A short 5 lesson unit on Imaginative/Creative writing, created for the new GCSE English Language 9-1 spec. Contains lessons on describing setting and character, effective story openings, narrative structure (using The Simpsons) and the importance of planning. Clear assessment and success criteria checklists, which could be used for self/peer assessment. Some differentiation/challenge activities, but may need more to adapt to your group.

A two week SOW for KS3 (used with middle ability Year 8 classes). Tasks mainly focussed on developing descriptive writing skills. Includes challenge tasks throughout. Includes story creator where students lucky dip a story title, setting etc to stimulate writing. Ended unit with the challenges lesson, allowing students to play with creative writing techniques and styles, choosing which activities to complete during the lesson.

This is an end of term quiz for lessons in the run-down to the summer holidays. Includes 2016-related picture rounds, film round, music round and English round (which can be removed if not relevant!). Some rounds have been adapted from other shared resources. Music round links to a Spotify playlist, or you can simply Youtube the tracks/tracks of your choice. Please use, adapt and review!

Series of lessons on The Hunger Games, taught to high ability Year 9 students. Includes some edited parts of resources found on TES. Covers key themes as well as reading and writing skills. Please leave a comment if you download, use and like!

A recently observed lesson which was graded 'Outstanding'. Taught to high ability Year 9 group. Would also work as exam skills refresher for KS4 pupils. Powerpoint goes through a range of sophisticated punctuation devices, explaining how and when they should be used. There is also an opportunity for students to have a go at using each device, with unpunctuated sentences for students to complete (students can come up to the board to show where they would put the punctuation too).

A short three/four lesson unit on The Red Room by H.G.Wells, exploring the ghost story/mystery genre, how an author builds suspense and tension, building towards an essay question response or creative writing task. Used with top set Year 9, and a middle ability set. Split the story into 3 sections. Three PowerPoints. Quote analysis activities on worksheets for group work.

This is a series of lessons based on the novel ‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas. This scheme was created with mixed ability Year 9s in mind, and would be suited to Year 9 students and above. Originally created on Google Slides so there may be some slight formatting fixes needed in Powerpoint The presentation features lessons to run alongside the reading of the novel as a class, with questions, key skills for literature analysis and starters that develop students’ spelling, punctuation and grammar. As this unit is literature focused, the main tasks include: quotation hunts as well as analysis of characters, themes and quotations. There is an mini-assessment opportunity (exploring how setting is created by Thomas) and final assessment question options. There are also some writing activities included. The start of the book (Chapters 1-12) is covered extensively as the study of this section sets up the enjoyable reading of the later chapters of the novel. Later chapters are not covered individually, but there are resources specifically for Chapter 22 and 23, as well as a silent debate task and potential final assessment questions. This would make a great starting point for building or developing your own scheme on the novel if you wished for greater depth of the later chapters. There are opportunities for independent, paired and group work embedded in the lesson presentations, as well as research. Challenge and extension tasks, as well as sentence starters to support weaker students, are included with all activities. The overview document (SOL) is not been included but can be easily created from the LOs.

A takeaway homework menu, created for high ability Year 10 students. 3 options for each level of challenge, covering tasks from tweets, summaries, context research, character essays etc...

A series of lessons on Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘The World’s Wife’, planned for the IBDP Language and Literature course (for first examination in 2021). This unit was taught as preparation for the students in the IO Oral Examination, therefore this is a focus on Global Issues explored within the poems. The unit title is: ‘Representations of Identity and Gender’. Please note - Powerpoints were originally created on Google Slides and therefore there may be some slight formatting features that need fixing in Powerpoint. Includes: Lesson Powerpoints for the following 10 poems: Little Red Cap Thetis Mrs Sisyphus Mrs Aesop Mrs Midas Medusa (with a worksheet for groups/students to explore some secondary reading about interpretations of the myth of Medusa) Delilah (with an article about masculinity to connect) Anne Hathaway Pilate’s Wife (with a question task sheet) The Devil’s Wife In addition, a worksheet for students to research the context for the poems before studying them is included. Lesson Powerpoints include a clear lesson question (e.g. How does Duffy explore the consequences of greed and avarice in ‘Mrs Midas’?. There is usually guiding questions for student annotations, and often ideas for global issue connections or optional Learner Portfolio task ideas.

A series of lessons focussing on developing inference skills. Allows students to think creatively to infer meaning from pictures and film stills. Links into topics on presentational devices thinking about the genre and audience of different books based on the covers. (Adapted into lesson powerpoints from ideas by johncallaghan)

Part 1 of 2. Series of lessons to follow with class reading of Face by Benjamin Zephaniah. Lessons may last more than one lesson, but follow in order of the chapters in the book. Includes opportunity for writing assessment (newspaper article or persuasive speech writing). Extension/challenge tasks included. Taught to high and middle ability Year 8 students.

