I am yours now and you are mine
And together we’ll love through all space and time, so don’t cry
Prince – 7 – Symbol
A few resources you may find useful! Links to resource are after image screenshot.
Collection of nonfiction writing (articles, blogs, reviews etc)
I’ve collected these from exam packs, online etc and put in one place.
There are 3 to download
Anthology of (unusual) narratives
This anthology has been compiled to give students a glimpse into different/unusual narratives, or perspectives and/or different genres – that’s why I’ve only used small sections. Most of the extracts are online, so if you want more… Google them!
Anthology of narrative voices (word)
Anthology of narrative voices (PDF)
Anthology of non-fiction voices (transactional writing) extracts
This anthology has been compiled to give students a glimpse into different perspectives and/or different genres – again, that’s why I’ve only used small sections. Most of the extracts are online, so if you want more… Google them!
Anthology of nonfiction texts (word)
Anthology of nonfiction texts (PDF)
Transactional Writing (non-fiction) Templates –
Nonfiction Literacy templates – Word
Nonfiction Literacy templates – PDF
Career posters for English Language and literature – Alevels
Edexcel DIRT tasks
A set of editable DIRT tasks for students – please be aware I rushed these, there may be some typos! I will correct these and reupload if there are any!
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5 min KS3 starters
40 ppt with 4 or 5 simple English language focused lesson starters.
Character Descriptions
A ppt full of character descriptions to help with creative writing.
Up-grade your literature essays!
A word grid document to help year11 use more focused language in their essays.
Literature Extracts (for a display)
Over 40 extracts/quotes that can be used for a display to either highlight a technique or text.
Features of a Non-Fiction Text
A handy A4 guide of basic features for different transactional writing:
features of non-fiction texts (word)
features-of-non-fiction-texts PDF
Features of a Fiction Text
A handy A4 guide of basic features for creative writing conventions:
Features of creative writing PDF
AQA Style of questions
A handy guide with the basic style of questions for KS4 to help you make up your own!
Understanding the AO’s!
A handy guide for NQTs to help understand those pesky AOs
Suggested Tasks
I made this as a list of tasks in the event students finish their work early, also to save copying, and the best bit – tasks that can be used with any text.
A Christmas Carol Starters
A few basic starters, you can use as you go along, or revisit.
An Inspector Calls Starters
A collection of starters for the play
Macbeth Starters
A collection of starters for Macbeth
General language/literature starters
A few more basic language or technique starters
How to Translate Emotions into Written Body Language
Link to my Student GCSE blog for resource: Emotions & Body Language
I’ve made up this mini S&L guide/PDF for students to help them through their spoken language element. Thank you to @Tom_Briars for sharing his PPT and ideas for S&L.
Student Speaking and Listening booklet PDF
Reblogged this on Dotelle Writes and commented:
Some excellent resources here!
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thank you 🙂
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Thank you so much for all this…I am using the ‘spare’ time I have without marking to do some subject knowledge learning. This is all amazingly useful. Thanks again.
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You’re welcome, glad some are helpful.
There are about 2 or 3 blogs that have resources on.
Also some on the student/Alevel pages
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Loving the Prince theme, being a massive fan too.
I am a functional skills teacher and the letter layout etc. I think are fantastic, thank you for sharing.
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Thank you, a small way to remember a great man.
Glad resources are of use 🙂
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These blogs and resources are fantastic. Thank you for sharing your fabulous stuff! I saw a very recent tweet where you had a picture of your transactional writing pieces annotated for your high school. Are these available to be shared? They looked so snazzy but streamlined!
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Thank you so much for saying that. 🙂
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I will have a look for the transactional writing ones – they may be on another blog
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These are brilliant – all of them! Thank you for your generosity.
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Thank you so much for leaving a lovely comment! You are welcome 🙂
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An amazing blog post and resources – thank you for sharing this so generously.
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Thank you, so nice of you to say so! On my home page I list all blogs and many other resources across blogs, and if you check out the GCSE page, there are some nice resources there too (less on Alevel).
Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Hope the resources help!
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