Captivate your KS3 students with this rich, immersive creative writing unit exploring the Gothic and Supernatural! This fully resourced 20-lesson scheme of work is designed to develop students’ descriptive and narrative writing while building their confidence with literary techniques and atmospheric writing. Perfect for Year 8 or mixed-ability KS3 classes, this unit blends engaging extracts, scaffolded skills practice, and creative freedom – culminating in a final assessment task with planning support and success criteria. What’s Included: 20 fully resourced, editable PowerPoint lessons (approx. 1 hour each) Carefully chosen extracts from Gothic and supernatural fiction Differentiated activities and sentence scaffolds Recap quizzes and retrieval activities A blend of narrative and descriptive writing tasks A structured final assessment task (AQA-style: choice of narrative or descriptive) Planning templates, model paragraphs, checklists, peer/self-assessment tools Success criteria and extension activities to stretch higher-attaining students Student-friendly explanations of key techniques in British English Skills Developed: Alliteration, personification, pathetic fallacy, sentence variety Juxtaposition, characterisation, setting construction Similes, metaphors (tenor/vehicle/ground model) Building suspense and supernatural atmosphere Structuring and crafting original narratives Editing, reviewing and self-assessing work

Full scheme of work with 18 lessons (plus two empty lessons for assessment feedback), covering conflict poetry with a particular emphasis on WW1 and WW2 poems. Each lesson follows a clear structure to build understanding and analytical skills in relation to poetry. There are two assessment points built in - one of a single poem, one a comparison of two poems. This is great preparation of the skills needed for GCSE poetry. It has been primarily taught to year 8 students and is pitched accordingly, but would also be suitable for year 7 and 9 students. Each lesson contains appropriate extend activities to build challenge for students and deepen their understanding. All poems are also included as resources on the PowerPoints.

A full scheme of work for A Christmas Carol include 33 lessons (3 of these are assessment lessons that can be used anywhere within the scheme and 3 of these are revision/consolidation lessons on themes). They are aesthetically pleasing lessons that are clear and concise, limiting visual and cognitive overload; and have been aimed towards mixed ability students, with enough challenge to engage high ability learners and enough scaffolds for those in need of additional support. Please note, a small handful of lessons refer to “close analysis” or other sheets - these have been removed from the lessons as they were resources from Stuart Pryke and Amy Staniforth’s Ready to Teach A Christmas Carol and I was unsure of the copyright implications so removed these resources. If you send me a message I would be happy to direct you to the relevant resources (they are all available

Short scheme of work (approx 12 lessons including 2 assessment points) to help students develop creative writing skills using the Gothic genre as inspiration. Lessons follow a ‘6 part learning cycle’. Most suitable for lower KS3 (I developed it for my year 8 students).

Creative writing unit aimed at early key stage 3 and using Greek Mythology as an inspiration for students to develop their writing skills. Lessons follow a ‘6 part learning cycle’ and can be adapted for most lesson formats.

Mastering Rhetoric: A Complete sixteen -Lesson Unit on Persuasive Speaking and Writing Overview: This sixteen-lesson scheme of work is designed to help Year 9 students develop their persuasive writing and speaking skills through a structured, engaging, and interactive approach. The unit explores a range of rhetorical techniques and culminates in students writing and delivering their own persuasive speech on a topic of their choice. Lessons follow a clear six-part structure (Connect, Learning Objective, Share New Information, Challenge Activity, Demonstrate Understanding, and Review & Reflect) to ensure high engagement, scaffolding, and skill development. The unit includes two assessments: a mid-point written persuasive task and a final speech presentation. Slides and printable worksheets are included. Key Features: Full sixteen-lesson scheme of work covering persuasive writing and speech delivery Engaging activities that build students confidence in speaking and structuring arguments Two assessment opportunities to track progress and develop written and spoken communication skills A wide range of rhetorical devices including triples, rhetorical questions, contrast, emotive language, and more Diverse, real-world speech examples from historical and contemporary figures Fully planned lessons with structured tasks, peer interaction, and self-reflection Printable student resources including planning worksheets Who Is This For? English teachers looking for a structured unit on rhetoric and persuasive speech Speaking coordinators seeking to improve students confidence in public speaking Teachers preparing students for persuasive writing assessments and speaking exams Debate club leaders who want to introduce students to effective argumentation Included Resources: Detailed sixteen-lesson scheme of work Student worksheets for planning and structuring their speeches Printable assessment criteria and success checklists Real-world speech excerpts for analysis This scheme of work is perfect for helping students build confidence in public speaking while improving their written and spoken persuasive skills. Download now and start engaging your students with the power of rhetoric!