A lesson that teaches students how to identify and comment on the impact of semantic fields within the short extract in AQA Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3. Students will be familiar with zooming in to analyse the key word choices but they can make a more sophisticated point if they can discuss the combined effect of a range of words which are linked semantically. This lesson gives students lots of opportunities to practice developing this skill using 6 different extracts.

This 227 slide (full day inset) PowerPoint covers the following areas in depth: • The SEND Code of conduct and the implications for teachers • The 5 recommendations from the EEF SEND review • The emphasis on high quality teaching as a first step in support • Guidance on scaffolding, flexible groupings, collaboration, metacognition • Advice of identifying and supporting students with dyslexia • Advice on supporting SEND students with reading • Advice on practical differentiation and adaptive teaching within lessons • Opportunities for teachings to put the ideas into practice. Suitable for trainee teachers or experienced practitioners.

A simple cloze exercise for reinforcing knowledge of the basic plot to Macbeth. Answers are on page 2.

A collection of 5 grade 9 model responses to AQA questions. Relationships between adults and children Juliet’s feelings for Romeo (2 versions) Romeo’s feelings for Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s relationship

Card match up activity for reinforcing knowledge of 10 poetic techniques. Cut out the coloured cards. Ask students to match the technique to the definition and the example.

A straight-forward plot summary cloze exercise to reinforce knowledge of the plot to Jekyll and Hyde. Includes the answers on page 2.

A card match up activity for reinforcing knowledge of persuasive techniques. Cut out the coloured cards. Students then need to match the technique to the definition and the example.

Students study the list of 40 common symbols in literature alongside their common meanings. They then move on to complete a multiple choice quiz based on matching the symbols to the meaning. Ideal for introducing KS2 or KS3 students to the power of symbolism to help make their creative writing more sophisticated.

A collection of 60 similes. 15 for each of the four seasons to support creative writing.

Two multiple choice quizzes on similes. Exercise 1 asks students to complete each simile by picking the most apt simile from a choice of 4. Exercise 2 asks students to identify the feelings evoked by similes.

A worksheet activity to help students become more confident with identiying the impact of similes. Each question starts with 'Which simile evokes a sense of …?. Students look at the 4 possible answers and pick the simile that best answers the question. There are 16 questions in total. Answers are on page 2.

Students study the sheet of colours and their typical connotations in literature. They then move on to test their understanding by completing the 20 question multiple choice quiz. Answers are included.

I created this word bank to support my students in their creative writing by providing them with some ambitious words to help describe different weather settings in a sophisticated way. I hope you also find this useful.

Students often use cliched onomatopoeic sounds in their creative writing, so I have created this list to help offer students more choice in their use of onomatopoeia.

A detailed 26 slide PowerPoint which offers a comprehensive overview of The Map Woman. Includes discussion of big ideas, detailed annotations of all 13 stanzas, exemplar paragraphs, and extension tasks to consider the thematic similarities to other poems in the collection.

Hugely detailed and lengthy PowerPoint that includes an overview of key ideas in the poem, annotations of the whole poem and a range of tasks to help students explore the ideas in the poem. Tasks encourage students to explore authorial methods, historicism, and feminist critics. Also guides students towards completing an exam question looking at the position of the poem within the collection as a whole.

A 21 slide PowerPoint lesson introducing the elegies: North-West, Death and the Moon and Wish - the three final poems in the Feminine Gospels collection. Includes an overview of each poem, detailed line by line annotations, exploratory questions linking the themes in the poem to themes in the wider collection and a comparative task focusing on the theme of death.

Detailed revision cards for 12 of the most significant poems in the Feminine Gospels collection. Each revision card contains an overview of the poem and detailed analysis of what I consider to be the 3 most significant quotations in each poem. I have also attached a blank version for students to have a go at creating their own versions of the revision cards. Also available as a bundle containing 15 lessons looking in detail at most of the poems in the collection: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12586188

A revision sheet containing detailed analysis of 10 significant quotations in this key poem from The Feminine Gospels collection by Carol Ann Duffy.

Lesson which gives a detailed overview of this key poem from The Feminine Gospels collection. Includes detailed annotations, exploratory questions and encourages students to make conceptual links to other poems in the collection.