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High-quality, value for money teaching resources covering English language and literature; literacy; history; media and Spanish. With twenty-seven years' teaching experience I know what works in the classroom. Engaging, thorough and fun, your students will love these lessons.

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High-quality, value for money teaching resources covering English language and literature; literacy; history; media and Spanish. With twenty-seven years' teaching experience I know what works in the classroom. Engaging, thorough and fun, your students will love these lessons.
Holiday Brochure Project
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Holiday Brochure Project

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Diglington is a fictional seaside resort on the east coast of England, which is jam-packed with fun activities for the family. After studying the eleven page brochure with seven different sections full of language techniques and inspiration, students follow the eleven slide powerpoint to create a holiday brochure for a holiday destination of their choice. This is an ideal opportunity to research a real destination, or simply turn your home town into a holiday destination, using the language techniques that you have learnt. The folder contains two brochure, both word documents, one of which is marked up with comments. This activity will provide hours of fun as students become absorbed in their destination.
Great Lives: Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
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Great Lives: Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

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Explore the life of the legendary hero, Dr Martin Luther King, with this bundle of activities. The folder includes: Two-sided information on King’s life and struggle. Worksheet with sixteen sentences to complete from information. Extension tasks such as writing a letter to the great man; creating interview questions. Extract from “I have dream speech” with language technique analysis sheet. Extract from acceptance speech of Nobel Peace Prize. Vocabulary Extension Activity Worksheet. 22 slide powerpoint with answers to sixteen sentence information. Further activity ideas.
Great Lives: Dr Martin Luther King
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Great Lives: Dr Martin Luther King

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Explore the life of the legendary hero, Dr Martin Luther King, with this bundle of activities. The folder includes: Two-sided information on King’s life and struggle. Worksheet with sixteen sentences to complete from information. Extension tasks such as writing a letter to the great man; creating interview questions. Extract from “I have dream speech” with language technique analysis sheet. 5.Extract from acceptance speech of Nobel Peace Prize. 6.Vocabulary Extension Activity Worksheet. 7.22 slide powerpoint with answers to sixteen sentence information. 8.Further activity ideas.
Travel Writing: 72 Hours in Tenerife
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Travel Writing: 72 Hours in Tenerife

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Learn how to write an article to persuade people to visit a holiday destination. Study an article that describes two days in Tenerife. Then extend the article yourself to three days using the language techniques and structure that you have studied. A thirty-slide powerpoint takes you through the language techniques and prompts you to spot them yourself as well. Information about four more places on the island is provided to help you extend the article. A word copy of the article is also included. Write like a pro with this fun lesson, jam-packed full of dynamic verbs and direct address.
Confusing Words
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Confusing Words

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What’s the difference between the following words? Its/It’s A/An Was/were Has/have Of/have To/two/too? This 100 slide powerpoint has it covered with explanations and exercises for each set of confusing words. All answers provided.
Narrative Writing: The Crash
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Narrative Writing: The Crash

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A four-page Word document booklet to inspire students to write creatively about a dramatic crash that took place in the Bronx in New York in January 2021. The booklet includes a newspaper report on the crash. (Amazingly, no-one was killed!) A planning sheet to gather ideas about structure and another to brainstorm ideas about writing style. Step-by-step help to create a dramatic piece of writing.
London by William Blake
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London by William Blake

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More than four lessons worth of material on this 80 slide Powerpoint on William Blake’s deceptively simple, yet brilliant poem ‘London’. A full lesson on historical context, plus two further lessons on language and sound effects. A final lesson on how to write a contemporary pastiche of the poem with a template included. Five worksheets are included on this poet’s masterpiece.
Ocean Pollution GCSE Exam Preparation
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Ocean Pollution GCSE Exam Preparation

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In May 2021 an investigation found that two out of three sea bass from fish farms in the Atlantic ocean contained micro plastics. In the first part of this lesson, students answer four questions on a newspaper article explaining the investigation. They then have a choice of exam-style writing tasks - letter, article or speech. A Word copy of the article is included and a twenty-slide Powerpoint introduces the subject and walks the students through the tasks with opportunities for discussion of the key ideas.
Present Subjunctive in Spanish: Lesson 2
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Present Subjunctive in Spanish: Lesson 2

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This thirty-eight slide Powerpoint begins with exercises to revise the regular formation of the subjunctive in Spanish of the three verb forms. It then moves on to how to conjungate irregular verb forms. A Word practice sheet is included in the folder. Students are then taught how the Spanish is used to in impersonal expressions that give advice and with verbs that give advice. There are practice exercises that culminate in students writing a letter of advice to a Spanish friend on what to do when they visit their home town. The lesson ends with a quiz to translate the expressions that use the subjunctive into English. A natural follow-on lesson from Present Subjunctive: Introduction. It could also be used as a revision lesson.
Tree Internet Research Project
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Tree Internet Research Project

