I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
A mini hand-out brochure for new starters to the GCSE English course; includes course details and student friendly set by set guide to the course. As well as useful embedded internet links for independent learning. The handout was intended for a 1 year resit course, but can be adapted for the full 2 year GCSE.
Full bundle of resources for KS 2 including SOW, lesson plans, assessment and activities for a full range of curriculum areas; including Science, Literacy, Maths, Tudors, Drama, Dance, Egypt.
A full unit of work for teaching Forces KS2; including machines and levers and pulleys - incorporating lesson plans, numerous activities (differentiated) and presentations.
Tuition resource for GCSE guitar players in need of sufficient technique for performance and composition elements. Guitar scales - tab, standard notation and video resource. Two octave major scales. Prepared by a graduate guitar player of Leeds College of Music and experienced secondary music teacher.
Lee Patrick Grad. Dip. Mus., PGCE
Fun resource to test your pupils SPAG knowledge. Pupils have to decide whether the sentences are accurate and then bid for the sentence.
Resource includes:
PPT
Sentence auction worksheet
Fake money.
Exciting and innovative resource. Starts with Board Game, pupils collect 'Gansta' card (which will decide whether they are in the Capulet or Montague gang) and quotation cards on the way around the board. They finish with a Prince question card. This will then lead to a matching activity, character with quotation. Differentiated cards allow for progression and allowing the more able students to be challenged.
Activity leads onto a class discussion and role play as to each characters' responsibility for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Learning Aims:
To introduce students to the theme of Tragedy, Revenge, the ‘Butterfly effect’ and characterisation and motivation.
To familiarise students to the main characters, language, setting and plot.
To enable discovery-based learning within small groups.
To lead to further discussion of character roles and responsibility towards Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, based on exploration of quotations. Prince holds court with questioning suspects.
Resource includes:
Game Board
Heart Counters
'Gangsta' cards.
Quotation cards
Differentiated quotation cards
Police question cards
Pupil chart to complete at end of task
This fun, student centred resource is a complete set of lessons to enable students to be prepared for the Shakespeare aspect of GCSE English Literature for both AQA and OCR. It fulfils the Speaking and Listening component and can be used as an example of Real Life Context. Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted for discovery based learning.
The learning objectives are for
• Students to use prior knowledge of text to demonstrate understanding of characters to answer the questions posed in depth
• Students to be able to use Speaking and Listening skills in RLC
• Students to be able to demonstrate use of quotation to justify answers
• Students to demonstrate understanding of context to answer the question:
Romeo and Juliet: Romantic Tragedy or Tragedy of Circumstance?? Discuss.
This can be used as a formal assessment for a mock examination for the literature Shakespeare paper, or a controlled assessment.
A in depth lesson plan demonstrates the best use of the resources, which included differentiated worksheets to accommodate a range of abilities within once class.
Resource includes:
* PPT presentation
* Character cards
* Prosecutor questions to be used for role play
* Guilty or not guilty Worksheets (differentiated)
* Full lesson plans
* Character Supportive Quotes Worksheet.
Includes youtube clip: Judge Judy Best Bits.
Is ideal to use with my other resource: Romeo and Juliet Game Board as a follow up activity.
This fun, student centred resource is a complete set of lessons to enable students to use prior knowledge and understanding of Romeo and Juliet to complete a role play and complete a worksheet and essay using supportive quotation.
The learning objectives are for
• Students to use prior knowledge of text to demonstrate understanding of characters to answer the questions posed in depth
• Students to be able to use Speaking and Listening skills in RLC
• Students to be able to demonstrate use of quotation to justify answers
• Students to demonstrate understanding of context to answer the question:
Romeo and Juliet: Romantic Tragedy or Tragedy of Circumstance?? Discuss.
This can be used as a formal assessment for a mock examination for the literature Shakespeare paper, or a controlled assessment.
A in depth lesson plan demonstrates the best use of the resources, which included differentiated worksheets to accommodate a range of abilities within once class.
Resource includes:
* PPT presentation
* Character cards
* Prosecutor questions to be used for role play
* Guilty or not guilty Worksheets (differentiated)
* Full lesson plans
* Character Supportive Quotes Worksheet.
Includes youtube clip: Judge Judy Best Bits
Exciting and innovative resource. Starts with Board Game, pupils collect 'Gansta' card (which will decide whether they are in the Capulet or Montague gang) and quotation cards on the way around the board. They finish with a Prince question card. This will then lead to a matching activity, character with quotation. Differentiated cards allow for progression and allowing the more able students to be challenged.
Activity leads onto a class discussion and role play as to each characters' responsibility for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Learning Aims:
To introduce students to the theme of Tragedy, Revenge, the ‘Butterfly effect’ and characterisation and motivation.
To familiarise students to the main characters, language, setting and plot.
To enable discovery-based learning within small groups.
To lead to further discussion of character roles and responsibility towards Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, based on exploration of quotations. Prince holds court with questioning suspects.
Resource includes:
Game Board
Heart Counters
'Gangsta' cards.
Quotation cards
Differentiated quotation cards
Police question cards
Pupil chart to complete at end of task
4 different ideas for assemblies. Includes PPTs on:
St Nicolas; the Truth about Saint Nicolas
The Solar System
Orangutans
Extreme Weather and Climate Change.
A fun, full resource consisting of various fiction and non-fiction activities, aimed at all Key Stages.
Including:
Writing Monologues
5 Senses
Writing Newspaper Articles
Various writing tasks.
Various writing task, Christmas
Sentence Auction
Sentence Auction, Christmas.
A complete set of lessons investigating the main themes of Blood Brothers. Nature v Nurture and the impact cultural influences had on the brothers choices and chances in life.
Resource includes an evoking PPT, with embedded video clips from Blood Brothers on stage, Educating Cardiff and Benefits Britain, This leads to Discussion points and a separate activity worksheet to discuss and make notes on, A grammar focus worksheet investigates Conditionals and practises the 3rd conditional in relation to Mickey (sliding doors effect).
An extension activity leads to an essay question ( could be used as preparation for AQA or OCR GCSE Literature paper)
Reource also included Lesson Plan.
RELEVANT EMBEDDED VIDEO CLIPS LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-81K7aIKIg
Blood brothers on stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-81K7aIKIg
Trailer: Educating Cardiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXC8nyEQ8Mo
Benefits Britain: life on the Dole by the sea.
A fun innovative resource, including Macbeth Snap game to get students to recognise and learn useful Macbeth quotes, in preparation for GCSE exam. This then leads to further exploration of these quotes as a planning sheet to answer the exam question on culpability for Duncan's death.
Resource includes:
Lesson Plan
Snap game
Worksheet
Planning Sheet