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Here to provide some handy resources to help with the huge amount of time that planning takes up. A variety of resources for literacy, library, English and Classics teaching. Teacher of English and Classics for 17 years with plenty of experience in secondary schools. Whole school Literacy co-ordination in 5 schools. If you are looking for something particular, please let me know and I will see if I can help you out.

Here to provide some handy resources to help with the huge amount of time that planning takes up. A variety of resources for literacy, library, English and Classics teaching. Teacher of English and Classics for 17 years with plenty of experience in secondary schools. Whole school Literacy co-ordination in 5 schools. If you are looking for something particular, please let me know and I will see if I can help you out.
Roman City Life Satire Pliny revision  video
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Roman City Life Satire Pliny revision video

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A video recorded for my pupils that covers Roman City Life Satire. This video talks through ‘discrimination at a dinner party’ by Pliny and then goes on to talk about Pliny’s life and history. I do have a cold in it so a little muffled on occasion, but it covers the text fully and provides a nice audio/ visual resources for revision to get pupils to annotate and discuss in lessons. Only 7 mintues. I have completed videos for all of the Pliny Satires, as well as Horace, Juvenal and Petronius - these are in paid resources, so, if this works well for you, please do pop me a review and feel free to purchase the others.
Myth and Religion Classics GCSE Unit 1.3 religion and the city introduction to Temples
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Myth and Religion Classics GCSE Unit 1.3 religion and the city introduction to Temples

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This is the first lesson for the OCR Myth and Religion Classics GCSE 1:3- Religion and the city unit. It covers the unit outline and expectations, as well as information about both Greek and Roman temples. There is some discussion based around modern day churches and comparison with ancient structural choices, diagrams for your pupils to label and a fun task for them to complete to help them remember the structure of a temple of their choice (Greek or Roman.) There is also a prep which will lead into the starter activity for the next lesson. I am teaching this unit at this moment and currently using the half-term to work on creating my lessons- I will be uploading a full unit bundle (for a small price) when I have completed it. This lesson should give you a free sample of the lessons you can expect should you wish to purchase and download the bundle when I have uploaded it.
Literacy lesson on sentence structure/ construction/ composition
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Literacy lesson on sentence structure/ construction/ composition

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A lesson on sentence structure and composition, looking at simple, complex and compund with tasks for writing, indentifying and consideration of impact in extended pieces of writing. This is a free lesson but is part of the 12 lesson bundle that you can purchase which focuses on a variety of literacy topics.
AQA Mercutio essay preparation and practise
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AQA Mercutio essay preparation and practise

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A lesson on the AQA GCSE mark scheme, criteria and expectations in relation to the AOs. Analysis prompts and essay prompts allow students to create a fully developed essay in another lesson or for homework.
A Christmas Carol -Characterisation of Scrooge
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A Christmas Carol -Characterisation of Scrooge

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This is lesson 2B from my ‘A Christmas Carol teaching unit’ which covers the whole text for GCSE teaching purposes. It is based on GCSE AQA specifications, but can be adapted for any year group or exam board- page numbers will need to be edited to your copy. This lesson is a taster of what you can expect from my set of 24 lessons which can be purchased as a bundle- though I am offering a few lessons for free and a few for £1 purchase. There is also a revision/ task booklet avaliable and a revision bundle. There is a video attached to the description/ preview page so you can see the whole unit of work with the many resources avaliable should you wish to have more information. This particular lesson focuses on the intial depcition of Scrooge, analysing the language used by Dickens, modelling a paragraph of writing in response to a question and then leading pupils to write their own response.
A Christmas Carol historical context- intro to novella
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A Christmas Carol historical context- intro to novella

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This is lesson 1 from my ‘A Christmas Carol teaching unit’ which covers the whole text for GCSE teaching purposes. It is based on GCSE AQA specifications, but can be adapted for any year group or exam board- oage numbers will need to be edited to your copy. This lesson is a taster of what you can expect from my set of 24 lessons which can be purchased as a bundle- though I am offering a few lessons for free and a few for £1 purchase. There is also a revision/ task booklet avaliable and a revision bundle. There is a video attached to the description/ oreview page so you can see the whole unit of work with the many resources avaliable should you wish to have more information. This particular lesson asks pupils to recap their prior knowledge about Charles Dickens, links to a short video about Dickens’ childhood and early life and gets pupils to explore different pictures from the Victorian era to see the problems with Victorian society that led to Dickens’ pesual of social reform. Top tip: Click on the Christmas tree on the starter activity of each lesson and it will link you to a chrictmas carol/ song that can play as your pupils enter the room- a great, fun start that has a clear time limit for the starter activity to be completed- or for the class to settle down ready to learn :)
Literacy parts of speech/ word classifications
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Literacy parts of speech/ word classifications

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A fun resources with activities such as word classification matching and bingo. Used as a revision for KS3 or KS2 pupils. There is also a focus on the impact of word choices at the end where the pupils look at verbs in an extract This is one example of a number of lessons that I have which are called ‘Literacy Focus’ I have this on for free, please do purchase the others in this series for £1 if they work for your class.
Roman City Life OCR Literature talk through videos Petronius
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Roman City Life OCR Literature talk through videos Petronius

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A two part video of Petronius’ dinner with Trimalchio. Starts with a bit of history on Petronius and then goes on to two videos talking through the resrouce to help pupils understand the text. The resource is displayed on the screen so pupils could annotate from the recording if they want (I don not actively annotate on the screen) The two parts together are 38 minutes so quite a lot of detail here. This was created for my pupils and they are using it for revision. It could also be used for homework/ teaching/ cover lesson.
OCR Classics Universal hero- hercules revision lesson
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OCR Classics Universal hero- hercules revision lesson

