Deep analysis worksheet for Ozymandias: AQA Colour-coded analysis for different aspects of language: including contextual information Works with lower-ability and can be extended for higher ability Boxes for responses

Deep analysis worksheet for Boat Stealing/The Prelude Colour-coded features: including contextual information A3 Boxes for responses

Designed for a middle-ability KS4 set. A Christmas carol Organiser: Plot, Characters, Themes, Context, Responding to the Question, and further Revision.

Reading Assessment for a mixed ability Year 7 class on A Midsummer Night’s Dream Requires some preparation of key subject terminology, but allows for higher attaining students to challenge themselves Extension task is a mini written assessment to allow for marks to be enhanced and to ensure that the test takes a full hour Mark scheme included with grade conversion (adapt to your school’s policy, but sub-categorises 9-1 levels)

A poetry homework menu for Year 7 students for a 4-week half-term. Easily adapted Includes 3 ‘courses’ and a ‘drink’ Choice of 3 tasks per ‘course’ Tasks include a range of creative writing, language analysis, and research skills Cover page - can print it to look just like a menu Stretch and Challenge option called ‘Still Hungry’ to encourage self-assessment of their homework quality Editable box for homework due dates

Knowledge organiser/learning mat for KS4 revision. I created this resources for a lower/middling ability group - however, it could be adapted for higher ability students.

Designed for a middle-ability KS4 class. Romeo and Juliet Knowledge Organiser: Plot, Characters, Themes, Responding to the Question, Context, and further Revision.

A fully differentiated scheme of work for Year 7, introducing Shakespeare’s plays. INCLUDES A HALF-TERM HOMEWORK GRID Inspired by various schemes of work on TES, but mainly my own concepts. 16 lessons, focussing on: Shakespeare’s life The Globe Theatre The Elizabethan era Comedic characters The Winter’s Tale (comedy) Hamlet (tragedy) Creating their own play Persuasive writing An assessment with a feedback lesson template Performance structure

GCSE helpsheet/learning mat to help with those early assessments that students find highly daunting - this was designed for a middle-ability Y10 class. It focuses on Act 1, Scene 3, but you can alter it and use it for any essay. Printer-friendly - not much colour, so it still looks good in black and white. Includes: Key knowledge for the question - how to annotate and respond Writer’s methods/subject terminology and definitions Definition of ‘theme’ with a few examples to get them going Written response with sentence structures/gap fill

Deep analysis worksheet for the poem, London. Boxes for student responses A3 Works well for lower ability

Animal Farm context lesson - explain in detail the political figures that each character represents, discusses Orwell’s purpose for writing the novella, encourages students to consider how animals are being presented and the effect this has on the reader. Two slides mirroring how they could layout their notes Suitable for Year 10 and Year 11 note-taking or recapping Mini challenge activities/discussions

Key Stage 3: Year 8: Gothic Scheme of Work The Red Room The Raven Gothic Conventions Creating Gothic characters Creative Writing Fully differentiated

Clear outline of both English Language Papers 1 and 2 for the AQA examination board Question by question break-down Use of pictures as prompts for writer’s techniques Suggestions for planning Outline of marks per question Outline of Assessment Objectives per question

Jekyll and Hyde context lesson - explains in detail Victorian London and the science within the novella, discusses Stevenson’s purpose for writing the novella, encourages students to consider how mankind is being presented through the front cover and the effect this has on the reader. •Two slides mirroring how they could layout their notes •Suitable for Year 10 and Year 11 note-taking or recapping •Mini challenge activities/discussions

A revision resource for students on all the terminology for the A Level English Language Frameworks section of Paper 1. This is also a useful resource for the NEA. Overall terminology linked to language use and users Lexis Semantics Phonology Discourse Graphology Grammar

Deep analysis worksheet for Storm on the Island Colour-coded features: including contextual information A3 Boxes for responses

Full scheme of work to teach ‘Of Mice and Men’ to Year 9 students. There are some references to a specific school, so details may need to be altered. Each lesson offers differentiated activities and explanation through the tasks. Huge focus on the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement in response to current events.

Christmas Quiz for Year 7 Duration: 1 hour First round is topical, so alter it to match your most recent scheme of work

Mini scheme of work for Wolf Brother A few lessons to encourage them to pick out key language and look at the key events Creative writing included and group work activity

Compilation of links to revision resources for GCSE English Language students during lockdown. Mainly suitable for AQA GCSE Spec.

This is a lesson in the style of a worksheet that I’ve created for a middle-ability Y10 GCSE Literature group, studying the AQA syllabus. The aim of the worksheet is to formally introduce the concepts of ‘power’ and ‘conflict’ in an engaging and accessible way for home learning. The lesson encourages the students to create definitions for the principle terms ‘power’ and ‘conflict’, research key subject terminology for analysing poetry, and get to grips with annotating a ‘poem’; Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song’.