I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
GCSE Literature (AQA, WJEC, Edexcel, OCR: full set of lessons and lesson plans to cover the teaching and context of An Inspector Calls. Original and innovative An Inspector Calls resources, including board game and role play for full understanding of the historical, social and cultural background to the text and character culpability. Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted for discovery based learning. The resource leads to an exam style question and planning sheets.
Resource includes:
* Lesson Plans
Board Game
Role Play and activities
Worksheets
Essay planning sheets
Character Cards downloads.
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Aimed at GCSE or Year 6 SATs pupils learning to analyse extracts and to recognise Language and Structure devices. Particularly for the GCSE English Language Paper 1. A fun and interactive game resource for student centred learning, to learn and recognise the terminology needed for the exam. Can be used as a starter to develop into an analytical approach to reading a sample exam extract.
Included is a revision booklet for progression, which includes GCSE exam questions.
Use this fun, fully differentiated, interactive resource to introduce your pupils to the Real Meaning of Easter. Pupils play the Easter Egg Hunt Game, collecting eggs which can be traded for picture cards of Easter. They then discover the real meaning of these picture with reference to symbolic relevance to the Easter Story.
This is an ideal Easter Topic to cover lessons approaching Easter holidays.
Aspects of the curriculum covered:
Literacy: read and follow instructions, match pictures to words. Extension: understand the meaning of symbols and recognise their importance with reference to Easter.
To write the right word to the picture. Extension: to write an explanation for the symbol.
Numeracy: To count numbers on a spinner and count on numbers to reach target.
R.E: to understand the story of Easter and understand the relevance of the Symbols we see at Easter time, with reference to Jesus.
Art: to create own Easter pictures and or Symbols of Easter with an attached meaning.
Fully Differentiated Resource includes:
Lesson PPT
Game Board
Counter and Spinner
Matching cards and Pictures game (Stage 1, 2 and 3)
Chart to describe picture, word, meaning and Symbol (Stage 1, 2 and 3)
Art Gallery pictures and symbols (Stage 1, 2 and 3)
Full Lesson Plan
4 different ideas for assemblies. Includes PPTs on:
St Nicolas; the Truth about Saint Nicolas
The Solar System
Orangutans
Extreme Weather and Climate Change.
Resource designed to focus pupils on the character of Romeo. Could be used as a starter activity, as an introduction to Romeo and Juliet or a closer analysis of Romeo's character. To aid OCR and AQA English GCSE (final year) controlled assessment and examination for the following years..
Fun resource to test your pupils SPAG knowledge. Pupils have to decide whether the sentences are accurate and then bid for the sentence.
Resource includes:
PPT
Sentence auction worksheet
Fake money.
This fun, student centred resource is a complete set of lessons to enable students to use prior knowledge and understanding of Romeo and Juliet to complete a role play and complete a worksheet and essay using supportive quotation.
The learning objectives are for
• Students to use prior knowledge of text to demonstrate understanding of characters to answer the questions posed in depth
• Students to be able to use Speaking and Listening skills in RLC
• Students to be able to demonstrate use of quotation to justify answers
• Students to demonstrate understanding of context to answer the question:
Romeo and Juliet: Romantic Tragedy or Tragedy of Circumstance?? Discuss.
This can be used as a formal assessment for a mock examination for the literature Shakespeare paper, or a controlled assessment.
A in depth lesson plan demonstrates the best use of the resources, which included differentiated worksheets to accommodate a range of abilities within once class.
Resource includes:
* PPT presentation
* Character cards
* Prosecutor questions to be used for role play
* Guilty or not guilty Worksheets (differentiated)
* Full lesson plans
* Character Supportive Quotes Worksheet.
Includes youtube clip: Judge Judy Best Bits
A fun, interactive resource to fully engage and allow pupils to fully understand specific grammar points; present progressive, past progressive and past simple, present perfect tenses, the use of comparative and superlatives, adverbials.
