Checking Out Me History - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson unit teaches students about John Agard's 'Checking Out Me History' in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, the resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 49-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 3 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An introduction to John Agard and the social and historical context of ‘Checking Out Me History’. First Reading - A reading of ‘Checking Out Me History’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing the poem line by line. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students' initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Agard's use of imagery. Themes - Discussing Checking Out Me History's themes. Structure and Form - Considering how Agard uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘Checking Out Me History’ with ‘London’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview a selection of slides from 'Checking Out Me History’, please click on the images.

Tables - Year 2 In this Year 2 statistics teaching resource, pupils pupils practise drawing and interpreting simple tables as per the curriculum objectives of the maths Year 2 Programme of Study - Statistics. Content includes: 1. PowerPoint teaching presentation 2. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 1 accompanying worksheet 3. Three further differentiated worksheets with answers ‘Tables - Year 2’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource if needed to suit each class they teach.

Tissue - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson unit teaches students about Imtiaz Dharker’s ‘Tissue’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 51-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An introduction to Imtiaz Dharker and Tissue’s inspiration and context. First Reading - A reading of Tissue with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing Tissue in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Dharker’s use of imagery. Themes - Discussing Tissue’s themes. Structure and Form - Considering how Dharker uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam - Comparing Tissue with Ozymandias and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview ‘Tissue’ by Imtiaz Dharker in detail, please click on the images.

Measuring Capacity and Volume - Year 2 In this Year 2 teaching resource pupils are taught to choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure capacity and volume. They are also required to compare and order capacity and volume and record the results using >, < and = (as per the Year 2 Programme of Study – Measurement). Content includes: What is capacity and volume explanation Capacity and volume units of measurement explanation Measuring volume activities with accompanying worksheets Comparing and ordering capacity and volume activities with accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Measuring Capacity and Volume - Year 2’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

Poppies - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson unit teaches students about Jane Weir's 'Poppies' in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 50-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An introduction to the poet Jane Weir and the poem’s inspiration and context. First Reading - A reading of ‘Poppies’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing 'Poppies' in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students' initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Weir's use of imagery. Themes - Discussing the poem's themes. Structure and Form - Considering how Weir uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘Poppies’ with ‘War Photographer’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview a selection of slides from the presentation, click on the images.

Measuring Mass - Year 2 In this Year 2 teaching resource pupils are taught to choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure mass. They are also required to compare and order mass and record the results using >, < and = (as per the Year 2 Programme of Study – Measurement). Content includes: What is mass explanation Mass units of measurement explanation Measuring mass activities with accompanying worksheets Comparing and ordering mass activities with accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Measuring Mass - Year 2’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

Measuring Length and Height - Year 2 In this Year 2 teaching resource pupils are taught to choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length and height. They are also required to compare and order lengths and record the results using >, < and = (as per the Year 2 Programme of Study – Measurement). Content includes: interactive activities with 6 accompanying worksheets As with all our PowerPoint teaching resources, ‘Measuring Length and Height - Year 2’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.

Remains - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson mini-unit covers Simon Armitage's 'Remains' in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. It is made up of a 53-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context - An extract from the Channel 4 documentary ‘Forgotten Heroes: The Undead’ and an introduction to the Gulf War and PTSD. First Reading - A reading of ‘Remains’ with comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery - Analysing 'Remains' in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing - An essay question to assess students' initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Armitage's use of imagery. Themes - Discussing the poem's themes. Structure and Form - Considering how Armitage uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam - Comparing ‘Remains’ with ‘War Photographer’ and explaining how to write a comparison essay in the exam. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview a selection of slides from 'Remains' please click on the images.

Easily Confused Words - Its and It's ‘Easily Confused Words - Its and It's’ is a handy English PowerPoint presentation designed to help pupils use these homophones in the correct context. Content includes: 1. What are homophones? 2. Definition and examples of 'its' and 'it's'. 3. Consolidation activity. 4. Accompanying worksheet. 5. Link to an interactive game. ‘Easily Confused Words - Its and It's’ can be edited allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.

