Reading Recommendations: Heroes

This World Book Day, delve into tales of heroism, courage, and kindness featuring classic and modern characters. Explore journeys from Bilbo Baggins to young warriors and neurodivergent heroes. These stories highlight the extraordinary within the ordinary, celebrating determination, friendship, and the courage to stand up for whatโ€™s right. Choose your hero's journey!

The Giver

The Giver Lesson Bundle offers a comprehensive 4-week teaching resource for Lois Lowry's novel, enhancing students' understanding through detailed lessons, writing exemplars, thematic analysis, and a summative assessment. It includes engaging activities and printable resources, promoting participation and essential skills for middle, high school, and Key Stage 3 classrooms.

The content introduces a low-stakes quiz for middle and high school students to review Pidgin and Creole languages, featuring multiple-choice and short-answer questions. It also highlights additional resources for teaching Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," including essay plans on key themes and character analysis. Subscription offers full content access.

Romeo & Juliet: Essay Planning Bundle

Romeo & Juliet: Essay Planning Bundle

Download: Romeo & Juliet Essay Planning Bundle Unlock the full potential of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy with our Romeo & Juliet Essay Plan Bundle! This meticulously crafted resource is designed to support teachers in guiding students through the complexities of essay writing on one of the most enduring plays in English literature. What's Included: Detailed Essay [...]

A-level English Language: History of English Language Change over Time

Compendium of useful links, videos and resources for revision for the English Language A-level 9EN0 (British) and WEN0 (International) Specifications https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B8TwBrCIEY&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkuUADWW2A&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVDmFVx8O_A&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7W7UgFxri8&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=7

A-level English Language: Language Change

Theorists for Language Change J Aitchisonโ€™s Potential, Diffusion, Implementation & Codification Model 1. Potential โ€“ there is an internal weakness or an external pressure for a particular change 2. Diffusion โ€“ the change starts to spread through the population 3. Implementation โ€“ people start using the variant โ€“ it is incorporated into peopleโ€™s idiolect โ€“ [...]

A-level English Language: Global Englishes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_q9b9YqGRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70KHDbLmr_I&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=10 Lingua Franca: Globish: This theory was devised by Robert McCrum. In his book, he said that a new, more functional English has emerged in the last 20 years. It is a more basic, restricted version of English, devoid of nuances. Globish is a simplified version of English that acts as a โ€˜lingua francaโ€™ [...]

Poems of the Decade: Essay Questions

Poems of the Decade: Essay Questions

Use this tool to prepare for potential and past paper essay questions for English Literature Poems of the Decade and see which texts and themes have appeared in recent years for examinations. Useful revision tools for 9ET0 and WET0 specifications alike. Subscriber Content 8ET03 Poems of the Decade Past Paper Questions 24 marks June 2016 [...]