AQA A Level Poetry post 1900- One Flesh by Elizabeth Jennings A presentation to support the teaching of the poem. Includes the contextual information on the poet and the poem with annotations to assist classroom discussions.

Questions for Year 8 and 9 to support their reading and understanding of the story "Scared" by Horowitz. Includes questions and ideas for discussion in class. Used as part of a Gothic short story unit.

A range of resources to support the teaching of a Gothic series of lessons with a focus on building atmosphere and creating unusual settings which stir the imagination and engage the reader. Designed for year 9 originally, but can be adapted across the key stage as the resource uses so many visual stimulus. Gives students a success criteria to work towards.

AQA Love through the Ages A Level Poetry- Post 1900 I Being Born a Woman and Distressed Presentation to support the teaching of the poem. Includes biographical information on the poet. Copy of the poem with annotations for classroom discussions. Questions to stimulate discussion.

Lesson designed to support students to write creatively and accurately in the character of Richard the Third. Includes model answers from students to show imaginative and creative uses of language. Year 8 Shakespeare's villains unit- bringing the character to life.

A range of lessons designed to help students create imaginative and detailed creative writing to describe. Uses an extract from Gerrald Durrell's writing "My Family and Other Animals." Range of photographs from around the world designed to stimulate interest from a Year 9 Classes. Also uses a range of ideas from the Maze-runner to support Descriptive writing.

Lessons based on the popularity of the teenage dystopian novel at this time. Discussion points for the class to consider why the form is so popular today. What relevance does it have for today's teens? Also reading skills looking at alliteration in the first chapter and how other language devices can be recognised and used for effect by the writer. Sample paragraphs to model writing an extended response.

A series of lessons for KS3 students to help them understand and identify Gothic features in the novel, and to write about language features in a short assessment using PEE paragraphs structure. Includes presentations, extracts and worksheets to support the lessons

A lesson plan for students to identify creative writing techniques using extracts from "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter. They will then use these techniques to create their own dark fairy tale based upon the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Includes some extracts from the stories.

Presentation to support the teaching of the short story "Hey You Down There!" by Harold Rolseth. This includes a range of questions on the story and areas for group discussion. Designed for KS3 year 8 and 9 classes.

Lessons for year 9 including ideas for creating character and sensory writing based upon extracts from writing based upon the First World War.

Writing for Review aimed at year 9 - ideas and styles for them to use to create an exciting an accurate piece of writing in the style of an "Empire" type piece. Uses Shrek and Guardians of the Galaxy as the main focus, but can be adapted for all other types of film

A resource to support the teaching of the two poems by Robert Frost and Micheal Symonds. Includes the poems with annotations, biography of the poets and questions to focus the discussion in class on requirements of the AOs.

Reading exercises for students at KS3 to help them understand the use of language and answer the question "How does Peter change during the course of the novel?" Includes extracts to help students and suggested structures for scaffolding a PEE response.

KS3 English Language skills. A series of 2 lessons based upon the novel Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Focus is on the first and last chapters. Students will need to read and identify the language techniques used by Collins to create a sense of fear and suspense. Examples given of the techniques which could be used and sample analytical paragraphs to model for the class. Differentiation in the depth of the analytical paragraph is suggested, and in the selection of the language or structural technique. Chapter extracts not supplied. Copy of images for analysis and sample paragraphs for students to study are supplied.

Lesson plans to support the teaching of the poem with suggested plans for students to use to scaffold their responses. Ideal for KS3 - part of the War Writing and Reading unit.

AQA A Level Literature- Carol Ann Duffy The Love Poem- post 1900 poetry A presentation to use to support the teaching of the poem with images to illustrate the ideas in the poem. Also includes the full texts referenced in the poem.

KS3 Novel study based upon My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgewick A series of 3 detailed lessons with resources to support students reading and understanding of the text.

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde- ideas for discussion in the class including the meaning of the story. Also some punctuation exercises and ideas for approaching transformation of fairy tales such as Cinderella.

A powerpoint lesson to teach the differences between diary writing and memoirs. Introduces the life of Edith Cavell from Norfolk and her life and death. Prompts support accurate writing including sentence variety and vocabulary choices. Includes slide for assessment and DIRT improvements.