An activity focusing on the language of the prologue and an accompanying powerpoint. Learners are given a list of keywords from the prologue and the prologue itself, and are firstly asked to define them from their own knowledge. Then they watch a video clip of it being read aloud and can change their definition if they want. Thirdly, they look at a modern translation and can alter their definition again. The powerpoint also has further activities based on the prologue, its purpose and effect.

Very basic power point explaining the structure of a story with an example leading towards learners planning their own story.

A variety of resources tracing the development of language over time, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, the Anglo-Saxons, Chaucer's "The Miller" and The Middle Ages.

A power point exploring the poem and analysing language.

A set of blank planning sheets to support the planning and writing of narratives including structure and vocabulary building.

A planning sheet and essay plan to support learners in writing a comparison of Dickens' A Christmas Carol and any of its film adaptations.

An ideal way to introduce a class reader - by analysing its cover and blurb and evaluating how they appeal to their target readers.

A lesson pack focusing on analysing magazine adverts and the techniques they use to persuade. Pack includes lesson plan based on the TEEP planning cycle, a powerpoint and resources. You may need to add your own examples of magazine adverts

Resources to support the comparison of "Futility" by Wilfred Owen and "Bayonet Charge" by Ted Hughes

A sheet for peer-assessing speeches to keep audiences engaged and listening while classmates present their speaking and listening.

An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on a Year 7 transition unit in which learners invented a time machine and travelled back in time to see how language and literature developed through the years. Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for the unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.

An information sheet providing historical and social contexts for any of Dickens' novels

A power point providing social and historical contexts for Of Mice and Men including its setting, the Great Depression, Steinbeck's inspiration and the American Dream.

A series of questions following Bloom's Taxonomy focused on Lord Capulet in Act 3, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet.

A power point to prepare learners for GCSE English Language Controlled Assessments (WJEC), preparing and giving a speech about heroes.

Power point giving social historical and cultural context to Victorian Gothic literature.

Pictures of the Romeo and Juliet characters from the Baz Luhrrman film. I used them to help learners get to grips with who each character was. They organised the characters into Montagues/Capulets/Neither then glued them in their books in the groups. Underneath the pictures they wrote key details about each character. Could be used as a revision exercise or to explore relationships between characters.

A blank writing frame designed to look like the front page of the Verona Times. Could be used for learners to show their understanding of the plot of Romeo and Juliet through writing a newspaper report about the events of the play.

An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on natural disasters and how they are presented in the media. Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for a media unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.

A grid to support learner in comparing Shelter's victims and how he murders them.