40+ slides on Francophone festivals and customs including reading, tense practice, translation, complex structures + infinitive and photo card model answers

30+ slides exploring the topic of technology, internet and social media. Focus is on using frequency words and key structures + infinitives such as soler; acabar de; hay que; deber etc . Also includes translations, tense practice and photo card model answers.

Two Harry Potter themed presentations to input key vocabulary: physical description slides - hair, eyes, stature plus reading and writing exercises pets- type, size and colour plus worksheet to recap

Slide presentation taking students through a creative writing workout on an Arctic setting. Suitable for KS3/ KS4 and revising AQA Creative Writing. Slides include: up levelling vocabulary full range of literary devices -simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, sibilance, pathetic fallacy, juxtaposition sentence variety- minor; simple; compound; complex

Slide set 1 - techniques for planning a ghost/haunted house story, with the focus on uplevelling vocabulary, literary techniques and sentences for effect. Exemplar first paragraph writing sample for students to annotate for technique and to use as a springboard for continuing the narrative inside the house. Slide set 2 -techniques for creating narrative tension such as literary techniques, fronted adverbials, show don’t tell, punctuation etc.

Reading comprehension based on John Foster’s poem Giant Winter which presents the battle between Winter and Spring as the seasons inevitably change . Focus is on literary devices and their effects, extended imagery and inference skills. Suitable for upper KS2 /lower KS3.

Classic poem The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865). Reading comprehension with answers for time-saving. Focus on exploring literary devices and inference skills. Suitable for KS3 or higher ability KS2.

G.C.S.E NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE Grammar focus on Near Future. Pupils match Preterite sentences with Near Future for healthy lifestyle resolutions. Pupils shortlist their top 5 resolutions. Class survey can be held to find out top 5 resolutions for class. -Revision of The Environment. Slide show featuring 10 Green Resolutions. Consolidation of environment vocabulary through grammar practice with Near Future and Star Structures Focus on 5 star structures + infinitive - Tengo que; Me gustaría; Voy a intentar; Tengo la intención de ; hay que

Extract with vocabulary and literary techniques task to develop understanding of Dicken’s use of languge for effect. Answer Key. Techniques include: • simile • metaphor • onomatopoeia • alliteration • repetition/triplet • list • hyperbole

Three activities based on the first eight chapters of Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone. Similes gap-fill worksheet Reading comprehension on the Potions Teacher Chapter 8 with answers for time-saving Quiz on sentence types- simple, compound or complex

The Woman In Black. Susan Hill. Reading comprehension suitable for KS3/4 . The extract is taken from chapter 5 Across the Causeway when Arthur Kipps comes face to face with the Woman in Black in the grounds of Eel Marsh House. Focus is on the writer’s use of language and how this contributes to the build up an atmosphere of fear and tension. Language use covered includes writer’s word choices, figurative language and inference. Answer Key included for time-saving.

A bonfire night poem for KS2 with a short reading comprehension with questions on literary devices and inference.

Slides filled with examples of creating narrative tension with an exemplar writing sample on a Haunted House for analysis. Suitable for KS3 and AQA GCSE. Techniques covered include: -uplevelling vocabulary -literary devices -fronted adverbials -show don’t tell -sentence forms for effect -punctuation

A set of word formation & spelling/vocabulary development worksheets focusing on: prefixes- un/dis/mis prefixes- in/il/im/ir prefixes from Latin & Greek x2 suffix-tion suffix-sion suffix-ible suffix-able suffix-ship suffixes from Latin & Greek All worksheets include sentence gap-fill exercise and are suitable for KS2/KS3 and EAL/EFL.

Three Halloween poem reading comprehensions for upper KS2. The Witches’ Ride - describes a traditional witch on a broom Ghost in the Garden - describes a mysterious ghostly presence or could it just be the poet’s imagination? Quieter than Snow - the narrator return to school a day early after the summer holidays only to discover the school is haunted. Focus is on understanding literary devices and their effects as well as inference and reasoning skills, with each poem increasing in challenge level.

A reading comprehension on Utterson’s thoughts and feelings following his first encounter with Mr Hyde in Chapter 2. Focus is on how Stevenson uses literary devices such as simile, metaphor, alliteration, hyperbole, antithesis and juxtaposition to convey the unnaturalness of Hyde and the change in Utterson’s state of mind.

Reading comprehension with suggested answers on an extract from Chapter 1 The Story of the Door. Questions focus on the juxtaposition between the street and the door to Jekyll’s laboratory; language devices and their effects and inference.

A poem comprehension about Jack Frost for upper KS2. Testing a range of skills such as understanding figurative language; finding relevant information; inference and reasoning skills etc.

A seasonal Reading Comprehension for upper KS2 focusing on literary devices and their effects.