This Unit of Work has been designed to guide students through 'The Woman in Black" at GCSE. It contains 24 lessons focused on: use of language, use of structure, creating setting, creating mystery, building tension, descriptive writing, foreshadowing, gothic horror, letter writing, show don’t tell and narrative writing. It has been designed to target students doing AQA English who need a focus on language, structure, narrative writing and descriptive writing. Lesson 1: Christmas Eve Lesson 2: Creating Mystery Lesson 3: Gothic Horror Lesson 4: Setting Lesson 5: Foreshadowing Lesson 6: The Journey North Lesson 7: Creating Characters Lesson 8: Structure and Mood Lesson 9: Descriptive Writing Lesson 10: Show don’t Tell Lesson 11: Across the Causeway Lesson 12: Eel Marsh House Lesson 13: Pony and Trap Lesson 14: Structural Devices Lesson 15: Letter Writing Lesson 16: Reading Character Emotion Lesson 17: Spider Lesson 18: In The Nursery Lesson 19: Creating Tension Lesson 20: Descriptive Writing Lesson 21: Whistle and I’ll Come Lesson 22: Predicting the Plot Lesson 23: Narrative Writing Lesson 24: The Assessment

This unit includes everything you need to teach Mockingbird at KS4, and it will save you hours of preparation time! It is focused on essay writing skills for English Literature, and covers themes such as prejudice, segregation, bravery and innocence along the way. It includes 25 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, assessment questions, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts, context cards, theme cards and opportunities for online research. The page numbers refer to the Orange Faber and Faber edition with an introduction by Ian Gregor. It has been designed for the Cambridge IGCSE but could easily be adapted for other exam boards. Lesson 1: Context research Lesson 2: An introduction to Maycomb County and Alabama Lesson 3: A Southern Education Lesson 4: Miss Caroline extract practice Lesson 5: The relationship between Atticus and Scout Lesson 6: Atticus and Bravery Lesson 7: Miss Maudie Atkinson Lesson 8: How Harper Lee builds tension Lesson 9: Growing Up Lesson 10: Creative Writing and The Fire Lesson 11: The rabid dog Lesson 12: Ms Dubose and Southern Belles Lesson 13: Segregation Lesson 14: Aunt Alexandra Lesson 15: Lynch Mobs and the KKK Lesson 16: The Trial Lesson 17: How Harper Lee creates mood and atmosphere Lesson 18: The Verdict Lesson 19: Character Foils: Bob and Atticus Lesson 20: The Missionary Ladies Lesson 21: Role Models Lesson 22: The attack on Scout and Jem Lesson 23: The Aftermath Lesson 24: The Ending Lesson 25: Chapter Revision Guides

This unit contains everything you need to teach Macbeth at KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills, analyzing extracts for English Literature and bringing the play to life. It includes 30 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extract analysis and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge Shakespeare edition. There are also multiple opportunities for summative assessment to assess the students on Macbeth’s motives, the supernatural, ambition, Lady Macbeth or Bravery. Lesson 1: Context Lesson 2: Shakespearean language Lesson 3: The plot Lesson 4: The characters Lesson 5: A1S1 The witches Lesson 6: Is Macbeth a hero in A1S2? Lesson 7: A1S3 The Witches’ prophecies Lesson 8: A1S5 Lady Macbeth Lesson 9: A1S7 Macbeth’s soliloquy Lesson 10: Act 1 Review Lesson 11: A2S1 Soliloquys Lesson 12: A2S2 Comparing The Macbeths Lesson 13: A2S3 Staging Duncan’s murder Lesson 14: A2S4 Nature and Divine Right to rule Lesson 15: Act 2 Review Lesson 16: A3S1 Banquo’s murder Lesson 17: A3S2 The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Lesson 18: A3S3 Banquo’s death speech Lesson 19: A3S4 The banquet Lesson 20: A3S6 Lennox’s suspicions Lesson 21: Act 3 Review Lesson 22: A4S1 The Witches Lesson 23: A4S2 The murder of the MacDuffs Lesson 24: Comparing Macbeth and MacDuff Lesson 25: Macduff’s reaction Lesson 26: A5S1 Lady Macbeth’s madness Lesson 27: A5S3 Macbeth reclaims his heroism Lesson 28: A5S5 The death of Lady Macbeth Lesson 29: A5S8 Good vs Evil Lesson 30: Act 5 Review

