This 33-slide lesson explores Patience Agbabi’s poem, ‘Eat Me’.
Students begin by discussing key ideas around the relationship between sex and food and society’s beauty standards. We then learn about Agbabi’s work before delving into the poem and establishing its narrative.
The lesson then guides students methodically through extensive key ideas related to the poem, including title analysis; intertextual allusions; analysis of language; and analysis of form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The nature of the dramatic monologue as a form is also discussed, before looking closely at some of the poem’s key images and the use of repetition. Each character in the poem is then dissected, while also looking at key symbols in the poem (eg. the cake, the bed). We also discuss the poem’s colonial undertones.
Students are given a list of key themes and key vocabulary to facilitate high-level analysis. There are then some important questions for students to answer once they have explored the whole poem, and a list of potential poems which could be used to compare to ‘Eat Me’ to strengthen comparative analytical skills.
This resource is particularly useful for those studying ‘Poems of the Decade’ with Pearson, but could easily be used for any purpose.
Two files are included: one has the PowerPoint saved as a PDF so that the fonts and layout are firmly in place; the other is saved as a normal PPT file so that you can edit it.
Two standalone worksheets to support pupils to talk about holidays in the past tense.
Resource 1: Introduces key past tense verbs and recycles key language with a sentence builder, gap fill reading and translation practice. There is also a summary of how to form past tense verbs with avoir and a grammar gap fill task.
Resource 2: Review of key past tense verbs with a GCSE reading comprehension task (a note taking question with a vocabulary search).
Format: Word document and PDF with answers.
7 ‘all about me’ pages in the shape of a balloon perfect for getting to know your class/transition activity.
Keep them as they are or attach to coloured paper using the template.
They can be folded and glued to create a 3D balloon. Looks great with photo of the child hanging on and can be added to a display board or hung from a washing line.
Help children feel confident and excited about meeting their new teacher with this engaging Get to Know Me worksheet. Designed for KS2 pupils (Years 3–6), this printable colouring-style activity encourages children to introduce themselves, share their interests, reflect on how they learn best, and tell their new teacher what makes them unique.
Perfect for transition day, the first week back, or meet the teacher activities, this low-prep resource helps build positive relationships from day one while giving teachers valuable insight into their new class.
What’s included:
1 A4 printable black and white worksheet
Fun colouring-style design
Writing and drawing prompts
Suitable for Years 3–6 (KS2)
Sections include:
My name and preferred name
A little bit about me
Draw a picture of yourself
My favourite things
I am good at…
I learn best when…
Something you might not know about me
I would love my teacher to know…
I would like help with…
I am looking forward to…
Perfect for:
Transition Day
Moving to a new class
Back to School
Meet the Teacher activities
PSHE lessons
Icebreaker activities
Classroom displays
Pupil voice
Includes a PDF booklet to provide to children starting school to gain information and get to know them before their start date. Also includes a page to colour in skills they have and two pages for parents/carers to fill in.
Is downloaded in A4; print as ‘booklet’ or use as it is.
This 45-page pack is for the book ‘Can You See Me?’ by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott. The book centres around Tally, a girl with autism who struggles to adapt to Junior High School.
Included are vocabulary work and comprehension questions, broken down by chapter and designed for a six week unit of study. There are also a few activities/ideas/worksheets about autism and social-emotional topics to link to the book or PSHCE lessons.
Three resources to help pupils to talk about illness, health and body parts in Spanish.
There is a reading comprehension, vocabulary activities, practice with me duele/ me duelen and a grammar gap fill task.
There is also a speaking/writing mat on illnesses and needs with translation practice and answers.
A reading comprehension on the topic of body parts, accidents and injuries in the past tense (preterite) with a scaffolded text: tuve un accidente de esqui
Answers included.
This Spanish Powerpoint Tutorial introduces body parts and the expression 'Me Duele(n)&' and the Verb &';Doler'. Uses the theme of the San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona to introduce the Writing and Speaking tasks. I started the lesson with video clips from the internet of the bull runs. The PP ends with photos of injuries encouraging students to say the correct sentence for each one. Follow up Homework was to research the festival and produce a poster.
A lovely little open-ended resource perfect for World Book Day!
Open book ‘Tell me a Story’ template for the children to draw or write about their characters - it could be their favourites or their own!
A range of different Fairy Tale/Traditional Tale characters on disc cut outs. You could also include your own images of popular books (I was unable to include these due to copyright)
Includes table sign
If you’re looking for an All about me activity for your ‘Meet your Teacher’ event then look no further as this downloadable pack consists of five All about me worksheet templates (A4 pdf for ech). Included are:
a magnifying glass for a close up of your students favourites
a picture prompt sheet
a wanted theme poster
a girl template concertina worksheet
a boy template concertina worksheet
Each template gives learners the opportunity to share information about them, such as their favourite colour, hobbies, lessons, pets, friends, family and likes, all with prompted areas.
The completed activities would look great on your display boards for the new term ahead, providing a familiar welcome for students as they settle into their new learning environment.
A fun set of playdough face mats and emotions activities designed to support fine motor development, creativity and early understanding of feelings.
This pack includes 10 different blank face mats, featuring a variety of skin tones, hair colours and hairstyles. Children can use playdough to create facial features, make themselves, design different characters or explore different facial expressions.
Also included is an emotions reference mat featuring 6 different feelings:
Happy
Sad
Angry
Excited
Confused
Worried
Children can use the emotions mat as inspiration to recreate different expressions on the blank faces, providing opportunities to talk about feelings, facial expressions and what might make us feel different emotions.
Perfect for:
EYFS
PSED and emotions work
All About Me topics
Fine motor activities
Playdough provision
Continuous provision
First weeks at school
Feelings and wellbeing activities
For repeated use, simply print and laminate the face mats before using with playdough.
An easy, low-prep addition to your playdough or PSED provision that can be used throughout the year.
Using me duele(n)
Inductive teaching of grammar points & links in language for vocab
Use of 'desde hace'
Past tense describing accident
NC Levels referred to throughout - 1-2 lessons
Can accompany Mira Express 2 p96-97
Thanks to anyone whose resources I have adapted to use as part of any activity in this or other resources I have/may share.
This bundle contains all of the Never Let Me Go lessons, the comprehension activities booklet, the knowledge organiser and the Pointless game!
These engaging, varied, and informative lessons have been designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of the plot, characters, language, and key messages in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel ‘Never Let Me Go.’ The lessons enable students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key features of content, language, and structure, in addition to considering Ishiguro’s key intentions in writing the novel.
All of the resources that you need to teach are included in the bundle: Whole lesson step-by-step PowerPoint presentations, informative and engaging , worksheets, activities, and lesson plans.
Contained in the bundle are lessons based on:
Characterisation of Tommy;
Ishiguro’s Use of Language;
Ruth;
The Dystopian Novel;
The Human Cloning Debate
The Theme of Life and Death
Plus the 30-page comprehension booklet, the knowledge organiser and the Pointless Game!
Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps:
Engaging
Defining/ Understanding
Identifying/Remembering
Analysing/ Creating
Peer or self evaluating.
All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging.
A nice way to finish the health topic (pharmacy/hospital). The link leads to a video with a live concern (Ana Torroja, from Mecano), and it has subtitles in Spanish and English.