A short story, information article on insects and a letter with slides giving prompts for planning and writing stories.
Additional worksheets for story writing and fact files.
20 slides
The Poppy- and questions
Timeline- the month before WWI
Some battlefields- and questions
In Flanders Field poem – questions
WWI- word definitions
Armistice/ WWII/ Questions
Poem- the fallen – questions
Two posters
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint Presentation and worksheets to accompany. This is a mixed bag of spelling, grammar and punctuation questions. It could be used as a SPAG lesson warmer/ plenaryin KS2 or even in an ELL/ ESL /SEN class to improve knowledge of SPAG.
This PowerPoint presentation has 10 slides. There are two replacement drill type dialogues ( assistant / tourist ) for completion and speaking practice. In addition there are four other scenarios for dialogue practice: lost in the city, buying a ticket, booking a room, canceling a plane ticket.
Ideal for IGCSE English as a second language speaking practice prep, Cambridge PET exam speaking prep and any conversational ESL class.
This resource has 11 slides and 6 accompanying worksheets/templates for writing and vocabulary.
The novel (for teens) is by Joan Lingard ( first in a trilogy ) and is an excellent way to approach the topics of tolerance, reconciliation and tradition in English, PSHE or British Values class.
Suitable for upper KS2 and above.
This PowerPoint presentation looks at how to write an autumn poem, describes autumn scenes, discusses rhyming words and the poem October by Robert Frost.
Excellent for KS2 start to September term.
Introductory resource for GCSE ‘Animal farm’ by George Orwell. There are three files. This resource contains:
• A PowerPoint introducing the background, setting and purpose of ‘Animal Farm’ including information about the revolution in Russia and the author
• 8 worksheets with an Orwell bio gap fill and comprehension, word search, author and character fact file template, make your own students’ rights symbol template
• A PowerPoint presentation on the background and events of the Russian revolution 1917
All printable.
Suitable for Key Stage 2/3 and Edexcel GCSE English.
This Spring and Easter resource is perfect for Key Stage two English.
It contains :
4 ORIGINAL SPRING POEMS BY THE AUTHOR
2 PICTURES FOR DISCUSSION
1 POSTER WITH SPRING VOCAB
5 WORKSHEETS (poem templates, guided writing, factfile)
Great resource for KS2. This contains 20 different worksheets including:
Descriptive writing
Diary entry
Poster making
Character study
Book review
Cartoon strip
Internet research
Acrostic poem writing
Pirate story writing
Bookmark templates
Pirate code of conduct
Map making
Drawing
The kids will love it! Can be used as separate worksheets or printed out and bound into an activity book.
This 21 slide resource provides a PowerPoint presentation with information on the Speaking test itself and some ideas about topics. Students get the chance to discuss possible topics, gather ideas and share mutual opinions in preparation for the test.
There are also practice Speaking cards to print out.
A resource to commemorate Martin Luther King Day this January.
This PowerPoint resource has five flashcards/posters in colour, timeline dates and events for discussion, discussion prompts and pictures of 20/21st century social activists
It is accompanied by 8 worksheets (guided writing, poster making, wordsearch).
This is a resource of 25 story starters templates ( Fairy Tale, First Person Narrative, Mystery/Horror, Sci-Fi and Character Study) plus a writing targets template.
Ideal for KS2/KS3 and could be given out singly as a writing exercise/assessment or compiled into a booklet for creative writing class or homework.
November was National Novel Writing Month in the USA- this is a ‘How-To’ guide for NaNoWrMo, taking students through the process of writing a long story/ novel.
Included is the opening to a Sci-fi story which the students are asked to think about and expand on.
There are several other titles for them to practise with later.
(US spelling here of colour and behaviour )
A resource intended for students to write about their opinion- in this pack they are writing about the theatre, texting and also writing a review and a play script.
World War One Poetry Pack for secondary.This resource contains 40 pages comparing ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke and ‘Futility’ by Wilfred Owen. It has both poems, a short bio on each poet, analytical questions, worksheets and activities, flashcard keywords and research topics.