This unit is a great way to teach Heroes by Robert Cornier at KS4. The students are given the opportunity to learn about the struggles of WW2 veterans, as well as the impact of sexual assault. It includes 23 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar answers, quizzes, extracts and opportunities to exploit online research. Lesson 1: WW2 context and Frenchtown Lesson 2: Writer’s use of language with Francis Cassavant Lesson 3: Using flashbacks Lesson 4: Evaluating how the writer uses flashbacks Lesson 5: Structure in Francis’ memories Lesson 6: Language to describe WW2 veterans Lesson 7: Describing the Rec Centre Lesson 8: Language to describe Larry LaSalle Lesson 9: Mood and atmosphere Lesson 10: Language to describe a sports story Lesson 11: Flashbacks and memories Lesson 12: The effect of Pearl Harbour Lesson 13: Creating expectation Lesson 14: Writer’s use of contrast Lesson 15: Evaluating Larry LaSalle Lesson 16: Creating sympathy for Francis Lesson 17: Writer’s use of grammar Lesson 18: Planning a story Lesson 19: Structure in chapter 14 Lesson 20: Language in chapter 14 Lesson 21: Creative Writing Lesson 22: The Ending Lesson 23: Evaluating the ending

This unit contains everything you need to teach non fiction writing (letters, speeches, articles, essays and leaflets) at KS4. It teaches students the fine distinctions between how to argue, advise and persuade. It includes 25 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities and opportunities to exploit online research. It focuses on areas like: how to use counter argument language to advise suggesting a travel destination persuading the audience to donate to charity writing a job application letter giving a persuasive speech on the benefits of technology arguing for who deserves to be famous evaluating who you would vote for in an election giving advice on how to be more healthy writing a complaint letter

This unit contains everything you need to teach Love and Relationships poetry at KS4. It includes 19 lessons that cover 15 poems focused on different aspects of relationships. It is fully resourced with lesson Powerpoints, examplar essays, past papers, introduction examples, mark schemes, quizzes and opportunities for self-assessment. Lesson 1: An introduction to poetry Lesson 2: Poetic techniques Lesson 3: Scansion: rhythm, rhyme and meter Lesson 4: When We Two Parted by Lord Byron Lesson 5: Love’s Philosophy by Percy Shelly Lesson 6: Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning Lesson 7: Sonnet 29 by Elizabeth Browning Lesson 8: Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy Lesson 9: Letters from Yorkshire by Maura Dooley Lesson 10: Quote quiz Lesson 11: The Farmer’s Bride by Charlotte Mew Lesson 12: Comparing Farmer’s Bride with Porphyria’s Lover Lesson 13: Walking Away by Cecil Day-Lewis Lesson 14: Eden Rock by Charles Causley Lesson 15: Comparing Walking Away and Eden Rock Lesson 16: Follower by Seamus Heaney Lesson 17: Mother any distance by Simon Armitage Lesson 18: Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy Lesson 19: Comparing Before You Were Mine and Walking Away Lesson 20: Winter Swans by Owen Sheers Lesson 21: Singh Song! by Daljit Nagra Lesson 22: Climbing My Grandfather by Andrew Waterhouse Lesson 23: Which poems compare well

This Lord of the Flies unit plan is packed full of creative Lord of the Flies activities and contains everything you need to teach Lord of the Flies at KS4. This unit of work is focused on building skills for English Literature and it includes 24 lessons. It is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information to enhance students’ understanding of Golding’s message, exemplar essays, interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Orange Faber and Faber edition with an introduction by Ian Gregor. Lesson 1: An introduction to Lord of the Flies Lesson 2: William Golding’s message Lesson 3: Leadership Lesson 4: The island as a symbol Lesson 5: Jack as a dictator Lesson 6: The frailty of society Lesson 7: Civilization and the mask Lesson 8: Roger as an enforcer Lesson 9: Order and Chaos Lesson 10: The significance of the beast Lesson 11: Chapters review quiz Lesson 12: Group behavior Lesson 13: Creative Writing Lesson 14: Marking and improving your writing Lesson 15: How and why Ralph changes Lesson 16: The power struggle Lesson 17: The beast and human nature Lesson 18: The fall of society Lesson 19: Symbolism Lesson 20: The British Empire Lesson 21: Savagery Lesson 22: The importance of hunting Lesson 23: The message of the novel Lesson 24: How Golding builds tension

This unit includes everything you need to teach Of Mice and Men and the literature skills students will need for their exam, such as analysis, evaluation and contextual consideration. This unit of work includes 22 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts, contextual information and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber edition. Lesson 1: The American Dream Lesson 2: The Opening Lesson 3: Context Game Lesson 4: The relationship between George and Lennie Lesson 5: Dreams Lesson 6: Chapter 1 review Lesson 7: The Ranch Lesson 8: Slim, Curley, Crooks and Curley’s Wife Lesson 9: Film review of chapters 1-2 Lesson 10: Character relationships Lesson 11: The shooting of Candy’s dog Lesson 12: How the dream has evolved Lesson 13: Structure and the fight Lesson 14: Crooks and racism Lesson 15: Isolation Lesson 16: Chapter review 3-4 Lesson 17: Mood and atmosphere Lesson 18: Appearance and reality Lesson 19: Curley’s Wife Lesson 20: Lennie’s death Lesson 21: Building atmosphere Lesson 22: Lennie

