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During my 34 year career as an English teacher, I have taught in primary and secondary state, private and international schools. Additionally, I have been SEN English teacher, a teacher of EAL, and a provider of teaching workshops and resources for teachers of English. I have a wide knowledge of and great interest in the theory and practice of education because I believe in being constantly curious about the craft of teaching. I have a particular interest in mind mapping, accelerated learning, multiple intelligences and critical/ creative thinking – and have also created resources showing the application of these concepts to the teaching of English writing, grammar, literature and spelling.I am presently creating resources for IB English B students and teachers.
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IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
This is the mega bundle of my SKILLS SUPPORT LESSONS PACK containing all of these engaging lessons: How to Hook Your Reader (3 lessons)How to Persuade Your Reader (2 lessons)How to Write a Contextual Intro Paragraph (1 lesson)Active and Passive Voice (1 lesson)Formal and Informal Writing (2 lessons)Direct and Reported Speech (1 lesson)Sentence Variety (1+ Lesson)Speak Circles (1 lesson)Harkness Discussions (3 lessons)Year 12 Introduction to IB Skills (3 lessons)18 x SKILLS SUPPORT LESSONS Read
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
IB ENG B: SKILLS SUPPORT LESSONS: How to run a HARKNESS DISCUSSION 3-lesson Pack
Are you looking for a way to improve your IB English B students' discussion skills? Look no further than Contented Being’s ready-made Harkness Discussion lessons! Harkness Discussions are student-led discussions where students gather to discuss a text or topic, fostering active listening, critical thinking, and respectful dialogue. The focus is very much on the students leading the discussion and learning from each other.In just three lessons, your students will learn the skills needed to run an
11th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
Also included in: IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT LESSONS: Speak Circles SPEAKING Lesson
Looking for a fun and engaging way to improve your students' speaking skills? Look no further than Speak Circles! My ready-made lesson includes everything you need to get started, including 6 speaking card sets (with 18 speaking frames each) and a complete just-click lesson slideshow. By the end of the lesson, your students will have learned the ground rules for respectful listening, the rules for Speak Circles, and practised using a variety of sentence starters and frames through rounds based o
12th
English Language Arts, Other (ELA)
Also included in: IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
IB ENG B: An Introduction to Eng B (3-lesson Pack)
Looking for lessons to introduce your Year 12 students to some of the important skills needed for the IB English B course? Designed to develop independent learning skills, these 3 low-to-no prep introductory lessons are ideal! In Lesson 1, students will generate 20 questions about the course, brainstorm research options, and locate specific information. In Lesson 2, students will explore essential questions about each of the 5 themes and generate topics related to each theme by encapsulating th
11th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
Also included in: IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
IB ENG B: SKILLS SUPPORT LESSONS: Formal and Informal Mini-Bundle
Two highly engaging lessons for students to learn how to write in both formal and informal registers.
11th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
IB ENG B: LITERATURE PACK
Would you like an HL literature teaching pack containing low-to-no-prep resources with EVERYTHING you need to prepare your students for their Individual Oral?Look no further than my Individual Oral Preparation Resources, specifically designed for busy teachers like you. My IB English B HL Literature Pack is fully-resourced, time-saving, and instantly-usable, making it perfect for both new and experienced teachers. This pack is based on my award-winning and highly-acclaimed young adult novel abo
11th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Sentence Variety SWIRL Lesson
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT SWIRL LESSON: Sentence Variety(60 minutes – May take longer)This lesson supports the writing of all text types. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Handout resources Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have used a jigsaw activity to teach each other 18 different ways to vary their sentences, incorporating sentence starters, sentence expanders, sentence punctuation and sentence types. Students will have used what they have learne
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts
Also included in: IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Formal and Informal SWIRL Lesson
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT SWIRL LESSON: Formal and Informal(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of all text types. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Handout resources Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have discerned through speaking, writing, interacting, reading and listening (SWIRL) activities. the rules for writing both formal and informal registers using 4 formal and informal letters . From a loud starter, to paired tasks where students h
11th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
Also included in: IB ENG B: SKILLS SUPPORT LESSONS: Formal and Informal Mini-Bundle
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Formal and Informal VOCAB LESSON
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT VOCABULARY LESSON: Formal and Informal(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of all the required English B Text types. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Resource Booklet Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned 6 sets of 18 vocabulary words associated with formal and informal writing in these categories: contractions, FANBOYS and conjunctive adverbs, formal vocabulary, colloquial language, nominalised verbs and adj
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
Also included in: IB ENG B: SKILLS SUPPORT LESSONS: Formal and Informal Mini-Bundle
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Direct and Indirect Speech SWIRL LESSON
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT SWIRL LESSON: Direct and Indirect Speech(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Embedded Interview, Editorial, Opinion Column, News Report Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Handout resources 3. Homework ANSWER KEY Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned the rules for writing both direct and indirect speech using speaking, writing, interacting, reading and listening (SWIRL) activities.
11th - 12th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Also included in: IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Contextual Background LISTENING LESSON.
