An original rhyme/reading and discussion resource/lesson starter, presented to Year 9 students prior to them entering the reading of a Shakespeare play. Relates to the students interacting and being on their feet, to enter and understand a play from the viewpoint of The Player, i.e. delivering the lines as they were intended, rather than solely reading or being read to.

Homework / Handout / Lesson Starter. 12 pages. Prints as a booklet with key information linked to plot sand characters.

Straightforward resource - works best if printed A3. Can easily be self-designed and not paid for. The completion of this resource in class developed student-thinking and they responded with some fantastic questions. One of the students sketched the 'Porter' character, drunk on the floor after an alcohol "session". Other students read into the dynamics of the relationships between the characters, e.g. Macbeth and Duncan were heads of the table due to gender inequality of the 1600's; Banquo was sat on the Supernatural table because of his death and return as a ghost.

An effective resource where the student becomes Romeo Montague and describes their character development throughout the play.

An effective resource where the learner 'becomes' Francis Joseph Cassavant and plots their character development throughout the book.

An effective resource where the student becomes Juliet Capulet and describes their development throughout the play.

Worksheet used with Year 7-8's in conjunction with 'Gothic Novel Create Your Own' resource, as a feed-in to them exploring The Castle of Otranto and Frankenstein. SUGGESTION: Circle three from the options and then add three 'unique' adjectives of your own. Then create a piece of horror-writing with your new words incorporated using the resource associated with this (available by the same author) or develop your own.

An effective PP used within KS3 with some excellent prompts and visuals. Learning Objective: To focus on building compound and complex sentences for effect – exploring this through texts Slides contain: Compound and Complex sentences Punctuation Examples of everyday technologies first recognised in literature References to The Iron Man; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner Seven types of narrative 'openers' explained

A four page resource where students enter a Crime Scene Investigation and examine the facts leading up to the death of MacBeth. The suggestion is for the students to examine the events of the play in reverse, which may, or may not, lead to a consideration that MacBeth had proven his valour and deserved to inherit the throne (could tie this in with general knowledge that MacBeth, in real life, did rule). The body-outline sheet could be printed A3 so students can label. The resource final page (4 in total) asks the students to provide written response from both the play and their own feelings, relating the how they view MacBeth.

Exemplar responses with Examiner commentary for: A CHRISTMAS CAROL/AN INSPECTOR CALLS/OZYMANDIAS compared to MY LAST DUCHESS.

Repeat sheet. An efficient means of allowing each student to log and monitor their SPaG progression.

Words Assonance Dissonance Metaphor Personification Simile Alliteration Irony Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Rhetorical Rhetorical techniques Emotive Pathos Ethos Logos Comma Full stop. Hyphen - Speech Marks “ ” Question Mark? Exclamation Mark! Stanza Enjambment Consonance Alliteration Assonance Consonance Euphony Onomatopoeia Repetition Rhyme Rhythm Meter Iambic Pentameter Common line lengths Allegory Allusion Ambiguity Analogy Apostrophe Cliché Connotation Contrast Denotation Euphemism Hyperbole Irony Metaphor Metonymy Oxymoron Paradox Personification Pun Simile Symbol Synecdoche

This resource links to The Full Play resource and provides an insight for the student into the style and techniques used within Shakespeare's writing for the Elizabethan stage. The exercises provide student with a more Socratic understanding of the 'whole' picture and social climate, rather than just taking notes from the play itself. The resource also compares the role of the stage actor versus the TV/film actor and discusses the delivery of lines and language.

A six-page resource containing word definitions and research prompts. This resource asks the student to define Utopia and Dystopia in their own words and then research and complete their own descriptive piece of writing, as an introduction to their own novel.

Whole seventeen chapter analysis split over six pages and presented in a table with a section for student or teacher notes, to gain a more thorough understanding.

A piece of writing with added questions describing a School Reunion with the author of the piece reflecting on the lives of two students, Anthony and Gin.

A seven-page resource (prints back to back as four) used in class in 2016, leading to students researching a whole range of topics, from Animal Cruelty to Forest Fires to Homelessness to Bullying. The resource includes sections for students to: - Compile internet research into their chosen topic/subject/cause - Create and label the parts of a leaflet they design themselves - Dictionary research, i.e. words such as Compassion, Sympathy, Empathy

A pack containing combined resources to create a complete study-aid for students which includes: New Word Chart / Quotation Booklet / Timeline / Visual-Mapping / Internet-Research Booklet Can be used effectively alongside any Novel or a Play.

A two-page handout to introduce this subject. There are two main types of cohesion: grammatical cohesion which is based on structural content, and lexical cohesion which is based on lexical content and background knowledge. A cohesive text is created in many different ways. In Cohesion in English, M.A.K. Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan identify five general categories of cohesive devices that create coherence in texts:  REFERENCE  ELLIPSIS  SUBSTITUTION  LEXICAL COHESION  CONJUNCTION

A six-page resource, ideal to display via Google Drive, listing more than 50 types of poetry, including a final option that encourages the student to devise their own unique form.