A SOW including contextual information on: The Jim Crow Laws The North Pole Racial Tensions in America Lessons follow the VIPERS reading structure to develop reading skills in depth. An engaging series of tasks to follow a short but very engaging story.

Romeo and Juliet student-friendly activity, so students can actually access assessment objectives, and a self-reflection sheet is included that allows students to meaningfully reflect on their work. Pupils use the storyboard and card sort to solidify their knowledge of the main plot points of Romeo and Juliet.

A series of activities designed to explain Iambic Pentameter and its effect.

Designed to fit the new AQA syllabus - this full lesson gives and introduction to the course and a lesson in one of the basic frameworks of textual analysis: Graphology. All activities are fast paced, varied, pupil led and promote independent analysis. There is a lesson plan provided for ease and an accompanying worksheet.

An 8 page hand-out deigned to guide pupils through the process of writing a commentary for their original writing. This includes: a two page guide on how to structure a commentary (including key questions to promote individual analysis); an assessment task where examples of varying grades have been given and pupils have to allocate grades using the marking criteria and self assessment grid to ensure all of the basic frameworks of language have been covered. It is ideally given to pupils before writing their original piece to keep the commentary in mind throughout. An excellent tool to improve students grades with independent study.

A lesson to introduce and analyse Mise en Scene in two contrasting movie trailers. The lesson aims to provide a format for pupils to work though to analyse each section of Mise en Scene. A fast-paced pupil-led lesson which will engage learners in the world of Media Studies.

A full SOW containing 19 full lessons. All lessons contain objectives focusing on 1-9 Assessment Objectives. Most lessons contain self and peer assessment to allow reflective learning. Transactional writing features throughout, with numerous formats outlined including: formal letters, adverts, reviews, reports, emails and brochures. There are also numerous tasks which also focus students attention on the purpose of a text.

This is a 3 lesson bundle with key themes, quotations and high level analysis. Each theme has its own PPT and resources. This is suitable for GCSE students’ revision and also to be used by teachers in class.

Designed to fit the new AQA syllabus - this full lesson gives and introduction to the course and a lesson in one of the basic frameworks of textual analysis: Semantics. All activities are fast paced, varied, pupil led and promote independent analysis. There is a lesson plan provided for ease and an accompanying worksheet.

Suitable for high-ability KS2 and KS3 classes. The lesson highlights how pupils can vary their sentence openings to engage their readers. Pupils assess the effect of a series of sentence openers, they then break down the differences between the sentence openings through a series of activities, before creating their own story using a stimuli, which has built up from previous activities. A fast-paced lesson with varied activities. Take the work out of teaching with this student led lesson.

A full lesson (recently observed as 'Outstanding') which depicts how to write a formal letter applying for a job. Based on the Edexcel's English Language (Paper 2) imaginative writing task. A fast-paced, pupil-led lesson with varied activities and integrated (graded) peer assessment. Worksheets are provided for differentiation of the task and a full lesson plan shows details of all activities (although the PPT is very straightforward anyway).

Animal farm - Chapter 8 - Totalitarianism analysis.

(Lesson 7 in a SOW on animal Welfare) A full lesson detailing to pupils how to identify the features of a leaflet (linguistic and format) and recreate these in a writing task, based on the Edexcel English Language exam. Suitable for KS3 classes and KS4. A recently observed Ofsted 'Outstanding' lesson, with a clear presentation. Suitable for all exam boards but designed for Edexcel English Language Specification (also attached) and grade boundaries from 3-6, which can be altered easily to accommodate HA or LA pupils. The lesson contains a think, pair, share starter. The main activity consists of a pupil led analysis of a leaflets (designed to cover a range of language and structural features) and finally the plenary consists of a peer assessment task (worksheet for this is attached). The entire lesson is very pupil-led, containing fast-paced, engaging tasks. Learning objectives. A05: LO1: Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. LO2: Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.

A full lesson (lesson 6 in SOW) investigating the format of a newspaper article and persuasive features. There is an initial comprehension activity (looking at two different articles) which is done in pairs or small groups and then a creative writing task whereby pupils are provided with a worksheet to promote the organisation of their articles. Fast-paced and pupil-led activities.

Two lessons designed to encourage pupils to investigate an exam based question. Each lesson looks at a different scene (Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 1 Scene 7). Then pupils are encouraged to write an essay to investigate their findings.

A full lesson detailing how to analyse persuasive writing. Ideal for English Language paper 1 Suitable for HA KS3 classes and KS4. An Ofsted Outstanding lesson (put into practise recently), with a lesson plan showing detailed differentiation. Edexcel English Language Specification (also attached) and grade boundaries from 3-6, which can be altered easily to accommodate HA or LA pupils. Objectives as below (fits some of AO2/AO4 criteria too). Objectives AO1: Grade 3: Identify a selection of persuasive language techniques. Grade 4: Make some comment on a persuasive language technique. Grade 5: Discuss the effect of a selection of persuasive language techniques. Grade 6: Discuss in detail the effect of a selection of persuasive language techniques on the reader and how this fits the purpose of the text. Visit my shop for more useful resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/PhilippaBrooks