A simple and basic resource used to encourage students to create character profiles for the following characters; Lenny, George, Curley, Curley’s Wife, Slim and Candy from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. This resource was created to assist mixed ability KS3 with the reading of the novel but could easily be used to support lower ability KS4 with relevant GCSE revision.

A simplistic but informative CPD resource outlining a variety of descriptive and narrative techniques in order to guide English teachers and support their students with extended creative writing tasks. The resource outlines how to implement these strategies and what impact they may have. Designed in part to help KS4 students excel at AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5. Contains research notes from a variety of academic authors.

A lesson examining and analysing a brief speech by Muhammed Ali. All resources required are attached in order to make it accessible for any member of staff to teach. The skills and activities included where designed and successfully taught to KS3 but could easily be differentiated to be delivered for AQA English Language P2 Q5: writing a non-fiction piece. The lesson is straight forward and focuses on identifying techniques used in a short Muhammed Ali speech.

This resource contains 13 weeks worth of homework tasks to be used with KS3/KS4 while studying the AQA Literature text Blood Brothers. The tasks range from crime reports to character profiles to simple true or false statements. A contents page is attached for easy use. A simple and effective resource.

A lesson introducing some simple contextual factors linking with John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The lesson looks at 5 key pieces of context ranging from The Great Depression to The Dust Bowl. The lesson is straightforward and easy to use. It is aimed at lower ability KS3/KS4 and could be used to develop students’ AO3 skills. All resources are attached.

A resource designed to examine Eric Birling from J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls featured on the AQA literature paper 2. The resources contains an exam style question, sentence starters and a self assessment sentence starter. Used in preparation of the AQA Literature Paper 2.

A booklet of independent work based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The booklet contains a range of 10 tasks that can be completed without internet access including: reading and comprehension activities, extended writing opportunities, research tasks and a wordsearch. The booklet is set out as a police investigation to make it more engaging. Created for mixed ability KS4 home learning. Suitable for homework.

A 20 quiz recapping key ideas/concepts/terminology/quotes from four areas of AQA literature paper 1 and paper 2 focus: J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, Conan Doyle’s The Sign Of The Four, Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Power and Conflict Poetry. These are quick simple questions designed to boost and strengthen the knowledge of KS4 students studying the four texts. Created for and successfully delivered to mixed ability KS4.

A unit of work focused on mental health and anxiety. This could be used for PSHE/PSCHE/PCSE and contains enough resources for two to three hours of teaching. A variety of tasks are included ranging from a settling word search, discussion tasks, a Diamond-9 and reading tasks. All resources are attached and ready to be used. Planned for and successfully delivered to mixed ability KS3.

A lesson focusing on reading the intro to section two of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and continuing the description of the bunkhouse setting. The lesson includes an adjective starter based on an interior image, comprehension questions to aid understanding of the text and then a continuation of the description with sentence starter scaffolds. A simple straightforward description lesson aimed at low ability KS3. Skills also useful for AQA language Paper 1 Question 5 as well as AQA literature.

Two lessons exploring Carol Ann Duffy’s poem War Photographer, taken from the AQA Literature Power and Conflict anthology. The first lesson includes a discussion around the connotations of war photography, a copy of the poem, some structured analysis provided for the first stanza, exploration of the context around PTSD and a relevant assessment framework (relevant AQA mark scheme) included. The second lesson focuses on an exam style question and discusses the connotation of the words pain and suffering before moving forward to create an extended response to a key question. Designed and delivered for mixed-ability KS4 ready for their AQA Literature examinations. All resources attached.

A lesson exploring Jane Weir’s poem Poppies, taken from the AQA Literature Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson includes a poetry recap bell task, a copy of the poem, some structured analysis provided for the first stanza, discussion around the connotations of a Poppies image and a relevant exam style question with sentence starters included. Designed and delivered for mixed-ability KS4 ready for their AQA Literature examinations. All resources attached.

A resource based on chapter 3 (Royal & General) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a Frayer model examining the word “curious", discussion questions on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. This lesson also has a PEAL paragraph question to go through with the class. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

Task 1: Creative Writing Task: Barcelona Task 2: Creative Writing Task: Verona Task 3: Creative Writing Task: Victorian London Task 4: Creative Writing Task: The Globe Theatre Task 5: Creative Writing Task: The Barrier Reef Task 6: Rewriting Task: SPAG. Task 7: Rewriting Task: SPAG. Task 8: Guided writing using a plan. Task 9: Guided writing using a plan. Task 10: Assessment style questions.

A booklet of lessons based on Simon Armitage’s poem Kid, created for online home learning. The first two lessons in the booklet examine the poem and contain language analysis, the second two lessons focus on using the poem’s ideas to create a monologue from a character’s perspective. Created for mixed ability KS3. Suitable for homework.

This resource is a lecture style lesson focusing on the theme of Victorian Fear, linking in particular to Conan Doyle’s Sign of Four. This resource was created in order to cover the more complex themes in the novel and is aimed at HA students predicted at 7-9 on AQA GCSE literature. The subjects include; Victorian Fear and Gothicism Imperial Gothicism Victorian Fear of Darkness Victorian Fear of Criminality/Social Class An essay plan for a question on Victorian Fear.

A simplistic worksheet designed and developed for lower ability KS3 to be used alongside iPads/Laptops/Computer resources to research contextual factors of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Resource could be altered to be used with lower ability KS4 to prepare for GCSE literature.

A resource designed to help students recap or develop their knowledge of the character of Sherlock Holmes from the AQA Literature text The Sign of Four. This task could be the basis of a lesson or an independent task.