Tag Archives: KS3 English

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Posted on June 28, 2021 by ofamily

Shakespeare was one of those topics that I was a bit nervous about. I worried that I would miss something or interpret something incorrectly but when we covered Romeo and Juliet it actually went really well. So well in fact … Continue reading →

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Boost Your Vocabulary workbook 2 for KS3

Posted on June 17, 2021 by ofamily

I recently wrote a post about the Boost your Vocabulary workbook 1 that we are using and enjoying and as luck would have it we were also given a copy of the new Boost Your Vocabulary workbook 2 from Oxford … Continue reading →

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Sunflower poetry unit from Twinkl

Posted on June 15, 2021 by ofamily

Over the past few months we have been focusing a bit more on poetry (it is one of those areas that I feel we have neglected a bit). We have been working through a workbook, trying to read and discuss … Continue reading →

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English Literature from Twinkl for Secondary years

Posted on May 19, 2021 by ofamily

One of the resources that we are using for KS3 is the Twinkl Website. I know it has traditionally being thought of as a resource for primary years but they have created quite an impressive Secondary section. I must admit … Continue reading →

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Pride and Prejudice

Posted on April 21, 2021 by ofamily

I have mentioned a few times in different posts that my Year 8 daughter is busy reading Pride and Prejudice and we are doing it as one of her English Literature activities for the year. Well, we are finished. It … Continue reading →