Whole-school English resources

This is an outstanding lesson, designed to help students prepare for question 1 and 2 on Language Paper 1. The lesson focuses on how the writer uses language to create atmosphere in the short story: ‘The Hook’.

Children can dream up any under-sea creature, treasure, relic, mystery, beauty or blight they like, to list and describe in these 3, ability-graded, creative-writing sheets. Writing inside the fascinating picture will draw them right into the ocean world, prompting adventurous, experimental language to express their knowledge and thoughts. Will embellish any related projects or events.

This resource includes detailed analysis of key quotations relating to the following characters and themes: good vs evil, Macbeth and Banquo, bravery, temptation and guilt, appearance vs reality, confusion, the supernatural, kingship vs tyranny, and Macduff. The analysis covers A01, A02 and A03 and is a perfect revision resource.

2 bright and clear posters informing students about both co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Perfect for working walls.

This richly illustrated creative writing sheet will engage your Reception and Year 1 emergent writers, triggering ideas about what could be under the sea, and encouraging adventurous descriptive language. Warm your class to the subject first, building ideas of what could be under the sea, and words for describing those items, including fish - the only given item here. Fish might be various colours and patterns (stripy, spotty), fast or slow, darting, dashing or twitching, scaly, shiny, twinkly, shimmering, or even quiet, peaceful, friendly or gentle.

George and Martha Word Search

Romeo and Juliet display suitable for KS2,KS3 & KS4 Suggested display ideas attached

A PPT based lesson linked to the statutory Year 1 text objective ‘sequencing sentences to form short narratives’. The PPT contains a variety of examples and exercises as well as opportunities for discussion.

Lesson for the Power and Conflict poem ‘Kamikaze’. Lesson includes: -information and video clips exploring the contextual factors that influence the poem (A03) -visual aids to help students with word level analysis (A02) differentiated worksheet with a series of questions to help students analyse the poem (A01/A02) word level analysis planning sheet (A02)

This resource pack includes essays answering the following questions: How is Arthur Birling presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is Sybil Birling presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is Sheila presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is Eric presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is Gerald presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is Eva presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is Inspector Goole presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is the theme of responsibility presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is the theme of gender presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is the theme of age presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? How is the theme of class presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’? Teachers can use these essays as exemplars for students to analyse and incorporate ideas from.

Lesson Objective: To explore the different poetic and language techniques commonly used in poetry and music This is a lesson I did with a mixed ability year 8 class. I found that the group responded well to the fact that I was using rap poetry in their English Lesson. The Powerpoint is accompanied with 2 main tasks. The first task - students are given a slip of paper with either the name of a technique, the description of what that technique is or an example of that technique. They need to find the other students who have the information on the same technique. For example if a student had the “simile” technique, they would match this with the student who had the "this is when you compare something to another thing using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. The second activity - Pupils will annotate their copies of the verse from the Tupac song.

This document contains an A*/Level 5 essay on Edgar in King Lear and it is a character questions which has not yet come up on the new specification and thus, could potentially be an exam question for A2 students sitting the summer exam from 2018 onwards. This essay covers all the aspects of AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO5 perfectly as if it is a coursework essay (teacher’s own comment) and it is a guaranteed A* essay in which some of the evaluative points can be easily applied by students to any other thematic essays too.

Each term, we have a fix it phrase of the term to develop accurate spoken English.

Some ideas for celebrating world book week.

A compact review of Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison Rules organized for quick referencing. A handout that explains the rules followed for converting Positives into Comparatives and Superlatives. It also includes a rubric for assessment. Teachers can use this cheat sheet as a ready reference material to remind the learners about the rules for degrees of comparison, thereby helping them to enhance their vocabulary and language skills.

Ideas for quality next steps when marking English writing to enhance pupil outcomes.

This document contains an A*/Level 5 essay on Cordelia in King Lear and it is a character questions which has not yet come up on the new specification and thus, could potentially be an exam question for A2 students sitting the summer exam from 2018 onwards. This essay covers all the aspects of AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO5 perfectly as if it is a coursework essay (teacher’s own comment) and it is a guaranteed A* essay in which some of the evaluative points can be easily applied by students to any other thematic essays too.

Differentiated marking guidance for English.

