A completed character-theme table for Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’. It’s an excellent revision resource which can be adapted as a classroom activity (for students to complete) or provided to students to prepare for their examination.

An A3 sheet designed for students to annotate and analyse Old Major’s speech.

-An A3 revision sheet for Wordsworth’s Extract from the Prelude. -An annotated copy of the poem. -A student version of the above with boxes to complete.

A fully-resourced ‘Romeo and Juliet’ scheme of work for Year 9 (although easily adapted for a high ability Year 8 group).n The scheme includes: A powerpoint for each key section of the play. A variety of activities including: reading and analytical work; creative writing tasks; drama; group and individual tasks; annotating, etc. Model paragraphs (on slides). (NOTE: -The page references are in accordance with the Oxford School Shakespeare Edition. -The film is the 1968 version. -This is a Key Stage 3 SOW, not for KS4.)

A GCSE lesson to scaffold an essay on the presentation of Mr Birling in Act 1. It contains a full PowerPoint, a scaffolding table for students to complete, and a model intro / body paragraph / conclusion.

Students need to complete the timeline of Eva Smith’s life in ‘An Inspector Calls’.

Designed for Year 7 (but adaptable), the lesson is about introducing students to What/How/Why - or PEE). Students need to match up 3 PEE burgers and then write their own paragraph.

A brilliant revision resource for students studying J.B. Priestley’s “An Inspector Calls”. It allows students to revise via character and theme, with all their useful notes in one place.

A PowerPoint containing annotations for Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ (It is to be used for the Power and Conflict GCSE Anthology.)

A complete lesson pitched at a Yr 8 or Yr 9 class. It could be used for lower ability Yr 10 also. It begins with revision of language features, tasks are differentiated and there is a body paragraph also.

A KS3 Scheme of Work to cover Aristotle’s three strands of rhetoric. This was originally designed for Year 9 but has since been used with Years 7 and 8 as well. Each lesson goes through a famous speech and analyses in relation to ethos, pathos and logos. Lessons are fully-resourced and easy for the teacher to follow.

A detailed PowerPoint to prepare students for a question on morality in Act 1. The resource include 2 versions of student planning sheets and a model introduction, body paragraph and conclusion.

A detailed lesson to scaffold writing an essay about Scrooge’s relationship with money. The lesson includes: A copy of the essay question An annotated copy of the essay question (for teacher) A table for students to scaffold their body paragraph A teacher version of said table (which contains some answers) A PowerPoint that contains guidance on how to create a thesis, introduction, body paragraph and conclusion. A model intro, body paragraph and conclusion.

A detailed lesson that guides students through writing an essay on Act 1 of ‘Macbeth’. It is an extract-question, focusing on when Macbeth considers murdering Duncan. It provides a step-by-step guide to answering the question. This includes: -A detailed PowerPoint -A detailed worksheet to scaffold students’ work. -A differentiated version of the above worksheet. -A “step by step” overview sheet that could be adapted to different essays.

A complete model essay comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘Extract From the Prelude’. The topic is the power of nature. It’s on Word so you can edit as you wish.

Mini-essay scaffolding for the question: How Does Dickens Present Social Responsibility in this Extract? This resource includes: -A very short extract -A differentiated version with key questions -A teacher version with key annotations -A scaffolding table for students to complete.

A PowerPoint lesson that goes through foreshadowing and dramatic irony in Mr Birling’s speech at the start of Act 1. A detailed model paragraph is included.

Mr. Birling’s speech in Act 1, annotated with questions.

An annotated copy of the poem.

Year 8, Set 2 mid-low ability. Students are given 3 cut-up P.E.E. burgers to put together as examples. Scaffolding towards creating their own P.E.E. burger.