A full KS3 Scheme of Work (15 lessons - 51 PowerPoint slides) which covers various different analytical skills, as well as differentiated comprehension questions, designed to guide students through Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ Initially created for a mixed ability Year 9 group, it could easily work with high ability Year 8 students or could even work as the basis for GCSE teaching of the play. The Scheme of Work includes planning that builds towards an analytical reading assessment. For information on contextual information on Puritanism, which is the basis of one lesson, please visit the website Sparknotes, by googling ‘Sparknotes, context, puritans’. The first result offers information which can be printed out for students to work with. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full and comprehensive Scheme of Work (20 planned lessons - 73 PowerPoint slides) for ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’, aimed at a high ability KS4 group, although it could easily be adapted for weaker groups as well. The SoW comes with additional handout resources as well as a mock question paper. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full KS3 Scheme of Work (15 lessons - 53 PowerPoint slides) which covers various different writing skills, as well as differentiated comprehension questions, designed to guide students through the play script adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s ’Noughts and Crosses’. Initially created for a high ability Year 8 group, it could easily work with high ability Year 7 students or else be adapted for other levels. The Scheme of Work includes planning that builds towards a creative writing assessment, as well as preparation for a KS3 speaking and listening performance assessment. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full A-level/IB lesson on Jackie Kay’s ‘The Right Season’ designed to prepare students for KS5 essay writing. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A KS3 English Scheme of Work - 15 fully planned and resourced lessons - for the playscript version of Frakenstein (adapted by Philip Pullman). The Scheme of Work covers various different writing skills, as well as comprehension questions designed to guide students through the text. Suitable for a high-ability Year 7 group, it could also be easily adapted for weaker students as well. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson designed to support students in understanding Conan Doyle’s use of structure in ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’, designed to be used once reading and initial analysis of the short story has been completed. Aimed at a high-ability Year 8 group, the PowerPoint could easily work with a Year 9 class too. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson to introduce students to ideas and features of detective fiction. Aimed at a high-ability Year 8 group, the PowerPoint could easily work with a Year 9 class too. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

Two full KS3 lessons on advertising and still adverts, designed to help students learn how to analyse their presentational features. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full KS3 lesson on advertising and creating a product, designed to help students learn how to analyse their presentational features.

A full lesson designed to support students in analysing Conan Doyle’s use of settings and suspense in ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’. Aimed at a high-ability Year 8 group, the PowerPoint could easily work with a Year 9 class too. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson designed to support students in analysing Conan Doyle’s characterisation of Dr Roylott in ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’, which focuses particularly on his meeting with Holmes and Watson. Aimed at a high-ability Year 8 group, the PowerPoint could easily work with a Year 9 class too. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full KS3 lesson on TV Advertising, designed to help students learn how to analyse their presentational features. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson designed to support students in analysing Conan Doyle’s use of clues towards the start of the story. Aimed at a high-ability Year 8 group, the PowerPoint could easily work with a Year 9 class too. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson designed to support students in analysing Conan Doyle’s presentation of Holmes and Watson at the start of the story. Aimed at a high-ability Year 8 group, the PowerPoint could easily work with a Year 9 class too. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson aimed at a high ability Year 7 group which could easily be adapted to a Year 8 group as well. The lesson introduces students to poetic techniques as well as the PEEL paragraph writing structure. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full KS3 lesson on Celebrity advertising, designed to help students learn how to analyse their presentational features. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full KS3 Scheme of Work (15 lessons - 52 PowerPoint slides) which covers various different analytical skills, as well as differentiated comprehension questions, designed to guide students through Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Initially created for a high ability Year 8 group, it could be easily adapted to work with other KS3 year groups. The Scheme of Work includes planning that builds towards an analytical Reading assessment as well as a Speaking and Listening performance. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson aimed at a high ability Year 7 group which could easily be adapted to a Year 8 group as well. The lesson includes work on explicit and implicit meaning, to help students understand how to explain and analyse effectively. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full KS3 Scheme of Work (16 lessons - 76 PowerPoint slides) which covers various different writing skills, as well as reading skills, designed to guide students through Ursula Le Guin’s ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’. Initially created for a mixed ability Year 9 group, it could easily work with high ability Year 8 students too. The Scheme of Work includes planning that builds towards both a creative writing assessment as well as a reading assessment. All page numbers included reference the version of the book with the ISBN 0140050930. Each page number also includes a quote so that teachers know exactly when and where to pause with the novel. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson aimed at a high ability Year 7 group which could be easily adapted to a Year 8 group as well. The lesson consolidates knowledge of poetic techniques such as similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia and personification. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!

A full lesson aimed at a high ability Year 7 group which could easily be adapted to a Year 8 group as well. The lesson continues students work on poetic techniques as well as including comprehension questions. Please leave a rating and comment for this resource after purchase - it really helps teachers connect with great classroom materials!