**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

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

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 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.

Two diary model texts. One based on 1st class and the other on 3rd from the day of the sailing. These are great for use in year 6 (especially for GD writers), but could be used in lower years. Also, is attached a word bank which is useful for both diary entries.

Example newspaper report pack based on the popular novel Holes by Louis Sachar. This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying the mystery adventure bookHoles. The example text reports on Stanley Yelnat’s conviction for theft, from chapters 1 to 6 in the book. The model newspaper report comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in, with answer sheet, to give students the opportunity to examine the text in detail. After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation worksheets, filling in the missing punctuation marks. Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text or other events that take place in the novel. This resource comes with the following documents: • Example newspaper report WAGOLL • Feature find worksheets, differentiated x 3 • Feature find answers • Quotation punctuation activity with answers • Newspaper report planning templates • Newspaper report writing templates, differentiated x2 • Labelled writing templates The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include: • Headline with alliteration • Byline • Date • Lead: introductory paragraph containing 5 Ws • Quotes, with inverted commas • Photograph with caption • Passive voice • Past tense • Third person • Relative clauses • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by comma • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Subordinating conjunctions • Modal verbs • Present perfect tense • Hyphens • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession All resources come as both easily editable Word documents and PDFs. 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 Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 5/6 ✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Holes: Description Pack ✦ Holes: Non-Chronological Report Pack ✦ Holes: Character Profile Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ The Nowhere Emporium BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

If you would like to teach your students a step-by step approach to writing persuasively and also scaffold every stage of the writing process, then you will find this resource very useful. All components in this pack are designed to facilitate students to write persuasive essays effectively in preparation for formal/Naplan testing. The materials adhere to a formal writing style complete with close detail to elements of structure and composition of persuasive texts whereby opinion is supported by relevant details. Further details of lessons included in this pack are outlined below: * All lessons to teach and model the parts of a Persuasive Essay revolve around the mentor text, ‘How Good is Fast Food?.’ Application of writing skills is targeted in the close writing prompt: The Importance of Eating Clean. The graphic organisers also enable students to write on other topics of choice. LESSON 1: THE STRUCTURE ✓ Persuasive Writing Anchor Charts x 3 ✓ Mentor Text x 1 on the topic ‘How Good is Fast Food?’ ✓ Cut and glue parts of the mentor text activity to study structure ✓ Colour-code parts of the mentor text to study the structural components of the introduction, body and conclusion. ✓ Questions x 23 to draw attention to structure (to use with mentor text and informative article) LESSON 2: THE INTRODUCTION ♦ Scaffolded activities based on the mentor text to enable students to write the three parts that make-up the introduction: hook, opinion and thesis statement. LESSON 3: THE BODY ♦ Cut and glue interactive activities and reference to mentor text to help students better understand the parts of the three body paragraphs: the topic sentence encompassing the reason, supporting details and concluding sentence. LESSON 4: THE CONCLUSION ♦ Reference to colour-coded mentor text and deconstructing parts of a concluding paragraph activity to better understand the parts: summary statement, re-statement of reasons and call to action. ALSO INCLUDED: ✓ Graphic organisers to organise ideas of the introduction, body and conclusion when planning to write on a given prompt are included for all lessons. ✓ Writing templates for published pieces. ✓ Self-editing checklist ✓ Peer-editing checklist ✓ Teacher marking rubric ✓ Booklet cover for all lessons if compiling lesson sheets. ✓ Posters x 6 on Persuasive Writing Signal Words Once you have taught students the style and structure of a Persuasive Essay, the job is half done. All the best! I hope you will have an idea of how I have used this resource with my students via the guided notes for each section. Further instructions on how to use this resource are in file. Wish you and your students a successful year!

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'

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. 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 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.

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

An example diary entry text for The Hodgeheg written from the point of view Max, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL whilst studying Dick King-Smith’s book. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answer sheet • Planning templates • Text extract The diary recount text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features: • Rule of three • Repetition for effect • Alliteration • Emotions • Rhetorical questions • Variety of sentence openers, including fronted adverbials followed by a comma • Variety of nouns to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Conjunctions • Commas in a list • Exclamation marks • Question marks • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for plural possession • Hyphens • Brackets • Semi-colons • Colons • First person POV The diary text tells the events of Chapter 1 from Max’s point of view. Pupils can read the extract and the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry from the point of view of Max, Peony, Pansy, Petunia, Ma, Pa, Uncle Bo or any other character from the story. All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. 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 Hodgeheg themed resources: ✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack ✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack ✦ Action Sequence Example Text Pack 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 ✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates ✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers ✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker ✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

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 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

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.

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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.

Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 5 and 6 of Michelle Magorian’s historical World War Two novel. The diary entry, written from evacuee Zach’s perspective, recounts the day when he speaks to protagonist Willie for the very first time. Resources provided: • Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text • Feature find worksheet • Feature find answers • Differentiated planning sheets x3 • Contractions word bank The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. Pupils read the example diary entry, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry based on the WAGOLL, from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Willie, Tom Oakley or Dr Little. The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text: • fronted adverbials with commas • subordinate clauses • dash and dashes for emphasis • relative clauses • thoughts/feelings • colons to introduce lists • complex lists with semi-colons • similes • parenthesis using brackets • expanded noun phrases • contractions • hyperbole • alliteration • possessive noun phrases • date • greeting with comma • introduction • sign off • first person POV 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 Goodnight MIster Tom themed resources: ✦ Goodnight Mister Tom Example Character Profile Text Pack Other popular resources: ✦ Carrie’s War BUNDLE ✦ Holes BUNDLE ✦ Lightning Thief BUNDLE ✦ Harry Potter BUNDLE ✦ Street Child BUNDLE ✦ Stormbreaker BUNDLE ✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE ✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class BUNDLE ✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work ✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

An example character profile text about Varjak from the book Varjak Paw plus differentiated planning and writing templates, word bank, and character matching activity. The exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of S.F. Said’s fantasy adventure novel. The character matching activity is ideal Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text • Planning template differentiated x2 • Writing template differentiated x3 • Personality traits word bank • Character trait matching activity differentiated x3 • Character trait matching activity answers Matching Activity After reading Chapter 1, pupils match the character names with their character traits and relationship with Varjak. This activity will help pupils to learn the characters’ names and their roles, and think about their personalities. Character Profile Resources Pupils read the model character description of Varjak based on Chapter 1 and then plan and write their own character profile about Varjak (or any other character such as Julius, Holly or Elder Paw) using the differentiated templates and word bank. The resource could also be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about a character from any story. The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents. 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 Varjak Paw resources: ✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE ✦ Varjak Paw Diary Entry Example Text Pack ✦ Varjak Paw Playscript Example Text Pack ✦ Varjak Paw Newspaper Report Example Text Pack 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 Visit Helen-Teach’s Shop for more resources.

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