This is a PowerPoint with lessons and tasks focused on every chapter of Purple Hibiscus. This can be used to study the whole novel or can be used for revision. It includes summaries of the chapters, guided questions for each chapter, key words and definitions, exam questions and writing tasks to help study the text. There are also tasks that focus on characters and themes.

This is a resource that can be adapted to fit the needs of the students in the class. It contains a table with themes and their descriptions already completed. Students are required to find quotations that relate to each theme. The descriptions can be removed for higher ability classes and some quotations can be filled in for lower ability classes.

This is a full PowerPoint that could be used over a few lessons. It focuses on persuasive writing. The PowerPoint has tasks to help students understand persuasive techniques, identify them in writing and create their own speech (in a creative and different way). I use this resource with Y7 students, but could be used with Y8 and adapted for Y9.

This is a PowerPoint that can be used over a number of lessons to focus on descriptive writing. I use this with KS4 students. It focuses on imagery, figurative language, punctuation, sentence structures, vocabulary and structure of a response.

A lesson on writing an interview for KS4 students based around 9/11. YouTube documentary link is included to give students information about 9/11. Useful tips for interview writing shared to discuss with students. Ideas surrounding the topic can be discussed before or after watching the video. Example Cambridge iGCSE 0500 question (paper 1 question 3) for students to work on after watching the documentary.

This is a PowerPoint based on chapters 1-4 of Purple Hibiscus. It includes: chapter summaries, questions for chapters, various tasks to work on, key words and translations of words they may not know. The lesson also has an example exam question for chapter 3 with a plan to help them explore quotations used in the novel. Perfect for Cambridge iGCSE (0475).

This is a lesson on the poem Ozymandias. This was used with a mixed ability year 8 class but can be adapted to fit different classes / abilities. The lesson uses the SMILE approach to poetry.