This book is a collection of activities to extend pupils’ opportunities to encounter words and their meanings. The sheets are also useful for developing dictionary skills, and are arranged alphabetically for ease of reference for the teacher. Most of the words can be found in junior dictionaries. Previously available through Easylearn.

This worksheet can be used with KS3 French or as revision with KS4 French. It contains comprehensive coverage of the verbs avoir and etre. Task 1 involves answering questions in English based on a text describing a family Task 2 involves finding the parts of avoir & etre from the text Task 3 highlights important grammatical points Task 4 involves pupils writing a similar description of their own family

This is a fully resourced, fully differentiated SOW to teach Other Side of Truth. It covers the whole text with a range of activities - reading skills (fiction/ non-fiction), writing skills (create and non-fiction) and speaking and listening. There are linked poems and context and enough lessons to cover a full 12 week term. Taught to year 7 but could be used up to year 9 as there are tasks to challenge high ability students.

All powerpoints are complete with planning within and also without in the Unit of Work document. This SOL will work for one whole term with year 8 focusing on Terror Kid and poems written by various black writers. Both will coincide with each other however, the opening of the SOL will focus on Terror Kid. It develops understanding of nuances of language including narrative techniques; it requires high levels of critical & imaginative response, & building skills of formal analysis required for GCSE. It builds on work with imaginative texts, to look at some subtle ways in which texts can carry political & emotional messages. Aim to read at least three chapters per week. • Develop skills of creative & critical response to a novel • Develop skills of critical/analytical writing, essential for KS3 and 4 • Develop understanding of character • Develop understanding of themes and literary techniques • Develop skills of creative & critical response to a range of types of texts • Develop awareness of the interconnectedness & relationships between different types of texts – literary & non-literary • Develop skills of critical/analytical writing, essential for GCSE Diversity of culture and its representation in literature Zephaniah’s interest in racial and class identity and prejudice Consider themes of Authority, Punishment and Anger and Identity

Included are 8 different examples of information texts (non-chronological reports) that can be used with children in English for a wide range of reasons. Texts include: The Vikings Emperor Penguins Lions Velociraptors Crocodiles and Aligators Dolphins Giant Panda Green Anaconda

Having taught Medea at IB for a number of years, the SoW is devised to try and engage whilst also teaching key concepts around Greek theatre. This is aimed at IB but can easily be adapted for other exam boards. The final ppt. is on how to construct a literature essay response, using Medea as one of the exam texts.

This activity deals with some amazing Spanish traditions which deserve attention abroad. In it students have to read the text, match texts and images, match the names of the traditions with more pictures, answer some questions

This 2 hour session explores how the English language has changed as a result of technological advancements with regards to texting, considering key terminology, a prescriptivist stance on language change and the affordances of texting with references to theories from Dr Wood and David Crystal. The assessment task at the end is designed for the OCR syllabus but can be easily adapted to suit other exam boards.

An example character profile text about Jim from the book Street Child plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1 and 2 of Berlie Doherty’s Victorian-themed historical fiction novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description of Jim Jarvis and then plan and write their own character profile about Jim, Emily, Lizzie, Ma, Mr Spink or any other character using the differentiated templates. The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Street Child resources: ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Street Child Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Street Child Letter Writing Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE ✦The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE ✦Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates ✦The Twits Character Profile Example Text, Feature Find, Planning & Writing Template ✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates ✦Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Fully resourced scheme of work to accompany this KS3 text. Power-point and resources combine reading and writing activities and there is plenty of scope for discussion of the key themes arising in the text.

All you need for a week of reading lessons on summarising. Includes a detailed plan of the week, engaging teach-ready PowerPoint and all the necessary resources for UKS2. The animated 85 slide summarising reading Powerpoint takes you effortlessly through the week of 5 lessons. Questions designed to develop higher order thinking skills and all activities focused on improving comprehension skills whilst enhancing reading assessment results. Each day there are relevant and enjoyable starters, main activities and plenaries. Each lesson builds and expands on the previous one. All texts provided, a range of interesting genres and styles, fiction and non-fiction. Differentiated resources and activities for four groups of children (green LA, yellow M/LA, blue MA, red HA). Written for Year 5 but easily adaptable for all other KS2 classes. You might also be interested in: Whole Term of Reading Lessons Holiday Saver Bundle Whole Term of Reading Lessons Teacher Survival Bundle

