This SOW takes students through Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Students are encouraged to read the novel alongside clips of the film in a multi-modal approach to studying the text. Through the PPT students are given a range of tasks such as designing their own characters and board games alongside literary analysis and writing. Designed for a Year 7 class but could easily be adapted for Y6 or Y8.

This unit of work takes students through Roth’s novel Divergent practicing essential skills for both their Literature and Language GCSEs (AQA). Students are asked to analyse the language and structure of the novel. They are also encouraged to consider their own thoughts on ethical issues through debate and non fiction writing. Designed for Y9 students

This PPT designed for Year 9 students. It takes them through the play focusing on dramatic techniques and analytic skills that will help prepare them for their GCSEs. Newspaper writing Drama Language analysis Using historical context in writing Structural analysis

This SOW takes students through Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing focusing on context, langauge and structural analysis inorder to prepare students for the Shakespeare element of their GCSEs (AQA).

This SOW is designed to take students through the skills they need to compare poetry linked together through the theme of conflict. These lessons have been put together with a view to prepare students for their GCSEs (mainly the AQA English Literature Poetry Component) by improving their analysis skills, knowledge of poetic terms and comparison skills. The poems included are: Out of the Blue Manhunt Nettles Falling Leaves Dulce et Decorum est Suicide in the Trenches Futility