This scheme uses the World and Lives Poetry Anthology as inspiration for an imaginative writing unit. Each lesson also starts with explicit SPaG skills practice. We have used this as a Y9 Unit but it could easily be adapted.

Six lessons to prepare students for introductory baseline tests in English. Tests included. Reading test uses a previous AQA KS3 Test. We use a Y9 due to our more able cohort.

This uses an abridged booklet of extracts (also included) from Jane Eyre that we have taught to Y9 students.

This was created for the Edexcel A-Level Unit 2 Prose and contains lessons for every chapter of Beloved with comparative tasks to The Picture of Dorian Gray.

A multi-skill unit centred around villains, ranging from Dickens to Dahl. Aimed at Year 8 students, the scheme teaches both reading and writing skills as well as some contextual information

33 weeks worth of spelling lists for Year 8. These last more or less the whole year and were used primarily for the setting of homework. Each list is themed to a particular word pattern.

This scheme of work was used with low ability Year 8 and explored the presentation of Shakespeare's various different heroes and villains in different plays.

This was used with Year 9 to explore the novel and involves exercises on each chapter.

A lesson involving close analysis of Emma Watson's UN Speech on the HeforShe Campaign. Transcript of Speech attached as well as a lesson. Speech can also be found on YouTube.

Five different English Literature exam papers formatted in the appropriate format for the new AQA English Literature Specification. Paper 1 based questions on Shakespeare's Macbeth

Two questions (both with two options) laid out in AQA style to practice Question 5 descriptive/narrative writing.

Aimed at KS3 students studying rhetoric, this lesson analyses Malala's 16th Birthday speech to the UN about education.

This lesson, based on Pixar films was used for an interview lesson (I did get the job!) on Descriptive Writing. It was a full 60 minute lesson culminating in a writing task

This unit was taught as a supplementary module to go with a Gothic Writing Unit for Year 8. It was also used as a taster of media studies as it focuses on the techniques employed by directors/actors in the film. It culminates in an assessment of Woman in Black. Films/extracts needed: 1. The Simpsons version of Poe's The Raven (youtube) 2. Edward Scissorhands 3. Woman in Black

A lesson exploring the Raven, drawing on use of techniques and linking ideas to The Simpsons adaptation.

A lesson which uses Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream Speech to explore features in successful rhetoric.

This lesson was used with Year 7 students to introduce the use of different techniques used in film. It involves applying the different shots in clips from Spiderman, and exploring why directors choose different shots for effect.

One lesson exploring and comparing the Barack Obama Strikes on Syria Speech and Winston Churchill's We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches. I also asked students to compare the delivery of both speeches, which can be found on YouTube.

34 weeks worth of spellings aimed at Year 7 students. These last for more or less a whole academic year and were used primarily for setting homework. The lists are themed by word pattern.

A lesson exploring Carol Ann Duffy's Anne Hathaway.

Ten questions on An Inspector Calls designed in the same style as the new AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam questions.