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Also available as part of my full Unit 1 BUNDLE of all 5 tasks. /teaching-resource/resource-12446833 Task 2 A complete 31-page pupil booklet covering all aspects of Task 2, taking some inspiration from CCEA GCSE publications and past papers from different boards. Sample Teacher annotation and paragraphs have been provided for the majority of the work – please note, in most cases the same article has been annotated up to three different ways to accommodate the ability level of the class, therefore the sample answers range from basic to advanced. This resource provides: • A 31-page pupil booklet • 11 separate documents of Teacher answers matching the tasks of the booklet – for a variety of pupil ability. • This booklet carries the student through from easy to harder tasks, assisting in the building up of confidence as they grow accustomed to the task styles. • Guidance for what to expect, and how to approach the task • Worked example layout guiding the student through expected responses • Exam guidance and annotation of past paper layout • What to look for when analysing a variety of techniques • Five short tasks where students annotate for key term • Seven longer tasks where students annotate for named techniques and work through the accompanying tasks • Seven practice articles to be worked on independently

This resource is the first in a series of GCSE booklets designed to be user friendly and cover all aspects of the novel and writer’s technique. These booklets have been created by a CCEA examiner for English Literature, have been tried and tested in the classroom, and cover all aspects of the curriculum. Currently available: *Of Mice and Men: Background *Of Mice and Men: Chapter by Chapter /teaching-resource/ccea-of-mice-and-men-chapter-by-chapter-12366451 *Of Mice and Men: Characters *Of Mice and Men: Themes *Of Mice and Men: Writer’s Technique Answer booklets will be available upon request.

An easily accessible booklet designed to introduce junior KS3 classes to the idea of the Media and how it persuades and manipulates the target audience. The resource looks at how we ‘manipulate’ each other, takes account of the first six persuasive techniques and teaches pupils to identify these devices in example articles. Activities throughout include: facts and opinions, font, colour, slogans and language tricks. The booklet ends with a fun persuasive activity to complete.

A fun way to introduce poetic techniques, and a chance to form different types of poems. Aimed at junior KS3, this is an upbeat introduction to poetic techniques and poetic form, covering simile to onomatopoeia, shape poems to noise poems.

This resource has been developed for KS3 as a creative way of looking at genre and the fairy tale genre in particular. Comes with a 34-page Student booklet to complete, and matching 34-page Teacher booklet complete with answers/suggested answers. Topics covered: Genre Narrative Structure Stereotypes Theme Media Character Film making roles Overview By using the beloved film ‘Shrek’ as a reference point, pupils are encouraged to develop their understanding of genre both visually and in written form. Narrative structure is touched upon in order to develop an understanding of the variety of narratives available, and particularly looking at the idea of the ‘fractured fairytale’. Stereotypes are looked at, specifically to draw attention to the inversion of type integral to the plot line of ‘Shrek’. A range of non-fiction information is also referenced, looking at the idea of ‘Shrek’ as a media product.

Notes for Parts 1-3; focused class work for Parts 4-8 - with answers. Teacher Notes Part 1: Teacher Notes to stimulate writing on the ‘Power of Words’ for Auggie Part 2: Teacher Notes on Via’s key metaphor and her struggles Part 3: Teacher Notes on Summer’s key characteristic Julian: Teacher Notes looking at the some of the presentation his character** Student Work + Teacher Answers for each section. Part 4: Divided into two parts: 4a - Adjectives and Key Questions; 4b: Vocabulary work, close reading Q, PEE paragraphs Part 5: Grammar work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work Part 6: Close reading work, multi-choice, vocabulary work, PEE work, Emotions work Part 7: Vocabulary crossword, multi-choice, PEE work, Chekov’s gun Links Part 8: First section work only - facts and opinions, research work, close reading, setting etc After Reading: Book Review and Alphabet Quiz

Student and Teacher Booklets covering a full range of John Donne’s love, death and God-themed poems. The following poems are analysed in this resource with both a student and a teacher booklet provided FOR EACH poem: The Flea The Good-Morrow The Sun Rising The Canonization The Anniversary A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning The Ecstasy The Relic Elegy XIX: To his Mistress going to bed Loves Deity Good Friday 1613: Riding Westward Holy Sonnet VII: At the round Earth’s Holy Sonnet X: Death be not Proud Holy Sonnet XIV: Batter my Heart Each poem comes with: A blank Student Booklet A completed Teacher Booklet A pdf of Narrative Annotations to explain the poem A pdf of Poetic Technique Annotations to explain the poem Also included in this resource: Pre-Tasks: Timeline of John Donne, specfic themes to research ** John Donne - Blank Poem Booklet** (x14 poems) John Donne - Context Booklet (x19 pages) Student (blank) and Teacher (completed) booklet John Donne - Exam Booklet - Past Paper and Theme questions (x11). Guidance on how to write an essay; several helpful tables dividing poems into ‘Love’ and ‘God’ poems; Love topics; God and Death topics and matching poems John Donne - Essay Planning Booklet (x23 pages) 6.** Love poems** - questions for each poem; language work (x18 pages) The Flea- sample paragraphs and guided work John Donne + Love - copy of excellent article (referenced); example essay paragraphs for Love poems; example introductions for Love poems John Donne + God - notes; three essay plans provided

