A worksheet for students to use when studying themes in Macbeth. They must find a quote representing each theme for every act of the play.

A series of lessons following the novel Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick. Includes 9 ppt lessons focused on different sections of the novel, as well as activities for each.

Three lessons covering the first three chapters of E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops, including activities and practice questions.

A set of three lessons covering Paper 1 of Cambridge AS English Language 9093. Includes extracts and practice questions.

A set of three lessons covering Paper 2 of Cambridge AS English Language 9093. Includes activities, information and practice questions for both parts of Paper 2.

A lesson on various interpretations and reviews of A Streetcar Named Desire. Created to teach the AQA Dramatic Encounters Unit on Power and Conflict. 7 reviews and interpretations of A Streetcar Named Desire, some contemporary, some from time of release. Grid sheet for analysis PowerPoint with entry task, example paragraph and plenary

A fun and exciting team exercise for any size classroom. In groups, your students will find themselves stranded in a survival situation. Through good decision making (and lucky dice rolls) they must strive to survive! This is designed as something of a role-playing and critical thinking challenge. Students will need to assess the situation each day and act accordingly in order to survive until they are rescued. The teacher can be an active participant, or simply manage as students work individually. Each group, and the teacher, will need either a physical six-sided die, or a digital die can be used. This can be run as an entire class, or students can be split into groups of around 5. If you use this, please let us know how it goes! We are open to tweaking the rules depending on feedback.

A lesson focusing on the character of Eddie in Blood Brothers and contextual information around social class. Activities included: Hierarchy grid Match up activity ’Point, Evidence, Analysis’ planning grid

This lesson tasks students with writing a description of a beach scene. They must find appropriate adjectives to describe objects typically found there, before writing their descriptive piece. Includes: - Lesson plan with ideas for questioning, differentiation, AFL and challenge/extension tasks - Adjective worksheets differentiated for higher, middle and lower ability students - Writing frame worksheet to guide students in using adjectives correctly This lesson was used in a year 7 class, but could also be applied to years 3-6.

A lesson focusing on kingship and tyranny within Macbeth. Includes: Information Comprehension questions Extract annotation Essay question with sample paragraph and success criteria Extract for use with this question

A full scheme of work, including 15 lessons that cover every chapter of Adeline Yen Mah’s Chinese Cinderella. The scheme comes with a post-reading vocabulary game. Lesson 1 is available as a free download.

A worksheet that guides students through the stanzas of the poem Poppies by Jane Weir. Includes structural and language analysis, as well as a section for students to link quotes to key ideas and themes.

A short activity explaining the PETER system. Students then look at an example paragraph, before writing their own.

A lesson looking at the use of prose, iambic pentameter and trochaic tetrameter in Macbeth. Includes: Glossary Description of each type of meter with examples Four essay-style questions, with a writing frame and example paragraph Worksheet to help students demonstrate understanding This lesson was aimed at a mixed ability Year 10 class, but could be adapted for other purposes

A revision lesson, planned for a mixed ability year 11 class. Includes: - Starter activity - Quote analysis sheet - Paragraph writing task with success criteria and sample paragraph

Whole lesson introducing Jekyll and Hyde assuming no prior knowledge from students. Focuses on Victorian context and reasons for writing of the novel. Covers Darwinism and science, crime and science & technology.

A lesson focusing on persuasive writing. Students must decide whether they feel tattoos are suitable for the workplace and write a persuasive article about this. Contents: Entry Task Video Activities designed to lead students to form an opinion Success criteria and self assessment Plenary on real world applications

This lesson looks at the scene involving Hecate. It looks at language techniques, as well as some background contextual information and extract analysis. The lesson also includes a planning phase for an essay question, which could be extended into a full essay response if required.

A lesson focusing on the concept of masculinity within Macbeth, particularly through the characters of Macbeth and Macduff Includes: Information on masculinity in the text Questions to check understanding Exam style question with sample paragraph Extract on which the question is based

A lesson focusing on the analysis and writing of a persuasive leaflet. Includes a full modelled example, with the opportunity for self assessment following the writing activity. They will learn to: identify text type audience and purpose use the acronym QTFORPRAISE which relates to persuasive techniques develop ideas through scaffolded content write their own response using the success criteria This lesson applies to Language Paper 2, Section B

This lesson is designed to give students an overview of the entire plot of Blood Brothers, within one lesson. This takes the form of a quick-fire 'Whoosh' drama activity, in which students learn the plot by acting out key scenes to a script read out by the teacher. Included is the Whoosh script, powerpoint with differentiated success criteria and plenary. I taught this to year 10, as an observation lesson. Feedback was extremely positive and students enjoyed the lesson. This was used to introduce the topic, but could also serve as a revision aid, reinforcing students understanding of key characters, plot points and themes.