History Teaching resources

A brand new site is launched for history teachers: www.Teacher-of-History.com


Teacher-of-History.com is an exciting new website specifically designed with History teachers in mind.  Packed with fully editable PowerPoint teaching resources we have a wide range of History resources for KS3 and KS4, and as all our PPT resources are fully editable you can tweak, personalise and differentiate them to your heart's content.  Using the site is very simple.  Browse our extensive range of History resources by clicking on Teaching Resources or use the search option or Quick Links to go directly to what you're looking for. Resources can then be downloaded on a PAYG basis or you can become an individual member or school member and gain access to all the resources on the site.


Take a look at www.teacher-of-history.com

New English Functional Skills Teaching Resources

Teaching Functional Skills English (Writing)

English Teaching Resources: Functional Skills Writing - A Life Skill is a 114 slide PowerPoint Scheme of Work / Unit Plan with step by step lesson plans designed to teach English Functional Skills Writing at KS3 and KS4/GCSE and a booklet of 28 teaching worksheets. Resources include a eight lessons, each structured using the four part lesson plan (starter activity, introduction, development and plenary) all of which can be edited, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.  English Teaching Resources: Functional Skills Writing is a comprehensive and detailed teaching resource.  The scheme of work includes:

1. Lesson by lesson scheme of work overview
2. Explanation of how scheme of work fits into curriculum
3. What are Functional Skills?
4. Writing and modern communication
5. Why is writing a life skill?
6. Adapting writing to audience and purpose
7. Taking messages
8. How to make effective notes
9. Transforming notes into prose
10. Mind mapping
11. How to write a formal email
12. How to plan and structure a functional skills writing task
13. Self/peer ssessment using Functional Skills assessment criteria

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Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) Teaching Resources

Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) Resources

GCSE English Teaching Resources: Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) 2010 GCSE English: Contemporary Poetry: Conflict. 
A Powerpoint analysis of the poem Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson and an accompanying worksheet booklet.

www.Teacher-of-English.com presents a 46 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Belfast Confetti and an accompanying eight worksheets. English 2010 Teaching Resources: Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) includes:

1. A brief biography of Ciaran Carson.
2. Analysis of the poem Belfast Confetti and discussion of ideas and consolidation
3. Structure & language - Discuss how Carson uses structure and explore the imagery of Belfast Confetti.
4. Style and form - Analysis of style and form employed by Carson and the use of poetic techniques in Belfast Confetti.
5. Language - Exploration of word choices, using P.E.E to write about language in Carson's poem.
6. Themes of Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) explored, consolidation of meaning and purpose.
7. Links - Where to find further information about Ciaran Carson author of the poem.
8. 46 slide PowerPoint resource for teaching the poem Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson.
9. 8 Worksheets to accompany the Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) PowerPoint.
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AQA Anthology Moon on the Tides - Relationships: Poems from the Literary Heritage

Moon on the Tides: Teaching Resources

English Teaching Resources: AQA Anthology Moon on the Tides - Relationships: Poems from the Literary Heritage
This outstanding resource covers all seven poems from the AQA Anthology Moon on the Tides - Relationships: Poems from the Literary Heritage.  The 276 slide PowerPoint and 82 page booklet of worksheets contain outstanding, ready to teach lessons designed for the poems:

1. Sonnet 116 - Shakespeare
2. Sonnet 43 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
3. To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvell
4. The Farmer's Bride - Charlotte Mew
5. Sister Maude - Christina Georgina Rossetti
6. Nettles - Vernon Scannell
7. Born Yesterday - Phillip Larkin

Each poem has a series of lessons focusing on the author, language, theme, social and historical context, structure, style and form of each poem.
If you are teaching or studying AQA Anthology Moon on the Tides Relationships poetry this resource has everything you need at an amazing price.  To preview this resource please click here.

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English 2010 Teaching Resources: The Farmer's Bride (Charlotte Mew)

English 2010 Teaching Resources: The Farmer's Bride (Charlotte Mew)  Poems from the Literary Heritage : Relationships.

Teacher-of-English.com presents a 44 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem The Farmer's Bride (Charlotte Mew) - GCSE English 2010 Poems from the Literary Heritage with accompanying worksheets. English 2010 Teaching Resources:The Farmer's Bride (Charlotte Mew) includes:

1. A brief biography of Charlotte Mew.
2. Analysis of the poem The Farmer's Bride by Charlotte Mew, discussion of ideas and consolidation
3. Structure & language - Discuss how The Farmer's Bride by Mew uses structure and explore its imagery.
4. Style and form - Analysis of style and form and the use of poetic techniques in The Farmer's Bride (Charlotte Mew).
5. Language - Exploration of word choices, using P.E.E to write about language in Mew's 'The Farmer's Bride'.
6. Themes of The Farmer's Bride explored, consolidation of meaning and purpose.
7. Links - Where to find further information about Charlotte Mew.
8. 44 slide PowerPoint resource for teaching the poem The Farmer's Bride by Charlotte Mew.
9. 11 Worksheets to accompany The Farmer's Bride (Charlotte Mew).

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