Monday 28 March 2011

English Teaching Resources: WJEC GCSE English & English Literature - WJEC Poetry Collection (Love Poems)

WJEC GCSE Love Poetry

(WJEC GCSE Love Poetry - English teaching resources featuring 347 slides)

Key Stage : 4  English www.Teacher-of-English.com
www.Teacher-of-English.com presents an outstanding resource covers all nine poems from the WJEC Poetry Collection - Love Poems as covered in WJEC GCSE English Literature (Unit 3) Poetry and drama (literary heritage) and WJEC GCSE English (Unit 3) literary heritage poetry and Shakespeare.  The massive 347 slide PowerPoint and 100 page booklet of worksheetscontain outstanding, ready to teach lessons for each of the following poems from the WJEC Poetry Collection:
Each poem has a series of lessons with analysis of the author, language, theme, social and historical context, structure, style and form of each poem.  If you are teaching the WJEC GCSE English (Unit 3) literary heritage poetry and Shakespeare or WJEC GCSE English Literature (Unit 3) Poetry and drama (literary heritage) this invaluable resource has everything you need.  The resource explores all the poems in the WJEC Poetry Collection and works through the following stages:
What is each poem about?  How does it make you feel?  What questions does the poem raise?
Focus on the language of each poem.
Develop understanding of theme, content, viewpoint, mood and style.
Analysis of writers' language and techniques.

To preview the resources/lessons and see the PowerPoint slides please click on the link below.
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Sunday 20 March 2011

KS1 Literacy: The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat

(The Owl and the Pussycat - Literacy teaching resources featuring 65 slides)

KS1 Literacy Resources: The Owl and the Pussycat (Edward Lear)
This complete KS1 Literacy unit/scheme of work for The Owl and the Pussycat includes a 65 slide PowerPoint slideshow and a booklet of 27worksheets.  KS1 Literacy Teaching Resources: The Owl and the Pussycat scheme of work / powerpoint / unit plan is a new and innovative teaching resource for Lear's much loved poem.
Our 'The Owl and the Pussycat' resources include a brilliant 65 slide PowerPoint, 27 pages of worksheets and step by step lessons and activities for teaching this popular poem. KS1 Literacy Teaching Resources: The Owl and the Pussycat is designed using the four part lesson structure: starter activity, introduction, development and plenary and all PowerPoint slides are clear and 'pupil friendly'. Bright and effective use of colour, photographs, cartoons and video clips are all used to create an excellent learning experience for children. To view the PowerPoint in more detail you can preview the resources by clicking on the slides in the preview box below. The Owl and the Pussycat resources contain a student booklet packed with 27 worksheets created to be used with the 65 slide PowerPoint. Like the PowerPoints, the worksheets are bright, colourful and very child friendly and although worksheets are under the copyright of Teacher-of-Literacy.com, they can be photocopied for use in the classroom. KS1 Literacy Resources: The Owl and the Pussycat is a detailed and extensive resource which covers all the key areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a wide range of classroom activities for pupils of all abilities:
- Making predictions about the story
- A copy of the poem with cartoon images and bright colour
- Animated film of The Owl and the Pussycat
- Retelling strategies and comprehension questions
- Cloze exercise and storyboarding activities
- Tackling unfamiliar words and using a dictionary
- Rhyming words lesson with interactive game
- Identify adjectives in The Owl and the Pussycat
- A lesson on using adjectives to improve writing
- Compound words lesson and activities including compound words interactive game
- Create a children's story book based on The Owl and the Pussycat
- Full scheme of work / unit overview
- 65 slide Powerpoint resources
- 27 worksheets to accompany the Powerpoint
To preview KS1 Literacy Teaching Resources: The Owl and the Pussycat scheme of work / unit / lessons click on the link below:

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Thursday 17 March 2011

Poetry Teaching Resources: The Flea

The Flea (Donne)

(The Flea (Donne) - English teaching resources featuring 37 slides)

Key Stage : 4
Poetry Teaching Resources: The Flea (John Donne) 

A 37 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem The Flea by John Donne - KS4/GCSE English Literature poetry - and an accompanying 11 worksheets. Literature Teaching Resources: The Flea (John Donne) includes a number of lessons:

