The Highwayman poem

A unit of work complete with resources based on the poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes.


the Highwayman[1]

Charlotte Bronte

A Powerpoint to use when teaching 'Jane Eyre' to give students greater insight into the life of the author and the historical context.


Charlotte Bronte

APP reading and writing assessment guidelines

A link to the national strategies website for a two page document with all of the assessment foci for reading and writing.

http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/132286

Plenaries

A list of ideas to use for lesson plenaries.

50 ideas Plenaries

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

A Powerpoint that shows a copy of the poem by Robert Browning with images from the poem.

Pied Piper Pictures From Book

What Were They Like poem

A you tube clip that uses parts of the film Apocalypse Now and also other iamges to show the meaning of the poem and the historical relevance.

Island Man poem

A you tube clip that shows images and lines from the poem and is accompanied by two tunes to show the contrast in places and feelings.

Vultures poem

A you tube clip that shows images and lines from the poem and is accompanied by music.

Night of the Scorpion poem

A you tube clip of a reading of the poem with a series of images to support pupil understanding.

Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes

A you tube clip that shows lines and images from the poem accompanied by a song.

Blessing poem

A you tube clip that plays a song to accompany images and lines from the poem.

Nothing's Changed poem

A video from you tube that shows images linked to the poem and lines from the poem along with an accompanying song for students to consider the poem.

Limbo poem

A video from You tube that shows images linked to the poem in the AQA A Anthology and plays a song to accompany the images and lines from the poem. A great resource for GCSE English Paper 2.

Reading questionnaire

A sheet that can be used in reading lessons or as part of World Book Day to evaluate the reading habits of your students.

Reading Questionnaire

Self assessment check list 'Information texts'

A tick sheet for KS3 students to use when assessing their own non-fiction writing and in this case 'Information texts' on a topic of their choice.

Reading Skills Self-Assessment 'Information Texts'

Speaking and Listening Dragons' Den

A mini-unit to use with students that focuses on group work, devising a new product to present to the class of dragons. Students develop group discussion skills and also persusaive techniques to present in role. Could be marked as GCSE speaking and listening as well as KS3.

Year 9 Speaking and Listening Task Dragon's Den

Year 9 Speaking and Listening Unit

A year 9 unit that focuses on students exploring a range of non-fiction texts, but develops speaking and listening skills. Useful to develop reading skills as well for AQA A GCSE Paper 1.

Year 9 Speaking and Listening Unit Non Fiction Texts

Year 9 Speaking and Listening Unit

A mini unit of work that focuses on developing speaking and listening skills through studying some poems from the Different Cultures section of the AQA A anthology. A great end of year unit that prepares students for GCSE.

Year 9 Speaking and Listening Unit Term 6

London Jamaican Creole

A useful powerpoint to use with all key stages, which asks students to consider the difference between accent and dialect by analysing a John Agard poem 'Listen Mr Oxford Don'.

Exploring Accent and Dialect

Starter activities

A list of activities to engage pupils.

Wiltshire Accent and Dialect

A powerpoint that asks students to consider the local accent and dialect of Wiltshire. Great to use as a starter or plenary.

Year 8 Accent and Dialect

Paintings of scenes from 'Romeo and Juliet'

A great resource to use when teaching this tragic romance. Paintings based on different scenes in the play. Can be used for all key stages for discussion purposes.