This was an observation lesson looking at Chapter 2 of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Key question explored: How does Stevenson’s presentation of Hyde increase the tension within chapter 2?

There are 14 lessons based on the analysis of non-fiction texts. This module was taught as part of an introduction to Language Paper 2 (AQA) for KS3. Includes: A range of homework tasks and 19th cent. home reading project. Learning objectives Key texts: City of the absent extract - Dickens Description of Smithfield Market in Oliver Twist - Dickens Letter describing the Great Exhibition - Bronte Description of the Crystal Palace - Bronte

A3 extract sheet linking an extract from chapter 11 to the assessment objectives. There is also a differentiated version.

This lesson is designed to help students to plan for a possible exam question on the AQA specification. It allows for peer-assessment and reflective re-drafting as well as engagement with the AQA spec (not included in resource).

A3 worksheets to encourage meaningful annotations linking to the AQA A-Level assessment objectives.

A revison guide for Harvest by Jim Crace. Includes: Mark scheme Example response from AQA website Text overview from AQA website Chapter summaries Structure activities Key extracts with guided annotation opportunities

No fear Shakespeare translation Dagger scene writing frame Quotation explosions and WAGOLL

A lesson focusing on introducing key skills - annotating, subject terminology and the requirements of the exam.

AQA Social and Political Protest Elements. I used this to enlarge to A3 to put on the table each lesson so that students could continuously make links.

This was an observation lesson covering: Setting within the novella Gothic vocabulary The metonymy of gloom and horror Exam question A3 support sheet (great to laminate) Peer assessment opportunity

A3 revision sheet to link the key themes to events within the novel. Great resource to use to talk through the themes with students prior to their exam.

Find out what happens in Act 5, Scene 1 Understand how Shakespeare uses language to present the change in Lady Macbeth Group task with lots of chance for praise! This was an observation lesson.

A lesson to give students a range of information regarding the novel. This includes: Key contextual information Biblical references Authorial methods Links to capitalism Links to the elements Appropriate quotations

Introduction to article writing. Learning objectives: To know and understand the key language features of a newspaper article To be able to analyse newspaper headlines and opening paragraphs To achieve excellence, by evaluating the effectiveness of our own newspaper articles based on a success criteria

Two A3 extract analysis sheets to guide students to reflect upon the assessment objectives. Extracts are based on exam questions and chapter 1 and chapter 4.

A range of activities, key extracts and core information relating to the AQA Literature specification.

Two extract sheets including differentiated information that is removable to support the teaching of Act 3 Scene 2. The lesson focuses on using the extract sheets to understand this scene.

A lesson using the Tell Tale Heart as an example of how to structure a short narrative.

A lesson focusing on different sentence types with the activity of completing a short gothic story.

This lesson encourages students to think about how the critical theories can be applied to HMT.

Harvest by Jim Crace - Knowledge test based on chapters 1-6.