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I've been teaching English Language and English Literature for 22 years now, starting at university level, then moving countries and working in the secondary education system in the UK. Here you will find English Language and English Literature resources for KS3 & KS4, mainly following AQA examining board for English Language, but also Edexcel for English Literature. Some Media Studies resources might also find their way here, at times...

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I've been teaching English Language and English Literature for 22 years now, starting at university level, then moving countries and working in the secondary education system in the UK. Here you will find English Language and English Literature resources for KS3 & KS4, mainly following AQA examining board for English Language, but also Edexcel for English Literature. Some Media Studies resources might also find their way here, at times...
HAMLET for KS3
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HAMLET for KS3

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This is a unit of work for HAMLET that I'm currently running with my year 8 classes, both top sets and bottom sets. If you know the play really well, the pupils will enjoy the play very much. You have 131 slides with 12 lessons on a big Power point presentation, together with a 6 weeks homework booklet and the SOW. Plenty of tasks in each lesson. Videos are embedded and you only need to click on some words in the slides. Video versions used are Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet & RSC version with David Tennant, which are widely available for free on YouTube. Feedback is welcomed
Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland
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Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland

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AQA GCSE - Poetry - Power and Conflict cluster. This is a 15 slides ppt tackling the Context of the poem Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland. 1 lesson worth. I will add the following lessons (power & conflict + analysis) later on.
Chapter 9. Dr. Lanyon - exam style question
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Chapter 9. Dr. Lanyon - exam style question

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JEKYLL & HYDE - Chapter 9 - Dr. Lanyon. This is a lesson building a strategy in steps for EAL & Cognition and Learning pupils, that can be used with bottom sets, as well. The strategy has 9 steps, but through practice this can be decreased to 6 and later to 4 (in the actual exam). Pupils are asked to build up a strategy of work and later will practice on different extracts from Chapter 9 of Jekyll and Hyde.
Comparative Essay on Newspapers for year 8 or 9
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Comparative Essay on Newspapers for year 8 or 9

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This PPT contains a Draft lesson, as well as the Assessment Lesson with an Argumentative essay based on the Block Method for a Newspapers module than can run with either year 8 or year 9. We are currently testing this assessment on year 8 at our school and I have to say that at least my classes have been successful in completing the argumentative essay. Attached are also two articles reporting on the same story (a tabloid and a broadsheet). Pupils need to be able to spot similarities, but also differences and write a 5 paragraphs essay with at least 3 analytical paragraphs. You can run the assessment over at least 2-3 lessons, although I am not surprised if you will have pupils finishing it in their first lesson. I hope you will find it useful.
UTOPIA versus DYSTOPIA - creative writing with assignment
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UTOPIA versus DYSTOPIA - creative writing with assignment

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This presentation includes 3 lessons with 30 slides in total, explaining differences between Utopia and Dystopia, with application to a short film, as well as rummaging various scenarios from films, creating their own scenarios and culminating with writing their own utopian/dystopian story.
THE SECRET LIFE OF SNAILS - descriptive & creative writing tasks (AQA)
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THE SECRET LIFE OF SNAILS - descriptive & creative writing tasks (AQA)

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This is a powerpoint lined up with AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 (Writing) exam, containing various pictures advertising The Secret Life of Snails as stimulus for descriptive writing activities, but also practice of the 7 story opening techniques. A worksheet to help develop the descriptive skills and other tasks are included. This can run over 4 lessons and can even develop into a story.There is now a video included to help them observe the movements and obstacles encountered in their adventures... It can be used for KS3 all years, depending on their levels.
THE SNOW - creative writing (THE BEAST FROM THE EAST)
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THE SNOW - creative writing (THE BEAST FROM THE EAST)

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This is a creative writing lesson for KS3 or KS4, on the topic of Snow, following the first snow falling of the year 2018 during a week of The Beast from The East blizzard. Pupils have to work with pictures, AQA GCSE style. You have a series of images to pick from, a worksheet, as well as guidance for how to add Passing of Time techniques, as well Story Opening techniques, if they are choose to do a story and not a description.
Act 1, scene 5 - We meet Lady Macbeth
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Act 1, scene 5 - We meet Lady Macbeth

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These are 2 ppt for Act 1, scene 5 of MACBETH, where we meet Lady Macbeth. You can spread this in 2-3 lessons, depending on the ability of your class. You have the various extracts to print embedded in the powerpoints. I hope you’ll like it.
THE DAYDREAMER
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THE DAYDREAMER

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This is a lesson for year 7, to get to know them better and to create a first class display. You will need some A5 coloured paper for the neat version of what they have to write and you can display it later on shaped like a cloud… I hope you’ll like it, as my pupils are loving it.
A POISON TREE by William Blake (EDEXCEL)
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A POISON TREE by William Blake (EDEXCEL)

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These are 3 ppt that can be taught in 3-4 lessons, depending on the class ability: Context & Structure, Language Analysis and Power and Conflict ideas. There is one extra ppt slide for homework. Unfortunately, I could not save my annotations, as we are using Clevertouch boards here, but I’m sure the pupils will find these straight forward. I hope you’ll like them, too.
Chapter 9 - Lanyon's testimony
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Chapter 9 - Lanyon's testimony

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This is a lesson’s worth of work after the initial reading of Chapter 9 in Jekyll & Hyde novel. The pupils will have the opportunity to re-visit parts of the chapter and evaluate ideas using PEED paragraphs.
COMPARE & CONTRAST poetry essay template - KS3 &KS4
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COMPARE & CONTRAST poetry essay template - KS3 &KS4

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This is a PPT helping KS4 students to write a Compare & Contrast type of essay (eg. for poetry). There is a preparatory lesson to understand what types of essay can be used for this Compare & Contrast task, with an explanatory video, but also with the acknowledgement of the Block Method using the Temple of Knowledge formula (from 5 paragraphs, downgraded for KS3 to only 4). The second lesson, they will have to start focusing on completing a Venn diagram, which will then be reflected in their PEEL paragraphs, following the Block Method. I hope you will find it useful.You can spend a number of 3-4 lessons using this PPT for writing the essay.
DEATH OF A NATURALIST (context, structure, analysis)
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DEATH OF A NATURALIST (context, structure, analysis)

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This is a bundle for the poem DEATH OF A NATURALIST by Seamus Heaney, with separate powerpoints for Context, Structure and Analysis. Death of a Naturalist (context) - 21 slides Death of a Naturalist (structure) - 24 sides Death of a Naturalist (analysis) - 22 slides You can use this lessons as part of Nature Poetry modules or as an unseen GCSE poem to analyse, etc.
DUAL NARRATIVE - Preparing for the Writing task - Paper 1
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DUAL NARRATIVE - Preparing for the Writing task - Paper 1

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This is a lesson about how to prepare for writing a Dual Narrative for the PAPER 1, Question 5 of AQA GCSE exam (the creative writing task!). This is a 10 slides lesson, where pupils will work in pairs, then in groups of 4. I hope it will help them understand what a dual narrative is and how to go about creating one.
Narrative Voice - Second Person Narrative
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Narrative Voice - Second Person Narrative

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This is a lesson focused on Second Person Narrative, as this is the most challenging for pupils to create for their creative writing task of GCSE exam. This is a 10 slides ppt and there is an extract attached, which is one short story written in second person. Pupils have a short exercise to change the narrative voice, then analyse the use of some interesting devices, then an application to a picture, which for this example is from An Inspector Calls.