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT LISTENING LESSON: How to Write Contextual Background Paragraph(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Essays, Letters to the editor, Opinion columns, News and magazine articles, Speeches, Blog posts, Proposals, Official reports. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Student WORKBOOK 3. Student Workbook ANSWER KEY 4. Audio Track Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have practised listening skills to lea
11th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
Also included in: IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Active and Passive LISTENING LESSON
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT LISTENING LESSON: Active and Passive Voice(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Proposals, Letters to the Editor, Official Report, Formal Email Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Student WORKBOOK 3. Student Workbook ANSWER KEY 4. Audio Tracks Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned how to distinguish between active and passive voice and learned how to create passive sentences through li
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
Also included in: IB ENG B SKILLS SUPPORT PACK BUNDLE
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS: How to Persuade Your Reader Lessons Mini-Bundle
A LISTENING and a WRITING lesson to help IB English B students develop and practise the skills needed to write effective text types. 1. WRITING SKILLS SUPPORT LISTENING LESSON: How to PERSUADE your reader.(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Opinion Columns, Speeches, Brochures, Advertisements, Argumentative Essays, Proposals. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Student WORKBOOK 3. Student Workbook ANSWER KEY 3. Audio Track Lesson Outcome:By the
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to PERSUADE Your Reader WRITING LESSON
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT WRITING LESSON: How to PERSUADE your reader.(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Opinion Columns, Speeches, Brochures, Advertisements, Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Resource Pack Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have practised writing 14 persuasive writing techniques. Activities:1. Activity 1 MATCHING PAIRS STARTER: to match the example to the relevant technique. 2. Activity 2 SEN
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to PERSUADE Your Reader LISTENING LESSON
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT LISTENING LESSON: How to PERSUADE your reader.(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Opinion Columns, Speeches, Brochures, Advertisements, Argumentative Essays, Proposals. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Student WORKBOOK 3. Student Workbook ANSWER KEY 4. Audio Track Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned about 14 effective PERSUASIVE writing tools. Activities:1. Activity 1 PRE-LIS
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS: How to HOOK Your Reader Lessons Mini-Bundle
3 Dynamic and highly-interactive lessons to teach IB students how to develop the skill of writing effective hooks to engage their readers. One way this bundle can be used is to provide the Listening Lesson to SL students; the SWIRL lesson to HL and the Writing Lesson to both SL and HL. (Although, I only teach HL students and have successfully used all 3 lessons with them.) All 3 lessons support the writing of the following text types: Blogs, Speeches, Articles, Social Media Posts, Advertisement
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to HOOK Your Reader WRITING Lesson
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT WRITING LESSON: How to Write Effective Hooks(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Blogs, Speeches, Articles, Social Media Posts, Advertisements. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Student Workbook Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have created a variety of sentence frames using hook mentor sentences and then used those frames to practise writing 5 different hooks for 5 separate text types. T
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
Also included in: IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS: How to HOOK Your Reader Lessons Mini-Bundle
IB ENG B: TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to HOOK Your Reader SWIRL Lesson
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT SWIRL LESSON: (Speaking, Writing, Interacting, Reading, Listening) How to Write Effective Hooks (60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Blogs, Speeches, Articles, Social Media Posts, Advertisements. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. SWIRL Resource Pack 3. Audio Track Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have used sentence unscrambling, dictogloss, running dictation, and group discussion tasks to
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
Also included in: IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS: How to HOOK Your Reader Lessons Mini-Bundle
IB ENG B: TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to HOOK Your Reader LISTENING Lesson
TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT LISTENING LESSON: How to Write Effective Hooks(60 minutes)This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Blogs, Speeches, Articles, Social Media Posts, Advertisements. Resources: 1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW 2. Student WORKBOOK 3. Student Workbook ANSWER KEY 4. Audio Track Lesson Outcome:By the end of this lesson, your students will have practised listening skills to learn about 5 effective ways to hook their readers AND they will have made mind map
11th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
Also included in: IB ENG B TEXT TYPES SKILLS: How to HOOK Your Reader Lessons Mini-Bundle
IB ENGLISH B TEXT TYPES TEACHING UNIT: DIARY ENTRY
A 10-lesson unit based on a mentor text written from the point of view of young student who writes a diary entry after she visits an authentic Chinese restaurant for the very first time. This is what you can look forward to when you download this product: 1 Unit lesson plan overview document – lesson activities, learning intentions, differentiation, ATLs 1 TEN-page Student Workbook – which, when completed, serves as a revision document for use prior to examinations and includes a scaffold
12th
English Language Arts
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About the store
Experience
During my 34 year career as an English teacher, I have taught in primary and secondary state, private and international schools. Additionally, I have been SEN English teacher, a teacher of EAL, and a provider of teaching workshops and resources for teachers of English. I have a wide knowledge of and great interest in the theory and practice of education because I believe in being constantly curious about the craft of teaching. I have a particular interest in mind mapping, accelerated learning, multiple intelligences and critical/ creative thinking – and have also created resources showing the application of these concepts to the teaching of English writing, grammar, literature and spelling.I am presently creating resources for IB English B students and teachers.
Teaching style
The environment I provide for students is bright, cheerful and encouraging. I focus on the individual as I teach and use a considerable variety of methods to enable students to learn from each other through group work and discussion. Additionally, I employ strategies to develop critical, creative and independent thinking skills. My knowledge of action research, formative assessment and extensive experience in curriculum development allows me to explore ways in which students learn. This has led to my creating a successful licensed learning-to-learn system which has helped raise student levels of esteem, confidence and learning ability in schools across the UK.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Qualified Teacher Status (UK)
Multiple awards and accolades for my novel, poetry books, screenplay and stage play - visit www.alandavidpritchard.com
My own education history
High school diploma
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Higher Diploma in Education
Qualified Teacher Status
Additional biographical information
Regarded as innovative and a source of good teaching practice, I have often been invited to share my ideas with other teachers at schools across the UK and as far afield as Spain, Malaysia,South Africa and China. Indeed, some schools have attributed their improved results to my methods and ideas.
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