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A 4 lesson crash course in strategies for imaginative and creative writing for GCSE English Language. (Suitable to AQA and Edexcel exam boards, and easily adaptable to others.) I originally taught this with a higher ability year 11 class (target grade 6/7/8) as a 1 week crash course to raise the standard of their writing and lift their ambition and sophistication. IncludedCovers strategies for planning, lots of potential exam prompts, strategies for structuring the narrative/imaginative response, manipulating sentence structures for effect, zooming in on details to write a lot about a little, effective use of dialogue and creating the narrative voice of a character.

A one-off lesson teaching debating and oracy skills, and discussing the achievements and impacts of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Originally created to support study of ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell. Easily adapted for a PSHE or Politics lesson. Oracy Debate Speaking and Listening Blood Brothers Politics Includes PPT lesson resource and selected edited research sources.

Boggle anagram game sheets with a Gothic Literature theme. Each has a Gothic key term, character or author hidden in the grid. (Answer hidden somewhere on the sheet to help the teacher.) Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary. A great starter activity or brain break. Develops spelling strategies and tests vocabulary. In nomadic COVID teaching, I’ll be pre-printing these on A3 sheets for my students to complete as a starter while I set up for the lesson.

14 boggle puzzles centred on Tier 2 vocabulary on the themes of Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. Great as a settling activity, brain break or literacy pit-stop. In nomadic COVID teaching, I’m going to be printing these on A3 as starters/settlers to stick on the wall as I set the lesson up. If you enjoy, please leave a review to help others find this resource.

A display/graphic of sophisticated Happy-Sad emotional vocabulary intensity ranked. For developing emotional literacy, empathy, description, effect on the reader etc. Could also be printed as a bookmark. Use the PDF files to preserve fonts as seen. To edit, use PPT files - this will require adapting to fonts present on your PC. (All the fonts used here were free downloads from dafont.com or MSoffice standard) Resolution sufficient for at least 2m tall. If you enjoy, please leave a review and share to help others find this resource.

A WHOOSH! drama activity for “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. A great activity to introduce the story and themes, or summarise as a fun revision activity. Great for engaging students with Shakespeare and proving it’s FUN! Perfect for students studying ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at GCSE. Inlcudes key quotations. Teacher script, student lines and a “Whoosh - How To” included. If you enjoy, please review! :-) Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store. A Christmas Carol - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Lord of the Flies - /teaching-resource/resource-12898205 Macbeth - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377

A 7 lesson scheme of work exploring ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare and applying a range of explorative strategies, good for building character development and devising skills. Includes lesson powerpoint, handouts file and potential homework tasks. The SOW features practical tasks each lesson, a WHOOSH! to summarise the play, practical and written starters to settle lively classes (or which could be set as homework), steeped learning objectives, sentence starters for effective peer feedback and script extracts in both original language and modernised language (for differentiation.) Techniques explored include: freeze-framing, soundscape, mime, thought-tapping, hot-seating, skeleton script, devising, on-text improvisation. If you enjoy, please leave a review!

A WHOOSH! drama activity for introducing or revising ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare. Great for students studying the text for KS3 or GCSE English. Includes lots of direct quotations and whole-class involvement with students creating setting and sound effects. The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. Teacher script, student lines, character cards and a “Whoosh - How To” included. If you enjoy, please leave a review! Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store. A Christmas Carol - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Lord of the Flies - /teaching-resource/resource-12898205 Macbeth - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377

A WHOOSH! drama activity for students studying ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell. Excellent for introducing or revising the play for GCSE. Includes key quotations The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. Teacher script, student lines, character cards and a “Whoosh - How To” included. (N/B: like the play, this WHOOSH includes a few swear words… which you could omit if you need.) If you enjoy, please leave a review! Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store. A Christmas Carol - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Lord of the Flies - /teaching-resource/resource-12898205 Macbeth - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377

A WHOOSH! drama activity for students studying “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. Excellent for introducing or revising the story. Great for GCSE revision. Teacher script, student lines, character cards and a “Whoosh - How To” included. N/B This whoosh closely matches the Cambridge Playscripts edition. If you enjoy, please leave a review! Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store. A Christmas Carol - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Lord of the Flies - /teaching-resource/resource-12898205 Macbeth - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377

A WHOOSH! drama activity for “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare. The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. Great for introducing the story or revision. Excellent for KS3 or GCSE students. Teacher script, student lines and a “Whoosh - How To” included. If you enjoy, please leave a review! Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store. A Christmas Carol - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Lord of the Flies - /teaching-resource/resource-12898205 Macbeth - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377

A WHOOSH! drama activity for “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. Accessible for all ages and abilities. Great for students studying the play at KS3 or GCSE. Teacher script, student lines, character cards and a “Whoosh - How To” included. If you enjoy, please leave a review! Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store. A Christmas Carol - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Lord of the Flies - /teaching-resource/resource-12898205 Macbeth - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377

A WHOOSH! drama activity for students studying ‘Stone Cold’ by Robert Swindells. The teacher narrates a story summary and calls in students from the circle to mime the characters, be props and create settings. Great for introducing or reviewing the story with students at KS2 / KS3. This WHOOSH! also features extra moments of drama activity involving the whole class. Teacher script, student lines, character cards and a “Whoosh - How To” included. If you enjoy, please leave a review! Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Loads more Whoosh scripts available in the @MrRoyTeach store. A Christmas Carol - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Lord of the Flies - /teaching-resource/resource-12898205 Macbeth - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377

A bundle of Romeo and Juliet revision resources including quotation chanting, fill the gaps, quotations quiz, quotation bingo, model writing, writing frames, quotation explosions, plot maze (order the events), and a session focused on applying the prologue to ANY exam question. If you enjoy, please leave a review!

