Middle school critical thinking writing-essays resources in English (UK)

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Essays

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Sentence Science Writing Goals Display Strips

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Beyond the Pen

Sentence Science Goal Setting Strips are the perfect support for your students when writing. They support you in teaching sentence structure in a visual, kinaesthetic, engaging and clear way. They make learning accessible for every student in your class, from the new arrival who speaks no English, to the student who needs a challenge to take their writing to the next level. Sentence Science is for every student, and every student can experience success. This resource includes:-23 goals to displa

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K - 6th

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Assessment, Bulletin Board Ideas, English (UK)

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Social Media EDITABLE Exit Tickets

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Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Your students will have so much fun completing these self assessment activities to show their understanding with social media exit tickets and engage your them with media they are already so familiar with! There are 4 different types of printable tickets included with prompts that are FULLY EDITABLE - ideal for subject personalization and even for teaching foreign languages! Each exit ticket is half a letter size and comes with 2 on a page to save on printing costs for your class. These are s

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4th - 12th

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Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

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Essay writing: Analytical essay planning steps and structure

Created by

My English Corner

This bundle is designed to step students through the analytical essay writing process in a structured manner.What's included:-An overview of the purpose, features and language of an essay-An analytical essay checklist-The steps to follow when planning an essay response-Analytical Essay Structure (The hamburger model)-An essay planning scaffold for students to fill out-An analytical essay scaffold for students to fill out-A sample analytical essay (response to Cynthia Rylant's 'I Had Seen Castles

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8th - 12th

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Handouts, English (UK)

Exit Tickets for Teens - Bundle

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Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Exit tickets are a quick, easy, fun and effective way of providing you with useful feedback to assess student progression and understanding. This bundle includes 56 different exit tickets, giving you lots of variety for use in your classroom!Bundle includes:• Social Media Exit Tickets• Emoji Exit Tickets• Social Media Exit Tickets 2: cell phone style• Exit Tickets / Plenary Cards• Comic Themed Exit Tickets• Growth Mindset Emoji INB Exit Tickets• INB Exit TicketsYour students will enjoy filling t

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4th - 12th

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Comic Themed Exit Tickets

Created by

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Student self assessment is a great way to check for understanding. Students love comics and this resource is a fun and unique set of printable comic themed exit tickets that enable students to reflect on their learning in a modern and engaging way! They also provide you with great feedback to assess student progression in your lesson that you can then use to plan differentiated lessons to suit their needs. There are 8 types of comic themed exit tickets all prompting something different for stude

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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Social Media Editable Exit Tickets: cell phone style

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Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Encourage your students to complete self assessment activities to check their understanding with these social media exit tickets and engage them with media they are already so familiar with! Simply add text boxes and type straight into the PPT document to use for distance learning.If you liked my Social Media Exit Tickets I am confident you will love this resource as it is like that one but cranked up to full blast!These have a realistic cell phone style and come with double the amount of social

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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Worksheets, Printables, English (UK)

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Editable Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1 Resource Bundle

Created by

Expat Edventures

Everything you need to teach the Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1 Section A. Includes the following resources for all 10 non-fiction extracts:Editable Google Slides with notes on each slide containing tips for how to use the information for different classesInteractive quizzes and activities with answer keys includedPrintable PDF versions of all activitiesEngaging starter activitiesDefinitions and examples for literary techniques used in each extractDetailed annotations of language and str

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays

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8th - 11th

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Activities, English (UK), Lesson

Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology PowerPoint (AQA Board).

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This 187-slide PPT contains all of the poems in the AQA Worlds and Lives cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well, the PPT contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips a

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PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, English (UK)

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8th - 11th

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Mission to Mars: Design a Mars Rover with littleBits

Created by

Connecting Curriculum

Updated with new graphics and Google extensionThis resource has been designed to use as a guide to designing a Mars Rover with littleBits. Children will first look at previous Mars Rovers and their jobs before designing, making, and evaluating their own Rovers. This Outcome will allow children to use the Design - Make - Evaluate - Technical Knowledge threads of the 2014 National Curriculum of England’s Design & Technology document.littleBits don’t have to exclusively be used for the Outcome