This PowerPoint is for a unit of work that took a week with my Year 6 class and looked at the features of discussion texts. Persuasive techniques are also revised. The texts are taken from The National Literacy Strategy ‘Argument Unit’. Children read and analyse a persuasive text ‘Should mobile phones be banned in schools?’ as a class and come to define the key features of discursive writing. Pupils then analyse a different text based on the circus and highlight the key features that they have previously identified. Pupils then prepare for a debate. Taking the story of the Pied Piper, pupils are assigned roles and have to prepare a persuasive speech to argue their point of the debate. We then hold debate and discuss the value of debates in real life. Pupils finish the week with two lessons to write a piece of discursive writing on whether pupils should be able to write on laptops in schools. Pupils are provided with the arguments for and against, but must do the rest of the work on their own. This then forms an assessment piece. National Curriculum Links: Year 5 & 6 Programmes of Study discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader plan their writing by: identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own. Through debate the pupils also hone their speaking and listening skills and this also provides a good opportunity for assessment.

I compared OCR Media Studies advertisements (‘Old Spice’ and ‘Lucozade’) in order to retain more information and prepare myself for the exam. In the end, I received a grade A and revision tactics like this incredibly helped.

This Reading Comprehension handout is best suited for advanced ESL learners or native English speaking students. Students are introduced to a detailed history of cocoa/chocolate and are then required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False and gap filling exercises. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE or IELTS vocabulary building purposes.

An example diary entry text for The Boy at the Back of the Class written from the point of view of Ahmet, the new boy at school, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s refugee novel The Boy at the Back of the Class. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answer sheet The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Similes • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Metaphors • Hyperbole • Personification • Show not tell emotions • Rhetorical questions • Fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Variety of nouns to avoid repetition • Noun phrases • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession • Hyphens • Dashes • Colons • Semi-colons • Brackets The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources: ✦ Example Text Bundle ✦ Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack ✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work BUNDLE ✦ Christophe’s Story Example Diary Entries Pack ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text Pack ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text Pack ✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text about Stanley Yelnats from the book Holes plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1-5 of Louis Sachar’s novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Planning template differentiated 2 ways • Writing template differentiated 3 ways • Personality traits word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model character description and then plan and write their own character profile using the differentiated templates. The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More Holes themed resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Holes: Description Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack You may also be interested in: ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Four Weeks ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates ✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template ✦ Harry Potter Model Text BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

This reading comprehension is made of two texts followed by a comprehension exercise. The exercise is a True, False or Not Mentioned task as found in the GCSE exam. The sentences in the exercise are also in French and allow the students to practise refrasing answers and broadening their vocabulary range. This is perfect for Year 10 and Year 11 or a revision for Y12. There is a special grammar focus on reflexive verbs as a lot of reflexive verbs are found in the text.

Example diary entry texts written from the points of view of King Hrothgar and Grendel from Beowulf plus feature find worksheet and answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank. These exemplar texts are perfect to use as WAGOLLs after reading the first seven pages of Michael Morpurgo’s re-telling of the classic Anglo-Saxon story. Resources provided: • Two exemplar diary entry texts • Feature Find worksheets differentiated 2 ways • Feature Find answers • Planning template differentiated 3 ways • Contractions word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the model diary entries, examine the features using the Feature Find worksheets and then plan and write their own diary entries from the point of view of one of the characters, such as King Hrothgar, Grendel, Edgetheow, King Hygelac or the heroic Beowulf himself, using the differentiated templates. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the WAGOLLs: • Alliteration • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials • Introductory paragraphs • Rule of three • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Rhetorical questions • Subordinate clauses • Thoughts/feelings/opinions If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. Other Beowulf themed resources: ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf Dialogue Writing Example Text Pack ✦ Beowulf Character Profile Model Text Pack ✦ Beowulf Fronted Adverbial Differentiated Worksheets You may also be interested in: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE ✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example Text Pack Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Journey to Jo Burg- Whole topic plans

This is a resource suitable for an entire lesson in upper KS2. The text is an aboriginal story called ‘The Spear’ and was taken from the website http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/digibook/2570774/dust-echoes, which has since been archived. The lesson introduces the concept of storytelling, the full text and comprehension activities. Available as a NOTEBOOK file, a POWERPOINT and also a PDF. I used this with Y5/6. If you love it, please leave me a review!