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 consists of a front cover, a worksheet and an answer sheet.
Ideal for engaging learners with new language and spoken language for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills English.
The worksheet involves the learners completing a table of 21 new words, providing definitions and deciding if each word is formal or informal. This resource can then lead on to an informal writing task. The learners are asked if they would use each word online, with friends or in a formal environment and this resource promotes lots of discussion. It could be used as preparation for a speaking and listening activity on neologisms.
The new words included could allow for a discussion on internet safety.
Three wordsearches of varying difficulty level with colour and pictures including up to 26 different language features.
1. Star shaped wordsearch with 13 language features.
2. Diamond shaped wordsearch with 15 language features.
3. Large square wordsearch with 26 language features.
Ideal for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills English Level 1/2.
Improve your learners' reading skills by practising skimming and scanning.
Help your learners revise in a fun, easy and engaging way.
Ten number block puzzles of varying difficulty. Ideal to use as an activity or to break up into lesson starters.
Full instructions given with answer section. Space provided for working out each puzzle.
Learners are to use the numbers 0- 9 to complete the number block rows using addition.
A 10 question book quiz with 71 possible points available. Ideal for a group activity, starter or ice breaker.
All questions feature books by British authors to test the knowledge of the learners and to stretch their knowledge in preparation for the exam. Questions vary in difficulty and hopefully all students will enjoy partaking in this quiz.
All answers are on slides at the end of the quiz.
Four bumper A4 wordsearches featuring Shakespeare's plays.
Ideal to use as starters or a general activity.
Each wordsearch can be purchased for £2.00 from my shop. This pack of four wordsearches is £4.00 as part of a bundle offer making this a half price offer!
A resource designed to engage students in reading and books. This resource has 20 questions and asks learners to name an author from a picture of the author with a picture of their book. Easy answers included to engage learners but learners are also stretched with authors they may not necessarily know.
This resource was designed with British literature in mind but does contain some popular international authors. All answers include multiple choice options to help further expand learners knowledge of authors.
This resource is ideal as a starter, a general activity or as a basis for further discussion/self assessment on reading.
This resource will have to be printed in colour.
A wordsearch featuring the tragedies of William Shakespeare. Ideal as a starter or general activity.
12 plays are included:
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida.
Huge bumper pack of wordsearches for GCSE English Language/ Literature and Functional Skills English at various levels. Wordsearches help learners build their reading skills by practising skimming and scanning techniques.
This pack includes 13 wordsearches which are ideal to use as starters or as a general activity.
This pack includes:
X 4 language features
X 3 presentational features
X 4 Shakespeare wordsearches
X 1 Famous British Authors Wordsearch
X 1 Roald Dahl Wordsearch
These can be found for sale in my shop for a total of £14.00 (When the Shakespeare bundle is purchased, £18.00 if not.) and are a bargain at just £6.00.
A quiz of 20 slides that asks learners to decide which century each British author is from.
This quiz is ideal for GCSE English Language/Literature and will promote the reading of a wider range of books.
Each slide includes a picture from all three centuries on a particular topic such as food, transport etc to increase knowledge of historical context. They also include animation features so the answers are revealed per slide, not at the end of the quiz.
Each slide can become a discussion point to allow learners to imagine what life would be like in each century and other tasks can be created from these discussions.
Four resources at a reduced price.
This bundle includes two lengthy Power Point book quizzes, one general book quiz and one quiz to match the author to the correct century.
The bundle also features worksheets - a multiple choice author quiz with pictures of the authors and novels.
When used over four lessons these resources will promote reading and encourage students to try new authors.
Finally, this reduced price bundle includes a wordsearch of British Authors.
All resources can be used as starters or general activities.
Usually, each of the four resources sell for £2.00 each. This bundle is half price at £4.00.
A collection of 6 A4 icebreaker worksheets.
These activities are ideal for new classes and helping the learners to get to know each other.
Full instructions are given on each sheet and some activities will require sellotape, paper and coloured pens.
At least a whole lesson of activities created around building a timeline.
This resource is useful to help learners understand historical context in text and in relation to studying history.
This lesson is very learner centred and involves more facilitation from the tutor. Learners will need some form of electronic devices for research purposes.
A workbook on inference using statistics. This resource contains five in depth questions where the learners consider what the inference of the statistic is from 10 options. These questions are A4 in length incase you prefer to use them separately. The learners are then asked to find the inferred meaning in statistics on their own.
Ideal to use for GCSE English and FS Level 2.