An introductory lesson that explores what iambic pentameter and how it's used in Macbeth for effect. Aimed at middle set year 10 but can be adapted for different levels. This lesson can be used for the new AQA scheme.

Scheme of work for Chinese Cinderella, intended to last about 5 weeks. These lessons are aimed top set year 8, but can be easily adapted for different levels. Explores what autobiographies are and why they are written, how characters are presented by the author, chapter by chapter comprehension questions, encourages students to write in PEE paragraphs and research historical information.

Plot for Macbeth with gaps and the words to choose from after every paragraph. Useful for GCSE revision or to consolidate learning when first being introduced to the play. This can be used for the new AQA scheme.

Fun Animal Farm end of unit double lesson that puts Napoleon on trial for crimes against his fellow animals. Students are split into presecution and defence teams. They will need to writing opening statement, decide on characters to question as witnesses, and write closing statements. You may wish to provide a more guideded approach to writing the questions depending on the needs of your students. Encourage them to have fun with this, even students who aren’t comfortable speaking publicly can get involved with writing the statements/questions.

Scheme of work for year 7 but adaptable for lower ability class. These lessons can be used for the new AQA scheme. Looks at a variety of poems with themes of nature. Includes PEEL practice, poetry anthology and 2 formative assessments.

A general introduction for Year 7 to Shakespeare's Othello. Looks at Iago as the villain and Othello as the tragic hero. Differentiated slides and resources where possible, but can easily be adapted for any ability group or year. Looks at small extracts and beginning to look at how to analyse Shakespeare. Includes a formative assessment question. Starts Year 7 thinking about specifications for the new GCSEs.

Year 10 text analysis unit looking at ‘Gaps In the Hickory’ by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Lessons on structure of the short story, character exploration, and links to context.

Jeremy Kyle style lesson to introduce students to some of the characters in Animal Farm, and encourage them to make inferences about what’s going to happen based on the situations presented.

A general introduction for Year 7 to Shakespeare's Richard III. Looks at Richard as the villain and Richmond as the hero. Differentiated slides and resources where possible, but can easily be adapted for any ability group or year. Looks at small extracts and beginning to look at how to analyse Shakespeare. Includes a formative assessment question. Starts Year 7 thinking about specifications for the new GCSEs.

Powerpoint meant to last over 2 week and accompanying workbook that practises analysing inferences, linking context and practising text analysis pagraphs. Aimed to be used with year 9s.

A fun way into Shakespeare. Can be used for The Tempest and Romeo Juliet. Encourages students to explore the fun side of Shakespearean language and how it can be used for effect. Also looks at how important Shakespeare is to the development of the English language. Aimed at year 8 students, but can be easily adapted for older students.

Clear and colour coded display with sentence starters for PEEL writing. Obviously the font and size of text can be changed to your own preferences. Example photograph of how it is supposed to look.

A lesson that explores the theme of loyalty and (dis)trust and how it's used in Macbeth for effect. Aimed at top set year 10 but can be adapted for different levels. This lesson can be used for the new AQA scheme.

Written for low ability levels. Introduction to the assessment objectives, the requirements of the exam and how to answer Q1 and Q2. This can be used for the new AQA scheme. Adaptable for all levels and year groups.

Basic introduction to word classes matching worksheet, with a true/false quiz. Students have to match the word class to each word in the last sentence. I do this as a stand and rearrange yourselves in the right order activity. Aimed at year 7 lower set but could be done for all years.

A fun lesson that can be used and differentiated for all year groups and abilities. Identifies the conventions of an ode using 2 examples and then focuses on writing an ode to summer

A storyboard of when Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches. It has blank boxes for students to draw in, story captions with gaps for students to fill in and a quote from the play for each box. Encourages students to be more independent with discovering the plot. Appeals to different types of learners. This can be used for the new AQA scheme.

A resource sheet to help a bottom set write how Caliban feels about Prospero, based on what he says

Character analysis of Prospero with a literacy activity for each paragraph. Aimed at top set year 8

Written for low ability levels. Introduction to the assessment objectives, the requirements of the exam and how to answer Q3. This can be used for the new AQA scheme. Adaptable for all levels and year groups.

Simple posters for different word types with their definitions. Aimed more at KS4 but can be adapted for KS3