Revision lesson for less able students on ‘The Carew Murder Case’ from Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde. Includes opportunities to revise previous chapters, close language analysis and discuss Victorian attitudes to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Cloze Chapters 1-4 summaries (sold separately for £1) included when purchasing Powerpoint for this lesson.

Cloze summary starter/homework/revision activity for less able GCSE students of the first four chapters of 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.' Also includes a challenge activity.

Excellent revision resource with Jekyll and Hyde key quotations categorised with characters and themes.

Categorised by theme, great revision resource.

Complete assessment bundle on the theme of conflict. Includes an extract from Act 3, Scene One of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, an exam style question and lots of support that could be easily tweaked for different abilities. Worked a treat with my weaker year nines,and comes with specific conflict related quotations that can be memorised to help prepare for GCSE Literature exam. All in a Word document.

A lesson starter/main activity to start a unit of work on Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’. Encourages students to consider how new discoveries were being brought back to England at the time the play was set.

For any year group to inspire gothic themed creative writing, but I used this with my Year 8s and 9s after studying Susan Hill’s ‘Woman in Black.’

By using Dharker’s poem ‘Blessing’ (printed on sheet provided), students can identify, discuss and write about structural techniques in poetry. Can be adapted and used from 11-16 as a revision tool before any assessment based on poetry.

Edited Metro article used within a Year Eight SoW about rants. Worksheet provides simple language analysis tasks as well as a selection of writing challenges.

A straightforward lesson analysing some of Lady Macbeth’s language in this scene (when she reads Macbeth’s letter) - offering sentence starters for a PEEZ activity as well as an interesting creative writing task. Could be useful as a cover lesson or even for H/W. Used with a mixed ability Year 9 group. If you want to watch the scene on link provided, you’ll find it at 20 minutes and 30 seconds.

Could be an extension activity/H/W, cover work or could begin a thought provoking discussion about how conscientious objectors should be remembered. Ties in well with studying war poetry. Used successfully with both a top set and mixed ability Year Eight classes.

Using the PEEZC model (POINT-EVIDENCE-EXPLAIN-CONTEXT), I have written an example of an under developed paragraph with suggested steps to improve, along with further quotations to analyse writing PEEZC paragraphs independently. Used with mixed ability Year 10 class.

Activities to analyse a WWF text. Suitable for KS3 students and perhaps some KS4.

Suitable for homeworks, extension tasks and cover work.

Supported activity with ‘No Fear’ Shakespeare extract of Lady Macbeth reacting to Macbeth’s letter. Ideal for mixed Year 9 students or weaker KS4 students. PEEZ sentence starters and a writing task.

Comic article ranting about wasps with some activities to encourage KS3 students to analyse language choices and create their own writing inspired by the text.

Revise GCSE writing criteria by applying it the model paragraphs - should generate some discussion before attempting own persuasive writing. With some adaptation, suitable for all secondary students.

Activities for weaker students to access and revise Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Exposure’ . Can be further differentiated to suit individual students.

Effective revision activity for GCSE English Language and Literature or can be adapted for KS3 students. Provides model sentence stems and requires students to match them to the aspects of a PEEZ paragraph.

Extended extract from Aron Ralston’s account of getting trapped by a boulder in Utah and being forced to amputate his own arm with a multitool. On last page have included some tasks. Probably best for Year 9, 10 and 11. Effective for exploring how tension and suspense is created through language.