Particularly aimed at Year 6 (SAT's) and EAL students, but can be used for all classes studying grammar points.
This festive version contains 5 class, grouped, paired or individual Christmas related tasks which, when completed decorates a Christmas Tree in time for Christmas. The tasks should last for 5 lessons.
Resource includes:
Fun PPT, which when followed to the end decorates a Christmas Tree ( with embedded video)
5 Task Sheets
Full lesson plan.
Full bundle of resources for KS 2 including SOW, lesson plans, assessment and activities for a full range of curriculum areas; including Science, Literacy, Maths, Tudors, Drama, Dance, Egypt.
A full unit of work for teaching Forces KS2; including machines and levers and pulleys - incorporating lesson plans, numerous activities (differentiated) and presentations.
A fun Christmas SPAG resource, follows an entertaining Christmas story. Pupils have to decide whether the SPAG is accurate on each sentence and bid for the sentence with Christmas money.
Resource includes:
PPT activity.
Sentence worksheets.
Christmas money.
A fun, full resource consisting of various fiction and non-fiction activities, aimed at all Key Stages.
Including:
Writing Monologues
5 Senses
Writing Newspaper Articles
Various writing tasks.
Various writing task, Christmas
Sentence Auction
Sentence Auction, Christmas.
How to set targets and assess post levels? Follow the simple Dartboard Technique..
Pupil Targets and Teacher Assessment for KS3 English, but can be applied to any subject or Level.
Teachers can set the individual target for the pupil according to relevant descriptors. The pupil's own involvement in setting targets and completing their Dartboards motivates them to achieve and this is rewarded with a fun certificate.
Tried and tested, deemed 'outstanding' and 'noteworthy' by recent Ofsted inspection.....
Resource includes:
PPT existing of description of system, descriptors for KS 3 English, Pupil friendly targets, Exemplar Dartboards; both teacher and pupil.
Certificates for completion of targets.
Generic Dartboard for other subjects.
A essential guide to GCSE English Language 9-1 exam success and preparation. This intensive handbook is aimed at the borderline students; who are currently stuck at a 2/3 grade, to enable them to access a grade 4 and above. However, is would be useful for all students from all bands, in preparation for the exam. It equips the students with the essential skills necessary to answer the exam questions, notably analysis of both Language and Structure.
The handbook is relevant to all exam boards, including both an original modern extract as well as a 19th Century piece. The revision tool includes sample exam questions, as well as a mark scheme.
Contents:
Reading an unseen extract
Learning to ‘infer’ and 'deduce’
Using Language Techniques
How to approach each exam question
Structural Techniques
Answering a sample GCSE paper, with a modern text.
Answering a past paper with a 19th Century extract
Mark Scheme
Use this fun, fully differentiated, interactive resource to introduce your pupils to the Real Meaning of Easter. Pupils play the Easter Egg Hunt Game, collecting eggs which can be traded for picture cards of Easter. They then discover the real meaning of these picture with reference to symbolic relevance to the Easter Story.
This is an ideal Easter Topic to cover lessons approaching Easter holidays.
Aspects of the curriculum covered:
Literacy: read and follow instructions, match pictures to words. Extension: understand the meaning of symbols and recognise their importance with reference to Easter.
To write the right word to the picture. Extension: to write an explanation for the symbol.
Numeracy: To count numbers on a spinner and count on numbers to reach target.
R.E: to understand the story of Easter and understand the relevance of the Symbols we see at Easter time, with reference to Jesus.
Art: to create own Easter pictures and or Symbols of Easter with an attached meaning.
Fully Differentiated Resource includes:
Lesson PPT
Game Board
Counter and Spinner
Matching cards and Pictures game (Stage 1, 2 and 3)
Chart to describe picture, word, meaning and Symbol (Stage 1, 2 and 3)
Art Gallery pictures and symbols (Stage 1, 2 and 3)
Full Lesson Plan
Last updated Mar 3, 2016, created Mar 3, 2016