I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
I am a teacher of English, English Literature, Moving Image Arts - and when I'm really lucky, History as well! I have been teaching in N. Ireland since 2006 and am particularly familiar with the CCEA curriculum from KS3-KS5. I have worked with CCEA for over a decade and have been employed to create resources for KS5 English Literature. I also ran my own Tutoring company and have a real passion for creating user friendly resources.
Contact me at - mcttresourcesni@gmail.com
Enjoy my free newspaper samples:
Newspaper Frontpage
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-front-page-12366705
VERY POPULAR: Sample Article written with the 5 W
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-article-example-who-what-when-where-why-12366711
Or purchase my KS2/KS3 Newspaper booklet
A complete and thorough resource, covering all aspects of Newspapers in a usable and student friendly format, with a booklet for the students, and a matching answered one for the Teacher.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-newspaper-booklet-unit-12366851
Included here:
A PowerPoint looking at the difference between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers, and how the differences are evident in the front page, the headlines and the language used by each.
A variety of front pages are considered – all from the same day – each looking at the same story in their own particular way.
Real life context given to the differing writing styles of real newspapers.
Creative Writing - show, don’t tell when it comes to emotions.
VEMB is a simple mnemonic for Voice, Expression, Movement and Breathing.
Encourage pupils to take note in their reading and their writing of how emotions are presented. Pick up any novel and choose a page on which to spot how VEMB has been used to show emotions, not simply state them.
Complete the VEMB resource for five emotion groups: sadness, pain, anger, fear and happiness - there will be some overlap - be sure to discuss this (See VEMB: Ideas for help)
Complete the activity : ‘When he heard the news’ in order to consolidate what has just been taught about VEMB.
A complete unit to teach the presentation of Animals in Fiction and Non-Fiction texts, leading to several discussions and a final discursive argument about whether or not Animals should be kept in Zoos.
Unit of Work with clear lesson by lesson focus and link to worksheets
Notebook file and Pdf file of teacher notes - written on whiteboard as moved through this unit - may be of use to assist with teaching certain lessons.
All resources mentioned below and in the unit are included
Room Display inspiration - titles, words and images
Includes
Animal alphabet
Adjectives and verbs to describe Animals
Animal related onomatopoeia, similes and metaphors
Animal habitats
Animals in the media - positive and negative portrayals, bias int he media
Collective nouns for animals
Description and connotation of negative and positive in description - vocabulary copyright of ‘Descriptosaurus’ by Alison Wilcox, published by Routledge 2013
Animal combinations - inspired by ‘Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Series’, published by Nosy Crow 2014
Reference to National Geographic - paper copy, website or instagram feed.
Pet argument - annotate and analyse
CCEA KS3 Past Paper ‘Wood Green Animal Shelter’ - analyse for writer’s craft
Animals in Film, and as fashion fads
Writing to inform - argument
Article ‘Calling Animals ‘pets’ is insulting, academics claim’ - connotation of appropriate words for ‘pets’ - read poems ‘Old Dog’ and ‘Sheepkiller’ to further the discussion
How are animals used? Poems ‘The Battery Hen’ , ‘The Early Purges’, and ‘Killing a whale’ to further the discussion
Animal rights - what are they and how are they compromised?
Writing to explain - discussion of animal rights
Hierarchy of animal kingdom
Issue of Extinction - furthered by use of CCEA KS3 Past Paper ‘The Black Rhino’
Zoos vs Safari - investigate and create a balanced argument in response to the topic: It is unfair to keep animals in Zoos.
To accompany the Power Point resource of ‘Animal Farm Characters and The Russian Revolution’ [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-characters-and-the-russian-revolution-12366402]
The characters are laid out in a format that can be printed onto address label pages/stickers - height of each pairing is approximately 3.5cm.
KS3 Past Paper 2, May 1 2003
Non-Fiction Paper: Mount St Helen’s
This resource covers the answers to the above test, a very useful starter for KS3, leading to the ‘Reading Non-Fiction’ section of GCSE English.
See My Shop for more KS3 Past Papers
The original papers for these KS3 English papers are often gathering dust in storerooms across N. Ireland, but if anyone needs a copy of the original - please contact me.
