I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
This resource has plenty of games/puzzles and revision activities.
Rather than purchase each resource for £2.00 get this Bumper Pack.
Four Picture One Word Starter.
Catchphrase Starter
Language Features Snakes and Ladders
Language Feature Wordsearch X 4
Presentational Feature Wordsearch X 3
Language Features Crossword
Language Feature Quick Revision Table with Effects on the Reader
Practise Inference Workbooklet
Revision Activity for Question 3 and 4.
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Fun and engaging way for your learners to revise language features. 26 square game where the learners need to provide definitions, examples and explain how the feature effects the text/reader.
Dice required to play game.
This is a Power Point presentation and worksheet perfect for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills Level 1- 2.
The learners are asked to act as journalists, watching a report about the Hatton Garden Gang and taking notes to locate the vital information.
The learners then get into groups of three or four and answer questions on the report. The worksheet allows the students to answer the questions on paper. The answers are provided on the Power Point.
The Power Point then asks the learners to partake in a board blast to list what they would include in a newspaper article and some answers are provided.
Finally, the learners can use some time to research the gang before creating a newspaper article on the Hatton Garden Gang appealing to the public for information on the missing suspect.
This lesson last around an hour and a half and can be split into two equal lessons of the listening comprehension and the writing task.
A whole lesson on writing essays using PEA including a starter activity and research using the internet. 21 slides.
The starter activity involves putting the number 10 at one side of the classroom and 0 at the other side of the classroom and the classroom needs to be cleared on one side to allow the learners change to decide where they stand on the scale of 0-10.
Learners are encouraged to write extensive paragraphs. The learners are guided through the process of writing an essay.
This lesson is ideal for GCSE English Language and learners who are just starting to write essays.
This resource aims to engage learners who have difficulty in spelling or a barrier to learning during English lessons due to spelling.
The Power Point is 15 slides and includes a starter and exit task.
This resource looks briefly at the history of the English language in simplistic terms to give learners an understanding of why spelling is difficult today.
Dictionaries will be required and the learners are also asked to work as part of a group. At least one computer needs to be available to access search engines as part of the lesson.
All answers are provided unless the task is discussion based.
This wordsearch includes 23 words designed to expand your learners' vocabulary.
The wordsearch includes space for the learner to write a definition of each word. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.
A ten question crossword of language features with examples as the clues.
Ideal to use as a starter activity or an extension task.
This crossword can be used for GCSE English, old and new exam or Functional Skills Level 2.
A challenging acticity for students. Ideal for pushing learners but may need to be simplified for lower level students.
The resource needs to be cut into two piles. One pile of verbs used in the exam and one pile of definitions.
The learners need to match up the two.
This resource is versatile. Learners can be given one card each and ask to match them, they could work on the whole activity in pairs or small groups.
Research task which requires the use of the internet to research basic facts about Vera Brittain. This resource includes two poems and the students are asked to read the poems and identify themes in both poems. The students are asked to compare themes in two poems. The resource looks at the symbolism of a poppy and asks the students to create a writing piece based on hope for the future. Hopefully a resource that looks at the seriousness of Remembrance Day, giving some context and ending on a positive note for the future.
It would be possible to set this resource as distant or online learning.
Activities last about an hour depending on the students.
A resource to develop the use of adjectives in creative writing. The inspiration for the story is taken from unusual names for colours. The learners are asked to match names of colours with examples and to find five things they associate with the colours.
The learners then plan a story by drawing a picture and consider their use of adjectives.
Interesting and engaging starter activity based on four pictures leading to one word for the learners to guess.
These 8 slides with varying difficulty levels make a starter activity to get your learners thinking. The learners should recognise the format of the game where letters are provided to fill the answer boxes.
This is suitable for GCSE English learners and Functional Skills Level 2.
It takes about 20 minutes to complete although learners could go on to make their own slides.
Answers are provided on the final slide.
A huge bumper pack of my GCSE English Language revision exercises and activities. 13 resources in total.
This pack includes:
Work booklet on inference.
Two Power Point starter activities - Revision Catchphrase and Four Picture One Word
Four whole lesson Power Point with work booklet when required - X2 Writing a newspaper report Crime Journalism and Sports Day, essay writing PEA and word classes with plenty of activities to ensure the learners retain the information.
Language Features Bingo
Three language features wordsearches and a language features crossword
A revision sheet explaining the effects language features have on a reader/text.
Over £25.00 of individual resources in a bumper pack for £15.00.
