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Aimed at Years 5-11, this resource includes two Literacy Mats for general writing support in middle and high school. They come in both colour and black and white PDFs. Best stuck in exercise books or to desks as tools for improving students’ written work! Each mat covers… Common errors Apostrophes Connectives and conjunctions Paragraphs Sentence types If you found this helpful, you might also like: Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Extension Tasks | Early Finisher Choice Board | All Subjects Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy More Able and Talented Bundle | Literacy | Challenge Resources Question Cards | Promote Independence and Problem Solving

Support your Secondary level students in structuring a story with this pre-made frame. This resource works as a mat or handout, and is available in both colour and black and white, and in A4 size format. The frame coaches students through five paragraphs with suggestions for content, sentence starters, vocabulary and punctuation. Looking for a similar mat aimed at younger or less able students? Check out the version for Primary level. Primary | The Perfect Story | Narrative Frame | Guided Writing Want more flexibility? Check out the blank editable version. The Perfect Narrative | Editable Story Frame | KS2, 3 and 4 If you liked the look of this, check out… Writing with Alliteration Writing with Onomatopoeia Writing with Personification Writing with Similes

Challenge your high school students to recognize a wider range of poetic devices, techniques and terms with these six puzzles and activities based on the definitions of 25 poetry vocabulary words! This definitions and puzzle set is designed to encourage students to become comfortable with academic and stylistic language. This pack includes the following printables: Definitions of 25 poetry devices and techniques Follow-up reflection activity Word scramble challenge Letter shapes puzzle Matching definitions activity Word search puzzle Crossword challenge Answer Key

Do you need to boost group speaking skills? These speaking and listening mats are printable US letter-size placemats or posters, designed to show kids the ways in which different sentence starters can be used for impact and precision in discussions, debates and presentations. Includes sentence starters, purposes of speech and persuasive devices. NEW: Point-building grid for a simplified layout, plus low-ink versions and editable Canva template. Covers… Expressing/challenging a viewpoint Backing with types of evidence Talking about change Developing a point Imperatives/Exaggeration/Persuasion Rhetorical questions Clarifying Wrapping up These can be printed in different sizes and easily laminated for durability; check out the preview!

This differentiated set of A4 sheets asks students to create a character sketch of Link, from Robert Swindells’ Stone Cold. Includes the option to provide quotations or not, and to provide silhouettes to sketch over or not. 8 different worksheets to choose from!

Perfect for those studying Foster by Claire Keegan as part of the revised WJEC Literature specification. 37 pages of close analysis and thoughtful discussion prompts in quick-print format. More activities to come, and although this pack does NOT currently include an answer key, this will be added in the future and previous buyers will have free access to all updates.

A single page writing frame or scaffold to guide KS3 or KS4 pupils through writing a five-paragraph persuasive piece of writing. The page features five sections for planning five paragraphs, and there are three columns for each paragraph: what to include, useful sentence starters, and space to plan or make notes for the written content. Matching writing paper included for those who like a theme! There are prompts for appropriate punctuation at the bottom of the page, and this can be used as a worksheet, handout or poster. This resource comes in both UK A4 and US letter document sizes.

This differentiated informal letter task requires students to finish or redraft Stanley’s letter from chapter 9 of Louis Sachar’s novel Holes. If Stanley is twisting the truth so that his mom won’t worry, what else might he write? There are three styles of worksheet for the writing activity included, plus a printable sheet of checklist slips (four per sheet) to give out as necessary. Introduction and planning activity also included… All versions come in both US letter and UK A4 document size.

Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the themes of the play An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley with these theme revision placemats or graphic organisers. Includes sheets for the themes of responsibility, social class, age and generation gaps, gender expectations, and time. Also includes a diagram sheet for the Well Made Play structure. Great for exam prep! This resource includes A3 size versions.

A single page writing frame or scaffold to guide KS3 or KS4 pupils through writing a five-paragraph descriptive piece of writing. The page features five sections for planning five paragraphs, and there are three columns for each paragraph: what to include, useful sentence starters, and space to plan or make notes for the written content. Matching writing paper included for those who like a theme! There are prompts for appropriate punctuation at the bottom of the page, and this can be used as a worksheet, handout or poster. This resource comes in both UK A4 and US letter document sizes.

Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 1 of the novel. Differentiated to four levels, set work to support learners at every access stage! Level 1 is Easy, Level 2 is Moderate, Level 3 is challenging and Level 4 is Expert. Includes: Level 1 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 2 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 3 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 4 Comprehension - 5 questions and answer guide Level 1 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 2 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 3 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide Level 4 Analysis - 5 questions and answer guide

An opportunity to teach persuasive language devices through literature; students read and annotate Atticus Finch’s closing speech in To Kill a Mockingbird. This resource includes: Editable and PDF versions of all sheets Options to provide students with the full speech (best printed as a short booklet) or one of six parts of the speech (best printed as a double-sided sheet) Suitable for individual or group work Every version of the sheet includes written student instructions and a table of persuasive devices. However, instead of differentiating by difficulty, the devices have been split into different style categories. This way, students can select the styles they engage with most, without ‘coasters’ opting for the simplest choice. These categories are: Numerical devices Emotional devices Visual devices Social devices Logical devices If you found this helpful, you might also like: Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Boo Radley Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Calpurnia Character Sketch To Kill a Mockingbird | Miss Maudie Character Sketch Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors

Track Arthur Kipps’ emotional reactions to various events in this chapter. Includes grids with quotations, without quotations, and a teacher answer guide. Example rows included on all versions. Included as A4 landscape size documents, but easily printed as A3 using your printer resizing settings.

Great starter and exit tasks for lessons on Louis Sachar’s Holes. This slideshow features opening quotations from all 50 chapters; there are six spelling, punctuation or grammar errors in each, and answer keys built in. That’s 300 errors to correct in one slideshow. Use as bellringers, brain breaks, exit tickets or as mini-lessons.

Aimed at KS4 More Able and Talented students, this is a full lesson guide for comparing several areas of poetry for two or more poems chosen by the teacher. Use this PowerPoint and set of modelling sentence sheets with any poems! Includes challenging concepts such as semantic fields and forms of poetry. The slideshow includes built-in discussion prompts and a quick ‘language of comparison’ starter task to draw students in. The sheets can be used as a cloze activity with students’ own ideas, or to be completed as the class discusses and shares suggestions. Includes both UK and US spellings and document sizes.

This booklet of 12 Christmas-themed extracts from classic fiction is a great flexible resource for festive or winter units. Wide-spaced for easy annotation and an editable Google Apps version of the extracts included, you can adapt the pack to your high school students’ needs. Each extract is heavy in sense of place, figurative language, and genre. Suitable for Gifted and Talented students or Honors classes. The pack also includes activity sheets for single extracts, paired extracts and multiple extracts. Check out the preview! Excerpts have been selected from: The Christmas Tree and the Wedding, Fiodor M. Dostoyevsky (1917) The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry (1905) A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (1843) The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Washington Irving (1819) Twas the Night Before Christmas, Clement C Moore (1912) At the North of Bearcamp Water, Frank Bolles (1893) All Things Considered, G. K. Chesterton (1915) Where the Christmas Tree Grew, Mary E. Wilkins (1892) Bertie’s Christmas Eve, Saki (1919) 10.A Kidnapped Santa Claus, L. Frank Baum (1904) 11.The Lay of the Land, Dallas Lore Sharp (1908) 12.A Traveler at Forty, Theodore Dreiser (1913)

This set of worksheet activities introduces your students to the basics of Early Modern English in preparation for any Shakespeare unit. Includes… Introduction to Shakespearean vocabulary Outline of Early Modern English pronouns Outline of Early Modern English verbs Five levels of differentiation for each of the above Two Shakespearean vocabulary extension tasks Early Modern Insult Creator Each worksheet has a difficulty level indicated by a star rating. You can assign the activities in different ways: Teacher determines the difficulty level for individual students and distributes tasks accordingly Student treats the five task options as a choice and selects own difficulty level You can also use classroom discussion, group discussion, Turn and Talk and other collaborative methods to build and bank ideas before completing the activities.

This St Patrick’s Day activity for KS3 and KS4 is a great seasonal starter, brain break or exit ticket. Learn about eight different traditions whilst also correcting errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar. Answer key included. The slideshow is also accompanied by printable US letter and UK A4 size worksheet versions, and US and UK spellings.

A simple poster or handout aimed at 11-16 year olds. This resource should prompt students to develop their vocabulary in English Language and Literature, and makes a good addition to a Literacy display. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Student Newsbites | Introduction Activity | Back to School

FOREVER FREEBIE! This is an evolving support booklet for new, trainee and even first year teachers. My aim is to develop this booklet, starting with my own advice as a mentor and adding additional advice and information as my downloaders suggest it. Think there’s something missing? Please don’t give this resource a bad rating… just tell me in your review what else you would like to see in it and I’ll add it in the monthly update. I would like this to be a useful resource for everyone who makes use of it! Currently this booklet includes: A welcome to teaching Glossary of teaching terms (not exhaustive!) Preparation lists eLearning tools Resource websites Pedagogy kickstart Room for notes (4 pages)