A short 5 lesson unit on Imaginative/Creative writing, created for the new GCSE English Language 9-1 spec. Contains lessons on describing setting and character, effective story openings, narrative structure (using The Simpsons) and the importance of planning. Clear assessment and success criteria checklists, which could be used for self/peer assessment. Some differentiation/challenge activities, but may need more to adapt to your group.

Part 1 of 2. Series of lessons to follow with class reading of Face by Benjamin Zephaniah. Lessons may last more than one lesson, but follow in order of the chapters in the book. Includes opportunity for writing assessment (newspaper article or persuasive speech writing). Extension/challenge tasks included. Taught to high and middle ability Year 8 students.

A short three/four lesson unit on The Red Room by H.G.Wells, exploring the ghost story/mystery genre, how an author builds suspense and tension, building towards an essay question response or creative writing task.\n\nUsed with top set Year 9, and a middle ability set.\n\nSplit the story into 3 sections. Three PowerPoints. Quote analysis activities on worksheets for group work.

A worksheet to structure student research on Charles Dickens and 'A Christmas Carol'. I have slightly adapted the worksheet for different year groups: Year 7, Year 8 and Year 10 (just titled Charles Dickens research). A range of multiple choice and written answer sections. Great for lower ability but also a success with high ability pupils!

Two lessons looking at the poem 'Hitcher&'. Exploring the poem, justifying opinions and building to PEE paragraphs.

An effective lesson on AQA Moon on the Tides, Relationship cluster poem 'Quickdraw&'. Year 10, A*-C. I taught this lesson for a job interview, in which I was successful. It allows students to demonstrate very quick progress whilst looking closely at Duffy&';s meaning and language choices. Ends with students writing a paragraph response.

A takeaway homework menu, created for high ability Year 10 students. 3 options for each level of challenge, covering tasks from tweets, summaries, context research, character essays etc...

A recently observed lesson which was graded 'Outstanding&'. Taught to high ability Year 9 group. Would also work as exam skills refresher for KS4 pupils.

A takeaway homework menu for KS3 students studying Romeo and Juliet. I have used with high and middle ability Year 8 students. You could set one task to be completed weekly, or ask that 2/3/4 be handed in by a certain due date. I have had some amazing 3D Globe Theatre models created by students! Hope you find it helpful!

A lesson exploring the genre of science fiction through clips from the film I, Robot. Includes a number of activities and discussion points.\n\nUsed with a mixed ability Year 8 class.

Series of lessons on The Hunger Games, taught to high ability Year 9 students. Includes some edited parts of resources found on TES. Covers key themes as well as reading and writing skills.

Four posters with information and facts about Shakespeare, his work, Elizabethan theatre and Romeo & Juliet. Worksheet with 22 questions to find answers for. I pin up the posters around the room and students go around with their worksheets to find the answers - a lot of fun and a lot of learning!Introductory context lesson for KS3 SoW.

A two week SOW for KS3 (used with middle ability Year 8 classes). Tasks mainly focussed on developing descriptive writing skills. Includes challenge tasks throughout.Includes story creator where students lucky dip a story title, setting etc to stimulate writing. Ended unit with the challenges lesson, allowing students to play with creative writing techniques and styles, choosing which activities to complete during the lesson.

A series of lessons on Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘The World’s Wife’, planned for the IBDP Language and Literature course (for first examination in 2021). This unit was taught as preparation for the students in the IO Oral Examination, therefore this is a focus on Global Issues explored within the poems. The unit title is: ‘Representations of Identity and Gender’. Please note - Powerpoints were originally created on Google Slides and therefore there may be some slight formatting features that need fixing in Powerpoint. Includes: Lesson Powerpoints for the following 10 poems: Little Red Cap Thetis Mrs Sisyphus Mrs Aesop Mrs Midas Medusa (with a worksheet for groups/students to explore some secondary reading about interpretations of the myth of Medusa) Delilah (with an article about masculinity to connect) Anne Hathaway Pilate’s Wife (with a question task sheet) The Devil’s Wife In addition, a worksheet for students to research the context for the poems before studying them is included. Lesson Powerpoints include a clear lesson question (e.g. How does Duffy explore the consequences of greed and avarice in ‘Mrs Midas’?. There is usually guiding questions for student annotations, and often ideas for global issue connections or optional Learner Portfolio task ideas.

A revision booklet pack for Edexcel English - The Writer's Craft Foundation Paper. This is based on extracts taken from Act 3 of the play (the chosen focus act for June 2016 exams). Includes brief summary of how to answer parts a, b and c with sentence starters to support low-ability students, then a selection of extracts from Act 3, with example exam questions. Could be used in revision or intervention sessions, or set for homework.

Part 2 of 2. Series of lessons to follow class reading of Face by Benjamin Zephaniah. Lesson powerpoints probably run over two or more lessons, but follow the chapters of the book with various activities, questions etc. Taught to high and middle ability Year 8s. Opportunities for writing assessment in Part 1 of SoW (newspaper article or persuasive speech writing). Extension/challenge options included. Body Image lesson relies on students bringing in magazines to analyse - we created posters in pairs/3s labelling how body image was represented in the media, then spent a lesson linking this learning to the novel.

This is a series of lessons based on the novel ‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas. This scheme was created with mixed ability Year 9s in mind, and would be suited to Year 9 students and above. Originally created on Google Slides so there may be some slight formatting fixes needed in Powerpoint The presentation features lessons to run alongside the reading of the novel as a class, with questions, key skills for literature analysis and starters that develop students’ spelling, punctuation and grammar. As this unit is literature focused, the main tasks include: quotation hunts as well as analysis of characters, themes and quotations. There is an mini-assessment opportunity (exploring how setting is created by Thomas) and final assessment question options. There are also some writing activities included. The start of the book (Chapters 1-12) is covered extensively as the study of this section sets up the enjoyable reading of the later chapters of the novel. Later chapters are not covered individually, but there are resources specifically for Chapter 22 and 23, as well as a silent debate task and potential final assessment questions. This would make a great starting point for building or developing your own scheme on the novel if you wished for greater depth of the later chapters. There are opportunities for independent, paired and group work embedded in the lesson presentations, as well as research. Challenge and extension tasks, as well as sentence starters to support weaker students, are included with all activities. The overview document (SOL) is not been included but can be easily created from the LOs.

Starter, main course and dessert homework choices to run alongside a Year 8 poetry unit. Challenge/bonus activities included.

This is a set of complete unit of work for Romeo and Juliet, aimed at IGCSE-level students. This is specifically designed for the CAIE IGCSE Literature course, but could be easily adapted to other exam boards. This was taught to a high-prior attaining class. Please note - these lessons were originally created on Google Slides and there may be some formatting and presentation that needs editing when downloading as pptx Included: 14 lesson Powerpoints (activities within Powerpoints may last between 1 - 4 lessons). Structured through answering the ‘Big Questions’ (knowledge-based) of the text. Additional documents for contextual information. Example exam questions (CAIE-style). Challenge and extension activities throughout. Some ideas/activities have been adapted from other resources available on various websites. The overview (SOW) is not included.

Introduction to the context of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Includes key words card sort, and video with questions worksheet activity (worksheet is a cloze activity but this can be removed for higher ability pupils). Taught to mixed ability Year 7s.