Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 2 scene 2 (Language analysis. Context: The Copernican Theory) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature

LO: to be able to develop a thoughtful informed personal response by considering contextual factors. Key quotations Character analysis Change in Lady Macbeth Uses video clip Key vocabulary GCSE level Written response Peer assessment Contextual links Complete lesson designed to evaluate the presentation of Lady Macbeth against the contextual expectations of Jacobean society. Aimed to stretch and challenge students to link character and context. Activities recap the characteristics Jacobean women were expected to possess, teach the key vocabulary of conform and subvert, explore the change in Lady Macbeth, use and learn key quotations, writing a personal response and peer assessment. Engaging lesson, outstanding in lesson observation.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 3 scene 1 (Character analysis) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.

This Home Learning Pack for English at KS3 has been designed to provide learning activities during any school closure. It covers: Descriptive writing Writing a playscript Characterisation Showing not Telling Can be used to support students write a wide range of stories, descriptions and scripts.

A full SOW for the AQA English Language Paper 2 exam, pro forma outlines key learning questions, differentiated learning objectives, a range of tasks, homework tasks, model answers and the links to SMSC. It uses 2 sets of non-fiction articles: the AQA specimen paper with Source A: 21st Century non-fiction A newspaper article called Are We Having Fun Yet? by Elizabeth Day. Source B: 19th Century non-fiction An extract from Greenwich Fair by Charles Dickens. Also, an extract from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas and an extract from Barack Obama’s speech about Nelson Mandela. Includes suggested assessment from AQA specimen. All exams questions are covered for all the extracts have a range of tasks to teach students the skills needed for the AQA Langauge Paper 2 GCSE Q1 -Q5. An excellent teaching or revision scheme.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 5 scene 3 (Concepts of love. Exam question) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.

Great Expectations. Sequence of lessons teaching the skills required for the New AQA specification - English Language Paper 1. These lessons use an extract from the opening of Great Expectations to teach the key skills required for Questions 1 -5. The BBC version of Great Expectations is a useful tool to support the teaching of structure and language. Lessons include: example paragraphs, paragraph structures, explicit links to the mark scheme, opportunities for self and peer assessment, scaffolds to help students plan their answers and a range of individual, pair and group tasks. They are designed using the AQA recommended paragraph structures SQI for Questions 2 and 3. A sequence of questions: What, How and Why are established to meet the criteria set in the AQA preparing to teach resources that suggests the ability to comment, explain and analyse is internal hierarchy of progression. The question 4 lessons focus on teaching students how to develop a critical and evaluative response to a statement using a routine that can be applied to any question 4. The question 5 lessons are directs at Higher Ability students, focusing on using complex ideas and extended metaphors in descriptive writing. AO1: Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas. Select and synthesise evidence from different texts. AO2: Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views. AO3: Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or more texts. AO4: Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references.

The lesson, with accompanying resources is an introduction lesson that sets out rules and expectations, read a news article with a comprehension task and think about their own ambitions for the year.

Sequence of lessons teaching the skills required for the New AQA specification - English Language Paper 1. These lessons use an extract from Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong to teach the key skills required for Questions 1 -5. The BBC version of Birdsong is a useful tool to support the teaching of structure and language. (Modified Presentation) The sequence of lessons link well to the teaching of the Conflict and Power cluster of poems by exploring the theme of conflict and nature of trench warfare. Lessons include: example paragraphs, paragraph structures, explicit links to the mark scheme, opportunities for self and peer assessment, scaffolds to help students plan their answers and a range of individual, pair and group tasks. They are designed using the AQA recommended paragraph structures SQI for Questions 2 and 3. A sequence of questions: What, How and Why are established to meet the criteria set in the AQA preparing to teach resources that suggests the ability to comment, explain and analyse is internal hierarchy of progression. The question 4 lessons focus on teaching students how to develop a critical and evaluative response to a statement using a routine that can be applied to any question 4. The question 5 lessons are designed to enable students to create interesting and convincing story openings using The Sins of the Mother by Jamil Ahmad as a model text. AO1: Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas. Select and synthesise evidence from different texts. AO2: Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views. AO4: Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references.

Valuable introduction to poetic features and how to approach analysing poetry. The 5- lesson sequence begins with a recap of poetic features using Simon Armitage's poem 'The Manhunt'. Each lesson consists of a series of tasks that analyse the: Meaning, Imagery, Tone and Structure of the poem.

Reading intervention aimed at improving students’ reading ages. Booklet that supports in delivery and monitoring of reading intervention. Opportunity for student leadership. LO: Helps students develop the literacy skills they need to do well at school and in their future lives. Contains: A reading challenge with different genres and suggestions for book selections. (Initiative can be linked to any current challenges or targeted genres). A section for recording new vocabulary learnt. A section for reviews with scaffolded sentence starters and structures to support students. Can be used with small groups or whole year groups to help develop your school library provision and demonstrate the wide ranging impact an effective school library can have in your school. Designed for Year 7, however suitable for KS2 and KS3 students. Print off these booklets as a reading intervention, can be used in conjunction with reading mentors / student literacy representatives / librarians / class teachers.

Lesson to practise unseen poetry analysis using Dylan Thomas’ Do Not Go Gentle. Uses: Introduction to theme, references to AQA Literature Paper 2 mark scheme, support in analysing form, language and structure.

A fully resourced lesson for KS3 and KS4 students to help them develop their descriptive / creative writing skills. Pre-teaches the sophisticated term ‘tabula rasa’ meaning blank canvas and uses an animation to create discussion and then stimulate the creative writing task. Uses peer assessment based on success criteria. Pair and group work align well with SMSC objectives.

Two thoroughly planned booklets that teach the key skills of analysing language, making comparisons and forming a critical opinion. Designed using engaging, interesting and inspirational materials based around social justice, the resources draws on the stories of Martin Luther King, Frida Kahlo, Nelson Mandela, Malala and Lebron James to engage and motivate students while teaching fundamental skills. The skills developed apply to a wide range of English qualifications, however directly compliment the AQA English Language Paper 2 mark scheme.

Revision for Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Set of images to represent 8 key quotations for the characters of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Students to recall key quotation to match the image. 2 AQA exam style questions. Includes slides with guidence for approaching and answering the specific question. Please review. Feedback is appreciated.