A four-page resource providing reading information relating to Planet Earth and the reality of its demise under the control of human beings. The resource then asks the reader to discuss the facts and construct a piece of writing (within a lined table) to explore the issues facing the current generation and potential routes to explore to improve the planet's chances.

Identify sentence types then complete the table by creating three of your own of each type.

Homework / Handout / Lesson Starter. 12 pages. Prints as a booklet with key information linked to plot sand characters.

Single sheet showing scene settings (can use SSSSS to reaffirm/recap on alliteration).

An interesting resource describing in a chart across two pages how the concepts within the play developed, seemingly from a true story. Masuccio Salernitano Luigi da Porto Matteo Bandello Arthur Brooke

Can be printed double-sided to save on paper and ink.

Used in class with all year groups. Effective because the student can file the sheets in a specific order and review their progress. The sheet provides an alternative to often messy alterations within exercise books and helps the teacher maintain a working file to allow Ofsted the opportunity to see valid attempts made by student and teacher to develop SPaG. Can also be used as a lesson starter/end or a homework sheet.

Study Pack containing resources to link to any novel or play, containing Quotation Booklet; Timeline; Mind Map. These resources were grouped together to apply to a range of study-texts, as they proved highly effective for students wanting an orderly overview. They also act as excellent revision tools as research across a range of schools found similar resources to be 'bitty' and 'inconsistent'.

A pack containing combined resources to create a complete study-aid for students which includes: New Word Chart / Quotation Booklet / Timeline / Visual-Mapping / Internet-Research Booklet Can be used effectively alongside any Novel or a Play.

An 8-page resource where the student explores the realities of constructing a basic descriptive written piece, examining the first and third-person perspectives. The resource combines these, with the student completing, throughout 1-2 lessons, a first draft from both literary viewpoints, whilst providing valuable insight into their own lives in a piece entitled: Where I Live. The resource provides Basic, Intermediate and High-Level response to descriptive writing and can be used alongside PP entitled 'Insight' by the same author.

Tracking Sheet used to log lesson progression throughout two terms.

Three media extracts. Read and respond with 6 key facts and write a summary using connectives. Elephant seeks out human help. Scientists create brain machine. Students discover new planet.

A piece of writing intended as a study piece to generate discussion. Can be used as a poster. Could be used alongside Desiderata, to compare. The Lead Your Life piece was written in 2015 by Tor Alexander Bruce.

Words Assonance Dissonance Metaphor Personification Simile Alliteration Irony Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Rhetorical Rhetorical techniques Emotive Pathos Ethos Logos Comma Full stop. Hyphen - Speech Marks “ ” Question Mark? Exclamation Mark! Stanza Enjambment Consonance Alliteration Assonance Consonance Euphony Onomatopoeia Repetition Rhyme Rhythm Meter Iambic Pentameter Common line lengths Allegory Allusion Ambiguity Analogy Apostrophe Cliché Connotation Contrast Denotation Euphemism Hyperbole Irony Metaphor Metonymy Oxymoron Paradox Personification Pun Simile Symbol Synecdoche

A six page resource. Students identify parts of language and features of language and then incorporate examples into their own sentences. Ideal for use alongside a play, novel or a poem to unpick the structure.

Used in June 2016 with Year 8's. Three media extracts. Students identify six key facts from each, then write a 50+ word summary of the article. Worked well in line with discussion relating to sentence-structure and connectives and by media article number three the students ability had vastly improved.

Having a command of the English language can be such an enriching experience. Travelling from place to place, or from country to country around the world, the extent of your vocabulary and how you chose to make it work for you, can make a real impact on how your life develops. An innovative resource which prints as a seven page booklet with each page containing the image of a quiver. The student labels the quiver, e.g. 'Metaphor', then lists words or a sentence linked to this. After compiling several pages of words associated with each central title, the student uses these to create a speech, with space for Notes, First Draft and Final Draft. The overall idea is that the student recognises the power of words, when used toward a particular 'target' audience.

A read and respond resource. Whole Book Summary in a single-page. Student chooses eight items to banish from the current system/reality then narrow down to two and describe in a table the full reasons to support their choices. Then: Fourteen items to take to new planet. Then: A4 page response relating to the student thoughts on ‘whole’ book summary.

A 13-page resource. Provides - Background notes on Charles Dickens The origins of A Christmas Carol including: “Dickens dwelt on the terrible sights he had seen among the juvenile population in London's jails and doss-houses and stressed the desperate need for educating the poor. This occasion seems to have put into his mind the idea for a [Christmas Eve tale] which should help to open the hearts of the prosperous and powerful towards the poor and powerless but which should also bring centrally into play the theme of memory that, as we have seen, was always so strongly associated with Christmas for him.” Includes reading and writing exercises and full book analysis with lined tables for student notes throughout.

Examples of language features from A Christmas Carol, within a two-page resource containing a table for students to develop their own features and then incorporate one or more of these in a paragraph. Useful for students who can identify language features but who need to respond more fluidly with writing their own.