A lesson that makes links between English and History where students are encouraged to write a letter to an unknown soldier. Can be used as a stand alone lesson or within a scheme of work. It's a clear lesson for a non specialist to also use.

Here are five different forms that can be used to inform, plan and monitor interventions with students. There are also questionnaires for the student and class teacher to complete in order for a clear picture of the student to be gained.

40 starters that are designed to improve the vocabulary of students. These can easily be dropped in to any scheme of work, or set as homework challenges. They could even be used as intervention tasks for students that are struggling with their vocabulary. No further resources are required and there are some tasks that will easily fit into the teaching of any text.

50 key terms that can either be used as a classroom display, flash cards or as a 'Word of the Week' task for your class. The resource can be edited if you wish to use it as a quiz, so that the definition is shown after the term.

These tasks can be used as assessments or set as cover lessons for this text. They are based on the new specification GCSE exam tasks and structured as these questions are. All of the tasks can easily be embedded within a scheme and also provide cross curricular links with Science.

Resources for Coraline SoW. Includes all powerpoints/worksheets referred to in the scheme, which is available separately. The PEE framework is referred to in this scheme and also the mnemonic AFOREST. There are some extracts which need resourcing separately such as the poems Jabberwocky, Nettles and Praise Song for my Mother. As well as this, you will need the opening to Rebecca, Kit's Wilderness, extracts from I am Legend and Old Major's Speech from Animal Farm.

Thirteen narrative/descriptive tasks that could be easily dropped into a current scheme of work. They could also be used as stand alone activities/assessments/cover lessons or as homework tasks. All tasks have an image to help support learners.

Book challenges and short tasks to engage readers. These resources can be printed and used in the library or they can be used alongside of the AR reading programme.

Four different tables that can be used for revision of this cluster. They consider themes, language, structure and making links between the poems. Four have been included to cater for different abilities and to also ensure maximum flexibility for teachers in the delivery of this course.

Six sheets that are based on the new English Language GCSE that can be used for KS3 and KS4. They focus on audience, purpose and SPaG, which will help reinforce to students what they should be proofreading for in their exam. These are designed to help embed the required skills for this course.

Cross curricular lesson that introduces students how to respond to texts, in this case the poem Dulce et Decorum est. Can be used as a stand alone skills lesson or embedded within a current scheme.

One worksheet that works for fiction/non-fiction. It shows students the 'steps' in analysing language in a clear way. It moves from literal meaning to connotations and ends with the impact on the reader/audience. A clear framework which can be used to scaffold/support students at various stages of their learning. Can be used for KS3 or 4 and can easily be adapted to the life after levels programme your school uses.

Eight different articles and extracts that can be used for creating stand alone lessons on reading skills. They can also be used within schemes of work, including new specification schemes, to work on reading skills. They can also be used for writing models to develop writing skills. This resource is a bank of extracts and articles, which are flexible to the needs of teachers.

Five single page takeaways that can be delivered to staff in a short period of time, or emailed to them, to inform them of strategies to help increase the progress of these students in English lessons. These takeaways focus on the following groups/needs: EAL Literacy ADD and ADHD Self esteem Boys

Six assessments, or possible homework tasks, which can be dropped into any KS5 new spec scheme of work for Spies. The assessments use the format of the exam paper (compare the significance of...), which means that you can use them along side of any other texts that you are teaching.

Thirty starter activities to help students practice the skill required for Paper 2 Section A. All the tasks are based on images, which makes these activities appropriate for starters, but challenging due to the lack of text provided. It will encourage students to focus on smaller pieces of text rather than selecting large quotes. These can be used in English and dropped into any scheme, but they could also be used as form activities for KS4 classes.

Reading starters based on the skills required for new spec GCSE English Language Paper 1 Section A. The starters focus on connotations using colours, structure of texts (openings of texts) and also how writers use language.

A SoW for the text Coraline. The scheme does include extracts from other texts and poems with tasks designed to assess Writing, Reading, Spoken Language and Poetry. There are four cover lessons provided with prompts to help those that are not English specialists when delivering the lesson. The cover lessons are based on key themes of the texts so can be used at various points in the novel, which allow for maximum flexibility. The template used does give teachers the opportunity to comment on how their class found the lesson, which makes it easier to adapt to your context at the end of the year/in any gain time you have. This resource is just the SoW outline and the cover lessons. The powerpoints and worksheets for this SoW are available in a separate download.

35 'Word of the Week' put on to Powerpoint. Can be used during Tutor time or at the beginning of a lesson. States the word, a definition and an example. Could also be used as a short handwriting task.

This resource takes students back through the requirements of each text form. It reminds them of the formal language that they must use and it also includes five different tasks to complete to practice these forms. The activities are based on what the students may be going through on the run up to the exams.