Take Cover and NEW Take KS4 Cover

Two photocopiable packs of English cover lessons

No teacher can be there all the time. Ever dreamed that the work would (almost) take care of itself? The Take Cover packs for KS3 and KS4 are Teachit's answer.

Our aim is to take the stress out of setting English cover work by providing you with everything you need for meaningful, accessible lessons across the ability range.

Each pack comes with access to an online version, so that your whole department will be able to find the cover work you need quickly and easily, even if you’re out of school.

Literacy across the curriculum posters

Jolly up your classroom walls, and tackle literacy issues head on with our beautiful new set of 10 posters

Adorn your classroom wall with our winsome word posters, and address key literacy targets, while also helping students to dot all the i's ...

Our stylish posters have been hand-picked for their simplicity and accessibility, and from just £14.99, we think they are a bit of a steal too! 

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Take Five

A medley of tips, approaches, web links, interactive activities and resources for teaching English at Key Stages 3, 4 & 5

Whether you’re looking for a top tip (or 5!), bit of advice, list of indispensable websites or an engaging and innovative resource, you’ll find it in Take Five.

With chapters on core areas of the English curriculum, including active approaches to Shakespeare, going multi-modal and differentiation (both for G&T & SEN students), there’s plenty here to inspire, refresh and encourage good practice.

Take Five even stretches beyond the ‘core’. If you’re in need of a nifty idea for classroom-based Drama, a practical insight into media production or a pithy plenary, there are units on these areas (and many others!) too.

And don’t forget that along with your hard copy of the pack comes free access to a digital version, so you’ll be able to download all of the resources and online content (including whizzies) wherever you are!

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Quotation posters

Intriguing posters for your classroom walls

Our posters are guaranteed to jazz up even the plainest, most battle-scarred magnolia wall. Teachit’s poster sets are inspired by ponder-prompting quotations from writers.

A set of 10 quotations posters costs £14.99 (members) or £19.99 (non-members and registered users).

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Getting on with writing, Less good writing and Leading Reading

Teachit has teamed up one of our key contributors, Richard Durant, and Devon Learning & Development Partnership, to publish a brand new literacy series.

Literacy is high on the Ofsted and curriculum agenda, and Leading Reading offers advice on how to embed and promote good reading skills across the curriculum.

The Ofsted inspection framework and standards for teachers require a renewed focus on literacy and differentiation. Getting on with writing provides exactly this, with engaging, differentiated activities aimed at moving KS3 students from Level 2 to 5 in writing.

Focused on improving the quality of writing across the secondary curriculum, Less good writing offers a wealth of practical advice, ideas and short-cuts to literacy co-ordinators, senior leaders and teachers, and will help students to realise that less (writing) is sometimes more!

Romeo and Juliet

Active teaching approaches

This DVD pack is full of active, engaging approaches that will help pupils' understanding of the play in performance. It's aimed at KS3 but it's relevant to KS4 too. The pack contains lesson plans, video clips, whizzy activities and a range of other resources.

DVD pack only £34.95 | DVD pack and printed booklet £44.95 (members)
DVD pack only £46.95 | DVD pack and printed booklet £59.45 (registered users / non-members)
 

Poetry Shuffle 

Teachit KS3 Poetry Pack

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(Shuffle, as in iPod and playing cards, not shambling gait.) Poetry Shuffle is an anthology of poems chosen by teachers for the KS3 classroom. It contains a fantastic range of poems, practical and flexible lesson plans, whizzy ICT activities, advice from a poet, suggested routes through the pack and more...

£99 (plus £150 for a site licence and online updates)
 

The Full English

An A-Z handbook of English teaching activities
Julie Blake

150 tried and tested classroom activities which engage young people in learning that is fun, purposeful and creative.

JUST £12.50 for Teachit or NATE members
(£16.25 for registered users / non-members)

GCSE English for OCR

Concerned about teaching the new GCSE English specifications? Well relax because Teachit contributors have teamed up with Oxford University Press to write resources for the exciting new OCR specifications.

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