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This is the heart of Teachit - a huge, ever-growing collection of practical, tried and tested resources created by English teachers for English teachers. Access to the vast majority of them is free once you have registered - you can browse, search, download and print resources whenever you like. But it's only as a member that you get to use them properly - because then you can tweak, adapt, edit - and, if you're a Teachit.works member, get whizzy. Never again will you need to reinvent the wheel.

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36.8 k 52.2 k Tension bridge (06/08/2010) Related resources: Plays | A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller Create a visual representation of the tension within the play. KS4

32.1 k 38.9 k Observing opposites (02/07/2010) Related resources: Media Studies | Media essentials (KS4/5) A research task looking at Claude Levi-Strauss' theory of binary opposition. Includes a grid for students to complete when watching film. KS4 | KS5

50.4 k 67.6 k Visiting a Tudor house (25/06/2010) Related resources: Introduction to language study | Key concepts - discourse, register, idiolect, sociolect and dialect Transcript of a conversation between visitors and guides at a tourist attraction, with tasks, independent investigation and commentary. KS5

64.6 k 86.5 k Spoken or written? (21/06/2010) Related resources: Language | Introducing spoken language study Identify which of these descriptions apply to spontaneous speech and which are more typical of formal writing. KS4

53.9 k 41.0 k 3.6 k Speech and writing: the differences (10/06/2010) Related resources: Language | Introducing spoken language study A brief introduction to the main features of spoken and written modes, including a look at how new technologies are changing the traditional boundaries. KS4

43.2 k 46.1 k Your language print (10/06/2010) Related resources: Language | Investigating personal talk Short tasks encouraging students to explore their idiolect and consider how teenage language use is presented in the media. KS4

85.1 k 56.8 k Researching attitudes to spoken language (10/06/2010) Related resources: Language | Investigating personal talk An introduction to researching spoken language. Students evaluate the pros and cons of using interviews, questionnaires and media sources. KS4

33.0 k 62.5 k The words we use (10/06/2010) Related resources: Language | Investigating personal talk With the help of the British National Corpus, students investigate which words are the most common in spoken English and consider how different contextual factors influence people's word choices. KS4

34.0 k 111.6 k Custody battle (21/05/2010) Related resources: Plays | A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania versus Oberon in the case of the changeling boy. Conduct the court case in your classroom. KS3 | KS4

189.3 k 1,123.3 k A collection of exercises (21/05/2010) Related resources: Prose | Howards End by E M Forster Tasks linked with the house on which the novel is based, a section on the wych elm, then a series of guided tasks on Chapter XXXVI. KS5

259.3 k 161.8 k Introduce yourself to the text (30/04/2010) Related resources: Poetry | Chaucer Working in groups, create a map with dates and journey lengths (in order) and extend your understanding of the framework of The Canterbury Tales. KS5

136.5 k 46.6 k Prejudice and discrimination (30/04/2010) Related resources: Prose | Small Island by Andrea Levy Sheets of notes and examples to show students how a question on the way in which the writer presents ideas on prejudice and discrimination might be approached. KS5

126.6 k 43.5 k Shocking times (05/02/2010) Related resources: Prose | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Research some of the leading scientists of the period as a way to explore the context of Frankenstein. KS4 | KS5

95.0 k 45.1 k 3.6 k How is 'The Necklace' structured? (09/10/2009) Related resources: Prose | Assorted short stories Focusing on the Guy de Maupassant short story, students sequence the plot and identify the phases from exposition to resolution. Answers included. KS4

152.9 k 461.8 k Inferring through the woods (02/10/2009) Related resources: Poetry | Classic poetry Students explore Rudyard Kipling's 'The Way Through the Woods' to infer meanings, and consider more than one interpretation of a text. KS3

26.0 k 47.1 k 3.6 k Here comes the bride … (19/06/2009) Related resources: Plays | Frankenstein (Oxford playscripts) adapted by Philip Pullman Match the statements for and against the creation of the monster bride to the appropriate quotation. Could lead to a lovely piece of argumentative writing. Includes answer sheet. KS3

49.2 k 32.8 k What do they want from me?! (12/06/2009) Related resources: Poetry | Pre-2010 AQA A exam preparation A student-friendly guide to the GCSE poetry AOs for pre-2010 English Paper 2 section A. KS4

132.1 k 159.7 k Comparing content - Texts 20 & 22 (12/06/2009) Related resources: Language and Literature | AQA B Lit/Lang Anthology - Travel, Transport and Locomotion Tackle the two texts with this useful introductory PPT. Includes a variety of tasks - group work, sequencing, characters, attitudes. KS5

36.4 k 63.5 k 3.6 k Effective introductions (15/05/2009)     Related resources: Skills | Essay writing Get students thinking about what an introduction should include and what to avoid. They then rewrite the poor examples. (Teacher's notes at end.) There's also a whizzy true and false version. KS4 | KS5

57.4 k 45.1 k Squealer's speech (07/05/2009) Related resources: Prose | Animal Farm by George Orwell A list of language techniques used by propagandists in their speeches. Read these and annote Squealer's speech accordingly. (Use in conjunction with 'Propaganda techniques' resource.) KS4

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