An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on Stone Cold by Robert Swindells. Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for a reading unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.

A power point exploring the poem and analysing language.

A powerpoint comparing the persuasive features used in James Corden's 'Smithy' speech and Barack Obama's 'Yes We Can' speech. Primarily devised as part of preparation for GCSE English Language exams for both reading and writing non-fiction.

A power point exploring the poem and analysing language.

An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on Shakespeare. Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for a Shakespeare unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.

Pictures of the Romeo and Juliet characters from the Baz Luhrrman film. I used them to help learners get to grips with who each character was. They organised the characters into Montagues/Capulets/Neither then glued them in their books in the groups. Underneath the pictures they wrote key details about each character. Could be used as a revision exercise or to explore relationships between characters.

A power point supporting the planning process for writing a play script.

A range of starter activities where learners have to work out which is the odd one out from the three images shown. There are no correct answers so the activities can be used as settlers or to promote discussion, explanation and justification skills.

A blank writing frame designed to look like the front page of the Verona Times. Could be used for learners to show their understanding of the plot of Romeo and Juliet through writing a newspaper report about the events of the play.

A power point to prepare for GCSE English Language Controlled Assessments for WJEC. Includes activities to develop vocabulary, use descriptive techniques etc.

A series of lessons on analysing how a text persuades its audience. This looks at a leaflet from the animal rights charity PETA focusing on how it uses language and structure to persuade and culminating in an analytical essay.

A reading comprehension based on an extract from The Hobbit with questions which follow Bloom's Taxonomy.

A series of questions following Bloom's Taxonomy focused on Lord Capulet in Act 3, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet.

Power point giving social historical and cultural context to Victorian Gothic literature.

A sheet for peer-assessing speeches to keep audiences engaged and listening while classmates present their speaking and listening.

Activities based on "These I Have Loved" poem

A powerpoint looking at examples of explanation texts, identifying features and scaffolding the writing of an explanation.

A set of blank planning sheets to support the planning and writing of narratives including structure and vocabulary building.

A writing mat to support learners in their comparison of poems

An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on Victorian Poetry.Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for a poetry unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.