Two shield templates for students to design their own shield/coat of arms. Ready to print and use. I have used this for several different topics in the classroom, for example ‘all about me’ create your own coat of arms to represent yourself, and for designing coat of arms for the Capulet and Montague families in Romeo and Juliet.

2 x A5 sized templates for postcards - ready to print. Works fantastically with KS2 and KS3 pupils. I recently used these templates during the reading of ‘The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe’. Pupils wrote postcards home as evacuee children - the students loved the activity. Could also be used as a first lesson back after school holidays. Ready to print. Please leave a review if you found this resource helpful. Thank you.

GCSE DRAMA - An Inspector Calls - Classroom based / home learning SOW A full classroom based GCSE drama SOW for teaching ‘An Inspector Calls’. The set includes varied and creative activities to support teaching AIC from the classroom or to set for home/remote learning. Can be used to support practical lessons. Also brilliant for teacher AIC as part of the GCSE English Literature course; these activities will break up the reading of the text and keep students engaged. The pack includes the following: 12 ready to use lessons in PowerPoint format - each lesson has a starter task and main activity. All resources needed are included in the pack, including sound clips. An extra booklet with 6 drama exam practice questions. This could be used as a homework booklet or in the classroom. An audio file with the reading of the full play.

5 English lessons based on different topics. Excellent for cover work/one off lessons. Great for KS2. Each PowerPoint includes a range of different short tasks including: comprehension activities (with informative extracts and questions), descriptive writing tasks with sentence openers, writing instructions tasks, handwriting and spellings practice. 5 lessons based on the following themes: Basketball Cats Earth Pizza Dogs Ready to use PowerPoint documents, but fully editable.

A simple yet effective resource with key quotes from ‘An Inspector Calls’, organised by the main themes. Excellent for GCSE revision, to use in lessons or independent revision and homework. All quotes are on one grid on a Word document. There are 5 quotes for each of the following themes: Responsibility Class and social status Gender Generational divide Guilt and conscience Power Word document (fully editable)

A simple template for pupils to review a book they have read. An enjoyable homework activity. Or use in class after reading a class novel. Ready to print.

A lesson exploring the following reading skills: Inference Summarising Text/language analysis Understanding structure Evaluation The resource includes an activity to practice each of the skills above. Each activity includes a short extract (sports based) and key questions/task. Ready to use PowerPoint document (fully editable)

A resource to help students plan their own creative story, using the ‘story mountain’ idea. Ready to print but fully editable.

A ready to use scheme of work based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. There are 6 documents, each with 4-5 different activities - very easy for students to follow. Suitable for year 6 or 7 - adaptable and fully editable. The activities are incredibly varied and include: reading comprehension tasks with extracts from Oliver Twist included, writing activities (descriptive writing, diary and letter writing, persuasive writing), research tasks, creative tasks (including a sketch of a scenes, a poster), dictionary work tasks, and tasks which include links to BBC bitesize online lessons. Excellent resources to use alongside your own teaching in the classroom, to use for remote/home learning, as homework booklets, for cover lessons or distanced home learning. There are boxes for students to write/work in for each activity. Ideally, students will need to have watched any film version of Oliver Twist to understand the plot (or have read a short version). The resource for week 1 includes a link to the 1948 film.

Power and Conflict Poetry GCSE - one page revision sheets This document includes a ‘one page revision sheet’ for each of the 15 poems in the ‘Power and Conflict’ AQA poetry anthology. Each revision sheet includes the following for each poem: Key context points A summary of the poem Structure and form points Language and techniques points Key quotes A sample essay question Ready to print and use, but also fully editable (Word document). Great to use in lessons to recap each poem or for homework/revision tasks.

Resources to teach ‘The Rule of Three’ A PowerPoint with 8 statements for students to consider if they agree or disagree. The final slide has examples of sentences using ‘The Rule of Three’ - students can discuss whether they agree or disagree with the sentences, and then discuss how ‘The Rule of Three’ makes each sentence effective and persuasive. A worksheet for students to write their own sentences using ‘The Rule of Three’. Ready to print and use - fully editable.

