5 cryptograms to kick start a lesson or a conversation about reading.
Answers are on the back page. These can be easily differentiated by giving extra letters away as clues. All abilities love these. If you like them please comment and I'll upload more.
5x Books of Double Digit worksheets with an answer key. Each book contains 5 sheets.
These were created with my generator which can be purchased from within my profile.
Multi-lesson PowerPoints for every poem.
A treasure hunt for each poem to help students annotate their copy of the poem.
Cryptogram linked to the poet for every poem.
Exam questions for every poem.
Teachers crib sheets and
Recap Quizzes for each poem.
Crossword Puzzle for each poem.
FREE!
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“Origin Story” – Eve L. Ewing
“Catrin” – Gillian Clarke
“The Schoolboy” – William Blake
“Remains” – Simon Armitage
“Dusting the Phone” – Jackie Kay
“War Photographer” – Carol Ann Duffy
“Blackberry Picking” – Seamus Heaney
“Kamikaze” – Beatrice Garland
“Decomposition” – Zulfikar Ghose
“I Shall Return” – Claude McKay
“Disabled” – Wilfred Owen
“Drummer Hodge” – Thomas Hardy
“Sonnet 29 – I think of thee!” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Cousin Kate” – Christina Rossetti
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” – William Wordsworth
This comprehensive resource pack includes 12 original exam papers (Paper 1 and Paper 2) designed to mirror the Eduqas GCSE English Language specification in both style and structure.
What’s Included:
6 themed sets of exam papers:
-Treasure Hunters
-Golden Oldies
-Egypt
-Food and Feasts
-Online Gaming
-Teen Life
12 full exam papers:
6 × Paper 1 (Reading and Creative Prose Writing)
6 × Paper 2 (Reading and Transactional Writing)
Engaging PowerPoints for each paper:
-2–3 pre-exam activity slides to hook student interest
-Post-exam extension tasks to deepen learning
Fun literacy puzzles for each theme:
-Word Search
-Crossword
-Cryptogram
Mark schemes included for every paper to support self-assessment or teacher marking
If you’d like a set of exam papers based on a particular theme, feel free to leave a comment—I’d love to hear your ideas!
If you find this pack useful or have any feedback, please consider leaving a review. It really helps and means a lot!
Several weeks worth of lessons on the theme of Conspiracy Theories.
These are very much revision lessons or to be used in the run-up to the GCSE English Language exams. They use exam style questions from different boards so you might have to tweak to your particular board.
Alternatively could be used in Y9 as an introduction to skills.
Please let me know if you find these useful.
Full notes for each poem on the Educas Poetry Anthology.
Great as either a primer for teachers, prep for students or revision notes.
Word Document- Fully editable.
A Wife in London by Thomas Hardy
As Imperceptibly as Grief by Emily Dickinson
Afternoons by Philip Larkin
Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
Excerpt from The Prelude by William Wordsworth
Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes
London by William Blake
Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker
Mametz Wood by Owen Sheers
Manhunt by Simon Armitage
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron
Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
To Autumn by John Keats
Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy
4 independent lessons on characters from the King Arthur mythos.
Plenty to pick and choose from. Ideal for cover / homework / independent work.
No prep needed. Some tasks may require internet access if available.
8 Flash fiction stories with differentiated reading questions and a selection of creative writing activities. Ideal for homework, extension work, stretch and challenge or literacy tutor time sessions.
Please leave a review if you would like me to upload any more of these.
If possible print as a stapled booklet- the 2 blank pages in their current place facilitate having the story and questions viewable at the same time.
These sentences can be expanded by adding more action, dialogue, or suspense, such as describing what the character is saying, thinking, or feeling, or what might happen next. This can help children develop their narrative skills and engage their imagination.
Remote lessons, no prep or contact required.
Easy to just email out or give as ‘extra’ for those who want it.
I will update each week with 3 more up to around 18 lessons in total.
If you have ideas to improve or people to cover, send me a message :)
Students should provide answers as digits and at the end of the lesson present a string of numbers to check their answers are right.
Answers are as follows:
Brown v. Board of Education Decision Year: 1954
Number of Students in the “Little Rock Nine”: 9
Year the Civil Rights Act was Passed: 1964
Duration of the Montgomery Bus Boycott: 381 days
Number of Original Freedom Riders: 13
Year of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” Speech: 1963
Total Days of the Selma to Montgomery Marches: 5 days
Age of Emmett Till at the Time of His Murder: 14
Year the Voting Rights Act was Signed: 1965
Number of Victims in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing: 4
So the number the students should have at the end of the lesson is: 19549196438113196351419654
Do you want a resource which requires no planning or prep on your part? That looks to any passing HoD or SLT Member like you’re ploughing on with learning right up until the bell and that you havn’t just slapped on a film?
Well then this is for you.
Differentiated
Lots of choice
Accessible
Stretch and Challenge
Ideal for remote learning.
Come back every day and I will add another resource for the entire week.
Merry Christmas!