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.

**If you have previously purchased my GCSE 2016 unit 1 resource, please get in touch if you would like to upgrade to this new version. ** In this digital product: You will find everything you need to teach the first topic of Theme 1 of the GCSE course with AQA: People and Lifestyle: Identity and Relationships with others (teaching starts 2024, first exam 2026). The Presentation (approx. 150 slides including answer slides) covers the whole topic and is composed of 4 parts: A: About me! B: Family and Friends C: Relationships D: Partnerships There are 4 folders (A, B, C and D) containing the relevant files for that part. It includes: a range of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and Translation activities grammar points including: avoir and être in the present tense, adjectival agreement, possessive adjectives, regular -ER verbs in the present, near future elements of phonics: on/om, silent -e, silent final consonants, ail/eil/ill retrieval activities, cultural aspects and homework tasks QR codes/ links for independent study vocab lists (full topic list or 4 lists for the 4 parts) + link to online course comments under the slides for notes and worksheet location answers audio files and transcripts .pdf and editable versions of the worksheets (except the nought and crosses game, which is only available as .pdf) Activities are differentiated and exam style. The first 15 files are a preview of what is included in the .zip folder: Topic1.zip. After downloading, save the .zip file in your computer (in “documents” for example), then right-click and select “extract all” to access all the resources. For the full overview, you can check the free SOW available for download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13056641

An example text explaining the mummification process. This text can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils write their own explanation text. This is particularly useful for cross-curricular writing when studying the ancient Egyptians in history. This resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format. Other history resources: Ancient Egypt: ✦ Ancient Egypt | Example Writing Bundle ✦ Ancient Egypt | Howard Carter’s Diary Pack ✦ Ancient Egypt | Mummy Embalmer’s Diary Example ✦ Ancient Egypt | Boy’s Diary Example Text Pack Stone Age Boy: ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text ✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Dialogue Texts Differentiated, Feature Identification & Answers Stig of the Dump: ✦ Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE Moon Landing: ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work Bundle Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

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

Used as revision material for OCR GCSE English language exam paper 2. Can be adapted to suit other exam boards and other texts. Worksheet has a comparison activity and contains two extracts from texts- Laurie Lee 'Cider with Rosie' Doris Lessing 'Through the tunnel'

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 • Teacher notes 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 • First person POV 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. More The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources: ✦ Example Text Bundle ✦ Character Profile Text Pack ✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack ✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

These informational texts bring Gary Paulsen’s classic novel, Hatchet, alive. Each article includes analysis and Hatchet connection questions. Articles Included: The Real-Life Survival Story of Juliane Koepcke: A teenager survives a plane crash and uses her knowledge of the rainforest to find help. Basic Wilderness Survival Skills: Covers key techniques for staying alive in the wild, including finding water, building shelter, and signaling for help. Exploring the Canadian Wilderness: Flora and Fauna: Describes the plants and animals that live in Canada’s forests, rivers, and tundra, and how they depend on each other. Disclaimer: This product is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Gary Paulsen or any publisher of Hatchet. All materials are original and created to support student engagement through analysis, discussion, and related activities.

A descriptive writing model text pack based on the novel Holes by Louis Sachar, including example text, feature find sheet and answers, word bank and planning sheet. The following resources are provided: • Setting description WAGOLL text • Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3 • Feature Find answers • Description planning sheet differentiated x3 • Desert vocabulary bank • Task sheet The model text describes the setting from the first person point of view: the desert environment at Camp Green Lake. The description comes with a feature find task, which asks pupils to search for the following writing features including figurative language and other literary devices: • similes • metaphors • hyperbole • personification • repetition for effect • onomatopoeia • alliteration • show not tell feelings • rhetorical questions • expanded noun phrases • rule of three The description can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils plan and write their own description based on Holes. It is best used after reading the first four chapters of the novel. The resources come in easily editable Word format and as PDFs. More Holes themed resources: ✦ Holes Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 5/6 ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Holes: Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Newspaper Report Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Copies of J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls in bilingual format: English - French English - Urdu English - Portuguese English - Italian English - Ukrainian Plus the MASTER Copy for you to use and translate into any additional languages required via the REVIEW - TRANSLATE function on PowerPoint. Translations might not be perfect as they have been translated using Microsoft Translations. More translations to come in another bundle. Bundle fee covers the time required to format the script into a bilingual page presentation and translate into the other languages.

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. 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 Other popular resources: ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

A non-chronological text pack including model text, feature find worksheets, and planning and writing templates to write an information text about the yellow-spotted lizard from the novel Holes by Louis Sachar. Resources provided: • Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text • Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3 • Non-chronologcial report Feature Find answers • Planning sheets differentiated x2 • Writing templates differentiated x2 • Task explanation sheet Structural, grammar, punctuation and language features included in the model information text: • Heading • Introduction • Subheadings • Bullet-pointed list • Picture/diagram with caption • Present tense • Adverbs of degree • Alliteration • Brackets to add a definition • Complex list with semi-colons • Embedded relative clauses • Expanded noun phrases • Fronted adverbials • Modal verbs • Passive voice • Relative clauses • Subordinate clauses • List introduced with a colon • Singular possessive nouns • Plural possessive nouns Pupils read the model non-chronological report, identify the features, and then plan and write their own non-chronological report about the yellow-spotted lizard using the templates provided. The resources are provided in both PDF and editable Word format. More Holes themed resources: ✦ Holes Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 5/6 ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Holes: Description Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Holes: Newspaper Report Example Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Percy Jackson BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Year 3/4 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example diary entry text for The Butterfly Lion written from the point of view of the character Michael, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL whilst studying Michael Morpurgo’s prize-winning novel. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answer sheet • Text extract from Chapter 1 The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Similes • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Metaphors • Hyperbole • Personification • Emotions • Show not tell emotions • Rhetorical questions • Variety of sentence openers • 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 • First person POV The diary text recounts the events from Chapter 1, Chilblains and Semolina Pudding, from the character Michael’s point of view. Pupils can read the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry from the point of view of Michael, Bertie, Millie or any other character from the story. All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Other Butterfly Lion resources: ✦ Example Text BUNDLE ✦ Timeline Activity Pack ✦ Dialogue Example Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Pack ✦ Character Sort Activity Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