This unit has everything you need to teach Frankenstein at KS4. It contains over 25 lessons that take you through the text chapter by chapter. It is fully resourced with context readings, theme discussions, chapter analysis, persuasive writing opportunities, online research on The Romantics, example essays, critical articles and opportunities to practice extract into essay writing. The page numbers refer to the Penguin Classics edition. Lesson 1: an introduction to the themes of Frankenstein Lesson 2: context: grave robbers, Gothic horror and Mary Shelley Lesson 3: the Epistolary opening Lesson 4: Victor and Elizabeth as character foils Lesson 5: good and evil in Frankenstein Lesson 6: foreshadowing Lesson 7: the importance of setting Lesson 8: the creature comes to life! Lesson 9: extract analysis Lesson 10: the role of women in Frankenstein Lesson 11: the psychology of child killers Lesson 12: acting out Justine’s trial Lesson 13: the Gothic and the Romantic Lesson 14: Romantic poet research Lesson 15: Romanticism on the ice field Lesson 16: the importance of parenting Lesson 17: education and influences Lesson 18: serial killers Lesson 19: appearance vs reality Lesson 20: revenge Lesson 21: revolting monsters Lesson 22: comparing Victor and his creature Lesson 23: the dangers of science Lesson 24: who is the real monster? Lesson 25: the trial of Victor Frankenstein

This whole scheme of work is dedicated to writing a formal film review. It works works well with KS3 students and could appeal to boy heavy groups. The 14 lesson unit looks at the content and structure of a film review and supports their writing in the final assessment. It is fully resourced with film review exemplars, jigsaw readings, vocabulary exercises and essay frames. Lesson 1: Designing your own superhero Lesson 2: Turning this into a comic strip Lesson 3: Making a superhero movie using online software Lesson 4: Superhero Origins Lesson 5: Designing a poster for your film Lesson 6: Film pitch planning Lesson 7: Pitching your film to the critics Lesson 8: Fantastic 4 Review Lesson 9: X-men review Lesson 10: Pirates of the Caribbean review Lesson 11-12: Watching and evaluating a superhero film Lesson 13: Writing your film review Lesson 14: Top Trumps

This unit contains everything you need to teach Streetcar at A level. It includes 21 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and critical articles. Each lesson targets a scene in the play, a theme or a character. I have used it for years to teach top students who have gone on to achieve A* grades and study English Literature at Oxford and Cambridge. Page numbers refer to the Penguin Modern Classics edition. Lesson 1: Naturalist and Expressionist theatre Lesson 2: Context research on the deep south Lesson 3: Context presentations Lesson 4: Impressions of Blanche Lesson 5: Intertextuality with Ulalume Lesson 6: The significance of Belle Reve Lesson 7: Williams’ use of staging Lesson 8: The Poker Game and Sonnet 43 Lesson 9: Blanche and The Southern Belle Lesson 10: The allure of aggressive men Lesson 11: Comparing Blanche and Stella Lesson 12: The Southern Gent and Shep Huntleigh Lesson 13: Violence in Streetcar Lesson 14: Essay writing Lesson 15: Fantasy and self-deception Lesson 16: Elia Kazan’s influence Lesson 17: Is Stan a victim or a villain? Lesson 18: The relationship between Blanche and Mitch Lesson 19: Essay marking Lesson 20: Sherman’s march through Georgia Lesson 21: Blanche’s lament for the South Lesson 22: Themes and critics

This unit of work works well with mid to high ability Year 8-9 students, and could serve as a basic introduction to the American Literature canon. It comes fully resourced with PowerPoints, worksheets, contextual information, IWB activities, character analysis and opportunities for creative writing. Lesson 1: Gang culture Lesson 2: How Hinton creates character Lesson 3: Hinton’s use of stereotypes Lesson 4: How writers build tension Lesson 5: The Socs and The Greasers Lesson 6: Analysing characters Lesson 7: Narrative perspective Lesson 8: Robert Frost “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Lesson 9: Analysing the character of Ponyboy Lesson 10: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 11: Dual narratives Lesson 12: Use of foreshadowing to build tension Lesson 13: Building tension in “The Rumble” Lesson 14: Character foils: Jonny and Dally Lesson 15: Analysing the character of Ponyboy Lesson 16: Formal speeches in The Courtroom

