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New GCSEs Grades 1-9 - Answers to the Key Questions.
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New GCSEs Grades 1-9 - Answers to the Key Questions.

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I have used this resource to explain the new GCSE changes to other staff, governors, and parents. Feedback has been that it is clear, concise, and answers some of the key questions. In the document, I have addressed: - What changes have already taken place? - When do the changes take place? - How do the new grades equate to the old grades? - Why are the changes necessary? - What are the changes to the English GCSE? - What are the changes to the Maths GCSE? - How will school performance now be judged? Also attached is a visual representation of how the new GCSE grades map onto the old GCSE grades. Within the PowerPoint are a number of links to key information provided by the DfE and OFQUAL. Hope this helps!
Pride and Prejudice - Mrs Bennet!
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Pride and Prejudice - Mrs Bennet!

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In this engaging and informative lesson, students are enabled to make sustained and developed interpretations regarding the introduction and development of the character of Mrs Bennet in 'Pride and Prejudice.' In particular, students learn about how her tiresome, ungraceful, single-minded behaviour ironically alienates the very suitors that she hopes to attract for her daughters. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which students learn through: - Establishing the extent to which Mrs Bennet fits the requirements of the 'Regency mother'; - Reading and understanding how Mrs Bennet is introduced in the novel, using relevant textual evidence; - Tracking how her character develops through the notable events of the novel; - Analysing how Austen introduces and develops Mrs Bennet's character throughout the novel; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts. Included is: - Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive; - Extract from Chapter 1; - 'Development of Mrs Bennet' task resources - with teacher answer sheet; - Supportive and clear essay template; - Comprehensive lesson plan. There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. These resources were originally taught to GCSE students, but with subtle adaptations they have also been used with both younger and older (up to A Level) students. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
When We Two Parted - Lord Byron - Love/ Relationships Poetry
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When We Two Parted - Lord Byron - Love/ Relationships Poetry

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This lesson enables students to build their knowledge of the content, language, and structure of Lord Byron’s classic love/relationships poem ‘When We Two Parted.’ In particular, students learn how the poet’s use of vocabulary, rhyme, and repetition influence the mood and tone of the poem. Students learn through a logical and step-by-step learning journey, including: -Understanding key contextual information about the poet and his life; -Defining key terms and vocabulary from the poem; -Reading and interpreting the poem; -Understanding the poem, with a particular emphasis upon the content, language, and structural features; -Writing an extended analysis piece based upon how Byron gets across the themes of sadness and forbidden love in the poem, through the use of language and structure; -Peer assessing each other's learning attempts. Included is: - Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and substantial; (including hyperlink to a reading of the poem) - Copy of poem; - Key questions worksheet, with model answers; - Analysis template with in-built success criteria for creating well-structured responses; - Comprehensive lesson plan. There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. This was originally taught to middle-ability year 9/10 groups, but can easily be differentiated for groups of different ages and abilities. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
Monarchs and Leaders - History Knowledge Organisers Big Bundle!
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Monarchs and Leaders - History Knowledge Organisers Big Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about monarchs and leaders, as a part of their history study. Included in this bundle are 8 knowledge organisers, spanning different eras, countries, genders and ethnicities: 1.Elizabeth I 2. Winston Churchill 3. Queen Victoria 4. Abraham Lincoln 5. Adolf Hitler 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Henry VIII 8. Julius Caesar Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). They are most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3. All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Descriptive Writing Huge Bundle! (All PowerPoints, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Help-Sheets, Games, and More!)
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Descriptive Writing Huge Bundle! (All PowerPoints, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Help-Sheets, Games, and More!)

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This giant bundle pack offers a comprehensive range of descriptive writing lessons, (everything that you will need for them - whole lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, lesson plans - everything) help-sheets, writing templates, and activities. Included are whole lesson resources (normally 2 pounds each) for: -Amazing verbs and adverbs -Adventurous adjectives -Astonishing alliteration -Capturing the readers' attention -Exceptional expanded noun phrases -Perfect personification and awesome oxymorons -Structuring and organising creative writing -Stupendous similes and miraculous metaphors -Wondrous writing - seven wonders of the world -Writing about Emotions -VCOP - vocabulary -VCOP - openers -VCOP - connectives -VCOP - punctuation There are also a number of games and help-sheets, including: - All 8 writing purpose help-sheets (Analyse, Explain, Inform, Persuade, Describe, Instruct, Evaluate, Argue) - Literacy writing mat -2 'Pointless' games - Templates (Newspapers, Blogs, Postcards, etc.) All images are licensed for commercial use and are cited on the final slides of the PowerPoints.
Writing Mats Big Bundle! (World Landscapes and Imagination Landscapes)
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Writing Mats Big Bundle! (World Landscapes and Imagination Landscapes)

