Extra resources added on 03/09/18 These resources are part of a package of resources that have one philosophy: to give you ball you need to teach a text or a topic IN ONE PLACE. These resources include extensive presentation PowerPoints, lots of model answers, annotated answers, mock questions, extensive background research Powerpoints, and A3 helpsheets. They also ensure that Assessment Objectives and Mark Schemes are fully addressed. The idea behind these resources is to offer detailed work that has been tested in the classroom and proven to be successful. Although at first glance they may seem pricey, the resources do offer value for money, and always offer a free taster resource with a detailed contents page, outlining exactly what is on offer, and some free taster resources. This resource bundle offers approximately 25 detailed resources to support the teaching of When Will There Be Good News at A Level resources. The focus is on looking at chapter summaries, model answers, analysing some chapters in detail, tracing character development, themes, and lots more. The key focus is looking at the ways in which the novel is typical and atypical of the Crime genre. There are lots of useful Powerpoint presentations, including a detailed Powerpoint to get students ready for the exam. There are also lots of annotated helpsheets, model answers, exam revision materials, In fact there is everything you need here to teach this novel in great detail.

Three quizzes based on testing the knowledge, elements of crime and authorial methods, relevant to Atkinson’s ‘When Will There be God News?’ The first quiz and is testing their knowledge of the elements of crime which can be applied to ‘WWTBGN?’ The second quiz is knowledge based in regards to the novel and designed to support the students in ‘knowing their text’ to a meticulous degree. Answers provided. The third quiz focusses more on authorial method and can be played either as an individual or as a team of students, having a ppt attached, with answers.

AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE ‘B’. CRIME WRITING. Whose point of view? All the chapters and all the characters.

A full 40 lesson scheme of work for A-Level English Literature Spec B Crime. Complete with ppts and word documents for each lesson. There is an accompanying document outlining lesson by lesson instructions. Furthermore, there are some P&P (planning and preparation tasks) and consolidation tables for students to complete each week to support them with their study.

A brief Revision Booklet designed to summarise the elements of crime, themes, authorial methods, contexts and interpretations relevant to Atkinson’s novel.

Teaching resource for AQA A level spec B -Crime Writing. Includes some ideas about the text, themes in the text, analysis of character and textual analysis, 4 sample exam questions -2 adapted from AQA resource and 2 based on the same pattern. Also includes some short texts for wider reading of crime writing. 44 slides.

A sheet guiding students to close read and analyse key scenes in When Will There Be Good News? It works well as a group activity, can be used as a guide for making presentations, posters, or even writing essays. It helps differentiate and stretch and challenge learners into close reading, engage with the text and apply it to crime writing. Works great as a revision lesson or a lesson towards the end of teaching the novel.

A range of themes and character quotations designed to support students to know the text, rather than the time consuming task of flicking through the novel. The ppts are designed for students to print out and cut up for use as flashcards. There are gaps for students to complete to encourage active revision and answer ppts also. Themes covered include: feminism, pathos, violence and the motif of dogs for protection. Characters covered include: criminals (in general in the novel), Decker, Louise and Reggie.

Blank character profile sheets to encourage students to explore the characterisation in the novel. The profile sheets are constructed to mimic police profiling sheets, to help submerge students in the crime writing genre. These profiles can be separated to use in certain parts of the novel, or can be used as a reflection or revision guide. Differentiates, stretches and challenges students. Easily turned into a forty-five minute, or extensive homework task. Contains eight pages, asking students to extract information about: Reggie, Jackson, Louise, Ms McDonald, Joanna, Neil, Andrew Decker, Billy, and Mr Needler.

Struggling with pinning down a huge novel like When Will There Be Good News? This task helps you to track character's actions and decisions through the novel, applying crime writing tropes such as victim/criminal to the characters. Students are differentiated, stretched and challenged to create timelines tracking each character throughout the days that the novel takes place. There is an example on the sheet of Andrew Decker's progression from the murder of the Mason family to his suicide. The sheet is colour-coordinated to help make the activity appealing and fun. Students can make posters or large displays with these timelines.

I was recently tasked with delivering a staff meeting about good practice when teaching Maths. It went down quite well with the other staff at my school so thought I'd upload my accompanying SMART on here. I covered concepts such as challenge, reasoning, real-life and practical opportunities etc. I was also able to point people in the direction of useful documents to aid with the planning and delivery of Maths, especially in relation to achieving greater depth. There is more on this in my blog post: http://www.missbritton.co.uk/tips-for-teaching-maths/

An independent revision booklet, designed for Atkinson’s novel, tailored to meet the various Assessment Objectives specifically. The idea is they work their way up the ‘ladder of skills’ (with A01’s technical tasks being, in theory, the easiest), however students enjoy choosing their own tasks, targeting their own personalised weaknesses, as identified by teacher feedback. There is a task tracker table at the end, which is useful from a teacher’s perspective to monitor the quality and quantity of independent revision being completed by the student.

A session, which could run over a couple of lessons, designed to support students responding to a possible AQA exam question: ‘To what extent is Jackson Brodie introduced as an unlikely detective hero?’ The session focuses on identifying and meeting the ‘trigger phrases’ in the question, which are key for demonstrating a sharp focus on the question, planning the content of their essay (via statements to cut up, sort and plot on a continuum line) finding specific examples and evaluating them, examining a top model introduction and writing one of their own.

Extensive analysis and descriptions of the crimes and criminals; victims; detectives; coincidences; the notions of punishment and justice; and the book’s resolution. Each of the significant scenes are listed with page numbers. I have selected noteworthy quotations from each of the significant scenes. 5 Pages with 2177 words.

