Creative Writing / Flash Fiction - Writing 100-word stories Firstly, students explore a six-word story (Hemingway) to create a narrative. They then look at two sample 100 word stories, analysing the use of language/structure to create meaning through questions/FLASH marking/annotation. Following this, they use one of the images provided to plan their vocabulary/techniques to help them with writing their own stories. FLASH codes are provided for students for feedback/improvement. Sentence starters are provided. Finally, students peer assess their work and then edit accordingly. This Unit of Work could easily stretch over 2/3 lessons.

Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes - GCSE Poetry Analysis Students explore key themes/context/language/structure to analyse the poem Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes. Slides are readily prepared to be printed to assist students with their annotations.

Exposure - Wilfred Owen - Poetry Analysis Students learn the background context to the poem/poet : exploring key themes/structure/language. Slides are prepared to be printed for students to develop their annotation skills. Finally, sentence starters are prepared to help students formalise their exploration by answering an analytical question.