Powerpoint containing all of my lessons for Dickens' A Christmas Carol novel study in line with the new GCSE Literature AOs. Model responses included on slides.

A knowledge organsier for Dickens’ Great Expectations Covers quotes and plot from part 1, but could easily be adapted to suit whole novel. Language, Structure, Context, Themes and Writer’s intentions all covered .

A revision booklet made for Y11 that focuses on annotating several key quotations from Blood Brothers, Walking Away and Mother, Any Distance. Space provided for pupils to write a short response to exam Q. I use these booklets as a form of revision with all abilities. They can either be given out to complete at home, or used with a visualiser for direct instruction.

PPT used for Y7 literacy intervention day. Focus on using simple, compound and complex sentences (embedded clauses) accurately and using semi colons accurately between two clauses. Could easily be adapted and used as two or three separate literacy lessons. All resources within PPT slides and ready to go.

A booklet that I created for my Y11 more able pupils. Collection of academic non fiction with questions for each source. Ables students to develop understanding of context and leads to more insightful analysis of the text.

A booklet that I created for my Y11 more able pupils. Collection of academic non fiction with questions for each source. Ables students to develop understanding of context and leads to more insightful analysis of the text.

A booklet that I created for my Y11 more able pupils. Collection of academic non fiction with questions for each source. Ables students to develop understanding of context and leads to more insightful analysis of the text.

Powerpoint for half term Gothic unit of work. Reading and Writing lessons. Resources and models included.

A SOW exploring the play over a whole term. Lessons are focused on both reading and writing skills- including analysis, evaluation, writing from a character's perspective and writing non-fiction. Each lesson has a clear LO with a planned starter, main and plenary. (Some lessons have multiple options to choose from). Challenge tasks at included for the more able students.

Revision PPT, full paper 2 mock and resources for AQA Paper 2 Section A and B. Sources themed around food/dining. Mark schemes used on PPT are level 4 (grades 7-9).

A booklet of 5 academic articles sourced from JSTOR. Each article has linked questions and ‘To what extent’ style task. Easily used for homework over a half term, or using to teach key themes/context alongside the reading of the text in lessons.

PowerPoint used for Easter revision school (3 hour session). Lesson is based entirely on Paper 1 Q5 fictional writing. Aimed at top set Y11 students with target grades of 7-9 and focuses specifically on how they can achieve the higher marks in the level 4 mark scheme for AO5 organisation and AO6 sentence construction. Techniques taught include prolepsis, cyclical structure, motif, epistolary form and multiple subordinate clauses. ALL MODELS INCLUED- these are entirely my own work and should not shared or published online without permission.

5 exemplar responses for GCSE English Language descriptive writing. Each is written in response to a descriptive writing prompt. Used with top sets as examples of successful writing. mysterious situation peaceful setting abandoned setting inside of a house happiness

27 lesson Oliver Twist SOW covering the whole novel. Incorporates a combination of Reading and Writing Learning Objectives. Non-fiction sources provided to study alongside reading of novel. Chapter summary sheet provided. Victorian poverty resources included- I printed these on coloured paper, laminated them and kept on 'enable table' throughout this unit for pupils to refer to for context.

14 lesson SOW covering a range of poems themed around ‘Childhood and Acceptance’. Poem booklet, PPT, knowledge test and resources included. Shine tasks available throughout for extra challenge. All lessons ready to teach.

A booklet of non-fiction linked to Blood Brothers by Willy Russell. Can be used as homework booklet or to use alongside reading of text in class. Each task has a “key question” which is based in contextual understanding of play. Each piece of non fiction is sourced from JSTOR or an academic journal or similar. They each have their own set of questions at the end as well as a ‘To what extent…’ style stretch question.

14 lesson Hamlet SOW for KS3 Lesson options include challenge tasks for More Able students

PPT for my year 11 bottom set. Covers all aspects of AQA Language Paper 1. Use of formulaic approach to all questions.

Probably the most detailed and comprehensive scheme of work you will ever encounter. I wrote this scheme for KS3/crossover into KS4. It covers the whole novel within the time frame of the autumn term (12 weeks). All 42 lessons use a range of reading strategies in order to decode the text. The scheme also includes a range of non fiction sources to help students understand the context and interpret meaning. Roughly 11 lessons out of the 42 are for creative writing and ask children to put themselves into the shoes of either the author or his characters. All lessons have multiple choices for starters and plenaries, as well as a varied range of approaches to actually studying the text, and all sources are provided.

A whole terms worth of lessons on Dickens' A Christmas Carol. PPT includes full lessons covering the whole novel- language, structure, themes and context. Model answers and resources provided throughout. Reading and Writing learning objectives covered. Note: All secondary non-fiction texts used for this unit are available for free in my resources.