I get asked a lot which resources I would recommend to push high ability students to grades 7-9.... so here are my recommendations that will help HA (Higher Prior Ability) Students stretch to a grade 7-9! Tried and tested on my own students of course. The skills in the resources generally demonstrate higher-level-thinking and encourages depth, layers and critical thinking. They are not a silver bullet and will need to be embedded through repetition and deliberate practice, checking understanding and a lot of testing. * In this HIGH ABILITY 7-9 Secondary English Teacher Resource bundle, you will receive 25 resources: Language Daily Drills Language Skills Allusions, Semantic Fields and Extended Metaphors in Creative Writing Show don't tell Creative writing level ladders Language Analysis level ladders Literature (but the skills interleave with Language too) Symbols and Symbolism The Diamond SO analysis Constructs Dramatic Vehicles Embedding Quotations Ameliorates and Exacerbates Inside/Outside the text One quote, three inferences Literature analysis ladders Pairing/Tracking Quotations SMILE unseen poetry scaffolding Thesis Statement Openers Anthology Essay Structure Strip Academic phrasing stems Academic phrasing - Lit edition Retrieval Reduce, represent, review The question matrix Elaborate and extend 36 box grids + thinking/linking Explicit info The AOs of ALL lit and lang Enjoy! *Downloading and using this bundle will NOT guarantee you/your students a grade 7-9