A single page writing organiser, frame or scaffold to guide KS2 and KS3 pupils through planning a five-section descriptive piece of writing. The page features five sections for planning five paragraphs with written and visual prompts for using the senses. Differentiated and designed in several different ways for visual learners, this resource comes in ten different styles, including with and without writing guidelines. This resource comes in both UK A4 and US letter document sizes. That’s 20 sheets in one!

An easy cheat-sheet for 69 symbols in literature, and possibly film and TV… Ready to print in A4 or A3, you can stick these in folders and exercise books, or laminate them as reusable class handouts. Me? I laminate them and stick them to the desks, so they’re always on hand! The 69 symbols and their meaning have been split into the following categories for easy indexing… Illumination Seasons Daily Cycles Celestial Bodies Weather Landscape Animals Human Environment and Tools 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 Poetry Analysis Mat | Content and Structure Cheat Sheet | GCSE Support Literature Analysis | Sentence Starters | PEEL Structure Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame

A reflective alternative to the ice-breakers and ‘getting to know you’ worksheets. This simple single-sheeter encourages students to think about the impression they want to make, whilst also helping to create a buddy system environment. This is suitable for a range of ages and all subject areas. The pack includes: US and UK terminology versions black and white and rainbow colour versions in PDF FREE simplified editable Word version to help you differentiate or personalise for your class If you found this helpful, you might also like: Accuracy Passport | Improve Punctuation and Grammar | Literacy Secondary Grammar Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Secondary Punctuation Mat | Supporting Writing | Literacy Ambitious Sentence Structures Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT Secondary Persuasive Writing Bingo | Any Topic | Differentiated Layouts

Challenge your MAT and Gifted and Talented students by asking them to edit work using this Ambitious Sentence Structures mat. There are seven styles in this download, including the ones shown in the cover and greyscale/low ink versions. Includes guidance on… Four sentence purposes Starting with conjunctions Starting with adverbs and verbs Using parenthetic commas Dependent clauses Variation of sentence lengths If this is helpful, you might also like: Ambitious Punctuation Mat | Literacy Stretch | Challenge MAT 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 Extension Tasks | Early Finisher Choice Board | All Subjects Guided Practice | Literature Essay Frame

This Easter activity for KS3 is a great seasonal starter or exit ticket. Learn about six 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. If you found this helpful, you might also like: St Patrick’s Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Mother’s Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Earth Day Celebrations | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG July 4th Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Sailor Superstitions | Mary Celeste | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Of Mice and Men | Correct the Errors | Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Or to see a similar free sample, try… FREE | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG

A close-reading, creative character task for GCSE study. Students use quotations about Lennie Small from the chapters of the novel Of Mice and Men, building a picture of the character with these references. This product includes… ‘Blank canvas’ sheet with 16 quotations provided ‘Gingerbread man’ sheet with 16 quotations provided Realistic man outline sheet with 16 quotations provided That’s three formats for the same task!

This two-page worksheet explains and gives examples of alliteration for a KS3 and KS4 audience. It also provides a sheet of practice tasks. Print in black and white, colour, and single sided or back-to-back. If you liked the look of this, check out… Writing with Onomatopoeia Writing with Personification Writing with Similes

Four workshop tasks in worksheet format to explore the context of Of Mice and Men from a slightly more unusual angle. Set the worksheets up at stations around the room, or print them as packs and move students on at their own tables. The tasks are: Inference and Deep thinking Themes and connections Experience and Empathy Food and Diet All sheets come in both UK and US document sizes and with respective spelling and terminology. You might like… Character Revision Placemats | Of Mice & Men Theme Revision Placemats | Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men | Character Sketch Bundle | GCSE Study Of Mice and Men | Light Symbolism | Post-Reading | GCSE Close Study

This activity for KS3 and KS4 can complement any topic with links to the ocean. Learn about six different superstitions 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. If you found this helpful, you might also like: St Patrick’s Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Mother’s Day Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Easter Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Earth Day Celebrations | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG July 4th Traditions | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG Of Mice and Men | Correct the Errors | Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Or to see a similar free sample, try… FREE | Correct the Errors | Accuracy | SPaG