This Unit of Work has been designed as a pathway through the Paris Anthology for AQA English A-level Language and Literature. It contains over 33 lessons and covers all of the extracts, as well as lessons to compare the extracts using past papers. It is fully resourced with a linguistic toolkit, features of spoken language mini-tests, word class worksheets, past papers, exemplar essays, opportunities for online research and homework tasks. Lesson 1a: Introduction to The Anthology Lesson 1b: Grammar and Lexis Lesson 2: Stories Are Waiting - Eurostar Advert Lesson 3: Mile by Mile by R Piggott Lesson 4: Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson Lesson 5a: The Most Beautiful Walk in the World by John Baxter Lesson 5b: Comparing The Most Beautiful Walk with Neither Here Nor There Lesson 6: Paris City Guide by Lonely Planet Lesson 7a: An introduction to Spoken Language Lesson 7b: Anna and Zara’s narratives Lesson 8a: Breathless - Waiting for Goddard Lesson 8b: Breathless - Roommates Lesson 9a: Around the World in 80 Dates by Jennifer Cox Lesson 9b: Writing Guide Lesson 10: What do you wish… by Trip Advisor Lesson 11: Visiting Paris conversation: Mike and Sophia Lesson 12: Rick Steves’ Walking Tour of the Louvre Lesson 13: French Milk by Lucy Knisley Lesson 14: Understanding Chic by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Lesson 15: Memories of Places in Paris: Isabelle and Sophia Lesson 16: Encore Une Fois by Just Another American in Paris Lesson 17: 18 Months Later by Just Another American in Paris Lesson 18: Comparing Encore Une Fois and The Most Beautiful Walk Lesson 19: Traveling to Paris by Gransnet Lesson 20: Paris for Children by The Rough Guide Lesson 21-24: NOT FOR PARENTS by Klay Lamprell Lesson 25a: Hemmingway research Lesson 25b: On Paris by Ernest Hemmingway Lesson 26: Foreign Correspondent by Peter Lennon Lesson 27: Paris Riots 1968 by British Pathe Lesson 28: The Seven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne Lesson 29: Letters from France by Helen Maria Williams Lesson 30: Fine French Food by Lonely Planet Lesson 31: The Sweet Life by David Lebovitz Lesson 32: Eating in Paris: Isabelle, Mike and Sophia Lesson 33: Comparing Eating in Paris and The Sweet Life

This unit of work is dedicated to the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ at KS3. It comes resourced with PowerPoints, worksheets, contextual information and opportunities for essay writing. Lesson 1: An introduction Lesson 2: Opening stage directions Lesson 3: Act 1 recap Lesson 4: Act 2 recap Lesson 5: Act 3 recap Lesson 6: End of the play Lesson 7: End of the play recap Lesson 8: Context Lesson 9: Mr Birling Lesson 10: Eric Lesson 11: Mrs Birling Lesson 12: Sheila Lesson 13: The Inspector Lesson 14: Social Responsibility

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS4 with Romeo and Juliet. It gives an overview of the skills and themes needed to access Shakespeare. Each unit of work is specialized to target a specific area of the curriculum such as Shakespearean language and context. Each unit of work comes with 8 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Accessing Shakespeare’s language Lesson 2: Costume design Lesson 3: Plot and key quotes Lesson 4: Exploring parent and child relationships Lesson 5: Writing a magazine article on the Capulet Ball Lesson 6: Evaluating who is to blame Lesson 7: Plot quiz Lesson 8: Grammar

This unit includes everything you need to teach Fantasy Writing at KS3 . It includes 10 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson Powerpoints, exemplar paragraphs, IWB resources and extracts. This unit works well with boy heavy groups who are interested in fantasy worlds and science fiction such as Lord of the Rings and A Game of Thrones. Lesson 1: Verb-Noun collocations in Lord of the Rings Lesson 2: How fantasy writers create characters Lesson 3: Describing a market in Game of Thrones Lesson 4: Structuring a story in an enchanted forest Lesson 5: How George RR Martin uses language Lesson 6: How George RR Martin uses structure Lesson 7: Designing a presentation Lesson 8: Describing an alien planet in Star Wars Lesson 9: How to describe a castle Lesson 10: The Weird Sisters in Macbeth

