For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.
For years I have been producing high quality PowerPoints to use with my English classes. I have always shared them around my department and now am offering them to you. For a very small fee, you can access these resources to hopefully help you plan or to inspire new lessons. I hope you and your students enjoy them.
A worksheet to help teach the difference between homophones. On the first side, the difference between were, where and wear is taught and on the second, are and our are taught. Definitions on each word are given as well as tasks to test understanding. An extension task is included where students have to identify other homophones. Great for English KS3, 2 and Literacy lessons.
A 36 page revision booklet designed to help students prepare for AS English Literature. Each poem in Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings is considered and contextual details are explained in reference to the text. The poems are not analysed but the contextual issues are highlighted - Helping students gain AO3 marks. After the context are a list of themes with relevant poems selected from The Whitsun Weddings and Carol Ann Duffy's Mean Time. There are 9 created practice exam questions for Section B of the exam, along with an example essay to help model good quality answers.
A wide range of resources including 11 annotated copies of a range of their poems which are perfect for revision, a revision PowerPoint, a 36 page booklet on Larkin's context in all of The Whitsun Weddings poems, a guide on how to write excellent introductions and how to embed quotations.
A writing frame to help students write a speech/presentation about a hobby of their choice. Great to get Year 7 doing presentations early on in the year.
A 6 page booklet booklet for WJEC Entry Level English students or lower ability students helping to introduce the idea of banning mobile phones, planning a formal letter to the headteacher, recapping persuasive techniques and tasks to spot them, example introductions and the formal letter layout. Perfect to allow students to work towards their first written piece of coursework. Ideal for KS3 as well.
A 28 slide presentation with revision notes on Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings. It is split up into sections focusing on A01 - Terminology to apply, AO2 - Language and Structure Analysis, A03 - Historical and autobiographical details that can be used, A04 - How the poems may link together under certain themes and A05 - How other interpretations can be seen. The PowerPoint is designed as a revision session for Year 12 English Literature AS exams.
A master class on how to use commas in all their variations. From lists and multiple adjective usage to splitting up the subordinate clause from the main clause in complex sentences. Designed to make commas as clear and simple as possible. Great to remind GCSE English students before an exam or to improve the literacy of KS3 students. Contains examples, definitions, tasks and answers.
The Ghost of Christmas Present - A Christmas Carol. A Point, Evidence and Explanation grid used to help students identify points to make in the WJEC English Literature exam. The 'Point' column is filled, page numbers given so students can find evidence and an explanation column to allow pupils to analyse details. The resource can be used in lessons or as a high quality homework.
The Ghost of Christmas Past - A Christmas Carol. A Point, Evidence and Explanation grid used to help students identify points to make in the WJEC English Literature exam. The 'Point' column is filled, page numbers given so students can find evidence and an explanation column to allow pupils to analyse details. The resource can be used in lessons or as a high quality homework.
A PowerPoint lesson on writing scripts centering around a conversation between a complaining customer and a checkout cashier who does not care. Great fun for KS3 English lessons.
A PowerPoint designed to teach how to plan and write a review for the WJEC English Language Unit 2 Section B exam. It shows lots of places and items that are reviewed, from films to hairbrushes and shows the layout of a review. It also explains how to plan a review and an example of a review of Skyfall split into paragraphs. Designed for C/D borderline KS4 but would also be useful to KS3 classes.
This is a PowerPoint design to make simple, compound and complex sentences as simple as possible. It begins simply with what makes up a simple sentence (Subject and verb phrase), then looks at creating compound sentences from two main clauses and a connective, then shows what a subordinate clause is and how to use commas to separate the main clause from the subordinate clause. Perfect to use with KS3 or KS4 classes. Can even be used at KS2. Fits into English language lessons or Literacy lessons.
3 documents to help students write a review of David Walliams' Gangsta Granny. The first sheet is a learning objectives or WILF sheet to show what is expected of the task. The second is a paragraph plan to help students write their review. The third sheet is a differentiated version of the template with sentences to help. Excellent for KS2 and KS3 classes to help prepare for KS4 review writing. Can also be used with low ability KS4 classes.
An introduction to Carol Ann Duffy's 'Mean Time'. Designed for the new WJEC English Literature AS Level, this is a PowerPoint designed to get students thinking of the title and themes, and also shows them an analysis of 'Valentine' with annotations, sets homework and gives some more poems to analyse in groups.
This is an example of a 'Description' for the new WJEC English Language GCSE - Unit 2 Section B. Because the difference between a 'description' and 'narration' is difficult to gauge with the new definitions given, I wrote this piece so students could see a model. It has helped my students to realise the difference and to give them a model to aspire towards.
A comprehensive explanation of Tiny Tim's importance to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. An overview of the character's importance is given using quotations from the text to support each point. Every appearance of the character is tracked and clearly explained. The importance of Tiny Tim is linked constantly to the context and how Dickens uses the character to comment on the poor in the 1840s. An excellent, attractive revision sheet that will be incredibly useful to all GCSE English Literature students.
A 40 page workbook using A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to practise WJEC English Language skills. This booklet contains Language Unit 2 proofreading exercises on the context of ACC, sequencing questions using events from the text, 'What impressions ...' questions using an extract from ACC, 'How does the writer ...' questions which help both Language and Literature examinations, 'Compare and contrast' questions, 'access, search and retrieve' questions and a list of possible character and theme questions. The resource was created because schools are not focusing so heavily on English Literature because of it no longer is used for schools' L2+. Using the Literature text to work on Language skills is an excellent way of addressing both examinations. This is an excellent workbook for lessons, homework or for catch up or tutoring sessions.
A series of 12 example questions for WJEC English Language Section B. A perfect sheet to give Year 11 pupils so they can practice planning and writing for each of the 6 text types. Example questions for Formal Letters, Speeches, Leaflets, Formal Reports, Reviews and Articles.