An original PowerPoint with 72 varied and engaging stimuli for devising drama. Each stimuli is accompanied with prompt questions. The PowerPoint is made up of a range of the following: 18 textual stimuli 18 visual stimuli 18 aural stimuli 18 abstract stimuli A fantastic resource for practical work in the drama studio. The resources can also be used for classroom based work, for students to generate new ideas for performance and their responses to stimuli. Also included are 4 generic worksheets for students to make notes on and an overview of the PowerPoint contents. *Please leave a review if you found this resource helpful. Thank you. *

Power and Conflict Poetry (AQA) Writing Tasks This resource includes a writing task for each of the 15 poems in the ‘Power and Conflict’ AQA poetry anthology. Each task includes a writing prompt, sentence starters and key quotes from each poem to support students. A great resource to support students understanding of each poem. Could be used in lessons or as homework/revision tasks. Ready to print and use, but fully editable (word document).

Persuasive Writing Techniques This resource includes: Clear definitions and simple examples of a range of persuasive writing techniques (12 different techniques included) on PowerPoint slides. 3 different persuasive writing tasks for example: Should homework be compulsory? Write a letter to your head teacher in which you argue your point of view on whether homework should be banned. Each persuasive writing task includes a model paragraph which uses a range of persuasive techniques for students to identify and explore. Ready to use but also fully editable (PowerPoint)

A full unit of work for teaching ‘Gothic Horror’ to Key Stage 3. This pack includes a range of varied and engaging activities to cover at least 15 lessons, with opportunities to develop further. This pack includes everything needed to teach the unit: An introduction to Gothic Horror (including ingredients of Gothic fiction, vocabulary work). Activities about Gothic Horror creatures (includes Frankenstein extract and questions, descriptive writing task and create your own creature). Activities based on extract from short story ‘The Hunt’ (includes story extract, comprehension questions, word search, diary writing activity). Activities based on ‘The Phantom Hitch-hiker’ (includes interview activity, newspaper writing activity, new story ending activity). Story mountain planning sheet and story board template, for students to plan their own short Gothic Horror stories. Please leave a review if you found this resource helpful. Thank you.

Jekyll and Hyde GCSE - exam questions and revision (AQA) Including: 3 example exam questions (AQA style) with extracts included Key points with key quotes for students to include in responses to each essay question (slides 9, 10 and 11 on the PowerPoint). The same PowerPoint includes basic notes about context, plot and themes which students can use to prompt their revision in lessons or as homework. Ready to print and use but also fully editable (word document and PowerPoint).

Romeo and Juliet GCSE - 3 exam questions and revision (AQA) Including: 3 example exam questions (AQA style) with extracts included Key points with key quotes for students to include in response to each essay question (slides 12, 13 and 14 on the PowerPoint). The same PowerPoint includes brief notes about context, plot, themes. There are more detailed revision notes for language, form and structure (on the PowerPoint). Students could use this to prompt their revision in lessons or as homework. Ready to print and use but also fully editable (word document and PowerPoint).

A resource which reminds students how to vary their sentence openers to make their writing more engaging. Including: Connectives openers Verb + ing openers -ed openers Adverb ly openers Simile or metaphor openers Noun or adjective openers Feelings openers Each slide includes: examples of each sentence opener in sentences; a ‘complete the sentence’ gap fill task for students to practice using each type of sentence opener and suggested words for each. The final slide includes an image (of an abandoned building) for students to describe, using varied sentence openers. This could be used as a lesson plenary or homework task to consolidate skills. Ready to use but also fully editable (PowerPoint)

Bundle of resources to support the teaching of the following 3 short stories from Roald Dahl’s collection - ‘Tales of the Unexpected’: Lamb to the Slaughter The Landlady The Man from the South This resource bundle include: Suggested plan for 9 lessons, 3 lessons on each short story - could be extended + links to PDF copies of each short story. Lamb to the Slaughter: a PPT with lesson outlines, questions about the story, diary writing frame + example diary entry. The Landlady: a PPT with lesson outlines, questions about the story, features of formal letter writing handout, letter writing frame with sentence openers. The Man from the South: a PPT with lesson outlines, questions about the story, descriptive writing task, ‘finding quotes’ worksheet. **Story mountain planning sheet **- for students to plan their own story Story board template - to help students visualise and present their own story

A template for students to create their own storyboards, with 8 boxes and spaces for captions. Two versions: on A4 and A3 - ready to print and use. I have use this time and time again; students have created storyboards to retell stories they have read in class (e.g. Macbeth), some groups have used it to plan and create their own stories.

A helpful worksheet to support students with writing PEE paragraphs, using the P.E.E burger, with space for students to write and form their own PEE paragraphs. Ready to print and use - fully editable.