Worksheets which show the Shakespearean text of key scenes alongside questions to support comprehension. Numbering helps students to know where to look for the answers and demonstrate that they can understand Shakespeare’s language better than they first realise. Answers Included Scenes covered: Prologue, A1S2 (Romeo’s first appearance), A1S5 (first meeting), A2S2 (balcony), A3S1 (the fight) Excellent for introducing scenes and establishing understanding, or GCSE revision cementing understanding, wide knowledge and reviewing key quotations. Works great as a homework or independent study task. Students can check their answers against the answer sheet provided as part of revision. If you enjoy, please leave a review! Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: /teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy You might also like: Romeo and Juliet Revision - /teaching-resource/resource-12168723 Romeo and Juliet GCSE Lessons Scheme - /teaching-resource/resource-13025768 Romeo and Juliet Quotation Bingo Revision /teaching-resource/resource-12682861 Romeo and Juliet Script Abdiged 1 Hr /teaching-resource/resource-12703770 Romeo and Juliet Whoosh /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 Romeo and Juliet Top Quotations List: /teaching-resource/resource-13172480 Macbeth Comprehension Worksheets - /teaching-resource/resource-12625174

Question activity sheets designed for students watching the Zefirelli 1968 film of Romeo and Juliet. AND Teacher’s answer copy. Questions keep students focused and attentive, direct their attention to key events and themes, include some key quotations and prompt evaluation of characters. Chapter numbers and time stamps are given for the clicview copy of the film, but the questions will work with the Zefirelli film on whatever format you are using (DVD, youtube etc) If you enjoy, please leave a review!

A bundle of resources for revising A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, including: Key quotations “chanting” - students repeat the quotation as the teacher covers up more of the words. Key quotations “who said it?” and “fill the gaps”. Quotation explosion activity with prompt questions. Plot Maze (order the events of the story) Quotation Bingo (who said this? revision game) Analysis writing frame If you enjoy, please leave a review!

A short set of resources to guide students in researching skills for job applications and interviews, prepare for a dummy interview and practice with their peers. 3 PPT slides for 3 activities, and a worksheet to structure the first online independent research task If you enjoy, please leave a review!

A short 8 session intervention scheme of work designed to help ‘pass’ students across the line. Could also be used as independent ‘catch-up’ work. These sessions are focused on the core skills of English Language GCSE and direct students to the most effective ways to raise their attainment. Each session (about 30 minutes content each) has a powerpoint and worksheet (session 8 is worksheet only.) Activities include modelling, writing frames, understanding idioms and links to youtube clips. Sessions cover: 1 - Inference key skill 2 - Applying Inference 3 - Meaningful ‘Effect’ (on the reader) 4 - Analysis key skill 5 - Expanding Description 6 - Planning for Creative Writing 7 - Transactional (Non-fiction) writing Quick Wins 8 - Collaborative planning for Transactional Writing If you enjoy, please leave a review!

An abridged script of Shakespeare’s Macbeth for a 1 hour student performance. Excellent for supporting study of Macbeth for GCSE English. Maintains Shakespeare’s original language, rhythm/meter and all key scenes and characters. Pages, scenes and lines numbered for ease of reference and rehearsal. I directed a cast of students all the way from year 7-13 (ages 11-18), with SEN and MAGT/GAMA, performing this in one hour, including movement/dance sequencesfor ensemble and it was very successful and well received by students, parents, staff and governors. The students involved really enjoyed themselves and rose to the challenge of Shakespeare’s language. If you’re thinking “my students couldn’t handle the language” - They can and will! If you enjoy, please leave a review! Lots more English study and revision resources on the @MrRoyTeach store: /teaching-resources/shop/CalumRoy You might also like: Romeo and Juliet Script Abridged 1 Hr /teaching-resource/resource-12703770 Hamlet Script Abridged 80 Mins: /teaching-resources/dashboard/resource-management/uploads A Midsummer Night’s Dream Script Abridged 1hr: /teaching-resource/resource-12162822 WHOOSH! English/Drama Activities: Try before you buy. Romeo and Juliet WHOOSH available free: /teaching-resource/resource-12375674 A Christmas Carol WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12620412 Blood Brothers WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12198382 An Inspector Calls WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12896901 Macbeth WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12198539 Twelfth Night WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12198373 Hamlet WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12619284 The Tempest WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12198370 Stone Cold WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12198368 Dracula WHOOSH! - /teaching-resource/resource-12198377