Lessons for “Road to Winter” by Mark Smith - section for ONENOTE use only. 30 lesson pages suitable for a Year 9 or 10 class

Starter activities to suit an English classroom, e.g. word targets, creative writing prompts and spelling error correction slides. 78 in total with answers at the end.

A three term program of activities and lessons focusing on simple, compound and complex sentence structure. Suitable for Year 7 and 8 classes of all abilities.

Complete unit of work focusing on texts associated with the genre ‘dystopia’. Files are typically ppt and word docs featuring lesson activities and associated extracts for study. Would suit a Year 9 level, maybe Year 10.

Fifteen week unit of work providing a basis for the study of “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding. Some assorted end of unit activities included.

Seven week unit of work focusing on a study of “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Introduction to Poetry unit - suitable for a Year 7 to 8 group. A six week unit with some additional content relating to sonnets and ballads that would be applicable for a stronger set of students. Word docs and ppt files provided in a zip file.

A six week program of study focusing on key authors from the 19th Century. Assessment provided as well.

Unit of work focusing on the play “Honey Spot” by Jack Davis.

Four lesson “Fahrenheit 451” novel study focusing on themes, characters, symbolism and irony.

Two lesson series on a BBC news article and an article from The Day concerning ‘fast fashion’.

An eight week unit plan for the novel “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman

Two lesson series on Logos, Ethos and Pathos centred around a speech from Bill Gates in 2015 warning about future pandemics.

War Girls by Jessie Pope Two period lesson focusing on the context of the poem as well as the poet and her works.

Single lesson study of “Black Anzac” by Uncle Cecil Fisher focusing on analysis and context development of Indigenous viewpoints in poetry.

Fortnightly Spelling Bee powerpoint based on word list from UK National curriculum. Half term review opportunities built in for use in the classroom.

Blogging study focusing on the topic of sustainability via an annotated sample from ‘Climate Conscious’ blog.

Introductory study focusing on slam poetry through a study of Alice Eather’s poem “The Word” & Luka Lesson’s work “Please resist me”.

Analysis lesson of the speech delivered by Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of President Biden title “The Hill We Climb”.

20 Lesson unit of work focusing on the Shakespearian play “As You Like It” with links to the 2010 Globe Theatre recording of the play. Resources are included to support this unit of study which covers all scenes in the play with a variety of creative and analytical tasks.

A unit of work, for OneNote, in which students complete activities designed around improving their spelling. Note: This is a zip file containing a OneNote section - individual lessons are found within as well as related resources. Year 8 and 7 focused, with resources which allow for pre and post testing using Naplan words from past papers. Additonal resources can be found for each lesson with four lessons for both Year 7 and Year 8. Additonal spelling resources included, e.g. a Spelling Bee and a worksheet designed to review words that are identified from testing.