A differentiated Language Paper 1 based on AQA sample materials looking at an exciting extract from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Ideal for KS3

This lesson is designed to support KS3 students in writing their own Greek mythological stories. It can be conducted over 2-3 lessons depending on depth and ability. Full resources with model work to promote excellence from students.

This lesson guides students through the poem Marching Men, encouraging them to think about how soldiers were viewing in WW1. This the leads to an extended piece of creative writing, using visual stimuli to enhance ideas. Ideal for KS3 but could be used to challenge KS4 for unseen poetry or fictional writing

This lesson guides students through a Napoleonic marching song, looking at it from a poetic perspective. An interesting poem when thinking about patriotism as well as looking at the implications of war over time. Aimed at KS3 but easily adapted for KS4 when thinking about unseen poetry.

This set of 2 lessons guides students through a short Irish poem from th 9th Century. Packed with language features, interesting structural techniques and engaging contextual information, this is an ideal way of introducing students to unseen poetry. It would also make a fantastic addition to KS3 schemes looking at historical poetry or conflict poetry.

This fully resourced and detailed lesson guides students through the reading of the scene and annotations. It engages them in the concept of stage craft and introduces them to analysing language and vocabulary. Ideal for KS4, taking into account the AQA assessment objectives. Should take 1-2 hours to complete in detail.

Perfect for a detailed look at the character and symbolism of Eva Smith. Includes exam style questions, complex ideas about symbolism and work sheets to help memorise quotations about this pivitol character. Perfect for KS4 once they have read the whole plot.

This information heavy lesson is ideal for KS4 who have an understanding of the play as a whole. It looks at why characters feel guilt and Shakespeare’s purpose behind this and includes extended writing tasks so students can develop these skills Fits with Assessment Objectives for the AQA specification but can easily be adapted to fit other specs.

This lesson guides students through the core context (AO3) topics relating to Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This round robin task gives students the chance to act in an investigation, enhancing their knowledge through a fun activity. This is then consolidated using a writing task based around skills needed for AQA’s GCSE

This lesson guides students through conventions of the gothic, mystery and dystiopian genres in brief. It focuses them on how to craft writing to fit these genres as preparation of the creative writing element of their GCSE. Ideal for KS4, but may also be differentiated to suit KS3

This lesson uses an extract from The Lord of the Rings and film clips to help students craft an atmospheric description. Heavily scaffolded it provides structure, focus and develops writing skills. Ideal for KS4 or high ability KS3.

This lesson guides students through tricky concepts within Ruby in the Smoke such as Appearances VS Reality, Drug Use and The Duality of Human nature. Well structured and differentiated it breaks the ideas down into manageable chunks. Ideal for mid-high ability KS3

A simple knowledge organiser disigned with KS3 in mind. It looks it form, plot, characters, context.

This lesson guides students through naming conventions of characters - how and why we name them, meanings behind popular fictional characters and hidden meanings. This encourages students to prepare characters and ideas for the AQA Language paper 1 exam.

These lessons guide students through inferences about the title of the novel, looks at the key events of the British Empire and builds to a timeline activity. Knowledge and research is consolidated through creatively writing a tour guide leaflet to Victorian London Ideal for mid-high set KS3

A simple A4 organiser that goes through Key Characters, Plot, and some context. Aimed at KS3 and includes a gap fill activity to help them engage with the plot.

This lesson allows students to understand D H Lawrence’s poem in detail, taking into account Biblical imagery and language features. Ideal for those preparing for AQA’s unseen poetry or high ability KS3 looking to further their understanding of poetry and analysis skills.

This lessons takes a multisensory and abstract approach to creative writing. Allowing students to see literary examples of writing and then giving them the tools to create their own piece based on the season of spring. The lesson looks at the symbolism of the seasons, how this can influence our writing. Then gets students to construct their own description using these tools. Ideal for High Ability KS3 or KS4 preparing for GCSE Language Paper 1 Designed to be delivered over 2-3 lessons

This is an abstract lesson focusing on the correct us of capital letters and the psychological implications behind it. Perfect for KS4 or high ability KS3.