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!
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!
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This is an engaging lesson in which students present their own idea for Room 101. This is a lighthearted introduction before the very sinister truth next lesson when they read an extract from Orwell’s ‘1984’.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson leads on from the previous about Room 101 by introducing students to an extract from 1984. Students are introduced to the assessment task and have to analytically explore how fear is created by Orwell.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson guides students through a piece of imaginative writing based on their reading of Bradbury's 'Marionettes Inc.' There is an interactive element where students are presented with recent scientific discoveries and discuss the moral and ethical implications of them.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
This is a set of progressively more challenging gap-fill sheets to help students learn key quotations for the Edexcel Conflict poetry cluster.
Begin by giving students the completed quotations to learn. I then give them a week to practise them and give them the next sheet to complete either independently or in groups.
This has had tremendous results for my students, all of whom are now feeling much more confident about sitting the poetry exam!
Create a visually appealing display while encouraging recall and quotation retention!
This set includes 30 key quotations from Orwell’s novella, taken from across the ten chapters.
Each is clearly labelled with the chapter it has come from, and, where relevant, the character that said it.
It is an excellent way to quiz students on their knowledge retention, and studies show that having these visuals displayed in classrooms helps students to remember the quotations in the exams!
A set of visually arresting posters with the IPA symbols for each sound.
These are perfect to display in your A Level English Language classroom and are invaluable to refer to when writing transcripts or specific examples for Paper 2.
This is a worksheet comprising 19 activities on Act 3 Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice.
You can use this worksheet in any number of the following ways, and possibly more that I haven't thought of!:
- as unit homework, asking students to complete 1-2 activities per week
- as a lesson for pre-exam revision
- ask students to choose one task from each colour to ensure a wide range of analysis and interpretation.
To use the QR codes students can download a free QR reader from the App Store - this is often their favourite bit!
This has been clearly differentiated for a wide variety of learning styles with a colour key at the bottom of the page.
Roll the dice and create something TERRIFYING!
This is a Halloween version of my popular roll the dice board game for Creative Writing. It consists of a vibrant grid full of spooky Halloween-inspired images, words and phrases to provoke out-the-box thinking and writing!
Students roll the dice to choose a genre, then roll again moving across the board to land on weird and wonderful prompts, including fangs, thunderstorm, snake, creepy doll and a full moon.
This has produced some really outstanding writing from my students and can be used to aid writers' block in even the most reluctant of budding authors.
NOTE: This product requires you to supply your own dice.
Welcome to Word Birds, a weekly lesson and resources to build higher-level vocabulary in your 8th Grade 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.
NOTE: This set will be followed with Word Birds for grades 8-12 shortly, along with a complete bundle of all six sets!
This is a whole lesson analysing Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson. Includes analysis, background information on 'The Troubles' and an excellent video link of Carson explaining his thought processes.
A whole lesson analysing the poem 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' by Lord Byron from the Edexcel Conflict Cluster (1-9 GCSE)
Includes language analysis, vocab, context and questions.
A whole lesson analysing the poem 'What Were They Like' by Denise Levertov from the Edexcel Conflict Cluster (1-9 GCSE)
Includes language analysis, vocab, context and questions.
Nineteenth Century Worksheets Google Edition - Research Topics Digital Interactive Notebook
What is Google Drive?
★Google Drive is a fantastic way to go 1:1 digital in your classroom. It is a suite of apps, including Google Slides, which is an online version of PowerPoint.
Why use a Google Drive product?
★Paperless. No printing. No cutting. No glue.
★Students work directly in the file
★Preserve ideas and references
★Improve students writing
★Infuse technology
★1:1
★High engagement
★Access anywhere
★For use on Chromebooks, Android Tablets, and other devices!
★Can be used on the Google Drive or MS OneDrive
★Happy students
Includes:
★Teacher Tutorial – includes the access link and how to use this in your classroom.
★10 worksheets including:
Fashion
Food and Drink
London's Sewers
Medicine
Social Classes and Occupations
The Workhouse
Crime and Punishment
The Factory Acts
Scientific Discoveries
and
Education.
Students will be engaged and inspired by these thorough and rigorous research topics, ready to move on to a 19th century novel or History unit.
TWITTER ISSUES Vol. 3 - Correct the Spelling and Grammar of more Celebrities!
This great starter activity includes 25 grammatically incorrect tweets from famous celebrities. Pop one on the board and get your students to correct them!
A mixture of spelling and grammar issues #Twissues on one fun PPT.
I made this into a TuesdayTwissue activity and the kids LOVE it!
This could also be used in any subject area for Literacy across the curriculum.
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Made up from Volumes 1-3 of my best-selling Twitter Issues.
This great starter activity includes 75 grammatically incorrect tweets from famous celebrities. Pop one on the board and get your students to correct them!
A mixture of spelling and grammar issues #Twissues on one fun PPT.
I made this into a TuesdayTwissue activity and the kids LOVE it!
This could also be used in any subject area for Literacy across the curriculum.
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!
This is a bundle of lessons covering award-winning documentaries BLACKFISH, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE and SUPER SIZE ME.
PLUS - two worksheets - one on Aristotle's Means of Persuasion, and one that introduces students to begin working on their own persuasive campaign.
SUPER SIZE ME: Obesity is second only to smoking as the biggest killer in the United States. Morgan Spurlock's award-winning documentary highlights the dangers of fast food in a hilarious and shocking way.
-NOTE- This documentary is 'PG-13' rated in the US and '12' in the UK. Prior-viewing is advised. There are some brief incidents of bad language and some graphic footage of surgery, along with one conversation of a sexual nature (nothing visual; this is a discussion on Morgan's impeded 'performance' as a result of his diet.)
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE:The Columbine tragedy affected the world. It was the first in a wave of school shootings and people have fought to understand why and how it could have happened.
Michael Moore's award-winning documentary seeks to unearth the background to America's gun crimes and questions everything from causes to culpability.
-NOTE- This documentary is 'R' rated in the US and '15' in the UK. Prior-viewing is advised. There are some incidents of bad language and some graphic footage, but I strongly believe that the importance of this documentary outweighs any potential concerns.
BLACKFISH:This documentary explores SeaWorld's treatment of killer whales and interviews past and present employees and orca trainers. A hard-hitting look at the treatment of animals in captivity, this documentary is a perfect way to introduce students to the rules of rhetoric.
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.
Poke Cards are super easy to use, tactile, engaging and self-checking!
There are 138 cards included in this set covering pronouns, adverbs, and prepositions.
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 for 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!
Watch a quick demonstration video