KS3 Past Paper 2, May 2005
Non-Fiction Paper: Royal Lifeboats
This resource covers the answers to the above test, a very useful starter for KS3, leading to the ‘Reading Non-Fiction’ section of GCSE English.
See My Shop for more KS3 Past Papers
The original papers for these KS3 English papers are often gathering dust in storerooms across N. Ireland, but if anyone needs a copy of the original - please contact me.
KS3 Past Paper 1, May 1 2003
Fiction Paper: Margaret Forster
This resource covers the answers to the above test, a very useful starter for KS3, leading to the GCSE English exam.
See My Shop for more KS3 Past Papers
The original papers for these KS3 English papers are often gathering dust in storerooms across N. Ireland, but if anyone needs a copy of the original - please contact me.
A simple PowerPoint offering a picture and short summary for each scene in each act.
All images taken from Google.
Suggested use: as a visual aid; to summarise and refer to scenes left unread; as a recap aid.
Five adverts which can be used at KS3 for the study of Media, Adverts and Non-Fiction, or as an introduction to Reading Media Texts, CCEA GCSE Language Paper 1, Questions 4 and 5.
Five simple adverts,asking the same questions to encourage the student to look at both the chosen language and presentation.
What is this advertising? What is the purpose of the advert? Where did this advert come from?
Who is the Target Audience of this advert? How are they being targeted?
Explain the layout: picture, slogan, words.
Explain the slogan. Explain any other language involved.
Discuss the colours. Why are these chosen?
Discuss the character – what is she doing and why?
What do you think of this advert?
Enjoy my free newspaper samples:
VERY POPULAR: Sample Article written with the 5 W
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-article-example-who-what-when-where-why-12366711
Tabloid + Broadsheet PP
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspapers-tabloid-broadsheet-frontpage-12366847
Or purchase my KS2/KS3 Newspaper booklet
A complete and thorough resource, covering all aspects of Newspapers in a usable and student friendly format, with a booklet for the students, and a matching answered one for the Teacher.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks2-ks3-newspaper-booklet-unit-12366851
Included here:
Two resources:
A labelled front page from ‘The Irish News’
A labelled, but deletable front page layout to aid IT work.
A simple and interactive way of getting students to focus on FONT and a little bit of COLOUR as a developed choice by creators of media.
Perfect introduction to the CLIF aspect of Question 5 in Paper 1 of the GCSE Language exam.
Visit My Shop for more helpful aids to understanding the new Language papers and their questions
Enjoy this free sample, part of my fuller Newspaper Unit - which comes with student booklet and teacher answer booklet
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-booklet-unit-12366851
Enjoy my free newspaper samples:
Newspaper Frontpage
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-front-page-12366705
Tabloid + Broadsheet PP
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-newspapers-tabloid-broadsheet-frontpage-12366847
Included here:
A simple but useful layout of an article for KS2/KS3 students.
Complimenting the idea of the 5W layout for articles, each paragraph is labelled with its purpose and then an example of what might be said:
Introductory sentence
Who
What
When
Where
Why
Bring it up-to-date
Simple layout for a Newspaper which could be made towards the end of ‘Holes’ by Louis Sacher. Resource contains some ideas about what might be included in a newspaper from the plotline set in the past or present.
Enjoy these free samples of UNSEEN PROSE for CCEA GCSE English Literature Unit 1.
For more, click on the link below to buy the complete 63 page STUDENT BOOKLET and 64 page TEACHER BOOKLET complete with answers.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ccea-gcse-unseen-prose-english-literature-12478637
Thank you!
Sample provided to experience before purchasing the full document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923
Sample demonstrates the first six alphabetised writer’s craft techniques.
In the full document you will get:
An alphabetised Dictionary suitable for English Language students at GCSE.
56 page document
80 writer’s craft techniques listed and defined.
‘What’ and ‘Why used’ sections for each
Includes extra spaces at the end for additional techniques.
Useful for covering all language techniques expected at GCSE English Language level, with a few common presentation techniques also included.
Advice:
I usually print out the title page full size, then print the document 2 pages per sheet - and put it together as a wee booklet.
Full Document:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12599923