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I am an experienced teacher of high school English who regularly produces resources for use across the English curriculum. My shop contains a collection of my favourite resources, from whole schemes of work, to standalone lessons, PowerPoint presentations and worksheets which aim to teach students the full range of skills required through a variety of texts and topics.

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I am an experienced teacher of high school English who regularly produces resources for use across the English curriculum. My shop contains a collection of my favourite resources, from whole schemes of work, to standalone lessons, PowerPoint presentations and worksheets which aim to teach students the full range of skills required through a variety of texts and topics.
The Crucible Exam Preparation: Director's Question
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The Crucible Exam Preparation: Director's Question

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An information booklet which focuses on the exam question about how director might use production elements to create a successful performance of the opening of Act Four of The Crucible. The booklet breaks down the question into sections and give students advice about how they could go about answering it successfully. Contains: Advice on each area: costume, staging, props and stage furniture A paragraph on each discipline, modelling examples of how students could answer that section Sentence starters for students to use Questions to help students secure their understanding
Roald Dahl's Boy Themed Oracy / Philosophy for Children Set of 8 lessons
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Roald Dahl's Boy Themed Oracy / Philosophy for Children Set of 8 lessons

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A set of 8 lessons using Roald Dahl's Boy as the inspiration for Philosophy for Children, linked closely to fiction texted aimed at extending children's literacy levels. Through reading of a range of texts linked to autobiography and childhood, pupils engage in discussions centred around issues linked to growing up and childhood. The reading materials supplied contain excerpts from fiction, non-fiction, prose, play, poetry and modern / Pre-Twentieth Century texts and are a useful introduction to more challenging, older texts required in the new curriculum in the form of small, manageable extracts. For use with Year 7 or 8 Contains: 8 self contained PowerPoint presentations which include entire lessons - excerpt from Boy, plus short discussion tasks leading into a number of potential Philosophy for Children questions. 8 Resource sheets containing the excerpts used with each PowerPoint lesson
GCSE Fiction Reading and Writing Exam Preparation Scheme
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GCSE Fiction Reading and Writing Exam Preparation Scheme

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A complete scheme of 11 lessons focusing on preparing students for the Component 1 of the new GCSE. Easy to follow with no additional resources required. Has a specific focus on the questions from the EDUQAS specification, but would be useful for any students preparing for the fiction paper / component 1 of the new English language GCSE where they need to work on their reading and writing skills. Includes: 1. A comprehensive breakdown of the whole scheme for teachers to follow 2. A complete and adaptable powerpoint with 11 fulls lessons (Do Now, a series of tasks plus a plenary or 'Exit Ticket' for each one) 3. Short excerpts from the various fiction sources which the lessons focus on
GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice for Component 1: The Hobbit
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GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice for Component 1: The Hobbit

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An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from JRR Tolkein's The Hobbit. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from The Hobbit Question Paper
Set of Homophone Starter Exercises
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Set of Homophone Starter Exercises

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A Powerpoint with more than 25 short activities, perfect for use as starters or 'Do Now' activities. Each pair of slides has 5 questions for pupils to work through at the beginning of a lesson and a set of the answers, both of which can quickly and easily be tagged on to any other lesson to serve as a quick grammar starter. All activities are linked to commonly misspelled homophones. Choose the 'Do Now' or the 'Starter' version, depending on what your school calls the first part of the lesson.
GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on The Tiger in the Smoke extract
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GCSE 9-1 Exam Practice based on The Tiger in the Smoke extract

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An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Margery Allingham's The Tiger in the Smoke. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from The Tiger in the Smoke Question Paper
Creative Writing Workshop: The Journey
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Creative Writing Workshop: The Journey

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All the resources for a workshop I did with visiting primary school children aimed at enthusing them to write their own piece of Creative Writing using a range of techniques. It lasted two hours and at the end each student had created their own descriptive piece to take back to their primary school. Covers sentence structure, selecting premier league descriptive vocabulary, imagery, using effective verbs, adjectives and adverbs as well as the senses to create detailed description. Contains: PowerPoint of the entire workshop Plan of the workshop and resources required Worksheet on the senses Worksheets for whole group sentence structure activity
My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress Test
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My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress Test

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A test based on an extract from 'My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress: Memories of an Irish Childhood' by Christina McKenna. Aimed at year 7, 8 and 9 pupils, the test focuses on questions which will prepare students for the new GCSE-style examinations. The four questions look at selecting information, inferring and deducing information from the text, commenting on the writer's intentions and analysing the effects of the language used. Contains: The test itself The relevant extract A comprehensive mark scheme
Lemony Snickett Test
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Lemony Snickett Test

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A test based on an extract from Lemony Snickett's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' (taken from the chapter entitled 'A Bad Beginning'). Aimed at Year 7 and 8 pupils, the test focuses on questions which will begin to prepare pupils for the new GCSE-style examinations. The four questions look at selecting information, inferring and deducing information from the text, commenting on the writer's intentions and analysing the effects of the language used. Contains: The test itself The relevant extract A comprehensive mark scheme
Set of Speech Punctuation Starter Exercises
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Set of Speech Punctuation Starter Exercises

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A Powerpoint with 10 short activities, perfect for use as starters or 'Do Now' activities. Each pair of slides has 5 questions for pupils to work through at the beginning of a lesson and a set of the answers, both of which can quickly and easily be tagged on to any other lesson to serve as a quick grammar starter. All activities are linked to punctuating speech correctly. Choose the 'Do Now' or the 'Starter' version, depending on what your school calls the first part of the lesson.