A series of lessons for introducing IB Language and Literature students to the new Paper 1 exam (first examined in 2021). This resource is appropriate for both SL and HL students. The main lesson Powerpoint guides students through approaching an unseen text (using the WWF text included), planning a response using a guiding question and understanding how the mark scheme is applied. There is a model essay response for students to read and grade before writing their own. A new text (RSPCA - with similar features to the WWF text) is included for students to attempt their own Paper 1 response. Included resources: Lesson Powerpoint (lasts approximately three lessons) Paper 1 rubric for SL and HL WWF text Model response to the WWF text and guiding question RSPCA text

This is the second of three Year 10 Edexcel IGCSE Language B units. The unit is thematically linked by the topic 'Adventures, Survival and Dangerous Experiences’. It covers: Reading skills such as skimming, scanning and comprehension Drawing comparisons between perspectives in a text and between texts Comparison response skills Included in this resource is: A SOL template for a 2 week unit Slides to cover approximately 10 lessons A booklet containing all necessary reading and activities (many texts are accessible freely from the Edexcel website and included in this booklet) The resources were originally created in Google Slides / Docs and therefore there may be some minor formatting errors

This is the first of three Year 10 Edexcel IGCSE Language B units. The unit is thematically linked by the topic ‘All Around the World’. It covers: Reading skills such as skimming, scanning and comprehension Identifying implicit and explicit meanings Language and structure analysis of an unseen text Answering Language B exam paper questions (Questions 1-6) Linked imaginative writing skills and tasks Included in this resource is: A SOL template for a 6 week unit: 3 weeks of reading skills, 2 weeks of imaginative writing and 1 week of poetry (from the Edexcel IGCSE Literature anthology) Slides to cover approximately 17 lessons Assessment resources for a Question 1-6 practice (Edexcel IGCSE Language B) Please note that the poetry slides for the final week of the unit are not included in this resource pack as they are not my property to share. The resources were originally created in Google Slides / Docs and therefore there may be some minor formatting errors

This is the third of three Year 10 Edexcel IGCSE Language B units. The unit is thematically linked by the topic ‘Growing Up, Relationships and Death’. It covers: Comparison skills between two non-fiction texts Directed writing skills (for Section B of the exam), including adapting writing for different forms and purposes. Included in this resource is: A brief SOL template. Note that we teach this unit alongside thematically linked poetry from the IGCSE Literature anthology. I have not included these lesson slides as they are not my property to share. Slides to cover approximately 8 lessons The resources were originally created in Google Slides / Docs and therefore there may be some minor formatting errors

These lessons have been prepared as a non-literary body of work for the IB Language and Literature (assessed from 2021) course. This is suitable for both SL and HL students and addresses the main learning question: In what ways does Bong Joon-ho issue a social commentary on class, status and wealth in ‘Parasite’? It would be a suitable pairing for any texts dealing with cultural traditions, social class, status, wealth, ambition, and many more! Please note - these slides were originally created on Google Slides and there may be some presentation/formatting that needs to be edited when using Powerpoint. Includes: Worksheet for students to complete when viewing the film (can be set for homework). 24 Powerpoint lesson slides (this content is designed to last 2-3 hour long lessons). Resource sheet with stills from one scene of the film for an annotation task. The slides begin with an activity for students to complete whilst actively watching the film (can be set for homework prior to class). Then slides cover some basics for film analysis and conventions - including camera angles - followed by an activity applying this knowledge to stills from a scene from ‘Parasite’. Then, the slides guide through some analysis of key features of the film such as setting, camera angles, contrast, symbols and motifs. Students are encouraged to consider the director’s purpose and connect the film to Global Issues in preparation for the IO. Finally, there is a list of suggested Learner Portfolio actvities for students to complete at the end of the series of lessons. Storyboard resource can be found here.

An effective lesson on AQA Moon on the Tides, Relationship cluster poem 'Quickdraw&'. Year 10, A*-C. I taught this lesson for a job interview, in which I was successful. It allows students to demonstrate very quick progress whilst looking closely at Duffy&';s meaning and language choices. Ends with students writing a paragraph response.

A series of activities to explore the poem Macavity (poetic devices, creating a 'Wanted&' poster for Macavity). Used with a mixed ability Year 7 class.

These resources are a series of lessons for introducing the CIE IGCSE English First Language Paper 1 exam to students. The main lesson Powerpoint guides students through how to answer the main questions in the exam (excluding 2a-c) using the CIE specimin paper - Project Mammoth - which can be downloaded from their website. Contains: Main lesson Powerpoint (planned to last 4-5 lessons depending on how long activities take learners and whether you include self/peer assessment of work). Model responses for Question 1(f) - Project Mammoth and Question 2(d) - Abracadabra past paper. Worksheets for completing Questions 1(a-e) for two exam papers (these were created for students to complete on Google Docs during remote learning and can make it easy to set for homework). An activity for students to consider the form and language for the different text types they could be asked to write for Q3. Not included: Copies of the exam papers or mark schemes due to copyright. These can be found and downloaded from the CIE website (papers used are the 2020 Specimin - Project Mammoth - and Paper 22 from the May/June 2017 exam series, which features the text ‘Abracadabra’.

Two lessons looking at the poem 'Hitcher&'. Exploring the poem, justifying opinions and building to PEE paragraphs.