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A revision lesson for the Universal Hero unit for OCR Heracles/ Hercules. Information provided in slides with additional links to videos (not mine) that can be found online for pupils to watch and talk them through the metopes/literary sources. An example 8 mark and 15 mark at the end to plan as a class
OCR Classics revision Myth and Religion  Foundation stories lesson
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OCR Classics revision Myth and Religion Foundation stories lesson

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A revision lesson on the Foundations stories unit of Myth and Religion. Taking the pupils through detailed work on Aeneas with line of Alban Kings. Then Foundation stories links to videos (not mine but free) so they can cover the Kylix and the Birth of Athena. 8 marker planning provided and 15 mark questions you can plan together as a class.
OCR Roman City Life Roman home and family + Society revision lesson
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OCR Roman City Life Roman home and family + Society revision lesson

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A revision lesson for pupils on Roman Home and Family and Society Taking pupils through the Paterfamilas, Roman edcucation, Roman society, slaves, freedmen and Tomb of Naevolia Tyche. This is a lecture style lesson which I used for revision before the exam so mainly information but all information put together for you so you can add some extra tasks should you so wish. Could also be given to the students to revise from a few days before
OCR Universal Hero- Heracles/ Hercules revision lesson
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OCR Universal Hero- Heracles/ Hercules revision lesson

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A revision lesson for the Universal Hero unit. To be delivered in class with a 15 mark and a 8 mark to discuss and plan at the end related to Hercules. Information covered with links to videos (not mine- free online) that pupils can access for additional revision about the individual metopes. Best used to cover in class and set for revision for the pupils
Classics GCSE OCR-Myth and Religion revision  -  Greek Gods
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Classics GCSE OCR-Myth and Religion revision - Greek Gods

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A GCSE revision ppt that covers all of the Greek god with images that can be used to test knowledge- after identification, infomation about each God is presented with iconography and terminology., The lesson also contains numerous past paper one/two mark questions to practise and there are two past paper 15 markers at the end with planning/ ideas to help pupils begin a response.
Poetry quiz/ poetry day
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Poetry quiz/ poetry day

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A quiz on many things poetry to be used for tutor groups or classes. Over twenty questions with rounds on: Nursery rhymes Poetic techniques General knowledge riddles
A Christmas Carol- Stave two character discussion, hot seating, persuasive speech and debate.
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A Christmas Carol- Stave two character discussion, hot seating, persuasive speech and debate.

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This is lesson 13 from my ‘A Christmas Carol teaching unit’ which covers the whole text for GCSE teaching purposes. It is based on GCSE AQA specifications, but can be adapted for any year group or exam board- page numbers will need to be edited to your copy. This lesson is a taster of what you can expect from my set of 24 lessons which can be purchased as a bundle- though I am offering a few lessons for free and a few for £1 purchase. There is also a revision/ task booklet avaliable and a revision bundle. There is a video attached to the description/ preview page so you can see the whole unit of work with the many resources avaliable should you wish to have more information. This lesson specifically focuses on the characters presented in Stave 2 (Fezziwig, Little Fan and Belle) and asks pupils to discuss which is the most influential to Scrooge’s development at this stage in the text. There are a mixture of activities with hot-seating, persuasive speech writing, debates and discussion.
A Christmas Carol- The Ghost of Christmas Present  and Dickens'  need for social reform
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A Christmas Carol- The Ghost of Christmas Present and Dickens' need for social reform

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This is lesson 15 from my ‘A Christmas Carol teaching unit’ which covers the whole text for GCSE teaching purposes. It is based on GCSE AQA specifications, but can be adapted for any year group or exam board- page numbers will need to be edited to your copy. This lesson is a taster of what you can expect from my set of 24 lessons which can be purchased as a bundle- though I am offering a few lessons for free and a few for £1 purchase. There is also a revision/ task booklet avaliable and a revision bundle. There is a video attached to the description/ preview page so you can see the whole unit of work with the many resources avaliable should you wish to have more information. This lesson specifically focuses on The Ghost of Christmas present and the presentation of the Cratchitts. It tackles the Poor Laws, Scrooge’s comments on the poor, Maltheus and the need for social reform/ what message Dickens’ is trying to convey through his novella- leading pupils to write a paragraph which considers authorial intention and context (A03)
Library books exploration lesson/s
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Library books exploration lesson/s

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A useful resource to use to get pupils exploring books from different genres and develop an idea of their own preferences. Lasts 2/3 lessons. (this can be used not for genres, just for books you have chosen for them to explore) Set up 5/6 books on each table (can be more or less depending on your time) from different genres as a carousel and get the pupils to look at the title, read the first page and the blurb of all on the table. Pupils choose the best one from each table and rate it. Activity leads on where they can consider their own crafting and what genre they would lean towards writing themselves. Writing frame applied for this.
Half Caste independent exploration sheet
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Half Caste independent exploration sheet

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A copy of the poem with question prompts around it to allow for independent or group exploration prior to teaching. Excellent for teaching unseen poetry exploration or to set as a prep for teaching of poem next lesson. Whole task will fill a 40 minute lesson with feedback.
Christmas quiz 2022
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Christmas quiz 2022

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50 questions/ slides that make up a jolly chirstmas quiz. Four rounds: Film, trivia, music and secret celebrity santa. The preview page has a few snippets of the questions but they are a true mix with something for everyone one- historical facts, recall of information and sing along embedded christmas tunes that link to questions. Edit to make shorter, longer or turn it into a kahoot or blooket. This took a long time to put together, so save yourself some time and purchase a ready to go Christmas quiz lesson in full! Answers also supplied. Enjoy!