A lesson aimed at introducing students to the context of A Christmas Carol. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Independent task is for students to write a diary entry from the perspective of a child in a workhouse.

Lesson is aimed at students being able to understand the role of the ghost of Christmas past and to begin to empathise with Scrooge and explore how he changed. Lesson differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. AImed at KS3 but can easily be adapted for KS4 students. Lesson asks students to think about what makes a typical gothic setting.Students watch clips and read through an extract from Dracula.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson involves getting students to think about what a typical gothic monster is, look at extracts and eventually create and write a description of their own monster. Lesson is aimed at KS3 students but can easily be adapted for KS4.

An introduction to the GCSE play, teaching students the social and historical context of the play. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.

Lesson asks students to choose a door to another world (Hogwarts, Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland and Middle Earth.) They then plan the opening and eventually go on to produce a piece of creative writing describing their journey to this other world. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at KS3 but can also be used with KS4 to practice language paper 1, question 5 skills. Please leave a review, i’d love your feedback :)

Lesson looks at the context of the poem, the language and structure and gets students to analyse key quotations. This lesson also includes annotations of the poem. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson is aimed at GCSE students as part of the Power and Conflict Poetry for GCSE English Literature.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Students are given various tasks before answering an exam style question. Lesson focuses on Act 1, Scene 3 and the impact of the witches prophecies.

Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson starter asks students to write down a funny story that is either truth or a lie. The teacher then collects these in and returns to them for the plenary. The main part of the lesson involves students been allocated a topic and having to work with others to gather information about that topic to eventually present their findings.

Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson is based around the concept of Room 101 with students being asked to think about their pet peeves and eventually work in a group to present a short presentation on why it should be put into room 101.

Lesson is part of a series of lessons teaching OMAM but could work as a stand alone lesson. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson looks at setting in chapter 1 and links to chapter 6.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Students are given various tasks before answering an exam style question. Lesson focuses on Act 1, Scene 2 and how the character of Macbeth is established as a hero and why this is important.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Students are given various tasks before answering an exam style question. Lesson focuses on Act 1, Scene 6 and the character of Lady Macbeth.

A lesson taught as part of a unit teaching Of Mice and Men. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at a top-set year 9 class but can easily be adapted for lower ability groups.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at introducing Chaucer to KS3. This lesson focuses on the character of the Cook and looks at cooking in the Middle Ages.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson focuses on teaching an unseen poem to KS4 students.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson is part of a unit of work for KS3 studying Myths and Legends. Lesson uses the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Lesson is aimed at developing students’ understanding of the General Election. Lesson looks at the history of voting, what happens in a General Election, who the main parties and leaders are & what the main pledges of each party are. Students have a choice of tasks based on speech writing. They can either write a speech arguing that the voting age should be 16 or write a speech arguing which political party should be in power.

-A lesson made as part of a KS3 unit of work about Chaucer. -Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. -Lesson focuses on the character of the Miller and introducing students to comparing characters.