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Analysing the pony and trap | ||
A number of activities to encourage close reading of this chapter. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 20/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill |
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Themes, characters and devices | ||
A selection of essay and discussion questions to use with the D.H. Lawrence Short stories text. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 20/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: D.H. Lawrence Short stories |
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The quest for a cure – thinking skills and activities | ||
A lovely creative writing project in which students create a character and embark on a perilous journey to find the 'Cure'. A Hangman whizzy activity is also available to accompany one of the activities. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 20/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Creative writing (KS3) |
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Focus on language | ||
A handy resource to help with language analysis focusing on the character Stephen. The accompanying Magnet interactive task allows students to anticipate comments about word choices. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 15/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Spies by Michael Frayn |
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Exploring 'twenty-five past three' | ||
A selection of differentiated questions about language and character for students to choose from, graded by 'type' and 'difficulty'. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 14/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo |
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Chapter 5 questions | ||
A selection of questions on 'Cold Comfort Farm' with a language focus. | |||
| KS5 | Language and Literature Published: 14/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: WJEC Lang/Lit Critical Reading of Literary and Non-Literary Texts (LL1) |
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Hell hounds and other beasts | ||
Students research Hell-hound or beast legends which inspired writers such as Arthur Conan-Doyle and Thomas Hardy, and produce a Wikipedia entry. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Prose Published: 14/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
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Critical opinion | ||
Students are given a number of 'critical statements' about the text to explore and then write their own. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 14/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
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Social hierarchy | ||
Students explore social hierarchy and where the characters sit within it. | |||
| KS4 | Plays Published: 07/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: DNA by Dennis Kelly |
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Can you sell a house? | ||
A fun activity which puts your students' persuasive writing skills to the test! | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 07/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Writing to argue, persuade, advise |
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Analysing 'Spring Offensive' | ||
A sheet for each stanza. Ideal as a starting point to help develop explanation skills when writing about poetry. | |||
| KS4 | Poetry Published: 07/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: War poetry |
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Pictionary | ||
A fun game to play post-reading to check understanding and knowledge of this text. | |||
| KS4 | Plays Published: 07/05/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: DNA by Dennis Kelly |
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Connect four | ||
Students complete a set of four challenges to suit various learning styles from 16 activities, or take a pot luck activity. Ideal as homework or end of unit fun. Teaching notes give suggestions for use. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 29/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Buddy by Nigel Hinton |
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Twenty revision ideas | ||
An interactive calendar with creative revision ideas to spark enthusiasm and motivation at the final hurdle! Personalise for your own class countdown if you feel inclined. | |||
| KS4 KS5 | Teaching tools Published: 29/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Creative revision |
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Super story starters | ||
Students order a number of story starters depending on how 'attention grabbing' they are then write their own opening. A Sequencing interactive activity is also available. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 29/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Short stories |
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Creative writing with pictures | ||
A set of photos from around the world with various questions to prompt creative writing. The Word document contains word cards for extra support. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 22/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Creative writing (KS3) |
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Shakespeare on show | ||
Encourage creative responses to any of Shakespeare's plays with a series of group activities that accommodate different learning styles. This will work best if you're looking for revision activities on your class play. | |||
| KS3 | Plays Published: 22/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Introduction to Shakespeare: the plays |
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Writing to compare and contrast framework | ||
A prompt sheet for students to use across the curriculum. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 22/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Writing to inform, explain, describe |
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Opinions on short stories | ||
A selection of quotes for students to sort and discuss. An interactive Sequencing task is also available. | |||
| KS5 | Skills Published: 15/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Thinking and discussion skills |
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Capital letters | ||
Students practise using capital letters correctly. An ideal starter activity, with two alternative interactive tasks. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 15/04/2013 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Punctuation |
Latest resources
Analysing the pony and trap
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Themes, characters and devices
D.H. Lawrence Short stories
The quest for a cure – thinking skills and activities
Creative writing (KS3)
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