A full scheme of work written for KS3 (taught to Y8) about murder/mystery writing. The scheme includes extracts from a variety of mystery novels. It focuses on SPaG and also contains a number or reading and analysis opportunities.

This is a whole scheme of work that looks at the theme of the supernatural. The scheme consists of a wide range of tasks from narrative and descriptive writing, speaking and listening and analysis. Texts covered include A Christmas Carol, Harry Potter, Medusa and The Witches. There are over 30 completed lessons and resources and a writing assessment (along with a prep lessons to teach before the assessment.) All lessons are engaging and have been taught to the whole of Y7. Lessons mirror the AQA English Lang and Lit spec but are obviously suitable for KS3.

A series of 6 lessons looking at A Christmas Carol. Made for KS3 but suitable for KS4 also. Tasks include descriptive writing, narrative writing, analysing language an analysing structure. Lessons are very visual and include all resources. They also include some SPaG tasks.

Three lessons on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. The first two lessons are about analysis and writing about an extract. The third lesson is a creative writing lesson. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.

A whole unit of work for Frankenstein. It was originally written for the Edexcel Spec but could be easily adapted.

A lesson using Maya Angelou’s ‘Still I Rise’ poem. The lesson was based around inspiring women. In the lesson we VISIT the poem and analyse language, form and structure. Suitable for both KS3 and 4. Links to AQA Spec.

Two (more likely four) unseen poetry lessons. Lesson one looks at Medusa and Havisham and Lesson 2 look at Not My Business and First They Came. Suitable for AQA KS4 English Literature

Two (more likely four) lessons that look at the myth of Medusa. Lessons contain article writing, fetch and retrieve questions, poetry and analysis.

5 lessons about Malala and Education. Writing to argue and persuade.

Three lessons about Roald Dahl’s The Witches suitable for KS3. One lesson is creative writing, the second is drama and the third compares two extracts about witches (fiction and non-fiction.) Differentiated resource.

Five lessons all about Harry Potter. The first lesson focuses on the KS4 Evaluate skill (AQA) and creating a character. The second lesson is descriptive writing and analysis (AO1 and AO2). The third lesson is persuasive writing and speaking and listening.

Suitable for both KS3 and KS3. Two Ofsted ready ‘Golden Lessons’ linked to a murder mystery SOW. Lesson one is all about creative writing and lesson two focuses on creating a character with some text analysis also.

Planning for a KS3 Narrative/Description Writing Assessment. Covers key skills for writing a story or description with detailed examples.

A lesson that annotates and analyses ‘Hawk Roosting’ for Eduqas English Literature.

A poetry analysis lesson for KS3 looking at VISITING an unseen poem. The poem is called The Vampire by Jack Preludsky. The lesson looks at vocabulary, analysing language and structure and writing up an analysis paragraph. The lesson also contains differentiated slides.

A worksheet suitable for Year 7 pupils. Pupils have to find synonyms for words and then create a description.

A persuasive writing lesson that looks at the Any Given Sunday speech.

Planning lesson for writing an adventure story - KS3.

Introduction to Speaking and Listening for Y9 or KS4. Includes a range of topics pupils could write a speech about.