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These original writing mats offer a varied and visually engaging way for students to independently increase the depth and breadth of their imaginative writing. Designed on A3, they simply need to printed and given to students before they begin creative writing tasks. They could also be used as colourful word posters to brighten up your classroom and familiarise children with new vocabulary. The benefits of using these resources as writing mats is twofold: Firstly, the vibrant, wide-ranging, and student-friendly landscapes offer students a wealth of new writing stimuli. Secondly, the simple concrete noun labels save substantial learning time, as the effort that students may have previously exerted deliberating over the spellings of the common nouns is vastly reduced. Instead, students have the time to focus upon the teacher's intended key writing focus areas. This bundle pack contains 12 'World Landscapes' writing mats, which draw on engaging images and key vocabulary from the following terrains: -Rainforest -Desert -Under the Sea -Safari -Beach -Farm -Space -Forest -Town -The Poles -Park -Mountain In addition to this, there are 10 different imagination landscapes in this pack, many of which fit in with Primary/Early Secondary topics: -Nightmare World -Ancient Egypt -Christmas -Medieval Times -The Future -Pirates -Olympics -Romans -The Circus -Fairy Tales Every image used in this resource pack is licensed for commercial use, and all are cited on separate documents within the pack. Alternatively, the 'World Landscapes' and 'Imagination Landscapes' packs can be purchased separately for 2 pounds each.
Lower KS2 Comprehension Activities Booklets Bundle! (Aligned with the New Curriculum)
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Lower KS2 Comprehension Activities Booklets Bundle! (Aligned with the New Curriculum)

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These resource booklets contain a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use in guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the Year 3 and Year 4 expectations within the new National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate. They are also generic enough to ensure that they are appropriate for use with all texts. Both the Year 3 Booklet and the Year 4 Booklet (normally 2 pounds each) are included. I've also thrown in a literacy writing mat for free! Examples of activities within the booklets include: - Word Boxing - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Show an understanding of words that capture the readers’ interest and imagination' and 'Use a dictionary to check the meanings of words that you have read' - FBI Vocabulary Agent - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Show an understanding of words that capture the readers’ interest and imagination.' - Rap Battle - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Read aloud poems, and perform playscripts.' - Organised Ernie - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Say how a text is organised in order to help you understand it, for example using paragraphs, headings, sub-headings, and inverted commas to show speech.' Plus many, many more activities (each booklet is over 20 pages in length!) All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on a separate document (included.)
The Holocaust: Lesson Bundle!
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The Holocaust: Lesson Bundle!

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Perfect for as either an English or a Citizenship scheme, this Holocaust scheme aim to build students' key reading and writing skills through the teaching of one of the most important and poignant worldwide historical events: The Holocaust. Using a range of age-appropriate and sensitive Holocaust Literature, this scheme also enables students to explore a range of important social and moral issues. Engaging, differentiated, and easily adaptable, each of these lessons aims to improve students skills in writing for a key purpose (informing, describing, arguing, analysing) whilst also being incredibly engaging and interesting. Students also read and infer from a number of key extracts from texts, (provided) each with a different and important take on the subject matter. Each lesson follows a logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Defining; - Identifying; - Analysing; - Creating; - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided. All images are licensed for commercial use and are cited on the last slide of each presentation.
KS1 & KS2 Comprehension Activities Huge Booklet Bundle! (aligned with the New Curriculum)
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KS1 & KS2 Comprehension Activities Huge Booklet Bundle! (aligned with the New Curriculum)

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These resource booklets contain a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use in guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of children towards meeting the Year 1 through to Year 6 comprehension expectations within the new National Curriculum framework. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate. They are also generic enough to ensure that they are appropriate for use with all texts. The Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6 Booklets (normally 2 pounds each) are all included. I've also thrown in a literacy writing mat for free! Examples of activities within the booklets include: - Word Tennis - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Discuss their understanding of new words, and explore the meaning of words in context' - Conventions Bingo - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Identify and discuss themes and conventions in writing.' - Rap Battle - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Read aloud poems, and perform playscripts.' -Court Case: Defending a Text - to enable students to demonstrate that they can: 'Provide reasoned justifications for your views, Explain and discuss and understanding of what has been read, including through presentations and debates, maintaining a focus on topic.'' Plus many, many more activities (each booklet is around 20 pages in length!) All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on a separate document (included.)
Animal Farm Lesson Bundle!
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Animal Farm Lesson Bundle!

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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of George Orwell's allegorical novella 'Animal Farm.' The lessons enable students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key features of plot, character, context, and language, in addition to considering the key messages being offered by Orwell. All of the resources that you need are included in the bundle: informative and engaging whole lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, activities, and lesson plans. The bundle is made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, including: - The Russian Revolution; - Old Major's Dream; - The Rise of the Pigs; - Dictatorship; - Squealer; - The Ending (Orwell's Message) Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging.
Charles Dickens Gigantic Bundle!
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Charles Dickens Gigantic Bundle!