Island Man (Grace Nichols) is an excellent resource for teaching the poem Island Man by Grace Nichols. Our Island Man resource fully utilises PowerPoint as an effective teaching tool; all PowerPoint slides are clear and easy to follow and use a number of techniques to help students develop knowledge and understanding of the poem Island Man. To view the complete resource Island Man (Grace Nichols) PowerPoint in more detail you can preview the resource by clicking on the slides in the preview box underneath the resource’s description. English Teaching Resources: Island Man (Grace Nichols) includes a wide range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as: * a quick biography of Grace Nichols and the social and historical context of Island Man * activities to develop knowledge of the ‘narrative’ of Island Man * exploration of the key themes of Island Man (identity, immigration, isolation, etc) * developing awareness of techniques used in poetry – metaphor, imagery, alliteration, onomatopeia, etc * teaching the use of Point/Evidence/Explain to write about Island Man * Grace Nichols’ purpose and the poems meaning * analysis of Grace Nichols’ use of language in Island Man * Grace Nichols use of poetic techniques * developing inference and deduction skills 5 accompanying worksheets

Improving Vocabulary This handy teaching resource focuses on word choice and vocabulary. Content includes: 1. An animated PowerPoint presentation 2. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with 3 accompanying worksheets 'Improving Vocabulary' is fully editable which gives teachers the freedom to adapt the resource, if needed, to suit all their teaching requirements.

'Hyphens and Brackets' is an 8 slide PowerPoint presentation with 2 accompanying worksheets focusing on punctuation skills. This Powerpoint lesson explains why hyphens and brackets are used and teaches students how to use such punctuation for a range of purposes. English Teaching Resources (Punctuation) : Hyphens and Brackets includes the following activities: The definition of a hyphen and examples of hyphenated words. Dictionary game using hyphens. Question and answer slides to enable peer assessment in the classroom. When and how to add brackets to writing. Consolidation of understanding tasks. English Teaching Resources (punctuation) : Hyphens and Brackets can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a lesson or developed into lesson on wider punctuation.

The Prelude: Stealing the Boat This two-lesson mini-unit covers Wordsworth’s ‘Stealing the Boat’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 66-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 6 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of William Wordsworth, Romanticism and the social and historical context of the late 1700s. First Reading – A reading of ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Stealing the Boat’ in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess students’ initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Wordsworth’s use of imagery and poetic techniques in the poem. Themes – Exploring the themes of ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ – the power of nature, fear, personal growth and the connection between humans and the natural world Structure and Form – How Wordsworth uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ with ‘Ozymandias’ and explaining how to write an effective extended answer. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview our ‘The Prelude: Stealing the Boat’ teaching resource, please click on the images.

Twas the Night Before Christmas - Year 2 and 3 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ is a unit of work that includes a PowerPoint presentation, 6 worksheets and a five-lesson overview. This detailed and engaging English teaching resource covers a number of the English curriculum objectives in the English programme of study. Content includes: Unit overview with 5 lessons Making predictions A version of the poem with colourful animations Animated video telling of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ Recount and comprehension activities with worksheets Storyboarding comic strip creation task and accompanying worksheets Unfamiliar words and using a dictionary task and worksheets Rhyming words activities and worksheets Identifying adjectives in ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ and using adjectives to improve writing and worksheets Spotting similes and using similes to develop a description and accompanying worksheets Create a children's storybook based on ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ is fully editable allowing teachers to adapt the resource to suit the needs of each class they teach.

How to Write About Fictional Characters - KS3 English (12-slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation with 2 worksheets) ‘How to Write About Fictional Characters’ is a 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which includes several tasks and activities designed to help KS3 students write about fictional characters in detail. The resource contains: How Dickens presents Scrooge in the opening pages of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Exploring how writers convey character through description, dialogue and action An examination of the key ingredients of effective character creation Investigative quotations - word choices and their effects A writing frame to help students produce a clearly organised and detailed paragraph about a character To preview ‘How to Write About Fictional Characters’ please click on the images from the PowerPoint slideshow.

