A PPT lesson containing various activities such as: On-board starter creative writing task to engage students with ideas and key themes. YouTube clip to engage and aid discussion linked to starter. Task focusing on tone of poem. Table exercise to extending thinking on additional themes and ideas. Guided annotation task (cut 'n' paste if desired). Colour coded prompts linked to lesson objectives.

A short activity that I have used with my low ability Year 10. Print out copies of the table. Higher ability can make their own links between ideas and character, whilst lower ability can deduce answers using the second slide to complete the table with pre-defined answers. NB. This is a post-reading task. Like this resource? Please see my other files, one of which takes this activity to the next level by linking specific quotes to contextual factors and has differentiated quotes for stretch and challenge.

Lesson focussed on contextualising Stevenson's language and linking it to key contextual factors - the emergence of psychology, Darwin's Theory of Evolution, the Victorian obsession with crime, the growing prominence of science, and the Victorian preoccupation with manners and etiquette. PPT features starter questions and a link to the BBCs Horrible Histories series. Resource is a mind map helping students to link language to ideas/ context. Quotes are also attached and differentiated for 'stretch and challenge'.

A mini unit covering 6 of the trickier poems and the links between them. Includes PPTs and printable resources for between 12 and 14 lessons as you see fit. **I have made two of the lessons from this unit free to download so you can purchase this unit only if you are happy with what you see in them. ** Each poem is covered by two lessons with a focus on language, structure, context and making comparisons with opportunities for individual and collaborative working. Some differentiation is also included for your lower ability students. There is a focus not just on the structure of each poem but also on how to structure your own essay response. Each lesson features a ‘settling’ slide for students to consider as they prepare to start the lesson whilst teacher is doing the register. I currently teach the Power and Conflict poetry in three chunks. This collection focuses on the last 6 poems and I use it towards the end of Year 10. However you choose to use them, I hope you enjoy these lessons as much as I did making them. Any constructive criticism appreciated. Poems covered in ordered sequence: Ozymandias (free to download - see my profile) My Last Duchess Checking Out Me History The Emigree (free to download - see my profile) Kamikaze Tissue

A range of titles sorted into BL (book levels) to help students and parents find reading at their ZPD (zone of proximal development) level. There is an attempt in this resource to suggest at least one book per BL (e.g. 6.1, 6.2, 6.3…) although this was not always possible at the extremities. A range of themes are covered in this reading list including BME perspectives, gender and identity, mental health, and the LGBT+ movement.

If you use this resource, please rate the resource positively - in the spirit of Christmas - it’s all I ask. 50 questions: best suited for an English class so when your Head says ‘keep it educational until Christmas’ you have (kinda!) with this quiz Again, please do rate. Last year my quiz was downloaded a couple of thousand times and not one review was left! :(

Some English questions interspersed with pictorial rounds for a fun Christmassy feel. Ideal for those last few weeks when the kids are hyperactive and your Head has already sent out the ‘NO VIDEOS’ email. This is a FREE resource and all I ask is that you rate it if you enjoyed or found it useful… if you didn’t please don’t! ;)

Two lessons focusing on Carol Rumens’ The Emigree from the AQA Power and Conflict Anthology. Lessons are based around language, structure and context. These lessons feature opportunities for collaborative and individual work. There is a focus on higher order ‘how’ and ‘why’ questioning. There are opportunities for students to feedback to the class and lead the learning. Please see my other linked AQA poetry lessons on TES if you liked this resource.

Free lesson which is also part of a longer scheme available as a purchasable mini unit of 6 poems