One page knowledge organiser for An Inspector Calls covering: characters; act summaries; key quotations; key analyses of quotations; contextual factors and key vocabulary; key themes; and an exemplar response covering AQA English Literature’s AO1, AO2 and AO3. Especially useful for developing AO2.

The PowerPoints include a pair of lessons on Thomas Hardy’s poem ‘The Man He Killed,’ suitable for use with a KS3 class or mid-low ability KS4 class. Lesson one includes an overview of the poem with inference tasks to help students understand the ‘story,’ while lesson two focuses more on closely analysing the language. The lessons build up to a mini assessment writing analytically about the poem. Note: The lessons do not reference an Edexcel or AQA mark scheme explicitely, and also do not dive into the context in the detail required for an Edexcel exam question.

A sequence of lessons focusing on AQA Language Paper 1 style analyses of Ocean At the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. The pack uses similar tasks to those in an AQA English Language Paper 1 question paper. The aim of the pack is to guide learners through how to answer each question by showing techniques for planning a response, exemplar responses (poor and satisfactory, for comparison) and example WWW and EBIs for student to self/peer assess. This pack is recommended to be used as a revision pack for low-mid ability KS4 students. However, the method of introducing skills, such as language analyses, could be useful for introducing GCSE style questions and language to KS3 students.

A pair of lessons looking briefly at Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson, focusing particularly on the use of language devices in the poem.

A sequence of lessons focusing on AQA Language Paper 1 style analyses of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. The pack uses similar tasks to those in an AQA English Language Paper 1 question paper. The aim of the pack is to guide learners through how to answer each question by showing techniques for planning a response, exemplar responses (poor and satisfactory, for comparison) and example WWW and EBIs for student to self/peer assess. This pack is recommended to be used as a revision pack for low-mid ability KS4 students. However, the method of introducing skills, such as language analyses, could be useful for introducing GCSE style questions and language to KS3 students.

A sequence of lessons focusing on AQA Language Paper 1 style analyses of As Old As Time by Liz Braswell, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. The pack uses similar tasks to those in an AQA English Language Paper 1 question paper. The aim of the pack is to guide learners through how to answer each question by showing techniques for planning a response, exemplar responses (poor and satisfactory, for comparison) and example WWW and EBIs for student to self/peer assess. This pack is recommended to be used as a revision pack for low-mid ability KS4 students. However, the method of introducing skills, such as language analyses, could be useful for introducing GCSE style questions and language to KS3 students.

Pair of lessons and accompanying hotmaps analysing the poem Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage (about the 11th September attacks on the World Trade Centre).

A sequence of 3-4 lessons for KS3 students on Gothic conventions in film, Frankenstein in film and other Gothic-influenced film characters. The scheme of work begins with a re-introduction to the Gothic and its key conventions. The lesson moves on to look at stills from Beauty and the Beast, posters for Tim Burton films and clips from Coraline and The Corpse Bride, explaining why each is gothic. Following this, the lesson moves on to re-examine the character of Frankenstein’s creature, first in an extract from the novel and then in clips from the original 1931 film and Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 film. The aim here is to consider how our perception of Frankenstein’s monster is perhaps more influenced by media presentations of the character. The third lesson features a carousal activity which allows students to create ‘files’ for different potentially gothic characters including Sparky from Frankenweenie, Lurch from The Adams Family, Edward Scissorhands and Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. The lesson ends with a chance for a student to plan their own gothic character which they could they describe in the following lesson.

This series of lessons uses extracts from across The Woman in Black to cover cover different required for English Language Paper 1 (AQA). This includes extracts from chapters 1, 3, 5 and 6, and covers language analysis, structural analysis and evaluation, providing AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 style questions. The lessons finish with self-assessment and peer assessment checklists and contain sentence starters for support. This sequence of lessons could be taught in solidarity or used as a revision pack for mid-ability KS4 students. However, it is designed to be taught alongside the text as a KS3 class reader. As it is primarily English Language focused, it does not contain information on the novel as a whole, the context of the novel or any of the main characters. It also does not contain Gothic conventions, again to avoid touching on AO3 of English Literature.

Power & Conflict Poetry (AQA) knowledge organiser covering: writer’s main intentions: two key quotes from each poem; theme list; past questions; and an exemplar response covering AO1, AO2, AO3 and touching on comparative skills.

Brief overview of ‘15 Engaging Ways to Open a Story.’ Could be given to students for support during any writing task.

Sequence of lessons closely at the poems Kid by Simon Armitage and Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare. Focus on breaking down form, identifying key language choices and writing analytical paragraphs about both poems.