A collection of resources for use pre-reading. 11 resources: A biography A quiz on England in he 17th century Wider reading suggestions Images of Irish symbols A potted history of Ireland A drop-down activity The Nine Years War The plantation of Ireland The history of Brian Friel's life Timeline of Irish colonisation Lesson plan on who writes history

Classroom expectations to stick in the front of exercise books

5 period day timetable template

T-Rex and velociraptor brainstorm for use when watching selected clips from Jurassic Park for inspiring writing to describe/narrate

A template for creating your own SOL/SOW

Coraline wordsearch

List of language devices with examples

Connotation and denotation activity For use with KS3 or starter for KS4

Willy Wonka questions for use during watching film

Activities to revise punctuation marks including self evaluation

Writing to argue lesson teaching argument and counterargument

Article and accompanying reading activities on bungee jumping.

Comprehension task and article. Lemon sharks.

Sentence stems to create writing about George and Lennie

Of Mice and Men roaring twenties context starter

Used with middle ability KS3. Includes SOL overview document. 35 resources in total. 17 lessons with PowerPoint.

19 lessons to support reading of The History Keepers by Damian Dibben. Used with high ability year 8 students. Includes unit overview/Scheme of learning. Lessons include PowerPoints.

18 lessons (all with PowerPoints) to support teaching EDUQAS GCSE English Language component 1 section A. 50 resources, all using collaborative learning techniques and differentiation. Plus three practice papers for Eduqas English Language Component 1a- Reading 20th Century Literature

Created for non-literacy specialists to map progression of students' literacy across the curriculum. Shows skills in years 7-11.

Adapted from idea from assemblies/org to celebrate 100 years of Roald Dahl. Includes PowerPoint and notes for slides.