This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 8 class. They explore the use of oxymorons in Romeo’s dialogue and how these are used to express how he is feeling after being rejected in love.

This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 11 class. It was graded ‘Outstanding’ but, more importantly, the students really enjoyed it! It enabled them to understand and practise the art of writing to argue in a more original way. Please note: the exemplar piece of writing used in the lesson is taken from one of Mr Bruff’s resources

A fully resourced ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Scheme of Work (26 lessons) for a mixed ability Year 7 class but this would also work with Year 8. All PPTs and resources available, including 3 mini-assessments (every 6-8 lessons) and an End of Unit Assessment with all the preparation material.

This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 8 class where they explore how the theme of hatred and violence are introduced early on. They focus on the speech of Prince Escalus.

An 8-week set of creative writing homework tasks, to coincide with the teaching of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to a mixed ability Year 8 class. The aim is to provide students opportunities to engage in tasks that are designed to encourage writing in different forms, using the events from the play (studied in class) as stimulus.

This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 8 class to introduce them to the tragedy genre and some of the key themes of the play in an interactive way.

This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 9 class as a way of introducing them to some of the social/historical context of ‘An Inspector Calls’. The lesson includes: A powerpoint Differentiated worksheet