1 lesson’s worth of content (45-60 minutes approx. including time to discuss answers) teaching language features to 12-14 year olds: Matching language features to their name, definition and example Identifying language features in a passage Comprehension questions about the passage Rewriting a plain passage into an exciting one using language features

Resources for the following anthology from ‘Stories of Ourselves’: ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ by Edgar Allan Poe ‘The Open Boat’ by Stephen Crane ‘The Moving Finger’ by Edith Wharton ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ by Ray Bradbury ‘The Lemon Orchard’ by Alex La Guma ‘Secrets’ by Bernard MacLaverty ‘The Stoat’ by John McGahern ‘Journey’ by Patricia Grace ‘The Bath’ by Janet Frame ‘On Her Knees’ by Tim Winton These activities would keep students busy for around 6 weeks. Also includes: IGCSE Literature essay writing guide 10 discursive practice essay questions 10 passage-based practice essay questions Revision tasks to recap all 10 stories. These tasks would take around 1 week to complete.

The core basics / foundations for IGCSE Literature essay writing. This is aimed at the 0486 course, but would be suitable for any English curriculum based on analysing language methods in literature and how they achieve certain effects. Covers… Language analysis - what is a method? Essay planning Essay writing using idea, method, quote, effect, why structure Model paragraph

Suitable for students aged 12-15, depending on ability. This file contains a number of tasks to help students understand, evaluate and implement persuasive writing. This unit would fill approximately 2-4 weeks of lessons. Includes tasks around: Persuasive strategies Persuasive language features Evaluating persuasive writing in articles Changing informal language to formal Writing a persuasive film review (formative assessment) Persuasive essay structure Essay rearranging task Own persuasive essay (summative assessment)

This resource contains 11 tasks based on a novel study of John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’. These tasks are suitable for ages 13-15, depending on ability, and would keep a class busy for 3-4 weeks of a novel study unit. The tasks are based on… Researching the American Dream Researching Migrant Workers ‘The Tragic Hero’ figure Narrative arcs Language analysis of the opening chapter Character maps Plot summary Human and animal relationships Themes Setting maps

Activities suitable for students aged 11-14, depending on ability. These would keep them busy for about 1 week in a unit of work on creative writing. You could weave these tasks in with reading examples of creative writing and completing some of their own pieces. The activities cover… Language features Showing, rather than telling Writing about setting Writing based off image prompts

Suitable for students aged 13-15, depending on ability. This file contains a number of tasks for students to complete during a novel study of ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde’. The activies would fill approximately 3-6 weeks of lessons. Tasks/activities include: Vocab from the novel Victorian London as a setting Victorian newspapers Theme analysis Diary entry Essay writing for analysing the novel

Suitable for students aged 12-15, depending on ability. This file contains a number of tasks to help students understand, evaluate and write speeches. This unit would fill approximately 2-4 weeks of lessons. Includes tasks around: Evaluating famous speeches Using rhetoric How to write speech introductions Persuasive writing strategies, activities and guide Marking rubric Student reflections on their abilities and confidence