   1. A brief biography of Donne with video clip.
   2. Analysis of the poem The Flea, discussion of ideas and consolidation of understanding lesson.
   3. Structure & language - Discuss how Donne uses structure and explore the imagery of the poem.
   4. Style and form - Analysis of style and form and the use of poetic techniques in The Flea.
   5. Language - this lesson explores word choices, using P.E.E to write about language in Donne's poem.
   6. Themes of The Flea explored, consolidation of meaning and purpose.
   7. Links - Where to find further information about Donne and the poem to aid lessons
   8. 37 slide PowerPoint resource for teaching the poem The Flea (John Donne).
   9. 11 pages of worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint.

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Friday 4 March 2011

KS4 GCSE English Literature Teaching Resources: Lord of the Flies (William Golding)

Lord of the Flies

(Lord of the Flies - English teaching resources featuring 180 slides)

Teaching resources include 188 slide PowerPoint, 72 worksheets and a complete scheme of work plan.
KS4 English Teaching Resources: Lord of the Flies is an excellentteaching and learning resource for teachers of Golding’s classic novel. Resources include a huge 188 slide PowerPoint and an amazing 72 worksheets to help teach one of KS4 / GCSE Literature’s most popular novels. Every lesson in the scheme of work is planned out using the four part lesson format, following the starter, introduction, development and plenary structure. The resource fully utilises the potential of PowerPoint as a teaching resource, all PowerPoint slides are clear and easy to follow and use a number of techniques to help students develop knowledge and understanding of the novel Lord of the Flies. Bold headings, bright and attractive use of colour, photographs, illustrations and video clips are all used to make this PowerPoint come alive on either an interactive whiteboard or overhead projector. The resource is also very effective on a PC or laptop when used in one to one tuition. Although the resource includes worksheets, the real advantage of using PowerPoint is the ability to edit the slide’s content. Teachers can add extra slides to the PowerPoint, delete the pages, change the text, imagery and video clips and update it as is necessary - in fact all slides in the PPT are fully editable.  In addition, the resource contains a scheme of work overview and a student booklet packed with worksheets created to use in conjunction with the PowerPoint. Like the PPTs, the worksheets are bright, colourful and very student friendlyand although worksheets are under the copyright of Teacher-of-English.com, they can be photocopied for use in the classroom.
To view the Lord of the Flies PowerPoint in more detail you can preview the resource by clicking on the slides in the preview box underneath the resource’s description.
English Teaching Resources: Lord of the Flies is a detailed scheme of work featuring a series of 20 lessons designed to enhance and develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the novel. English Teaching Resources: Lord of the Flies covers all the key areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:
  1. A brief biography of Golding and the social and historical context of Post WW2 society
  2. 20 lesson scheme of work (following the four part lesson plan structure)
  3. Activities to develop knowledge of the plot of Lord of the Flies
  4. In depth analysis of the characters of Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon and Roger
  5. Exploration of the key themes of Lord of the Flies (law, good and evil, leadership, power, innocence, etc) 
  6. Developing awareness of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style, etc
  7. Golding’s message and the role of setting, symbolism and language
  8. Cloze passages for each chapter to consolidate understanding of the plot
  9. Hot seating activities
  10. Empathy activities
  11. Sequencing tasks
  12. Lord of the Flies video links to help the teaching and learning of plot, character and theme
  13. Links to online video of the 1963 and 1990 movies
English Teaching Resources: Lord of the Flies  has everything you need.
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History Teaching Resources: Women and World War One

KS3 History Teaching Resources: Women and World War One

(Women and World War One - History teaching resources featuring 9 slides)

This Key Stage 3 Teaching History resource about the effects of World War One allows pupils to describe and explain the changes for women during and after the War. The resource could provide an opportunity to judge the extent of improvements in women’s lives with regard to work, discrimination and political rights. The slides offer differentiated activities and opportunities for extended writing. The resources include
* 9 slide PowerPoint about women in World War One
* Sort activity to identify the changes to women's lives during WWI
* Writing frame
* Video clip footage about the lives of women in the First World War
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