WWTBGN This resource offers 11 Essay questions with brainstorm answers for each one. The problem with teaching this text is the lack of assessment material, so this bundle of 11 detailed brainstorm posters attempts to deal with that. Questions include: 1. To what extent does JB satisfy reader’s expectation if detective hero? 2. “Crime fiction is based on formula and stereotypes” .Discuss this statement in relation to WWTBGN 3. “Crime novels are judged on their endings” how effectively does KA end WWTBGN ? 4. “Atkinson never takes crime too seriously – that is a strength and weakness of the novel” Discuss 5. “At the end of the novel, justice triumphs” – discuss 6. “Coincidence is more important in the solving of crimes in WWTBGN” – discuss 7. How does Atkinson subvert the crime genre in WWTBGN ? 8. “Plotting and calculation are central ingredients in crime literature” – explore how important plotting is to KA in WWTBGN 9. “In crime writing there are always victims” Explore the significance of the ways that victims are presented in WWTBGN 10. Explore the significance of places in relation to crime in the WWTBGN etc 11. Explore the significance of justice and injustice in WWTBGN etc I have also thrown in a WWTBGN Chapter summary poster and some Chapter presentation Powerpoints – these are “free” extras and are not part of the main resource which is the 11 Essay Question and Answer Brainstorm Posters. Other similar resources are in my Big Cat Bundles in my shop! Please have a look at my shop and my web site - details are at the shop site, plus lots of other free resources. I offer big value bundles and large scale resources to cover a complete topic. I provide a range of Big Cat Bundles that offer massive price reductions and offer lots of resources in one place. I also have a range of resources to support A Level teaching, particularly relate to TRAGEDY and CRIME. Many of the resources are handmade in order to provide a more personal, original touch. Many are designed for Interactive White Board presentation, or they can be copied into revision booklets etc. Another option is to download onto a school site, like Sharepoint, and allow students to view on their computers etc. If you like what you find, please offer feedback. Thank you and good luck with your teaching.

How many of us have great intentions when it comes to placing on our "To-Do" list making a positive call, email, text, etc. to one of our students' parents to communicate with them something great their child has achieved. While we have great intentions, all too often, it "slips to the back burner" and doesn't happen as often as it should. Use this resource to make sure this happens, and use it as a tool to make sure that within a given amount of time most all of your students have received that magic "bellsouth" call expressing something that everyone can be proud of... we know that many times the not-so-positive phone call, email, text, etc is received so much better and more positive when a positive piece of news has been shared as well along the way. Use this log to keep track of your communication as well as a tool to utilize at parent conferences-- great tool to begin the year with not to mention how much students will love your efforts!

How many of us have great intentions when it comes to placing on our "To-Do" list making a positive call, email, text, etc. to one of our students' parents to communicate with them something great their child has achieved. While we have great intentions, all too often, it "slips to the back burner" and doesn't happen as often as it should. Use this resource to make sure this happens, and use it as a tool to make sure that within a given amount of time most all of your students have received that magic "bellsouth" call expressing something that everyone can be proud of... we know that many times the not-so-positive phone call, email, text, etc is received so much better and more positive when a positive piece of news has been shared as well along the way. Use this log to keep track of your communication as well as a tool to utilize at parent conferences-- great tool to begin the year with not to mention how much students will love your efforts!

Tootling is the good twin of tattling. When a student "tootles", they are telling the good things their classmates do. By doing this, it is motivating for students to tattle less and tootle more!

Thank you for downloading this free resource. Let us know how we are doing and leave us a review. Suitable for 11-18-year olds (secondary, middle and high schools), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in science clubs and at home. This resource links to KS3 Design and Technology, investigate new and emerging technologies; KS4 Chemistry, chemical analysis; KS4 Design and Technology, technical principles, but is also internationally relevant. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers The article includes a summary of a nanotechnology research project, an interview with the chemist Dr Andrea Holmes and an overview of nanotechnology i.e. what is it and how do you become a nanotechnologist? The activity sheet includes discussion points - six questions the students can answer in groups or individually - and ideas for activities that are relevant to nanotechnology. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

A fully-adaptable PowerPoint which explores ‘When We Two Parted’ by Lord Byron in preparation for the AQA Literature Examination The PowerPoint and accompanying teacher notes are aimed at high-level GCSE candidates aiming for grades 7-9 The resource contains the following: PowerPoint: AQA Assessment objectives for the poetry anthology examination paper Warm-up activity A brief biography of Lord Byron A link to an audio of a reading of the poem A copy of the poem A list of high-level terminology for this particular poem as required for higher grades A pyramid of questions which moves from knowledge to evaluation as a way of stretching students’ thinking A student sheet which can be printed off or projected onto the board to record ideas whilst working through questions A short plenary Followed by: Teacher notes -two slides containing ideas for understanding the poem and its methods at a high level which you should likely read before the lesson as preparation for discussion and teaching. How much you ‘teacher-lead’ using these notes, or how much you use them to aid independent learning is up to you. Notes are not definitive, but offer good-grounding in understanding Byron’s use of method in the poem, with detail on structure and form as well as language in order to reach higher grades (e.g. cyclical structure, negative lexical fields etc.) NEW: THREE PAGE LESSON PLAN ON HOW TO USE EACH SLIDE INCLUDING KEY QUESTIONS, LEARNING AND OUTCOMES The lesson presumes that some previous learning has taken place on what language, form and structure mean, and that students have a good level of understanding of what questions they should ask of poems in order to explore them (e.g. when was it written? how might that influence language choices? is there a specific form? what relevance is the form? how is the poem’s narrative structured? Is there a clear structure? etc.) Kind regards, Englbee x