A clear, structured worksheet that helps students master analytical paragraph writing. If your students struggle to write developed, well-structured analytical paragraphs, this PEEL worksheet is the ideal tool. Designed for Key stage three and lower Key stage four, it guides learners step-by-step through Point Evidence Explain Link and supports them in building confident, coherent responses. What is included? A structured, fold-able PEEL worksheet Planning area for essay questions Analytical sentence stems A peer-assessment checklist Clean, print-ready layout suitable for books or folders

A simple but powerful plenary tool that boosts reflection and gives you instant feedback. This ready-to-print 3, 2, 1 Exit Card is the perfect way to end any lesson across Key stage 3 to Key stage 5 . It encourages students to reflect on their learning, celebrate what they enjoyed, and identify questions or misconceptions, giving you invaluable insight for your next lesson. Why this exit card works so well Quick and easy: students can complete it in the last five minutes of the lesson. Universally adaptable: works for all subjects and all year groups. Encourages meaningful reflection: students record 3 things they learned, 2 things they enjoyed, and 1 question they still have. Great for assessment for learning: instantly highlights gaps in understanding and informs your planning. Promotes meta-cognition: helps students think about their progress, not just the content. Print-and-go design: clean, clear layout with two exit cards per page to save paper. Perfect for: Lesson plenaries Revision sessions Cover work Form time reflection Checking understanding before moving on

English Grammar Plenaries: ready-to-use end-of-lesson activities for resit, SEN & EAL learners. Sentence structure, punctuation & skills revision. These ready-to-use Grammar Plenary Activities are the perfect way to end your English lesson with purposeful practice, meaningful reflection, and clear consolidation. Designed specifically for English resit, SEN, and EAL learners, these plenaries help students revisit key grammar skills in an accessible, confidence-building format. Created by a classroom English teacher for real learners, each plenary task reinforces essential grammar knowledge needed for success at Grade 4/5. These short, engaging tasks encourage retrieval, checking, explanation and application. This resource covers a wide range of core grammar elements, including: Sentence types & structures Main, subordinate & embedded clauses Punctuation: commas, brackets, dashes & semi-colons Conjunctions & cohesion Word classes and their effects Prepositions & grammar terminology recap Each plenary activity is designed to be: simple to understand, perfect for lower-attaining groups Quick to complete ideal for the last five to ten minutes of the lesson Low-stakes but high-impact focuses on accuracy, retrieval & explanation Easily adaptable, fully editable slides included Plenary styles include: Explain it to an alien (student-friendly explanation tasks) Grammar upgrade challenges Correct and improve the sentence Identify and explain the feature Mini multiple-choice checks Apply-the-rule writing tasks

Engage your students in a dynamic creative writing lesson using the iconic painting Nighthawks! This lesson focuses on the essential show, do not tell technique, encouraging students to bring characters and scenes to life through vivid description, inner thoughts, and sensory detail. Students will: Step into the shoes of one of the characters in Nighthawks and explore their perspective. Use the painting as a stimulus to craft a story full of mood, atmosphere, and tension. Develop stronger narrative writing skills by focusing on imagery, emotion, and action rather than exposition. Perfect for: English classes, creative writing workshops, or enrichment sessions. This ready-to-go lesson includes clear instructions, discussion prompts, and guidance on the show, do not tell approach, making it easy to implement and inspiring for students. Bring art and writing together and watch your student’s creativity soar!

English Grammar Starters: ready-to-use slides for resit, SEN & EAL learners. Sentence structure, punctuation, clauses & more. Transform your English lessons with this set of fully prepared, low-stress and high-impact grammar starter activities, perfect for resit classes, Functional Skills, SEN learners, EAL learners, or any group needing clear, accessible grammar revision. Designed by a classroom teacher for real learners, these starter slides build grammar confidence in five minutes at the start of your lesson without any additional planning. Each starter focuses on a key grammar skill needed for grammar success, including: Sentence construction & verb tense accuracy Simple, compound, complex sentences Clauses: main, subordinate & embedded Commas, dashes, brackets & semi-colons Conjunctions & cohesive devices Prepositions & word classes Every slide follows a consistent, student-friendly format: Clear, simple explanation of the grammar rule One-sentence student-friendly definition Three to four short practice questions Answer slide included for instant feedback These starters are pitched at Grade 4/5 level, with language carefully adapted for learners who struggle with extended texts. Because each grammar point is broken down into manageable steps, these slides work brilliantly as: lesson starters revision warm-ups literacy moments in any subject quick diagnostic checks This resource is also completely editable, so you can adapt it to your class, adapt examples, or build it into your existing lessons and schemes of work. Save yourself time and give your students the consistent grammar practice they need to boost their writing, ready to teach, no planning required.

Lessons on poetry including a focus on poets such as John Agard, Grace Nichols and Imtiaz Dharker with analysis questions and extended writing tasks in each lesson.

11 lessons of poetry for a year 7 cohort that focuses on a diverse group of poets both in terms of gender and background such as Benjamin Zephaniah, Imtiaz Dharker etc. Each lesson has a recall starter, focuses on a different poem, followed by comprehension, analysis questions and a creative writing task related to the poem. Also included weekly spelling lists with words related to the unit.