A session intended for WMHD but could be used for a general introduction to mental health and mindfulness.

This lesson is half-punctuation and half-comprehension. This allows students to ‘solve the punctuation crimes’ by detecting the ‘stolen punctuation’ in a sentence. After answering some 11+ style comprehension questions, students will test their punctuation skills by writing a crime fiction piece. The lesson finalises with a peer-review.

This session focuses on enabling students to understand when they feel certain things, and the triggers behind these emotions. There are both videos and interactive activities that students can enjoy.

This lesson focuses on the effect that students can have on others. At the ends the students will write a letter to a hypothetical friend who is suffering with cyberbullying, offering support, understanding and solutions.

9 certificate templates with different reasons for each.

Topic: Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’, cultural anxieties and how they affect literature, transgressive science. Lesson including resource, word of the week (transgression), key concepts and structured analysis.

Topic: Debates in Science - how far is too far? Resource: A conversation between two female scientists about the ethics of ‘designer babies’ Task: Construct a conversational piece, using the resource as inspiration. Resources included

A full 60 minute lesson including: A do-now activity A reading and comprehension activity on ‘Romanesque’ comedy A video clip and accompanying timeline handout A script-writing task and peer-assessment guideline A Homework task handout

Though this is the second lesson in my Tess scheme, it is also a stand alone lesson. The lesson focus is the pastoral and anti-pastoral, Hardy’s life, and the context of the novel. More info and tips in the preview!

This is the third lesson in a scheme of work that focuses on protest writing, with a specific focus on the Romantic movement. This lesson focuses on the Milton and his impact - specifically the controversy of Paradise Lost. The students will Miltonic excerpts as well as quotation from other poets who Milton influenced in preparation for responding to an unseen Romantic poem next lesson. The other lessons in this scheme are available in my shop, or in a bundle if you want a deal!

This is the second lesson in a scheme of work that focuses on protest writing, with a specific focus on the Romantic movement. This lesson focuses on the peasant’s revolt of 1381 and the reasons for the discontent in the country. The students will read poetry from and about the time in preparation for learning about the Romantic movement. The other lessons in this scheme are available in my shop, or in a bundle if you want a deal!

This A Level lesson looks at the origins of protest with what is arguably the original protest: Genesis and the Devil’s interference with mankind. This is the first lesson in a scheme of work that focuses on protest writing, with a specific focus on the Romantic movement. The other lessons are available in my shop, or in a bundle if you want a deal!

This lesson is the first in a 3 lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.

In this lesson, students will use prompts and their previous knowledge of the tragic genre to construct their own plan for a tragic play. Students will, after presenting their ideas, choose one scene from their play to write out in full. Includes a 10 question tragedy quiz with teacher answers.

This lesson is part of a three lesson scheme in which students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’.

This lesson is the third in a three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with different tragic solilquies throughout history: from Antigone, to Othello, to Death of a Salesman. The students will choose to analyse one of six soliloquies, and then get into pairs so that they can present a comparative analysis.

This lesson focuses on the context of Shakespeare’s works - Elizabethan/Jacobean England, treasonous plots, royal affairs, religion and witchcraft.

This is the third lesson in a 3 lesson mini-scheme on Tragedy in Shakespeare. However, this can easily be a standalone lesson. This lesson can be taught even if the students don’t have a prior knowledge of Romeo and Juliet.

This lesson is the second in a 3 lesson mini scheme of work on the context of Shakespearean England. However, this could easily be a stand alone lesson. This session focuses on the social classes of Elizabethan England, and where they would be positioned in the theatre. The students will complete a creative writing task from the perspective of a groundling, and then self-review against a success criteria.

This lesson includes: Word of the week (tragedy) Intro to tragic heroes and hamartia Study of Oedipus and his hamartia Study of tragic soliloquies (using ‘Out out brief candle’ soliloquy).