KS4, critical thinking approach to A4 S3 of Macbeth. Explores the gender role reversal of Macduff through his language.

Suitable for a high ability Year 7 or 8 or a mixed ability Year 9 group. All lessons are related to the new AQA Language/Literature GCSE from 2015 to practise and embed these skills in KS3. All lessons begin with a literacy starter. Focus on characterisation, historical context and gender stereotypes so it fits nicely with Social, Emotional and Historical teaching.

A full scheme of work most suitable for mixed ability Year 8, a high-achieving year 7 or low-ability year 9 group. Complete with extracts booklet, homework pack and final assessment. Lessons features success criteria, peer assessment, a literacy starter for each PowerPoint and a diverse variety of extracts, representing the voices of some marginalised groups.

Suitable for Year 8 mixed ability or Year 7 high ability group. Uses key terminology of newspapers. Uses self-guided research and finding key information to be used as basis for own newspaper article.

Paper 2 Question 2 - Summary writing Using the AQA Secure Materials Spec 2 - Glastonbury compared with Greenwich Fair Aimed at mid-high level achievers in YEar 11.

An active feedback lesson going over possible answers and improvements using the AQA 2015 Sample Assessment Material Jamaica Inn extract. Covers Question 1-4 of Section A Paper 1. Green-pen feedback ready.

Suitable for A-level students and covers all chapters. Aimed at Edexcel - Society and the Individual. PREZI FILES - please be aware - Prezi is free to download on the website but you do need it to access these files.

Noting the difference between implicit and explicit information Reading for meaning Using MARS One project as article inspiration - really engaging concept and ties in other societal aspects

Pitched mid-high level for Y10 or Y11, this lesson explores A4S3 of Macbeth: Macduff and Malcolm, masculinity, gender roles and reverse psychology. Ends with an exam-style question.

Aimed for KS5 Language or Lang/Lit course. Covers 5 categories of investigation for analysing any speech. Genre, audience, purpose. Uses linguistic and literary features to teach how these shape meaning and reception of a speech.

Suitable for KS4 and high-ability KS3 - active analysis and quote collecting of Juliet's soliloquy in A4 S3

AQA Power & Conflict poetry comparing Ozymandias and Tissue

Appropriate for KS4 (links to AQA Language exam Paper 1 Question 5) to learn and practice both narrative and descriptive writing skills.

How to write valuable and meaningful introductions and conclusions for GCSE Macbeth exam responses. Has sentence stems and uses gender and ambition as the explored themes.

A student-led and self-directed workpack for understanding and analysing Acts 1-3 of Macbeth.

A feedback lesson aimed for Year 11 Lit students using the poem ‘How to Leave a World that Worships Shoud’ by Ros Barber

A prep lesson before assessments or exams that guides students through a breakdown of AQA’s requirements of the Macbeth Lit question.

A full scheme of work on 18th-21st century relationships poetry. Includes all resources and is aimed at a gifted-and-talented Year 9 group but could also work for KS4 groups. Can be used to teach Unseen Poetry skills suitable for new AQA Literature examination beginning 2015.

A self-contained booklet useful for revision, especially moving from Year 10 into 11, to consolidate AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 & some Lit Unseen Poetry skills. Practises skills for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5 and Unseen Poetry skills. Includes glossary of subject terminology and extracts.

Students consider common portrayals of women in music videos and whether these have negative impacts. Makes use of key subject terminology (also ties in to Media Studies). Using Lily Allen's feminist response to 'Blurred Lines' - 'Hard out here'.

Active revision - suitable for students before mock or before real exam. Breakdown of each question on each paper for AQA Language for first exam 2017.