Detailed lessons on the NEW Section C text of the Eduqas Drama A level - The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage adapted by Bryony Lavery. This 110-Slide Powerpoint includes: Section 1 (slides 1-13): Information on the original production Brief synopsis Structure, genre and style Important themes Section 2 (slides 14-24): Key Lighting vocabulary Important things to think about/ideas for designing lighting Scaffolded paragraph structures for writing about lighting Detailed exemplar paragraph on an extract using this structure Section 3 (slides 25-33) Key sound vocabulary Important things to think about/ideas for designing sound Scaffolded paragraph structures for writing about sound Two detailed exemplar paragraphs on two different extracts using this structure. Section 4 (slides 34-49) Introduction to the live theatre evaluation element (10 marks in section C) Scaffolded paragraph structure for writing the live theatre evaluation section. Detailed exemplar paragraph on evaluating a live theatre production using this structure. Guidance on annotating a cue sheet Exemplar completed cue sheet **Guided example of a full answer, answering a **Sound and Lighting exam style question including: Scaffolded paragraph structure for writing an introduction Detailed exemplar introduction using this structure Scaffolded paragraph structure for the main body of essay. Detailed exemplar answer broken into three highly detailed paragraphs - one for each section of the attached extract. Section 5 (slides 50-72) Important things to consider for staging and set design Information on the key staging types Introduction to ground plans Design features and symbols for drawing ground plans Step-by-step guide to drawing a ground plan Information on the original production’s use of the stage floor and other things to consider Information on composite sets including benefits and pitfalls. Exam question on staging and set design within an extract including: Scaffolded paragraph structure for writing an introduction Detailed exemplar introduction using this structure Scaffolded paragraph structure for the main body of essay. Detailed exemplar paragraph using this structure. Opportunity for students to write their own paragraph using this structure with ideas given to help them. Section 6 (slides 73-85) Appropriate terminology for parts of the stage Things to consider as a director Guidance on annotating an extract for movement and positioning Exam question on movement and positioning within an extract including: Scaffolded paragraph structure for writing an introduction Detailed exemplar introduction using this structure Scaffolded paragraph structure for the main body of essay. Detailed exemplar paragraph using this structure Opportunity for students to write their own paragraph using this structure with sentence starters. Section 7 (slides 86-110) Important thin

This resource is intended to be used to help teach the skills of the KS2 National Curriculum for Reading, by domain. Domains 2b and 2d are weighted more in these comprehensions to match the weighting of the end of KS2 Reading Comprehension assessment. Included: • SATs style comprehension questions for the prologue/preface and the twenty-seven chapters of the novel. • A teaching PowerPoint with an introduction to the author, their other works and copies of the questions. This resource works best if the chapter is read, talked about and discussed in one day, then comprehension questions are given the day after. This resource has been used with both Year Five and Year Six classes to great effect and has boosted their reading skills and their comprehension scores. Please let me know if you found this resource useful. It should save you hours and hours of time.

Differentiated example diary texts based on the picture bookLila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly with differentiated planning sheets. The diary entry is written from Lila’s point of view the day she decides to climb the mountain to make it rain. The exemplar texts can be used as a WAGOLL before pupils plan and write their own diary entry based on the book. Resources provided: • Differentiated exemplar diary entry texts x4 • Differentiated planning templates x3 All resources are provided in editable Word and PDF format. Other Lila and the Secret of Rain themed resources: ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Lila and the Secret of Rain Conjunction Activities Differentiated Other popular resources: ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4 ✦ Moon Landing Diary Complete Unit of Work | One Week | Year 3/4 ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ The Twits Example Texts BUNDLE ✦ Journey: Example Writing BUNDLE ✦ How to Train Your Dragon BUNDLE ✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Butterfly Lion: Example Text BUNDLE ✦ The Hodgeheg Example Text Packs BUNDLE ✦ The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Charlotte’s Web: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Flat Stanley WAGOLL Writing & Punctuation BUNDLE ✦ Beowulf: Example Texts & Grammar BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

In this resource file, you will find: -a French extract from “Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné” by Victor Hugo -an English version (if you wish to use as parallel texts) -a worksheet with two exam-style activities: find the synonym and fill in the gaps (total out of 12 marks) -a version with answers -a short PPT (6 slides) with the short description about the author, the text, the activities and the answers (should you wish to project these on your board) This text will link nicely with the topic of “Comment on traite les criminels” in particular If you have any questions or if you are interested in more resources like this, you can check this facebook page: @frenchresources where links, updates and freebies are posted regularly.

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 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!

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Comparing Sade’s experiences of England with Nigeria after reading The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo. Students reflecting on the novel once they have read it list good and bad things in Sade’s experience of both countries, exploring whether the author presents a balanced view of both countries.