The Crucible - Allegory and McCarthyism This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded on the Crucible. The lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to deliver – but you may wish to update them for your own context. This lesson has lesson objectives of: To understand the term Allegory and how it relates to The Crucible. To understand McCarthyism. To develop knowledge of the events in The Crucible

This is one of a series of lessons/ activities / worksheets that I am uploading on the old AQA anthology poems. The lessons obviously have a comparative strand running through them and there are lessons for all of the poems from Cluster 1 and 2 uploaded as well as lessons that compare two poems or teach how to analyse them / compare them. Obviously no use for the old spec, but entirwely useful for the poetry comparison piece of controlled assesment in the new AQA spec.

This is a full lesson PP on Story Openings.

taught for the AQA new specification, this lesson goes over different language features and how they are used / what their effect is. Lesson builds on my previous lessons on the new AQA language spec - please look at them for build up and follow on. If you like it, please rate it!

This is a full lesson on PP that explains how to compare poems - great for the unseen poem on the new AQA specification in Lit.

This is a little interactive quiz that can be put into any lesson on poetic techniques.

This is a set of articles about the Death Penalty - great for anlaysing persuasive techniques.

Intro To Shakespeare Full Scheme Of Work- Resources This is a full scheme of work aimed at Year 7 for introducing Shakespeare's plays and Macbeth in particular. I have also uploaded all of the resources in one upload as well as the pps separately.

This lesson is designed to help pupils think about their sentence structures. It is a full lesson PP with objective, starter, intro, development and plenary. Utilises reading image work and kinaesthetic activities to support sentence building. Based on the Titanic and part of a larger scheme of work. Pupils love it and it has proven results! Enjoy!

This is a full powerpoint lessons, ready to teach with any resources that are applicable attached for ease of finding. This lesson covers The Loch Ness Monster and extending vocab.

This is one of the many lessons and resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of Macbeth to year 7s working at level 4/5 in English. It's based on an end result of old SATs style type question that can be APP'd. This worksheet is an exercise to chart the emotions and changes in Lady Macbeth.

A complete Shakespeare lesson plan for Romeo & Juliet. The Powerpoint presentation explores how sociall and historical context of Shakespeare's life and times affect her character.

Harry Potter – Tension & Suspense This is one lesson of several lessons that I have uploaded (with resources if applicable) on the novel harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. All of the lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to teach, although you may wish to adopt them for your own context. This full lesson covers how language choices create feeling and mood.

After learning about Dickens and gaining familiarity with the book, this is a pictorial quiz that encourages pupils to think about the links in the book.

an interactive quiz for the whole class to use - get answers on whiteboards and you have a whole class AFL tool too.

This is a full lesson PP ready to teach, although you will want to adopt it for your own context. The L/O: How do the poets: Jessie Pope and Siegfried Sassoon , use language to convey their different views about war?

This is a full lesson plan that encourages pupils to reevaluate their work and set their won targets.

Pupils use this sheet to plan how to write a dual narritive

English Functional Skills Lesson 4 Level 1 and 2 These are lessons that are aimed at NC level 5 /6 / GCSE D/C learners who are trying to get Level 1 / 2 in Functional Skills English. I will uploaded as many lessons as I can find. I certainly have the first 4 of this unti that encorporates a little Maths but predominantly English. These lessons look at the notion of family and marriage and whether or not marriage is still relevant.

Printable handout worksheet containing a synopsis of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Save time by printing this handout for your class.