Holes Free Lessons - KS3 This FREE English reading resource includes two lessons from our full 23 lesson Holes unit of work. To view the full unit of work please click here.

English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes). PowerPoint and worksheets. English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes) is a 65 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation designed to teach Ted Hughes's poem Hawk Roosting. Hawk Roosting has been a popular text at KS4/GCSE for many years and this resource can be used with either the 9-1 or A-G English GCSE. Resources include a variety of lessons and activities ideal for helping pupils understand the imagery, structure and themes of the poem. English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes) also contains 12 worksheets which can be used alongside the PowerPoint presentation. Activities include: Read Hawk Roosting and discuss ideas. Students complete a written task to assess their understanding. A brief biography of Ted Hughes and a hyperlink to further information about the man and his poetry. Exploration of imagery and how to use P.E.E. to write about language. A written task with a writing frame to assess students’ understanding of how Ted Hughes uses imagery and an exemplar response. Analysis of the use and effect of various poetic techniques. Matching activity, a writing task (with framework) and an exemplar response. Structural devices that learners should look for. Key words with definitions, a writing task (with framework) and an exemplar response. The themes of the poem explored; consolidation of the poem’s meaning and purpose. A mnemonic (HIT POEM) and guidelines for writing a poetry comparison with exemplar responses. Where to find further information about Hawk Roosting and the poetry of Ted Hughes. 65 slide PowerPoint presentation. 12 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint.

WRITING A LETTER TO FATHER CHRISTMAS This KS2 English teaching resource is designed to develop writing skills and introduces pupils to the rules and formalities of writing a formal letter. This engaging 22 slide PowerPoint presentation includes: - Whole class discussion on letter writing - Examples of different types of letters - The differences between formal and informal letters - Common words found in letters - Letter writing rules and layout format - What details to include in the main body of a letter - Letter writing top tips - 4 worksheets 'Writing a Letter to Father Christmas' is fully editable so it can be adapted to suit the needs of each class taught.

Futility (Wilfred Owen) is an English Literature teaching resource made up of a 47 slide PowerPoint presentation and 16 pages of worksheets. Resources cover a range of lessons and activities ideal for studying and teaching the poem at KS4/GCSE. The resources can be used as individual lessons on Owen’s Futility or incorporated into a wider unit of work on war poetry and conflict. Conflict/War Poetry Teaching Resources: Futility (Wilfred Owen) consists of a range of stimulating lessons and activities for students of all abilities including: - A biography of Wilfred Owen - The historical and social context of Futility - World War One, trench warfare - film footage included - An introduction to the poem including an audio reading of ‘Futility’ by Kenneth Branagh - A clean copy of ‘Futility’ for annotation - Consolidation of understanding and comprehension questions - Wilfred Owen’s use of language and imagery in Futility - Structure and poetic techniques in the poem - Modelling the use of P.E.E. when writing an analysis of the poem - The theme and message of Futility - Links to the Wilfred Owen website, more war poetry, audio video reading of Futility, BBC history WWI resources - 47 slide PowerPoint analysis of Owen’s Futility - 16 pages of worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint resource

Exposure - AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology This two-lesson mini-unit covers Owen's 'Exposure' in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA Power and Conflict poetry, this resource explores the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 56-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 5 accompanying worksheets. The lessons contain the following: Lesson One Context – A brief outline of World War One, trench warfare and Wilfred Owen First Reading – A reading of ‘Exposure’ with glossary and comprehension / consolidation questions - answers included. Language and imagery – Analysing 'Exposure' in detail. Exploring language and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided. Essay Writing – An essay question to assess students' initial understanding of the poem. An example response is included. Lesson Two Imagery - Analysing Owen's use of imagery in the poem. Themes – Exploring the themes of 'Exposure'. Structure and Form – How Owen uses form, structure, rhythm and rhyme. The GCSE exam – Comparing ‘Exposure’ with ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade' and explaining how to write a comparison essay. This is a comprehensive resource containing a range of activities, however it can also be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs. To preview a selection of slides from our 'Exposure' teaching resource, please click on the images.