Designed for a top set Year 7 class, this unit of work consists of 14 hour long lessons and an assessment. Covering the range of creative writing skills from punctuation to planning and narrative hooks to characterisation, this unit is designed to engage and inspire pupils to develop their own story writing skills. Extracts from Harry Potter, Treasure Island and Boy are included as stimulii for creative young minds. This resource bundle has all you need for a full half term and is easily adapted for Year 6 or 8 pupils.
A complete resource exploring this EDUQAS / edexcel GCSE text in which the famous poet drools over the beauty of a woman he’s just seen. Beginning with a discussion on what love is and how song lyrics can show love/ beauty, this resource moves on to Byron’s background and a full annotation of the poem. By the end, your students will be able to explain that the woman is beautiful in soul as well as in appearance- they’ll just never know if Byron got her number!
Designed for students studying the EDUQAS GCSE, this resource explores Ted Hughes’ iconic poem about a hawk surveying all it could kill. Video links to hawks in action and images of a hawk mid hunt begin the lesson. Background information and a selection of interpretations of this poem are offered along with a full annotation. One resource with everything you need to teach this poem.
A comprehensive resource covering this EDUQAS GCSE poem. Sheers celebrates the memory of a group of WWI soldiers who fought, and died, in Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme. Beginning with contextual details about the battle itself, this resource contains background information on the Welsh poet, analysis of his use of sound within the text and a full annotation of his memorial poem. Everything you need to prepare your students for this poem in one resource!
A full analysis of Hardy’s poem about a wife learning of her husband’s death during the Boer War. This resource begins with background information on Hardy as well as contextual details about London and the Boer War. The focus shifts to the irony of the poem (receiving the second letter) before concluding with a full annotation and SMILE analysis chart. Everything you need to prepare your students for this EDUQAS GCSE poem in one simple resource.
A complete resource exploring the patriotic message behind Brooke’s famous pro-war poem. This resource is aimed at KS4 students preparing for the EDUQAS anthology literature exam. Beginning with contextual background to Brooke and his poetry, the lesson moves on to explore how patriotism is presented throughout the poem. A full annotation of the sonnet is included. Everything you need to prepare your students for this GCSE poem in one resource!
A complete KS4 unit of work designed for students studying AQA. This pack contains 11 complete and fully resourced lessons are included exploring the causes of WW1 from Bismarck- Morocco-Bosnia and the Schlieffen plan. Everything you need for a whole half-term in one bundle!
Two follow up units: stalemate and ending the war are also available from SIK History.
A complete KS4 unit of work designed for students studying AQA. This pack contains eight complete and fully resourced lessons are included exploring the rise of the Nazi party from the impact of the depression- Nazi support-the Night of the Long Knives. Everything you need for a whole half-term in one bundle!
Two supporting units: before the Nazis and Nazi policies are also available from SIK History.
A bundle of 19 physics revision mats for your pupils to complete. An ideal weekly homework for GCSE students to consolidate their knowledge and discover their knowledge gaps. Each mat contains a number of focused prompts/ questions for the pupils to complete as well as providing important equations. Once completed, either in class or at home, the mats function as effective revision tools. Topics covered include: energy, circuits, particles, atoms, forces, waves, magnets and space.
A huge bundle of emotive, topical ideas used as a springboard to persuasive speeches. This unit is designed as a transition unit from KS3-4 but can easily be adapted to Year 11 classes preparing for exam writing tasks. Each lesson is fully resourced with clear power points, magazine/ news articles and links to short videos online. The scheme links to A FOREST techniques and is aimed towards AQA specification but can easily be tweaked for other exam boards. The issues covered in this pack include: the horsemeat scandal, American gun control laws, euthanasia, banning of whatsapp, the death penalty and should boxing be banned. An assessment on equality in society is included. A complete half-term’s worth of lessons in one easy bundle. Print off the articles and you’re ready to deliver high quality, inspiring lessons to motivate and engage your pupils!
A KS3 unit of work exploring the rise of slavery and how the issue contributed to the American Civil War. Each lesson is fully resourced with a range of different activities. The resources can easily lead into a slavery museum project. A full half-term’s work in one bundle!
Lesson 1: Africa before slavery
Lesson 2: Trade Triangle
Lesson 3: Auctions and plantation life
Lesson 4: American Civil War
Lesson 5: Jim Crow and segregation
Lesson 6: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King
A 60 question quiz with a range of general knowledge and school subject based questions. Answer are included.
Perfect for KS3 classes but easily adapted for Year 5/ 6 classes too.
A full lesson analysing how meaning is created in poetry.
Looking for better value for money? This resource is just one of the poems featured in the poetry about poverty pack priced at just £6
A full lesson analysing how meaning is created in poetry.
Looking for better value for money? This resource is just one of the poems featured in the poetry about poverty pack priced at just £6
A full lesson analysing how meaning is created in poetry.
Looking for better value for money? This resource is just one of the poems featured in the poetry about poverty pack priced at just £6
A full lesson analysing how meaning is created in poetry.
Looking for better value for money? This resource is just one of the poems featured in the poetry about poverty pack priced at just £6
A full unit of work for the new spec AQA syllabus.
16 powerpoints (one detailed analysis for each poem plus an introduction lesson) that guide your students through the poems, poets and themes.
Each poem has background details, glossary of key words and annotations focusing on language and structure.
Analysis uses the SMILE and PEE formats. (structure, meaning, imagery, language and effect) (point evidence explain)
Everything you need to prepare your students for their exam is included!
Everything your GCSE students need to know on handy sheets.
Full details of key events and quotes for the following characters:
Scrooge
Ghosts
Bob
Fred
Tiny Tim
Plus notes on the Fezziwigs, Belle and the charity collectors.
An excellent revision resource for pupils to prepare with.
The whole play adapted for teenagers who want a fun alternative to the original language. We keep the key quotes as they are but make the rest accessible and fun. Check out how we rewrite 1.5 when Tybalt spots Romeo eating all the Pringles:
TYBALT: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,
A villain that is here come in spite,
To ruin our party and ruin this night.
CAPULET: Young Romeo is it?
TYBALT: 'Tis he, that villain Romeo.
CAPULET: Leave him alone; I’ve heard he’s quite a nice guy really. What’s the worst that could happen?
TYBALT: I’m gonna kill him, that’s what’s gonna happen
When such a villain is a guest: I’ll not endure him.
CAPULET: He shall be endured:
Am I the master here, or you? Shut your face.
You’ll not endure him? You’ll ruin my party if you fight!
TYBALT: Please uncle, what if he eats all the Pringles?
CAPULET: You are a saucy boy:
Be quiet, or I’ll make you quiet.
TYBALT: OK Uncle, I’ll leave it for now.
I will withdraw: but this intrusion shall
Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.
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18 handouts: one of each poem in the anthology.
Pupils absent when you taught one of the poems? Pupil joined from another class with gaps in learning? Need some quick revision materials?
18 handouts that can be used to deliver key quotes, contextual background and develop knowledge of each of the the poems in the GCSE anthology.
I designed these resources as three classes had merged into one and they had all studied different poems in varying depth. Each sheet has three sections:
Section One has the most important annotations as well as key vocabulary and contextual background where appropriate. Perfect for pupils who need to quickly catch up.
Section Two has deeper questions for pupils to explore the main themes/ ideas behind the poems.
Section Three is an exam style comparison question.
The pupils can start on whichever task they want to whilst you’re free to circulate.
This resource also makes a really good revision booklet for your pupils.