A selection of 64 improvisation scenarios for drama lessons. Great for lesson starters or activities in extra curricular drama. Example scenarios: A child has a nasty encounter with an animal at the zoo. A deleted scene from Harry Potter. Escaped prisoners stop for petrol at a petrol station. The sales assistant is old and slow. A restaurant is visited by a food critic. A team of footballers are in the dressing room at half time. They are losing the game 2-0. The manager gives his team talk. 64 scenarios in total! Great fun for drama students of all ages!

A collection of nine exam questions for Macbeth. Each question has been designed to meet the criteria of the AQA Literature Paper 1 exam. Each question focuses on characters and themes from the play and includes an extract. Questions cover the following characters: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Macduff and the witches. Themes include: Ambition, the supernatural, guilt, power, deceit, revenge and more. I have also included a power point for a Macbeth lesson where I get students to create their own exam style questions.

This is a scheme of work for Dracula. This scheme of work is to be taught alongside the Oxford Playscripts version of Dracula. This KS3 SOW includes a range of activities that include newspaper writing, contextual research, language analysis, diary writing, poetry, hot seating, creative writing, group work, debates and other creative tasks. The SOW also includes ideas for homework tasks such as creating a vampire survival guide. The powerpoint consists of 81 slides. Each lesson includes reading of the texts with slides that include page numbers and a list of characters for each reading session. Learning objectives, challenge tasks and additional support materials are also included. Please do not be put off by the preview files, the text for some reason hasn’t formatted to the correct size on these. The powerpoint that you downloaded is in the correct format. Please check my free preview lesson as an example. All video clips used are taken from Youtube and are used for educational purposes.

A scheme of work for English based on war literature. This scheme of work is ideal for a lower ability Year 9 group and features a variety of activities. Students will study a number of WW1 poems and use different stimulus to help them complete a number of different writing tasks. Activities include making a propaganda poster (persuasive techniques), comparing viewpoints through poetry, language analysis, interview writing, script writing, creative writing, monologue writing and a research project that focuses on student hopes for the future. All resources are included. The only resource teachers will need is a copy of the film War Horse to help with the creative writing lesson. Students watch the trench scene to makes notes based on the five senses. This scheme of work has worked very well with lower ability classes and has been very accessible for boy heavy groups too.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of AQA’s Power and Conflict poetry anthology. This is the first lesson in a scheme of work that covers the poems that need studying for the AQA Literature Paper 2. As an introduction to poetry this lesson covers poetic devices students will look to find when annotating poetry, examples of poetry, a game of poetry bingo and an overview of the exam, with the mark scheme. This lesson includes copies of the poems studied during the lesson and a poetry bingo sheet. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poems.

This is a whole lesson quiz to help revise key scenes, characters, quotes and language devices from three of the literature texts studies for AQA English Literature. Over 50 questions and answers to provide a fun team based quiz for your class. The quiz covers Macbeth, Blood Brothers and A Christmas Carol.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of the skills needed to compare the poems in the AQA Literature Paper 2 exam. This lesson focuses on the poems Kamikaze and Exposure. The lesson includes an overview of the mark scheme, a planning table for comparisons and example paragraphs to help students see what should be included in their response. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Shelley’s Ozymandias. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem, Exploring Themes activity and a practice question based on key themes. This is the third lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. As this is the second lesson in this scheme of work the poem is annotated to provide an example for your students. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

A revision pack for students studying AQA English Literature. This booklet features exam questions and tips for Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, Blood Brothers and Power and Conflict poetry. There are two exam style Macbeth question (with extracts), four exam style A Christmas Carol questions (with extracts), three exam style Blood Brothers questions and two example questions for the poetry. The booklet also includes tips for answering these questions. This great for a homework task or to help students who are revising for the exams.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. There is also a comparison question inserted to help students compare the poems they have studied so far. This is the thirteenth lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Blake’s London. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. This is the fourth lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Weir’s Poppies. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. There is also a comparison question inserted to help students compare the poems they have studied so far. This is the twelfth lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Heaney’s Storm on the Island. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. There is also a comparison question inserted to help students compare the poems they have studied so far. This is the seventh lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Agard’s Checking Out Me History. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. There is also a comparison question inserted to help students compare the poems they have studied so far. This is the ninth lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Wilfred Owen’s Exposure. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. This is thesixth lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Hughes’ Bayonet Charge. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. There is also a comparison question inserted to help students compare the poems they have studied so far. This is the eleventh lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Garland’s Kamikaze. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. There is also a comparison question inserted to help students compare the poems they have studied so far. This is the eighth lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

This is a whole lesson to support the learning of Armitage’s Remains. The lesson includes ideas about the context of the poem, STUMP (structure, tone, use of language, message and point of view) analysis of the poem and a practice question based on key themes. This is the fifth lesson in this scheme of work. Here students are encouraged to annotate the poems themselves before sharing ideas as a class. Any audio or audio-visual content used is for education purposes and taken from Youtube to support the study of the poem.

Here is a free preview lesson for my 81 slide Dracula scheme of work to support the reading of the Oxbridge Playscripts Dracula book. If you like, you can buy the full scheme of work on TES. The full scheme covers the full scheme of work includes a range of activities that include newspaper writing, contextual research, language analysis, diary writing, poetry, hot seating, creative writing, group work, debates and other creative tasks. The SOW also includes ideas for homework tasks such as creating a vampire survival guide.