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Critical Thinking, Engineering, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 8th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, English (UK)

Also included in: All Things littleBits STEAM BUNDLE

Merchant of Venice Study Guide and Notebook

Created by

Golden Arrows Home Education

the Merchant of Venice Notebook and Study guide leads students through studying the Merchant of Venice, by asking questions to unlock the play, as well as looking at:historical contextcharacterizationliterary deviceslanguage and structurethemes.consider the play from a Christian perspectiveAs well as looking at the play, students will also be guided to write about the play. Be guided to compose:a persuasive essay.descriptive writing.report writing.interview writing.

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Literature, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8th - 10th

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Study Guides, Homeschool Curricula, English (UK)

The Empress Study Guide

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Included in the GCSE Modern Drama pack are all the tools and tips to answer the exam question on The Empress. There are - handouts and exercises on plot, character, themes, writer, and the nature of dramaa glossary of dramatic termsan explanation of the three unitieshow to structure your essaysthe use of P.E.E.rhetorical devices chartrevision testsa connectives chart (discursive markers) past exam papers to practice onmodel exam answers links to instructional YouTube videos.

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8th - 11th, Staff

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Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Essays

Rhetorical Questions Mini Lesson

Created by

Eithne Nic

A short mini lesson focusing on the use of rhetorical questions in persuasive writing. Including a definition of rhetorical question, examples of rhetorical questions and tips on how to incorporate them into persuasive writing. Suitable for 3rd-6th grades.

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3rd - 6th

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PowerPoint Presentations, English (UK), Lesson

Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology Study Guide (AQA Board).

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This 171-page poetry study guide contains all of the poems in the AQA World and Lives poetry cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the study guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapp

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8th - 12th

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Critical Thinking, Other (Social Studies - History), Science

Designer babies: How ethical are Designer Babies?

Created by

Sam Watts

Students will look into and discover the science and ethical debates surrounding designer babies.These resources have been created carefully to embed the curriculum and enable our students to be taught effective lessons to allow our students to thrive. Each lesson has different activities to suit different learners - as we know all out students learn differently. The lessons are easily adaptable to suit your individuals and embed more challenge - but also easy to follow - suitable for Specialist

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Grades:

6th - 10th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, English (UK)

Also included in: Medical Ethics - Ethical and moral debates on medical procedures.

Conflict Poetry Anthology PowerPoint Slides (OCR Board).

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English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing-Essays

This 144-slide PPT contains all of the poems in the OCR Conflict cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the PPT contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discur

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8th - 12th

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Youth and Age Poetry Anthology PowerPoint Slides (OCR Board)

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English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing-Essays

This 166-slide PPT contains all of the poems in the OCR Youth and Age cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the study guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure ti

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8th - 12th

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Identity Poetry Anthology PowerPoint Slides (CCEA Board)

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English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing-Essays

This 144-page slide PPT contains all of the poems in the Identity poetry cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the PPT contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips an

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8th - 12th

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Lord of the Flies PowerPoint Slides

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Included in this 55-slide PPT are all the tools and tips to answer the exam question on Lord of the Flies. There are - o Notes and exercises on plot, character and themeso how to structure your essayso the use of P.E.E.o rhetorical devices charto revision testso a connectives chart (discursive markers)o 20 essay questionso model exam answers o links to instructional YouTube videoso form, structure and contexto 40 quoteso the exam board assessment objectiveso writer biography

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8th - 12th

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Conflict Poetry Anthology PowerPoint Slides (CCEA Board).

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This 141-page slide PPT contains all of the poems in the Conflict cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the PPT contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discu

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Study Guides, PowerPoint Presentations, English (UK)

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8th - 12th

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Conflict Poetry Anthology Revision/Study Guide (EDEXCEL Board).

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This 159-page study guide contains all of the poems in the Conflict Poetry cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the study guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structu

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8th - 12th

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Time & Place Poetry Anthology Study Guide (EDEXCEL Board).

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This 205-page study guide contains all of the poems in the EDEXCEL Time and Place cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the study guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay

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8th - 12th

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