Suitable for KS3 up to A Level, this lesson asks students to think about what studying English means to them. It includes a group work task that asks students to rank ideas about English in order from most to least agree. This then leads onto a creative world cloud task, again focusing on ‘why English?’ Simple, but an effective opener. Bargain price. Enjoy.

A complete (and very creative) scheme of work for The Hound of the Baskervilles playscript. Some performance elements, but very much geared towards a KS3 class (would work for Years 6-8).

Full term/ two term plan for teaching the Great Gatsby. Created for Edexcel Lang/Lit comparision with Othello, but works as a stand alone for coursework and could also be adpated for IB Higher Level.

Created for Edexcel Lang/Lit originally, but can also be used as a standalone for the Literature course. The final few lessons start exploring comparisons with Gatsby.

Highly engaging termly plan for teaching Tess at A Level. The lesson plans include written assignments, group work tasks and revision topics. Focus on comparing to A Thousand Splendid Suns.

A full SoW of work for teaching David Almond’s Skellig. Whilst it could be used throughout KS3, I feel it is best suited to Y6 or Y7. 35 slides, including a wide variety of reading and writing tasks.