Two booklets covering the character of Candy ‘Of Mice and Men’ Student Booklet - to be completed - 13 pages Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 13 pages Booklet covers: Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases Key words to describe Candy Key Experiences analysed Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations Example paragraphs with clear layout Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’ FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON

Two booklets covering the character of Crooks in ‘Of Mice and Men’ Student Booklet - to be completed - 16 pages Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 16 pages Booklet covers: Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases Key words to describe Crooks Overview of Themes: Racism, Prejudice, Strength, Weaknesses Key Experiences Close analysis of Possessions Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations Example paragraphs with clear layout Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’ FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON

Two booklets covering the character of Curley’s Wife ‘Of Mice and Men’ Student Booklet - to be completed - 14 pages Teacher Booklet - with suggested answers - 14 pages Booklet covers: Introduction and guidance for how to complete a Character Essay Sample Paragraph Layout with suggested terminology/phrases Key words to describe Curley’s Wife Notes on Female Characters in the novel Discussion of sympathy/lack of sympathy for her Evidence/Quotes - analysed with techniques and explanations Example paragraphs with clear layout Area for summarising learning under mnemonic ‘BARSCAP’ FULL BOOKLET with all CHARACTERS will be AVAILABLE SOON

This resource contains a lengthy Powerpoint which covers a full range of techniques which should be considered when writing creatively. The Powerpoint ends with an assessment title, and the success criteria to accompany it. Although aimed at KS3, this is also useful for weaker KS4 students, or as starters/refreshers at KS4. The Powerpoint offers: Eight ten-minute activities to stimulate creative thought Two slides focussing on verb synonyms in order to up level writing Six slides looking at connotation, and the consideration that must be taken of our choices A quick look at onomatopoeia and the implication of choosing animal sounds Two ‘Picture the Scene’ examples encouraging the use of the studied techniques Quick looks at: adverbs, boring sentences, syntax arrangement, avoidance of ‘got’, good openers and ‘improve the examples’ opportunity Assessment title and success criteria.

Enjoy my free newspaper samples: Newspaper Frontpage /teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-front-page-12366705 VERY POPULAR: Sample Article written with the 5 W /teaching-resource/ks3-newspaper-article-example-who-what-when-where-why-12366711 Tabloid + Broadsheet PP /teaching-resource/ks3-newspapers-tabloid-broadsheet-frontpage-12366847 A complete and thorough resource, covering all aspects of Newspapers in a usable and student friendly format. Includes two booklets: one user-friendly** student booklet**, and one **teacher booklet **with answers filled in Teacher Booklet Very user friendly and can be put on the board for pupils to copy from Student Booklet A single booklet covering everything from the origin of newspapers to tabloid and broadsheets. Includes: Background to Newspapers Types of newspapers - research Tabloid vs Broadsheet Types of story- research The Front Page -activity Editing - activity Parts of an article - research and activity Headlines - techniques and activity Facts and Opinion - activity Bias vs Balance - activity Choice of language - connotation How to write an article - activities

Comprehension questions based on the fantastic resource ‘My Story’ – a compilation of poignant stories, all written by N. Irish authors. This resource contains transcripts of the real life stories aired on BBC Radio Ulster some years ago. Compilations of the transcripts were sold in paperback over a decade ago, but unfortunately they are no longer in print and not stocked anywhere. These stories have been included in this resource with full declaration of their ownership being that of the declared author. Students will read eleven short stories (ten are an A4 page in length, one is slightly longer) and answer questions where they are guided through the use PEE to help delve deeper into the meaning of the narratives. Resource provides: Use of ‘Ex-Poser’ by Paul Jennings (free to use from external sources) broken down into separate questions and students are guided through the PEE process in a structured way, helping to consolidate the purpose of PEE and make its use common practice. A break down of how to write answers in the PEE format Five stories with answer scaffold provided to aid the answering of one/two questions. Five stories to enjoy, with one extended question each.

