Fair Futures is a Community Interest Company working with children, young people and families to promote successful learning and reduce barriers to education for children and families. Created by practising teachers and tried and tested in classrooms, our resources focus on language in the curriculum, access to the curriculum for EAL learners, cultural development and equalities.
Fair Futures is a Community Interest Company working with children, young people and families to promote successful learning and reduce barriers to education for children and families. Created by practising teachers and tried and tested in classrooms, our resources focus on language in the curriculum, access to the curriculum for EAL learners, cultural development and equalities.
This includes four key extracts from ‘A Christmas Carol’ all with accompanying activities linked to questions 2, 3 and 4 in the AQA GCSE language paper.
Activities include:
Match the definitions to the words (to help comprehension skills of the text)
Find appropriate quotes to illustrate points
Identify language techniques
Write a response to a typical language exam question using sentence starters
Write a short imaginative paragraph based on the text.
The PowerPoint includes answers to the matching exercises and some model answers for pupils to use.
The whole set makes an ideal revision package or can be set as homework to consolidate skills.
This PowerPoint and accompanying worksheet includes a brief introduction to the animals mentioned in Chapter 1 of Animal Farm. There are pictures of all them including the different types of horses and the names for the babies of each one. Many pupils will not know what the different species look like and the illustrated sheet can be kept in books as a reference point as they continue reading.
There is also an analysis of Old Major’s speech looking at different persuasive techniques. Pupils complete the notes on the worksheet and then produce a paragraph as a guided writing activity. They then write two more paragraphs using the sentence starters on the PowerPoint.
A PowerPoint using visuals and simple explanations to illustrate the meaning of the poem. Additional slides give annotations to explain the figurative language.
This resource is also available in a bundle with a similar PowerPoint based on Emigree and a scaffolded essay question activity where pupils are supported to answer the question: Compare the ways poets present attitudes to loss in Emigree and one other poem from Power and Conflict.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/emigree-and-kamikaze-context-annotations-and-scaffolded-essay-12673265
This is a worksheet with accompanying PowerPoint that allows pupils to write a six paragraph essay comparing attitudes to loss in the poems Kamikaze and Emigree.
The initial activity is to find appropriate quotes and a gap fill for the introduction. The main body of the essay is written using substitution tables. These allow pupils to write grammatically correct sentences with a lot of support. This support is gradually removed but the sentence starters remain. This technique allows pupils who struggle to begin paragraphs to gain confidence in some simple writing skills.
This resource also links to these context activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12663719 (Emigree)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12652341 (Kamikaze)
This bundle contains 3 activities. There are two PowerPoints with a detailed analysis of Kamikaze and Emigree setting them in context and including illustrations.
The third activity is a scaffolded essay to answer the question: Compare the way the poets describe attitudes to loss in Emigree and one other poem from Power and Conflict.
The essay is written using substitution tables with the support gradually withdrawn. More confident pupils should be able to write the essay more independently using the quotes in the table.
Information and accompanying activities on the 3 most famous Queens of England: Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria and Elizabeth I. These resources can be used to focus on the achievements of female monarchs at a time when children will be celebrating the present queen’s platinum jubilee. They are suitable for upper KS1 and KS2 and support collaborative learning.
A range of worksheets and activities introducing the lifecyle of butterflies and zooming in on the small tortoiseshell.
Activities include:
matching descriptions to pictures
ordering the lifecycle (cut and stick)
pictures to support reading comprehension
The text and ordering activity is also included in German and Polish.
A range of resources to supplement the teaching of Islam to KS2 students plus a reading comprehension based on the Islamic story of The Year of the Elephant.
This is an illustrated PowerPoint that explains meanings and techniques of the poem The Emigrée . Each stanza is analysed in depth and the accompanying worksheet allows pupils to develop their own interpretations. Answers to each of the questions are included in the presentation.
Given the current situation in Ukraine, the PowerPoint begins with an exploration of what it means to be a migrant and a short quiz.
This resource is also available in a bundle with a similar PowerPoint based on Kamikaze and a scaffolded essay question activity where pupils are supported to answer the question: Compare the ways poets present attitudes to loss in Emigree and one other poem from Power and Conflict.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/emigree-and-kamikaze-context-annotations-and-scaffolded-essay-12673265