These A* character notes of King Lear are for the new 2015 English Literature specification. They don’t include any language analysis but mainly focus upon the AO5 (criticism) aspect and AO1 which are very useful for any exam questions which mainly focus upon character questions and can be applied to any thematic questions.

Our plug for home reading in school. We expect that all children read every single day and will receive a new reading book that they choose every day .

Lesson for Chapter One of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.

For the new 2015 specification of English Literature whereby this document includes the extract of Chapter 6 of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Section 6 of Mrs Dalloway by Virgina Woolf and it compares these both sections via language and structural analysis (making cross comparisons) and is of A* quality and the whole point of this is the fact that these points can be very easily applied to any themes and essay questions at AS and A2 regarding both of these novels.

I have put together an EYFS poetry resource bank - ideal for story time.

For anyone completing RWI - I have devised a set of targets linked to the ks1 English curriculum for reading teachers to feedback to class teachers about the progress of their children.

Reading targets for children - linked to national curriculum.

Writing targets linked to the new national curriculum of 2014. Covers Y1-6. Targets can be used and differentiated to suit all levels in your classroom.

Designed for A Level or advanced GCSE students, a 25 slide power-point presentation which provides a detailed introduction to literary criticism. The concept of critical ‘lenses’ is described and short explanations are given of a number of critical paradigms including Formalism, Deconstructionism, Historical, Intertextual, Psychological, Archetypal, Mimetic and Reader-Response. Feminist (8 slides) and Marxist (4 slides) critical perspectives are explored in some detail, encompassing their core aims, central concerns and interests with specific reference to aspects of The Great Gatsby and Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Bibliographies and guidelines for conducting further research are also included.

This level 5/A* essay on the use of narrative voices in the novels of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf is for the new 2015 Edexcel A-Level specification whereby it perfectly covers all AO1, AO2 (very strong) and AO3 aspects. This is a guaranteed A* essay which has been previously marked by teachers and it provides very evaluative and critical comparative points for both novels which can be applied in any given question too.

A* quality notes for the novel Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf whereby this document includes all the language analysis (including sound level analysis and making cross references between the characters), structural analysis and some key points which are required for the exam. This is based on the new 2015 specification for English Lit A and also has some contextual background to it as AO3 for the A2 exam is required.

This document contains A* quality evaluative points for Dr Faustus (A text) which includes language and structural analytical points along with taking the background information into account. These notes are perfect for when you know the content but need excellent evaluative and critical points for exams/writing essays - a very strong likelihood of an A* if any of these points are included.

AO3 for English literature Edexcel A-Level students doing the new 2015 specification for the Christina Rossetti selected poems (editor: Dinah Roe) whereby this document includes all the biblical references assigned to each poem that students can use. It also has points to include about Rossetti’s own life and potential influences on Rossetti herself whilst writing the poems. All resources uploaded are A* quality.

A resource that contains 7 worksheets with answers to Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison. It includes worksheets on identifying, providing, and correct usage of Positives, Comparatives, and Superlatives in writing. Teachers can use these to enhance the vocabulary and language skills of the learners in their writing.

Rosie is a very playful, cheeky little cat. She loves to play and explore. In this pack of maths and literacy challenges, pupils are asked to answer a variety of questions that will test their mental maths and processing skills, along with short writing tasks. Perfect for starters and time-fillers, children will enjoy looking at the photos of Rosie and reading the challenges that come with them. Hopefully they will be inspired to try these activities independently, so maybe laminated copies would be ideal for your classrooms. These challenges could also act as short homework tasks.

A* quality notes for English Literature A-Level Edexcel students doing Christina Rossetti Selected Poems (Dinah Roe) Anthology. It includes all 22 poems for A2 with analysis points including: language analysis, structure analysis, themes and a lot of contextual information that is required. These notes are only for the new 2015 specification.

This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising Cecil Day-Lewis’s love and relationships poem 'Walking Away.’ It contains comprehensive sections on: Context; Line-by-Line Analysis; Poetic Devices/ Language Devices; Themes; Form/Structure; Poems for Comparison; The Poet’s Influences. Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

A* quality notes for English Literature A-Level Edexcel students doing Poems of the Decade. It includes all 20 poems for A2 with analysis points including: language analysis, structure analysis, themes and even some background information. These notes are only for the new 2015 specification.

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