Are you a TEFL teacher with a pre-intermediate level class? Or maybe your students have EFL needs? If so, these resources should be helpful. There are around 65 worksheets covering intermediate grammar and speaking, with some games to reinforce the grammar rules. This unit also contains end of unit tests. They are not stand alone lessons, but could serve as effective support for EFL students struggling with their English in the classroom. There are a number of speaking, grammar, reading and writing activities based around: forming first conditionals forming second conditionals writing in the past simple comparative adjectives superlative adjectives discussion cards Dating Agency Game describing people formal letter phrases the passive voice future tenses reading activities make and do forming predictions past simple games using the present continuous prepositions

Featherboy is a fantastic text to teach KS3 students about bullying, and the unseen struggles others may be going through. This unit contains 20 lessons covering the whole of the text, focusing on Robert’s journey from zero to hero, as he slowly recovers his self- esteem after his parents’ divorce. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, bullying articles, newspaper templates and opportunities for drama role play. It also has an assessment essay on Robert’s changes, with essay frames and quote quests. This is perfect for early English Literature preparation as well as building English writing skills. Each lesson focuses on a different aspect and chapter of the text. Lesson 1: Use of the fairy tale genre in Featherboy Lesson 2: Characterization Lesson 3: Finding your own narrative voice Lesson 4: Singer’s use of Robert’s imagination Lesson 5: Use of sound Lesson 6: How to build tension Lesson 7: Drama and the hot seat challenge Lesson 8: Community debates Lesson 9: Precepts and life wisdoms Lesson 10: Writing a dramatic monologue Lesson 11: Bullying Lesson 12: Symbolism of The Firebird Lesson 13: Writing a film script Lesson 14: Using the passive voice in reports Lesson 15: Writing a letter Lesson 16: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 17: Analysing Robert Lesson 18: Singer’s narrative style and voice Lesson 19: The Trial of Jonathan Niker Lesson 20: Assessment

This unit of work is fantastic for introducing the crime genre and detective stories to middle school students. It includes 18 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, activities to exploit drama, debates, creative writing opportunities and short stories. This works well with a boy heavy group, who get very excited when they use the clues to solve the crimes before they read the ending! Lesson 1: An introduction to crime Lesson 2: How writers use narrative hooks Lesson 3: Crime Scene Investigation Lesson 4: Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens Lesson 5: Using Voice in Captain Murderer Lesson 6: Writing feedback Lesson 7: About His Person by Simon Armitage Lesson 8: Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Lesson 9-11: The Darkness Out There by Penelope Lively Lesson 12: The Trial of Mrs Rutter Lesson 13: Perform and peer assess Lesson 14: The Red Room by HG Wells Lesson 15: Planning your own detective story Lesson 16: Writing your own detective story Lesson 17: Writing feedback and improvement Lesson 18: Who killed Vic Timberlake?

This unit of work explores identity poetry and encourages the students to consider “What makes you, you?” The unit consists of 18 lessons with a mixture of American and British poets such as Maya Angelou and Rudyard Kipling, as well as more modern poets like Benjamin Zephaniah and Jonathan Rodriguez. It is fully resourced with fact files about the poets, comparison worksheets and a focus on imagery, personification and metaphors. Lesson 1: Poetic techniques Lesson 2: Rhythm and rhyme Lesson 3: Poetic techniques review Lesson 4: I Come From by Dean Atta Lesson 5: Mother in a Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe Lesson 6: Home by Warsan Shire Lesson 7: My City by George the poet Lesson 8: The British by Benjamin Zephaniah Lesson 9: Still I Rise by Maya Angelou Lesson 10: Ode to my Hair by Raymond Antrobus Lesson 11: Hollow by Vanessa Kisuule Lesson 12: Nothing’s Changed by Tatamkhulu Afrika Lesson 13: Search for my Tongue by Sujata Bhatt Lesson 14: Two Names Two Worlds by Jonathan Rodriguez Lesson 15: If by Rudyard Kipling Lesson 16: Half Caste by John Agard Lesson 17: Island Man by Grace Nichols Lesson 18: Limbo by Edward Kamau Brathwaite

Are you a TEFL teacher with a lower-intermediate level class? Or maybe your students have EFL needs? If so these resources should be helpful. There are around 68 worksheets covering intermediate grammar and speaking, with some games to reinforce the grammar rules. This unit also contains end of unit tests. They are not stand alone lessons, but could serve as effective support for EFL students struggling with their English in the classroom. There are a number of speaking, grammar, reading and writing activities based around: changing the active voice to the passive voice adjectives ending in ‘ed’ planning a backpacking trip film quizzes describing childhood memories adjectives to describe people expressions with ‘get’ expressions with ‘have’ expressions with ‘work’ comparative adjectives the first conditional the past simple writing future forms gradable and absolute adjectives have you ever…? job interview questions talking about your life experiences past simple pronunciation using the present perfect