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 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 literacy lesson based around an extract from Robinson Crusoe. Analyse how tension is built in the extract then continue the story, applying techniques.

A lesson and activity on 'Give' from the AQA Moon on the Tides, Character and Voice cluster. Starter activities for students to think about the big themes of the poem. Set of group work activities to allow students to do some close reading of the poem.

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!

A worksheet guiding students to think about the Inspector's final speech. Making links to the political context and including except from a Thatcher speech.Includes annotating of two short passages and some written responses.

Outlining the structure of adventure stories. Students then match this structure to plots of books/films they already know. Literacy.

First lesson on short story 'On The Sidewalk Bleeding&'. Explores issues of identity and character development and Americanisms. Taught to middle set Year 9s.

Learning Objective: To explore Romeo’s emotions during his final scenes.\n\nClose reading and drama activities to support understanding of Romeo's emotions in Act V of the play, some taken from the Cambridge Schools Shakespeare copies of the play.\n\nUsed with high ability Year 9.

Learning Objective: To explore how Shakespeare presents Juliet’s emotions in Act IV, scene 3.\n\nPowerPoint recapping Act IV so far, and exploring Juliet's emotions through a drama activity and persuasive writing.\n\nUsed with high ability Year 9 group.

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.

Effective lesson on 'Brendon Gallacher&' from AQA Moon on the Tides, Character and Voice cluster. Moves through activities and then groups work to analyse a stanza of the poem each. Marketplace share these ideas so all students leave with a fully annotated poem.

A lesson on 'The River God&' from the AQA Moon on the Tides, Character and Voice cluster. A series of activities building to students working in pairs to analyse two lines of the poem in depth. Students then present their work to the class so all students leave with a fully annotated copy of the poem.

This is a short SoW planned in preparation for iGCSE English Literature coursework. Includes many activities and character analysis, and essay preparation exercises. Lacks some detail due to teaching time restraints, but provides a good basis for developing.

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.

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

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

Lesson powerpoints and storyboarding homework activity for Year 7, on The Highwayman (Noyes). \n\nIncludes activities exploring the language of the poem, understanding the story, exploring rhyme and rhythm and writing their own ballads.

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.