This immersive workshop focuses on the writer’s craft. It encourages the writer to consider the choices they make when writing a sentence, just one sentence, and the effects it creates. They will re-write the same sentence 8 times, tweaking it a little each time, until it is the best sentence they’ve ever written. Learners will also become familiar with the metalanguage of grammar in context. Innovative teaching research finds this to be the more effective way to learn grammatical items. No prep required, other than grabbing: A pen Some paper A thesaurus could come in handy And a little attention to detail

Rich revision knowledge organiser resource for Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus This compact two-sided PDF gives students quick but detailed information on all essential aspects of the novel in order to revise for their IGCSE Literature exam. It is also a helpful differentiation aid during teaching, and can be useful crib notes for teachers too! The KO includes bite-size notes on: key themes top techniques and features of the novel context character descriptions and analyses Book timeline (before and after Palm Sunday) dramatic structure interpretations Tried and tested with very appreciative student customers and teachers!

**A complete unit of learning covering all 20 poems from component 3 of the English Literature course ** The lessons are organised so poems can be compared from one lesson to the next, with some poems treated as the unseen to allow students continual practice of these skills for the exam. As well as 17 lessons PowerPoints, the bundle also includes a ‘how to approach a poem’ guide (which is continually used as a guide to analyse poetry throughout the lessons), an introduction to the component, printable glossaries and contexts, practice exam questions and a mark scheme breakdown. Introduction to the component Eat Me The Gun Genetics Effects On Her Blindness A Minor Role Out of the Bag (compared with The Deliverer as unseen) Material From the Journal of a Disappointed Man (compared with The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled as the unseen) Please Hold (compared with the Look we have coming to Dover! as the unseen) Chainsaw Versus The Pampas Grass Giuseppe History (compared with To my 9 year Old Self as the unseen) An Easy Passage Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn Lammas Hireling **Tried and tested with outstanding results! **

Rich revision knowledge organiser resource for Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman This compact two-sided PDF gives students quick but detailed information on all essential aspects of the play in order to revise for their IGCSE Literature exam. It is also a helpful differentiation aid during teaching, and can be useful crib notes for teachers too! The KO includes bite-size notes on: key themes top techniques and features of the play context character descriptions and analyses plot breakdown by act dramatic structure interpretations Tried and tested with very appreciative student customers and teachers!

In this immersive workshop, the learner will be guided through an extended piece of writing. They will be given a prompt for each sentence so they don’t have to worry about the narrative or what to write next. They can immerse themselves in their language craft, playing around with language and structure techniques, while considering what effect they want to have on their reader. Along with the sentence prompts, there are optional challenges to stretch the learner. Or, for writer’s block, there are sentence starters to get them going. This creative resource would complement a topic on war or just as easily stand on its own as a creative writing stimulus. No prep required, other than grabbing: A pen Some writing paper The guided writing prompts (either digitally or printed out) An hour of time

In this immersive workshop, the learner will be guided through an extended piece of writing. They will be given a prompt for each sentence so they don’t have to worry about the narrative or what to write next. They can immerse themselves in their language craft, playing around with language and structure techniques, while considering what effect they want to have on their reader. Along with the sentence prompts, there are optional challenges to stretch the learner. Or, for writer’s block, there are sentence starters to get them going. This resource imaginatively complements a topic about The Industrial Revolution, textile mills and Victorian child labour. No prep required, other than grabbing: A pen Some writing paper The guided writing prompts (either digitally or printed out) An hour of time

A fully resourced, complete unit of lessons, covering all 15 poems. The lessons have been organised so comparisons can be made from one poem to the next and there is an emphasis on the Romantic genre. The bundles includes: fully resourced PowerPoint lessons for each of the 15 poems (incl. printable glossaries and contexts) comparison lessons with practice questions model answers paragraph structures and prompt sheets Additional extra: a knowledge organiser revision resource for all the poems ** Tried and tested with outstanding results!**

Immerse youself in this sensory writing activity This workshop focuses on creating sensory imagery. It encourages the writer to explore an environment with heightened senses. They will write about items using the senses - sight, touch, sound and smell - and then use these to write a descriptive setting paragraph. No prep required, other than grabbing: A pen Some paper A thesaurus could come in handy And a little attention to detail

This creative writing workshop aims to help the writer vary the starts of their sentences. This lesson addresses a common issue in writing with an engaging dice rolling activity. They will begin by evaluating the effectiveness of a repetitive passage, then be guided through a writing task , rolling dice to populate sentence starters. Finally they will independently apply the skills they have been learning by rewriting the initial passage. Prep required: Grab a pen, some paper and 2 dice!

This writing workshop combats writer’s block, particularly for students of the GCSE English Language writing exams. The lesson offers tried and tested ways to generate writing ideas whilst also encouraging successful material that will help them to achieve in the exam. With the use of innovative university researched methods, this lesson leads students through a series of stimuli and strategies before slowly removing the scaffolding, giving the learner incremental responsibility. In the end, they will be able to set pen to paper easily, free from writer’s block Prep required: Grab a pen, some paper and some imagination!