A Level English Literature - a very useful and detailed introduction to Modernism as a movement. Outlines the key ideas, including important context and key quotations from influential Modernist writers/artists. Excellent to promote high level discussion in class. Made for Edexcel Poetry Exam but useful for any board studying modernist works.

English Language Paper 2 Exploring Effects and Impact. OCR practice exam paper. Extracts from 'The Bluest Eye' by Toni Morrison and 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte. Complete set of Section A questions (including a strategic approach for how to answer them) as well as two imaginative tasks for Section B.

A fantastic PowerPoint focusing on Zeus in this half-term long scheme of work on Greek Mythology. Includes Grammar activity, spellings, information card task (including sources for pupils to base their information on). Differentiated grids provided to support completion of the task included.

GCSE English Language, Edexcel Paper 1 Fiction and Imaginative Writing. An example exam paper for students to practice answering. Extract from 'Jane Eyre' with exam style questions, plus creative writing tasks for Section B.

Overview of Hercules’ labours using images from vases to guess the labour. Plus a starter activity on the Prometheus myth and spellings.

English Language, Communicating Information and Ideas, OCR Paper 1 style exam. Includes two extracts: a review of Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' and an extract from a biography of Bronte. Complete with Section A questions and two non-fiction writing tasks for Section B.

Full lesson on the poem Snowdrop by Hughes including: Do Now Guided analysis of the poem focusing on techniques and exploring their effects Plenary

PEA paragraphs on how the writer presents the Persephone myth. The Underworld reading and activities - differentiated versions to support and stretch as needed.

Full lesson on the poem Relic including: Do Now Guided analysis of the poem focusing on identifying techniques and exploring their effect Plenary

Detailed activities on Hercules’ labours (plus spellings and Grammar Time)

Full lesson developing understanding of Odysseus' adventures. Includes do now, spellings, grammar time and lesson focus on analysis of language using PEEZL (Point, Evidence, Explain, Zoom in, Link). Detailed help provided to structure pupils' ability to analyse language and its effect.

Full lesson on colourful ,engaging PowerPoint. Including spellings, Grammar Time, an 'oral drill', copy of the myth and storyboard activity. All resources ready to print.

This lesson goes through the conventions of an information leaflet, as well as spellings and Grammar Time

Detailed guidance for writing up our information leaflet for Hercules’ labours (plus Grammar Time).

Speaking and Listening task playing character in role as Hercules for ‘This Is Your Life!’

AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 - includes a 21st century account of an ascent to Everest (from ‘The Everest Disaster’) combined with a 19th century account by Isabella Bird of her ascent of Long’s Peak in the Rocky Mountains. All questions in the style of the exam. Includes 4 language analysis questions for Section A modelled on the specimen paper and a leaflet writing task for Section B.

Full lesson including do now, spellings, grammar time (prepositions), oral drill. Main lesson is exploring the conventions of a monologue, looking at an example and starting to plan ideas for their own monologue as the Cyclops.

This lesson guides pupils through the components and language of writing a newspaper article. Exemplar article provided with conventions gone through in detail. Also includes Do Now, spellings and Grammar Time.

This lesson leads pupils through the importance of structuring a story and how to do it. Also includes spellings, Grammar Time.

This lesson leads the pupils through producing their own newspaper article on the death of King Aegeus and the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Includes Do Now, spellings, Grammar Time.