Introduces students to the EDUQAS unseen poetry question. Goes through the question and how to annotate. Opportunity to model annotation using two unseen poems then students follow using an Ed Sheeran song and another poem on the subject of snow. Accessible and challenging at the same time. Shows how to compare at the annotation stage and then how to structure an essay. Model examples included. Originally used with a whole year group for intervention.

Targets AO4 on EDUQAS /WJEC exam specification. Using text on Amy Winehouse students are shown what to highlight in a text in preparation for answering the question. List of techniques / language and structural devices supplied. Model answer.

Full power point on the use of imagery in 'Dulce et Decorum Est'. Encourages pupils to engage with the poem through analysing the references to the five senses. Goes on to encourage pupils to analyse language and poetic devices and the effect these have on the reader. Opportunities to analyse the poem with key phrases to help and peer assessment at the end.

Fun and engaging series of lessons based on Harold Rolseth's short story 'Hey You Down There'. Aimed at Key Stage Three pupils. Targets the skills of deduction, inference and explanation, facts, retrieval and synthesis. Opportunities to study writer's techniques, use of foreshadowing and language. Non-fiction reading practice and fun, imaginative creature inventing task. Popular with students, really sparks their imaginations!

Focuses on the theme of ambition. Differentiated, engaging and challenging.

A whole lesson aimed at mid to high ability KS3 students.

Full lesson suitable for an observation ideally aimed at KS3. First half helps students to identify persuasive devices then students study posters and aim to spot techniques and analyse them. fully differentiated, active and foolproof!

A power point that goes through how to write an effective introduction in order to gain marks from the minute pen is put on paper. Contains an essay question, extract and model introduction followed by another extract with a new question and an opportunity for students to have a practice on their own.

Introduces how to structure a narrative and advises students when to include specific language techniques for maximum effect on the reader. Concept introduced using real life heroine Lael Wilcox who came first on her first ever attempt to complete the Trans America Cycle Race. Newspaper article provides the story and pupils have to adapt it into an engaging and original narrative. Mid - high ability.

Full Power point covering several lessons preparing students for the unseen poetry section. PPT covers how to annotate, plan effectively, compare and analyse effectively. Two poems plus model plan and model answer.

Targets the skills needed to deliver an effective speech. Uses clips from 'The King's Speech' and the genuine speech of George VI. Menu Tasks, studies effect of intonation and emphasis on audience and opportunity to peer assess.

An engaging and fun introduction to narrative writing containing animation clips that teach about structure and getting the best possible reaction from your reader. Teaches about the narrative arc and various techniques that can be used at different points of the story. A winner with all classes I have dne this with.

Clear tips and guidance on how to answer the unseen poetry section of the exam. Three sets of paired up poems for students to practice with.

19th and 21st Century Reading material on the subject of marriage Exam Paper PPT guiding students through each section. I, like many others have found it difficult to find resources so I have compiled this. The whole year group sat this paper and I have taught it, so I know it works! There are also model examples and tips on how to answer questions successfully. The 19th Century text is short but serves its purpose - students will need to be warned that the real paper will include much a longer text. This is perfect though to introduce students to the paper and give them much needed practice.

Gives students a sound platform on which to build analysis of poetry and ballads. Several links to musical renditions of the ballads introduce students to rhyme, rhythm and repetition. Tasks on language and poetic technique spotting leading to thorough understanding of ballads and why they were written.

Thorough Powerpoint going through the poem 'Daffodils'. Originally created for high ability Year Seven group, but suitable for lower ability further up the years. Covers context and poetic devices.

Exam self-evaluation form for KS4 pupils. I have used this to enable me to mark and give feedback quicker. Basically I mark each question with a little bit of feedback here and there. This form meant that students had to go through each section and collate all the marks and feedback. Pupils then make an overall judgement to help them help target areas of weakness in readiness for their next mock exam. Even better if you already have intervention resources ready for them to download or print off.

Guides students through the fundamentals of reading a script aloud. Teaches about intonation and stress through the case of the last man to be hung in Britain -Derek Bentley - before going on to looking at body language and accent in 'Blood Brothers'

An introduction to analysing persuasive language in a non-fiction text using an old teacher recruitment advert. Good for introducing subject terminology and using it in analysis and commentary Goes through the text stage by stage allowing students' confidence to build gradually.

A Clear, accessible PPT using Coca Cola adverts to introduce AO1 and AO2 skills to mid - low ability GCSE students or even lower down the school. Gives structure to potential answers and opportunities to identify and comment on language / structural devices.

Small unit of work aimed at KS3 and KS4. Targets pupils' ability to identify the five parts of a story, tension build up and use of devices to help create highs and lows for the reader. Pupils love the 'shortest ghost stories ever told' and stimulates plenty of ideas for their own writing. Includes planning sheet, a short spooky story and worksheet on writer's techniques.