and phrases are used What the mood and atmosphere of the poem is Who the narrator of the poem is. I have purposely left out the title of the poem, as I wanted my group to guess what the object ( the mirror) is.

Crack the code math puzzle

A fun task that gets learners to draw characters from the writers description and to recognize adjectives.

This PPT has been adapted from a team building ‘Lost at Sea’ task that I found online ( https://insight.typepad.co.uk/lost_at_sea.pdf ) I have made it into a fun PPT which explains the activity, the rules and gives instructions on how to play this game. I have also added a game sheet which I have adapted so that learners can work in groups. My learners had fun completing this task.

How to read and annotate the text before moving on to answer the exam questions 1- 4.

2 English activities. I sourced the language technique grid from TES and the article from The Daily Mail and edited them to make an English activity. Get students to locate the language devices from the article and then create a descriptive story or article by choosing a funny headline as a prompt!

A five question reading task with answers. The text itself is a case study taken from the Comic Relief website. Topic: Food Banks / Food Poverty

Can you sequence the members of the Royal Family in the order in which they stand in line to the throne?

This is a task that I have created. Students will use their skills to rewrite an informal letter into a formal letter.

Identify the adjectives in the following short story.

A colouring page were learners can colour in the Pride flag.

Overview of Lesson Starter Activity Pupils to read the information the sheet on their tables and will write down three key facts about the painting. The pupils will have a few minutes to summarise the information on their table’s fact sheet. They will pick out three main points about the painting they have been given and this will be shared when the painting is introduced in the story. Later on in the lesson, once the painting is introduced, the teacher will ask a particular table to give the rest of the class three facts about the painting. Each table will be learning about one out of the five paintings. Teaching and Learning Activities The teacher will read a short story to the class which is entitled: Katie and the British Artists. She will read through the book and stop the story when a new painting is introduced. The table who has summarised that painting’s factsheet, will then relay three facts about the painting to the rest of the class. Once the story is finished, the class will be able to ask any questions that they have. They will also be asked which painting was their favourite and why. The day’s task will then be introduced: pick a painting we have discussed and draw yourself inside of the painting. There will be five paintings to choose from, with each one being mentioned in the story. The pupils will be told that the focus of this lesson is on their drawing skills. They need to draw in the style of the artist they choose by replicating their work. They also need to decide where in their drawing they will place themselves and how this may affect the focus of the picture.

A one lesson PPT for learners which shows them how to answer both Unseen Poetry questions. At the end of the PPT, the learners then have 45 minutes to complete their practice test. *Please note: some of the information on this PPT was sourced from free poetry powerpoints on TES. Thankyou for sharing your work.