I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
I have been teaching English for 21 years in various teaching establishments including mainstream, private and SEN; both abroad and in the UK. I enjoy making student centred, fun resources to enable all students to access great literature.
A mixed bag of fun resources to enhance the teaching of KS 2. Resource includes: Easter Egg hunt, Descriptive Writing, Topical PPT's, Sentence Auctions, Phonic Activity.
A essential guide to GCSE English Language 9-1 exam success and preparation. This intensive handbook is aimed at the borderline students; who are currently stuck at a 2/3 grade, to enable them to access a grade 4 and above. However, is would be useful for all students from all bands, in preparation for the exam. It equips the students with the essential skills necessary to answer the exam questions, notably analysis of both Language and Structure.
The handbook is relevant to all exam boards, including both an original modern extract as well as a 19th Century piece. The revision tool includes sample exam questions, as well as a mark scheme.
Contents:
Reading an unseen extract
Learning to ‘infer’ and 'deduce’
Using Language Techniques
How to approach each exam question
Structural Techniques
Answering a sample GCSE paper, with a modern text.
Answering a past paper with a 19th Century extract
Mark Scheme
A fun, interactive resource to fully engage and allow pupils to fully understand specific grammar points; present progressive, past progressive and past simple, present perfect tenses, the use of comparative and superlatives, adverbials.
Particularly aimed at Year 6 (SAT's) and EAL students, but can be used for all classes studying grammar points.
This package contains 5 class, grouped, paired or individual tasks which, when completed the racing car wins the race. The tasks should last for 5 lessons.
Resource includes:
Fun PPT, which when followed to the end finishes a racing car race ( with embedded video)
5 Task Sheets
Full lesson plan.
Fun and interactive resources to teach pupils the relevance of the historical/social and cultural background to Inspector Calls.
Reource includes:
Fun board game
Planning Sheet for essay
Worksheet
Investigation about who Inspector Goole is.
Tuition resource for GCSE guitar players in need of sufficient technique for performance and composition elements. Guitar scales - tab, standard notation and video resource. Two octave major scales. Prepared by a graduate guitar player of Leeds College of Music and experienced secondary music teacher.
Lee Patrick Grad. Dip. Mus., PGCE
Incorporating fun and exciting resources to cover the teaching of: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls and Blood Brothers. Highly recommended resources.
A complete set of lessons investigating the main themes of Blood Brothers. Nature v Nurture and the impact cultural influences had on the brothers choices and chances in life.
Resource includes an evoking PPT, with embedded video clips from Blood Brothers on stage, Educating Cardiff and Benefits Britain, This leads to Discussion points and a separate activity worksheet to discuss and make notes on, A grammar focus worksheet investigates Conditionals and practises the 3rd conditional in relation to Mickey (sliding doors effect).
An extension activity leads to an essay question ( could be used as preparation for AQA or OCR GCSE Literature paper)
Reource also included Lesson Plan.
RELEVANT EMBEDDED VIDEO CLIPS LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-81K7aIKIg
Blood brothers on stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-81K7aIKIg
Trailer: Educating Cardiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXC8nyEQ8Mo
Benefits Britain: life on the Dole by the sea.
A full GCSE English exam preparation resource, including:
A historical, social and cultural background interactive PPT
Student worksheets
Character responsibility interactive student PPT
Student worksheets for character responsibilities
7 in depth answers for sample exam questions -
1 “How does Priestley present the character of Mr. Birling in An Inspector Calls?
2 How does Priestley present Eric in An Inspector Calls?
3 How does Priestley show that the effects of guilt and responsibility change the character of Sheila in An Inspector Calls?
4 How does Priestley show the differences in attitudes between the generations in An Inspector Calls?
5 How is Eva Smith presented in An Inspector?
6 Inspector Goole merely functions as a mouthpiece for Priestley’s ideas.†What do you think is the Inspector’s function in the play and how does Priestley present him?
7 Priestley criticises the selfishness of people like the Birlings. What methods does he use to present this selfishness?