A lesson on building learners’ comparison skills using a fiction extract and film clip from The Hunger Games. Learners are asked to compare how the character of Katniss is presented. This lesson was incredibly successful in supporting learners understand Edexcel Paper 2 Q7b. Includes text and PPT.

Supporting learners’ creative writing skills by using pathetic fallacy.

A non-fiction comparison lesson for GCSE English language learners.

A lesson introduing inference making and simple language analysis.

A lesson looking at The Secret Garden and identifying implicit and explicit information. Includes PPT, text and worksheets.

A recap session on transactional writing. Learners also look at speech writing.

A resource used to revise word classes with learners. Learners are also then asked to consider how structural features have been used in the text. Includes text, worksheets and powerpoint. Can be scaffolded and adapted for AQA Spec.

A language and structure lesson using an extract from The Graveyard Book which worked particularly well with male cohorts. Learners revise word classes and explore language and structure features. Can be adapted and scaffolded.

A lesson on analysing structure using an extremely engaging extract from It by Stephen King. Includes text and PPT.

A session on evaluation of the extract It. Breaks down evaluation for learners who are lower ability. Includes PPT, extract and worksheet.

A lesson for higher ability learners. Includes PPT, text and worksheet.

A language and structure session aimed towards female/beauty students. Includes PPT, handouts and text.

A lesson on language and structure. Text is engaging and worked well with my college learners. Lesson includes PPT, worksheets and text.

This pack included presentations, resources and homework ideas. It was originally used to teach a low level Year 8 English set but all resources can be differentiated to challenge and stretch all pupils. PowerPoint presentations are colourful and resources are engaging.

This is a series of lessons which were used to teach KS3 and KS4. The series of lesson introduces students to the new GCSE English Language specification. The pack includes a number of engaging resources and useful PowerPoints.

This lesson was used with a Year 7 class but could also be used with primary school children.

This lesson introduces the method of showing not telling when writing to describe.

Series of lessons and resources for teaching travel writing to year 7. Can be adapted to suit other year groups. Many of the resources can also be differentiated to suit ability groups. The series of lessons aim at students producing a comparison essay.

This is a series of 22 lessons on Private Peaceful. This can be used with many groups and activities can be differentiated accordingly.

This lesson introduces students to pathetic fallacy.

This lesson encourages students to select better adjectives, verbs and adverbs in their descriptive writing. The lesson also teaches and enforces the skill of planning and redrafting when writing creatively.