This booklet of 18 activities for Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a great flexible resource for festive or winter units, and includes an editable Google Docs version. Select differentiated activities as necessary for your students! Includes: Character Sketches Scrooge Marley’s Ghost Scroogify Christmas Carols We Wish You a Merry Christmas Christmas Tree The Twelve Days of Christmas Diaries of the Ghosts Marley’s Ghost The Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Present The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Close reading - Sense of Place Annotation of three extracts Comparison of three extracts Differentiated Comprehension Question Worksheets Character Setting Mood Theme Language Comprehension Question List (simplified version of above) Differentiated Close Analysis Essay – Impressions of Scrooge Extract for annotation Differentiated planning sheet with model row Differentiated planning sheet with model row and supplied quotations Additional reverse side of sheet

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.

Kickstart or end your lessons with some creative thinking. Use as bellringers or brain breaks - reveal comparative images for the picture in the center of the slide, and ask your students to use the comparisons to write or share interesting similes. Google Slides version included!

A bunting set aimed at high school classrooms featuring eight different writing devices. Decorate your classroom with purposeful and attractive flags! Each poster includes the Greek or Latin word roots for the device, and five quotations from literary works as examples. The posters demonstrate: Alliteration Assonance Imagery Metaphors Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Personification Similes Use as classroom bunting, posters or print as smaller handouts or flashcards.

Encourage your students to step into the shoes of a character or historical figure by creating a TikTok account for them. Great fun, but requires thought and justification! What would their TikTok handle be? What’s the profile picture? How about the bio? How many followers do they have, and what do their last six videos look like? As well as a profile screen, this set of sheets includes screens for followers, following and suggested follows. It also has screens for paused videos and comment sections. There are three types of sheet provided, and one of them is individual screens each on a single page. US and UK document sizes included. have fun!

This A3 Theatre Design mat is a single sided sheet of prompts for students to refer to while they think about their set layout and design. It is easy to forget or miss an element, and sometimes having a menu of options to choose from can be helpful! Simply print and laminate for reuse. Covers… Stage types Lighting Types Lighting colors Shadow effects music and Sound effects Costume This mat is provided with both US and UK spellings.

This is an Earth Day activity mat on a single A3 sheet, aimed at KS3 and 4 students. Print on a large sheet of paper for creative thinking and discussion, or on a smaller letter-size or A4 sheet if needed. This graphic organiser prompts your students to plan for writing about: Creating Earth Day inventions Carrying out an earth-related survey Eco-friendly class rules Earth colors and synonyms Designing a school Earth Day badge Writing an Earth Day tweet Creating an Earth Day smoothie Exploring hopes and dreams for the earth Plus more! This resource includes versions with both US and UK spellings.

Printable support mats, posters and strategy cards for student mental health. Start conversations and create a of individual sections in your classroom with this pack, which includes… A3 support mat with all strategies Smaller posters of individual sections Quarter size strategy cards of individual sections

This differentiated art, sketching or drawing task requires students to create a reptile species of their own after reading about the Yellow Spotted Lizard from Louis Sachar’s novel Holes. There are three styles of worksheet included, and a prompt or ideas handout to help you to differentiate the task for your students. All versions come in both US letter and UK A4 document size.

This graphic novel reflection task can be used with any part of any graphic novel! No prep required - just print and go. After reading, give your students either an A3 one-pager or a back-to-back smaller version of the sheet. This resource acts as a graphic organizer to explore and reflect on the pages that have just been read, whether that’s one page or one hundred! There are four A3 version and four letter-size double-sided version, making this resource 12-pages for you to select from as necessary. All sheets prompt your students to think closely about… The characters The way the images and frames are used Personal reactions to the content Questions raised Predictions for the upcoming pages (or post-novel if you finish the text) Evaluation of the final three frames of the day’s reading Drawing of a frame in a different style of the student’s choice