I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
I'm an English teacher who enjoys creating resources. I create things mainly for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills. I also teach creative writing and I like to look at ways for my learners to improve their writing.
I have been teaching for six years and I like to make complex material as simple as possible for my learners.
A one page resource on jargon suitable for GCSE and Functional Skills.
The worksheet has an example of jargon used in climate change and gives examples of jargon for the students to define.
This resource has plenty of games/puzzles and revision activities.
Rather than purchase each resource for £2.00 get this Bumper Pack.
Four Picture One Word Starter.
Catchphrase Starter
Language Features Snakes and Ladders
Language Feature Wordsearch X 4
Presentational Feature Wordsearch X 3
Language Features Crossword
Language Feature Quick Revision Table with Effects on the Reader
Practise Inference Workbooklet
Revision Activity for Question 3 and 4.
Normally worth £20.00. Buy now for £7.00
50 varied and fun ideas for writing shot stories. Ideal to use individually for the whole class to write the same story or to use as a whole and let the students choose a prompt.
Prompts can also be used as a starter or discussion points. Also, these are very good to practise planning a piece of work as they promote imagination.
Bumper pack of games and puzzles to revise English Language GCSE or Functional Skills English Level 1 and Level 2.
Pack includes:
Language feature snakes and ladders
Four language feature based wordsearches
Three presentational features based wordsearches
Two starter activities, English based Catchphrase and Four Pictures One Word.
Language features bingo for up to 30 students.
A game to practise the use of imperative verbs
Language features crossword.
These resources are all available to buy separately. £16.00 of resources for £6.00.
This resource is a Power Point with tasks and activities to help learners revise word classes.
There is a workbook for students to follow the exercises including a wordsearch, a crossword, anagrams, a board blast style game and other activities.
I have included some pictures for the imperative verb game.
This resource is perfect for learners studying GCSE English language and Functional Skills Level 1- 2. It helps learners understand how to use word classes to help their writing.
This activity takes one and half to two hours.
This is a seven page workbook to help learners understand inference.
The workbook includes four short pieces of fiction with questions on what is inferred in each text.
The learners are then asked to describe a character to a reader and guided through the process of using inference in their writing.
The booklet also includes a peer assessment sheet to allow the learners to evaluate the success of the inference.
This resource has simplified inference making it ideal for learners who struggle to find inference in more complex texts.
Suitable for GCSE English Language and Functional Skills learners.
This booklet takes about an hour to complete and a highlighter should be used to complete the reading section.
GCSE English Language revision sheet could be used in lessons for revision, to help complete classwork and practise questions.
A glossary of 22 language techniques with definition and the effects the techniques have on the reader.
This resource is two pages long, easy to read, easy to understand and colourful. It can be used to help learners start to think how language features are effective.
Perfect to include in a revision pack for learners. Can also be used for revision of Functional Skills Level 2.
A huge bumper pack of resources for the revision of the AQA GCSE English Language Foundation paper.
***Warning*** This is by no means a definitive pack of resources for the GCSE but it is a bumper pack of my resources for people who want to save money, rather than purchasing all of them. This makes it EXTREMELY good value for money. Please read carefully and consider carefully before purchasing because I sell these resources to help not offend.
Resources include:
Three whole lessons, two activities, seven games/puzzles and two resources to focus on revision.
The pack includes two resources on writing a newspaper article, word classes, language features, presentational features and inference.
Over £25.00 of resources for £15.00.
Easy to read wordsearch includes a table so the learners can provide a definition for the words they find in the grid.
Perfect for GCSE English Language revision or Functional Skills Level 2.
Ideal for English GCSE or Functional Skills.
This is a Power Point with four catchphrase boards. Each board has the answer slide covered by nine squares. The learners choose a square and answer the question to remove the square, revealing part of the answer slide. The winner is the learner who guesses the catchphrase on the answer slide.
It is an enjoyable and fun game for a class.
This game cannot be played during a slide show.
*Please remember not to 'save changes' when you have moved all the squares.
Three word-searches based on 16 different presentational features with colour and pictures. The word-searches have varying difficulty levels.
Wordsearch One - Star shaped with 10 presentational features to find.
Wordsearch Two - Large square wordsearch with 16 presentational features to find.
Wordsearch Three - Large Diamond wordsearch with 11 presentational features to find.
Ideal for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 1-2.
This resource aims to engage learners who have difficulty in spelling or a barrier to learning during English lessons due to spelling.
The Power Point is 15 slides and includes a starter and exit task.
This resource looks briefly at the history of the English language in simplistic terms to give learners an understanding of why spelling is difficult today.
Dictionaries will be required and the learners are also asked to work as part of a group. At least one computer needs to be available to access search engines as part of the lesson.
All answers are provided unless the task is discussion based.
A huge bumper pack of my GCSE English Language revision exercises and activities. 13 resources in total.
This pack includes:
Work booklet on inference.
Two Power Point starter activities - Revision Catchphrase and Four Picture One Word
Four whole lesson Power Point with work booklet when required - X2 Writing a newspaper report Crime Journalism and Sports Day, essay writing PEA and word classes with plenty of activities to ensure the learners retain the information.
Language Features Bingo
Three language features wordsearches and a language features crossword
A revision sheet explaining the effects language features have on a reader/text.
Over £25.00 of individual resources in a bumper pack for £15.00.
The learners are required to complete a table on the purposes of text. The learners look at a definition of each text, a brief example and match a feature to each text.
The learners then consider the audience of texts by completing a different table.
Finally, the learners can choose a purpose and an audience and create their own text.
A good resource to stretch and challenge learners.
This resource is perfect for a new group or for a group with communication issues.
Each student gets a copy of the bingo card and they have to speak to each other to match a name with the facts on the cards.
Maths/English/ICT included and a healthy lifestyle is promoted.
When the game is won the feedback from the class is a perfect time to start building trust with the learners or to begin a new discussion.
This is one A4 bingo sheet and all learners get the same sheet to work with.
Huge bumper pack of lesson starters for GCSE English Language legacy and new exam.
This pack includes:
Catchphrase
Four Pictures One Word
4 Language Features Wordsearches
British Authors Wordsearch
Neologisms Task Sheet
Ice Breaker Bingo
25 Quick Starter Ideas
Book Quiz.
Each resource normally costs £2.00. This pack includes £18.00 worth of resources for £7.00. Bargain!
A wordsearch featuring the tragedies of William Shakespeare. Ideal as a starter or general activity.
12 plays are included:
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida.
This wordsearch includes 16 of Roald Dahl's children's books.
It is a large wordsearch and includes a separate page that lists the books to search for.
There is an extension task at the end of the resource which asks pupils to create a book cover in the template for their favourite Roald Dahl book.
Ideal for lovers for Roald Dahl!
A wordsearch featuring Shakespeare's histories. Ideal as a starter or general activity.
11 plays are included:
Henry IV Part I
Henry IV Part II
Henry V
Henry VI Part I
Henry VI Part II
Henry VI Part III
Henry VIII
King John
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III.
A resource to develop the use of adjectives in creative writing. The inspiration for the story is taken from unusual names for colours. The learners are asked to match names of colours with examples and to find five things they associate with the colours.
The learners then plan a story by drawing a picture and consider their use of adjectives.