Challenge your high school students to draft more vivid creative writing with these 20 printable Row of 4 grids, each featuring 49 winter image prompts! Complete with explanation slideshow, modelling and examples, this pack ends the needs for spoon-feeding vocabulary and sets expectations of independence… with a competitive twist! TOTALLY INCLUSIVE: No mention of seasonal celebrations such as Christmas! Want more? Check out my Winter ELA BUNDLE | Inclusive Tasks and Activities | Non-Christmas This winter description game is designed to encourage middle and high school students to step out of their comfort zones. Many rely on simply using teacher or class-provided word banks and vocabulary lists to write creatively - visual prompts allow students to create their own! This pack includes the following printables: Three examples of writing on a printable modelling sheet Instructions and examples slideshow 10 giant Row of 4 sheets for students to use in pairs 10 giant Row of 4 sheets for students to use in teams of up to four Overview: Students must write a winter description or narrative piece. The challenge is to use the ideas on the grid in some way, either as part of the plot or the description, marking the images off with counters or in pen and trying to mark off four ideas in a row – vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Students CANNOT mark off ideas before they are down in writing, nor can they use an idea already marked off by another student. They can only claim the idea on the grid once it is down in ink or pencil in their draft. Once a student has achieved four in a row, they gain a point which they can mark on their scoresheet as a tally The student with the most tallies at the end of the writing session is the winner!

Explore F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby with this printable booklet of 77 pages of activities. Simply print and go! Includes a wide range of tasks, from literary analysis to personal responses. Includes pre-reading hook and post-reading activities suitable as assignments.

Explore Ambrose Bierce’s classic short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge with this printable booklet of 38 pages of activities and printable texts. Simply print and go! Includes a wide range of tasks, from literary analysis to personal responses. Includes pre-reading hooks and post-reading activities suitable as assignments. This is also a growing booklet - more activities to come!

Learn, analyze and use persuasive devices in speech with this packet of resources with cheat sheets, models, transcripts, writing frames and speech topic suggestions. Includes: Teacher notes for use of resources Two differentiated cheat sheets of persuasive devices in mnemonic format Directions to Will Stephens’ TedX Talk: How to Sound Smart in your TedX Talk Graphic organizers for use during or immediately after viewing the talk Transcript model of the talk for annotation Instructive slideshow for Silent Discussion annotation activity Talk scaffold based on the model Talk planning frame based on the model List of talk topic suggestions for student choice

A full main task for a lesson on extract responses using Nigel Hinton’s Buddy. Aimed at Year 9, this resource includes: A close reading and highlighting task with a single-page extract A differentiated challenge grid for structuring an extract response to the question The grid supports pupils to four levels of difficulty, and encourages contextual, social and personal responses as well as the initial PEE format. Great for mixed ability classes with both ALN and MAT students present. Models included. An editable version of the differentiated challenge grid can be found here. If you found this helpful, you might also like: Oracy Mats | Speaking and Listening | Prompts and Sentence Starters Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Marking and Feedback Stickers | Punctuation and Grammar | 23 Common Errors Literary Symbols Mat | Motifs Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Poetry Analysis Mat | Content and Structure Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure

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)

Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 2 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

Perfect for classes reading Robert Cormier’s WWII novel Heroes. This pack of questions provides 20 comprehension questions and 20 analysis questions for chapter 3 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

This editable A-Z of persuasive devices and strategies for speeches, letters and persuasive essays. Aimed at high school students, you can set the full alphabet of techniques as a task, or set a minimum of 10 devices from the list (for example), or assign specific devices to individuals according to the differentiation needs of your class. US and UK document sizes provided. Editable Google Apps version included.

Crack some codes with some affirmation focused messages and goal-setting responses, with this FREE resource! Students use the key to decode and locate positive words in a wordsearch. The words found are prompts for positive goalsetting, which students then respond to in the spaces given. Comes as a slideshow and printable sheets. ♕As this is a free product, please consider FOLLOWING ME or leaving a REVIEW to help other teachers choose whether to download. Best wishes to you and your classrooms!♕

Help your students to analyse the themes in any text using these printable sticky note sheets. Print prompts and questions to distribute among the class, or give full sets to students for them to evaluate and apply as individual or group work. This product includes… Base template to ensure that your sticky notes go in the right place 12 themes to be printed onto 12 sticky notes (2 pages, 6 per page) 12 themes to be printed onto full page sets of sticky notes (12 pages, 6 per page) Blank editable boxes for you to create your own information (1 page, 6 per page) All materials included are provided in US letter and UK A4 size documents.

A fun, thoughtful ‘would you rather’ slideshow and accompanying worksheets for KS3 and KS4 students with a back to school theme. For example, would your students rather do lessons one day a week without electricity, or one day a week outdoors in any weather, and why? Encourage discussion around fifteen prompt pairs, all focused on the school theme. Great for warm-ups, bell-ringers or brain breaks. Either use the PowerPoint alone for verbal responses, use the full worksheets as a longer activity, hand out individual pairs as slips for a quick task… or a use as a combination! US and UK document sizes included, and Google Apps versions with editable worksheets provided.

Engage your students in some narrative or recount writing in the first week back at school by exploring a school day memory of their choice. This four-version differentiated graphic organiser is laid out like a lunch tray and you can either designate different prompt versions to different students, provide the blank one for class discussion and autonomy, or add your own prompts. Comes with editable Google Apps version and in both US and UK document sizes.

An all-year debate task for KS3 and KS4! Students represent or personify seasonal holidays and argue their place in top spot in the holiday rankings. This versatile, flexible activity can be assigned in a variety of ways (several suggestions included). Use the 21 pre-made seasonal celebration graphic organisers, or the generic version to assign totally different holidays. This 100-page resource includes both American and British celebrations, suggestions for additional celebrations, and both US and UK document sizes.

This no-prep resource includes a choice of bingo grid or shopping list of 25 prompts to encourage students to research and develop their opinion about school breaks and holidays, drafting a persuasive exposition about whether breaks should be spread out more evening or not. Great for competitive classes, and can be used with students with any school year structure. Colour and black and white options provided! The resource also includes a graphic organiser for students to prepare their information, and all sheets come in both US and UK document sizes with appropriate spellings.

A thoughtful ‘would you rather’ worksheet and PowerPoint for older students with an appreciation theme; perfect for Mother’s and Father’s Day. For example, would your students rather make their parents breakfast, or make their parents dinner, and why? Encourage discussion around eight prompt pairs, all focused on parents and grandparents, then students use the ‘why’ section to explain their choice. This resource comes in two styles (one color and one black and white), and in both US letter and UK A4 document formats for easy printing, plus accompanying PowerPoint to make it easy for you to use these tasks as individual starters or exit tickets. I have also ensured that US and UK spellings are included on the appropriate documents.