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I am a Secondary English Teacher on a mission - to produce the highest quality lessons I possibly can with the intention of saving precious time for teachers!
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POKEMON GO - Bring the Worldwide Craze Into the Classroom! Worksheet for Research and Writing Skills
This resource is a worksheet comprising four fun activities!
They include hunting out local Pokestops and researching their significance, linking Pokemon to literary and historical figures and creating students' own version of the hit game.
Technology is only going to become more encompassing, so now is the time for us to embrace it as educators and show students the learning that can take place while playing their favourite games!
Random Acts of Kindness Christmas Homework Menu
This is a learning menu or homework choice mat to encourage students to be more kind!
This works really well alongside my Saint Diary to make students more thoughtful in their actions.
Some of these tasks are Christmas specific so works brilliantly in the lead-up to the holidays.
Word Birds Word of the Week Year 10 High-Level Vocabulary Builder: 40 Lessons!
Welcome to Word Birds, a weekly lesson and resources to build higher-level vocabulary in your Year 10 students.
These weekly lessons include the following:
• a single word plus definition as a PDF designed to be printed as a poster and displayed in your room
• a PowerPoint slide to accompany the poster, with an example of how to use the word in a sentence
• 6 entertaining task cards to get your students using the word in a variety of ways including my trademark comic strip!
• a Word Bird helpsheet explaining the differences between verbs, adjectives, nouns and adverbs.
• a record sheet to go in student exercise books to help them keep track of the words they have learnt.
Most school years run for 38 weeks, but I’ve included 40 words in case you don’t fancy using any of them or you want to use them on other occasions too.
Package includes:
40 slides PowerPoint
40-page PDF of words plus definitions for student handouts or posters
6 mini task cards
1 record sheet
1 help sheet to be used as a student handout.
ALL RESOURCES ARE INCLUDED WITH US AND UK SPELLINGS.
Come On, Come Back - Stevie Smith (AQA Conflict Poetry Cluster GCSE)
A whole lesson analysing the poem 'Come On, Come Back' by Stevie Smith.
Word Class Poke Cards - 180 Self-Checking Cards for Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
Poke Cards are super easy to use, tactile, engaging and self-checking!
There are 180 cards included in this set covering nouns, adjectives and verbs.
Students simply choose their answer and turn over to see if they were right! I use these for my classes higher up the school as a revision aid on word classes or for an introduction lesson for younger students.
These are simply designed with high school students in mind - no childish clip art for those kids who are too cool for that sort of thing!
Please be aware that there is some preparation needed beforehand including cutting and laminating, but once completed you have a resource that can be used over and over again!
BACK TO SCHOOL BOOK BINGO - 10 'Ice Breaker' Bingo Cards on Reading Habits
This resource contains a set of ten bingo cards for students to get to know each other during their first English lesson back at school.
The idea of the activity is that students quiz each other about their reading habits and preferences and collect information to share. Traditional bingo rules apply - first to a line wins, then first to a 'full house'.
Tasks include things such as
-Find someone who has read all of the Harry Potter books (films don't count!)
-Find someone who has read your favourite book
-Find someone who has been so scared reading a book that they couldn't sleep
And then a few literacy and grammar tasks for good measure!
-Find someone who can correctly identify a noun, verb and adjective
-Find someone who can give you an example of a metaphor.
Files include both UK and US spellings, along with colour and black and white versions for those that are print-budget conscious!
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Word Birds Word of the Week Vocabulary Builder: 6th-12th Grade GROWING BUNDLE!
Welcome to Word Birds, a weekly lesson and resources to build higher-level vocabulary in your students.
These weekly lessons include the following:
• a single word plus definition as a PDF designed to be printed as a poster and displayed in your room
• a PowerPoint slide to accompany the poster, with an example of how to use the word in a sentence
• 6 entertaining task cards to get your students using the word in a variety of ways including my trademark comic strip!
• a Word Bird helpsheet explaining the differences between verbs, adjectives, nouns and adverbs.
• a record sheet to go in student exercise books to help them keep track of the words they have learned.
Most school years run for 38 weeks, but I’ve included 40 words in case you don’t fancy using any of them or you want to use them on other occasions too.
Each grade package includes:
40 slides in PowerPoint in both US and British English (80 slides total)
40-page PDF of words plus definitions for student handouts or posters (again in both US and British English)
6 mini task cards
1 record sheet
1 help sheet to be used as a student handout.
Take a closer look by clicking the “Preview” button above.
NOTE: This set will shortly include Word Birds for Year 11 and 12.
This product is for personal and classroom use. It is NOT for resale or any other commercial purposes.