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A recent report by the charity Forest Research revealed that only thirteen percent of England is covered by woodland, one of the lowest figures in Europe. With this fifty-eight slide Powerpoint you can introduce your students to the importance of trees to humankind and the planet in a fun and engaging way. First there is a quiz to identify the tree from clues and a picture. Then students study a poem about eleven trees and have to fill in the blanks. After brainstorming many different types of trees, students then choose one tree that they would like to research on the internet to write a report on. The Powerpoint covers the structure and content of the report and goes through the process step-by-step. The fill-in-the-blank poem is a Word document. This project helps to raise awareness of the pressing need for global reforestation.
Aqua Park Project
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Aqua Park Project

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Everybody loves an exciting water park and now is your chance to design your very own ground-breaking new aqua park. This eight-page Word booklet takes you through the steps to create a name and logo for your park. You will then analyse the language techniques to describe real rides. Next you will create five rides of your own and describe them. You will need relaxation areas for your guests and you will be given help to create three areas. Finally, you can decide whether to create a leaflet or a website or both to promote your water park. Let your imagination race down the rapids of creativity with this fun project.
Present Subjunctive: Introduction
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Present Subjunctive: Introduction

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This forty-four slide Powerpoint introduces students to the uses and conjugation of the present subjunctive in its regular forms in easy-to-digest, step-by-step slides. There are exercises to identify when the subjunctive is used, as well as how to conjugate the three verb forms. A consolidation Word worksheet is included that could be used for homework. Learners cannot progress in Spanish without knowing the subjunctive and this is a gentle introduction to what can be a very confusing subject for native English speakers.
Present Subjunctive in Spanish: Lesson 3
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Present Subjunctive in Spanish: Lesson 3

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With this twenty-four slide Powerpoint students revise the use of the subjunctive to give advice and then learn how it is used to express possibility, probability, doubt, opinions and hopes. After completing various exercises, students write an article for a Spanish newspaper in which they express their opinions on the future of the world and their own hopes and dreams for the future. A vocabulary sheet is included in the folder.
Create Your Own Magazine
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Create Your Own Magazine

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Twelve lessons with powerpoints and resources to help students to create their own magazine on a topic of their choice. Scheme comprises of: Analyse the title of magazines and decide on your own title. Analyse mastheads and create your own masthead. Design your own front cover. Write a celebrity profile features article. Write a travel article. Write a how-to article. Design a competition. Write an article on a food of your choice. Use emotive and sensationalising language. Create a contents page. There are extra folders with a GCSE media task comparing two front covers and a WAGOLL analysis of a front cover. Students love this scheme of work as it allows them to be creative while exploring their own interests.
The Lady of Shalott
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The Lady of Shalott

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This forty-four slide powerpoint on “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson contains four lessons covering the four sections of the poem and a final writing assessment task. The folder includes: Powerpoint with four lessons, using paintings by Sir John Waterhouse and others to inspire and engage students. A storyboard of the setting in Part 1. Comprehension questions on Part 2. Image of Sir Lancelot to analyse his presentation in Part 3. Opportunities to explore the themes and symbolic meaning of the poem. Two worksheets to support the task of writing about the lady and the events in the poem from the point of view of Sir Lancelot. These resources will help your students to fully engage with Lord Tennyson’s beautiful, magical and mysterious poem.
Heroes by Robert Cormier
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Heroes by Robert Cormier

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This folder contains a twenty-two page Student Activity Booklet corresponding to twelve lessons on the novel; a scheme of work; plus exam questions; a quote quest activity; a plot sorting activity with answers; as well as various resources to support discussion regarding what makes a true hero.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Graphic Novel
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Graphic Novel

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Full scheme of work on the graphic novel by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy. Eight lessons in total aimed at lower ability students with accompanying worksheets. Worksheets focus predominantly on cloze exercise summaries of the chapters, so that students remember the plot. Each lesson contains a powerpoint also.
Jane Eyre The Play
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Jane Eyre The Play

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Full scheme of work on the Oxford Playscript play version of the classic novel Jane Eyre. Comprising of eleven lessons with powerpoints and accompanying worksheets, the scheme explores what it was to be a woman in Charlotte Bronte’s day and the precarious nature of Jane’s social position, culminating in watching a film version of the novel.
Jekyll and Hyde Scheme of Work
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Jekyll and Hyde Scheme of Work

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Full scheme of work comprising eleven lessons on the original novel of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, aimed at GCSE students. Each lesson on this one hundred and eighty slide powerpoint contains a starter, main and plenary.
Of Mice and Men Scheme of Work
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Of Mice and Men Scheme of Work

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230 slide Powerpoint accompanied by 15 worksheets on Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Covers historical background with lots of opportunities for character analysis. Two separate folders with support to write two essays - one on animal imagery and the other on imagery of light and dark.