Student Booklet – 92 pages Key information provided, space to complete work on Characters and Contexts. Quotations provided for each character and each context. For each context, quotations have been divided under separate titles, helpful to stimulate ideas for essay planning. Exam Questions provided, followed by space to complete plan for answer. Included: Exam Basics Contexts and Themes Essay Layout Advice Characters – 8 key characters, space to complete key words Characters – area for research and teaching Characters – 8 key characters, complete with key quotations Context – Biography + Exam Question + Example Response Context – American Settlement and Frontier + Quotations + Exam Question Context – America Post WW1 Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties + Quotations + Exam Question Context – American Dream + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) + Quotations + Exam Questions Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Geography + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Type of Hero + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Romantic Novel + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions Context – Symbolism + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Novel of Manners Teacher Booklet – 96 pages Exactly the same as the student booklet, with teaching notes and essay plans included. Included: Characters – key words provided Characters – area for research and teaching Characters – key quotations Context – Biography Notes + Exam Question + Example Response Context – American Settlement and Frontier Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with two essay response plans Context – America Post WW1 Notes Context – The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties Notes + Quotations + Exam Question with essay response plan Context – American Dream Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan Context – Divided Society (inc. Racism and Industrialism) Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with two essay response plans Extra Exam Questions – The Great Gatsby + Today with essay response notes Context – Prohibition and Organised Crime Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response plan Context – Geography Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Type of Hero Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions with essay response notes Context – Social Satire + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Romantic Novel Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Realist Novel + Exam Questions with essay response notes Context – Symbolism Notes + Quotations + Exam Questions Context – Novel of Manners Notes + Exam Question Three sample essays to annotate and improve - Gangsters, Geography, Women Individual overviews for All imagery taken from Movie and Google images

This resource is an accessible and informative presentation of comparison between the characters of Animal Farm (images taken from the film) and their counterparts in the real Russian Revolution. Each pairing of images is followed by historical information, accurately explaining the real character and their historical behaviour. See also the free resource /teaching-resource/animal-farm-characters-russian-sticers-12366420 where the pairings can be printed out as stickers.

Making use of the text ‘Ex-Poser’ by Paul Jennings, this resource carefully and accessibly works through how to answer ten comprehension questions using PEE - the method of Point, Evidence, Explanation. This has proven to be a really useful way to introduce PEE into the classroom and to ensure it is applied correctly.

A complete unit to teach the presentation of Animals in Fiction and Non-Fiction texts, leading to several discussions and a final discursive argument about whether or not Animals should be kept in Zoos. Unit of Work with clear lesson by lesson focus and link to worksheets Notebook file and Pdf file of teacher notes - written on whiteboard as moved through this unit - may be of use to assist with teaching certain lessons. All resources mentioned below and in the unit are included Room Display inspiration - titles, words and images Includes Animal alphabet Adjectives and verbs to describe Animals Animal related onomatopoeia, similes and metaphors Animal habitats Animals in the media - positive and negative portrayals, bias int he media Collective nouns for animals Description and connotation of negative and positive in description - vocabulary copyright of ‘Descriptosaurus’ by Alison Wilcox, published by Routledge 2013 Animal combinations - inspired by ‘Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Series’, published by Nosy Crow 2014 Reference to National Geographic - paper copy, website or instagram feed. Pet argument - annotate and analyse CCEA KS3 Past Paper ‘Wood Green Animal Shelter’ - analyse for writer’s craft Animals in Film, and as fashion fads Writing to inform - argument Article ‘Calling Animals ‘pets’ is insulting, academics claim’ - connotation of appropriate words for ‘pets’ - read poems ‘Old Dog’ and ‘Sheepkiller’ to further the discussion How are animals used? Poems ‘The Battery Hen’ , ‘The Early Purges’, and ‘Killing a whale’ to further the discussion Animal rights - what are they and how are they compromised? Writing to explain - discussion of animal rights Hierarchy of animal kingdom Issue of Extinction - furthered by use of CCEA KS3 Past Paper ‘The Black Rhino’ Zoos vs Safari - investigate and create a balanced argument in response to the topic: It is unfair to keep animals in Zoos.

A enjoyable introduction to these three techniques, with accompanying activities to consolidate learning. Please find Part 2: Alliteration, Onomatopoeia and Rhyme in My Shop

Analysis of the techniques used in the poem: technique, explanation and impact. Pupils need to find quotations to match.

A enjoyable introduction to these three techniques, with accompanying activities to consolidate learning. Please also find Part 1: Simile, Metaphor, Personification /teaching-resource/resource-12366870