Pre-assessment prep, assessment and mark scheme and post-assessment feedback ‘make a difference’ time. 3-5 hours worth. Using extracts from Noughts and Crosses. Heavy focus on WHAT/HOW/WHY approach to analysing language with scaffolding, model answers, checklists, self-assess, peer-assess.

The Highwayman: Tim the Ostler and IMAGERY, Peer Assess and Diary Entry. MEGA few lessons! ENGAGING! Group work, peer work, etc.

Analysing Stormzy's 'Blinded by Your Grace' lyrics to understand semantic fields, using the terms 'lexis' and 'lexicon' and allusion.

Thirteen by Tom Hoyle - Mega introduction lesson!

Seven Deadly Sins introduction - Good Context for Jekyll and Hyde, Macbeth, An Inspector Calls - AQA English GCSE. Includes videos, songs and drama activities.

Scannell - Nettles: Poetry response model answers.

Inspirational videos for Year 11 assemblies

Exploring racism in the media. Chapter 16/17 of Noughts and Crosses.

2-4 hours of lessons on effective hooks using a dystopic extract from The Hunger Games. Aiming to write a baseline description. Mini quizzes, retrieval and recall, explicit definitions, engaging youtube task, digging in deeper, method spotting and analysing effective hooks and openers. Improving crafting opening of sentences with ISPACE.

Key vocab, themes, key texts, writing tips

Effects of language, methods, techniques - reader’s response - AO2 AQA.

Havisham Poem Carol Ann Duffy Language analysis lesson

Diverse Voices through short stories: including Caleb Femi, My POlish teacher’s tie, Colours of Humanity, Tender Earth, May Malone. Under-represented voices in English. A mix of language, structure, holistic approaches in English. VERY engaging. Black voice, minority voices, polish voices. Includes KO, assessment, full SOW and lessons.

BUNDLE Research CPD Notes on Effective Learning Environments Secondary PGCE ECT Teaching and Learning

How to use a knowledge organiser BUNDLE for parents, students and teachers

Teaching and Learning Newsletter Journal BUNDLE Models CPD

Exploring transition points and endings through ‘Spies’ English Language GCSE

Exploring Language and Structure through Bring up the Bodies GCSE

Analysing language through The Reluctant Fundamentalist GCSE LANGUAGE

Presenting Places People and Action GCSE LANGUAGE