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THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE ‘GREAT EXPECTATIONS’ AND ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’ LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE 30-PAGE COMPREHENSION BOOKLETS, AND THE POINTLESS GAMES, AT A SPECIAL ‘GIGANTIC BUNDLE’ PRICE! These engaging, varied, and informative schemes of learning are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘Great Expectations.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete these schemes having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s ideas within the text, analysing key characters, settings, and themes, and understanding Dickens’ language devices. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided - everything that you need to teach!
Before You Were Mine Poem Bundle!
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Before You Were Mine Poem Bundle!

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These resources are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Carol Ann Duffy’s love/relationships poem: Before You Were Mine. Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet’s ideas within the poem, analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Shelley’s language devices. The bundle contains: The comprehensive and engaging lesson, The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat, The 16 page comprehension booklet; A range of resources to prepare your students for critically comparing poems. The lessons included are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
What Were They Like? Resources Bundle!
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What Were They Like? Resources Bundle!

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These resources are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Denise Levertov’s ‘What Were They Like?’ Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet’s ideas within the poem, analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Levertov’s language devices. The bundle contains: The comprehensive and engaging lesson, The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat, The 16 page comprehension booklet; A range of resources to prepare your students for critically comparing poems. The lessons included are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
KS1 Significant Individuals - Writers - Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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KS1 Significant Individuals - Writers - Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children learning about writers, as a part of their study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ Included in this bundle are knowledge organisers about: William Shakespeare; Charles Dickens; Beatrix Potter; Roald Dahl. Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Key Times in their Life; Important Vocabulary; Timeline of their Life; Answers to the Important Questions; Top Ten Facts. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
KS1 Geography Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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KS1 Geography Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for planning, learning and revising all areas of the KS1 Geography National Curriculum. The knowledge organisers included are: -The United Kingdom; -The Seven Continents; -Oceans and Seas; -Polar Explorers; -Capital Cities; There is also a organiser that can be adapted for whichever area of local study you choose to cover (the template focuses on ‘Exploring Essex.’) The organisers are separated into logical compartments, based on the key curriculum expectations. Each resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Much Ado About Nothing: Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)
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Much Ado About Nothing: Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)

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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, understanding dramatic and language devices, and relating the text to its social and historical context. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Resources Bundle!
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Resources Bundle!

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These varied and engaging resources have been designed to enhance the learning of John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.’ They are perfect for aiding and developing comprehension, and also gaining a secure understanding of the social and historical context of the novel. Included in this resources bundle are: - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Comprehension Activities Booklet - 21 pages of comprehension activities aligned with the text; - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Holocaust Lesson - Enabling students to link the text to its social and historical context; - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Pointless Game - A fun and interactive way of securing understanding of the text. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat - An hugely detailed resource aiding revision of all aspects of the novel! All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited at the end of presentations and in separate documents.
Lord of the Flies Lesson Bundle!
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Lord of the Flies Lesson Bundle!

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These engaging, varied, and informative lessons have been designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of the plot, characters, language, and key messages in William Golding’s novel ‘Lord of the Flies.’ The lessons enable students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key features of content, language, and structure, in addition to considering Golding’s key intentions in writing the novel. All of the resources that you need to teach are included in the bundle: Whole lesson step-by-step PowerPoint presentations, informative and engaging , worksheets, activities, and lesson plans. Contained in the bundle are lessons based on: - 1. Savagery vs Civilization; - 2. Ralph, Jack, and Piggy; - 3. Golding’s Language Devices; - 4. The Beast - 5. Simon and Roger - 6. The Ending Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging.
War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy - Bundle!
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War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy - Bundle!

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These resources are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Carol Ann Duffy’s contemporary ‘Power and Conflict’ poem: ‘War Photographer.’ Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet’s meaning/ideas within the poem, analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Weir’s language devices. The bundle contains: -The comprehensive and engaging lesson; -The 16-page comprehension booklet; -The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat; -A range of resources to prepare your students for critically comparing poems; The lessons included are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
When We Two Parted Poetry Bundle!
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When We Two Parted Poetry Bundle!

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These resources are designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Lord Byron’s love/relationships poem: When We Two Parted. Students will complete this learning having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the poem, understanding the poet’s ideas within the poem, analysing the features of form and structure, considering settings and themes, and understanding Byron’s language devices. The bundle contains: The comprehensive and engaging lesson, The visually-appealing and informative knowledge organiser/ revision mat, The 16 page comprehension booklet; A range of resources to prepare your students for critically comparing poems. The lessons included are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.