A set of three lessons using extracts from Darren Shan's 'The Demon Thief'. Allows younger pupils to engage with a modern horror writer which they find accessible. Uses relevant resources for three subsequent lessons and aims to teach pupils to recognise, analyse and use various creative writing skills: sentence structure, personification, effective vocabulary choices. Final lesson contains a creative writing assessment for pupils to display the skills they have learnt throughout the sessions. Contains: 3 Powerpoints with complete lessons: starter activities, varied discussion, reading and writing tasks and plenaries 3 worksheets with relevant extracts from The Demon Thief

An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Laurie Lee's 'Cider With Rosie'. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from 'Cider With Rosie' Question Paper

An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Wilkie Collins' 'The Woman in White'. 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 Woman in White' Question Paper

Worksheets with sample exam answers designed to support the teaching of Dennis Kelly's DNA for the Literature GCSE. Contains: 5 worksheets with sample answers on a range of examination-style questions. Some of the answers are full, and some have been started and pupils can discuss their content and work on completing them.

Worksheets with activities designed to support the teaching of Dennis Kelly's DNA for the Literature GCSE. Contains: 4 worksheets with activities for students to work through concerning key quotations from the play, the dramatic actions taken by the characters, questions used by the characters and their significance and the importance / symbolic effect of Leah's speeches. A simple summary of the play 1 powerpoint with the key quotations which supports the worksheet.

An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from Oliver Twist Question Paper

An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from 'Jane Eyre' Question Paper

An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'. Questions which are written in the style of sample / pre-released materials to allow students valuable practice of the exam type. Contains: Extract from 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' Question Paper

A challenging test based on the extract from 'The Red Room' chapter of Jane Eyre. Aimed at Talented, Able and Gifted pupils, the test focuses on questions which will 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

A powerpoint which can be used and adapted over and over to get pupils used to looking at teacher's marking of an assessment, celebrate their successes and work out how they can improve further next time. Can be used generically with any assessment or easily adapted to be more specific depending on the skills being addressed in the piece of work.

A set of Powerpoints which can assist with the teaching of Dennis Kelly's play DNA. Contains: 2 Powerpoints focusing on introducing different elements of the play DNA by Dennis Kelly. 6 Powerpoints looking at a number of potential exam questions and possible ways to focus on them with a group. 1 Powerpoint feeding back common pupil errors during the exam question focused on DNA

A set of three simple lessons which look at the poems 'Who's for the Game' and 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' and lead students into a comparison essay. Aimed at lower ability students, the powerpoints present a step by step guide to looking at each poem in turn and then practising how to write about the poems and compare them. COntains: 3 Powerpoints, 1 per poem and 1 about comparing the 2 poems 2 worksheets with the poems printed on them

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

An exam paper in the style of the new WJEC English Language Component 1 based on an extract from C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 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 Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Question Paper

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

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

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

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

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

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