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Experienced teacher and outstanding practitioner in the classroom. Familiar with a range of exam board requirements. Writer and poet. Resources all developed for my own use in a large department.

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Experienced teacher and outstanding practitioner in the classroom. Familiar with a range of exam board requirements. Writer and poet. Resources all developed for my own use in a large department.
Tennyson's Poems- Tithonus and Crossing the Bar
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Tennyson's Poems- Tithonus and Crossing the Bar

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Annotated versions of the poems for display in the classroom and including background information to each one for discussion. Activities for students to work in groups to analyse the use of form structure and language. Originally designed for the Victorian module of AQA English Literature at A Level but could be adapted for GCSE HAP groups.
Gothic creative writing-Description of settings
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Gothic creative writing-Description of settings

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A range of resources to support the teaching of a Gothic series of lessons with a focus on building atmosphere and creating unusual settings which stir the imagination and engage the reader. Designed for year 9 originally, but can be adapted across the key stage as the resource uses so many visual stimulus. Gives students a success criteria to work towards.
Storm- a poem by Tim Minchin
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Storm- a poem by Tim Minchin

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Requested by a student- a lesson with questions for students to study and answer a series of questions on Tim Minchin's "Storm" poem. Can be used as unseen practice- an unusual choice of poem.
WRITING TO REVIEW - FILMS
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WRITING TO REVIEW - FILMS

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Writing for Review aimed at year 9 - ideas and styles for them to use to create an exciting an accurate piece of writing in the style of an "Empire" type piece. Uses Shrek and Guardians of the Galaxy as the main focus, but can be adapted for all other types of film
CALIBAN in Shakespeare's The Tempest-writing an essay.
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CALIBAN in Shakespeare's The Tempest-writing an essay.

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A series of lessons designed to support students understanding of the character of Caliban in The Tempest by Shakespeare. Designed for a year 9 class with resources to help them appreciate Shakespeare's use of language and description to bring his characters to life.
Descriptive Writing-Amazing Places
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Descriptive Writing-Amazing Places

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A range of lessons designed to help students create imaginative and detailed creative writing to describe. Uses an extract from Gerrald Durrell's writing "My Family and Other Animals." Range of photographs from around the world designed to stimulate interest from a Year 9 Classes. Also uses a range of ideas from the Maze-runner to support Descriptive writing.
Cryptoids - Creative Writing and Research
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Cryptoids - Creative Writing and Research

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Cryptoids- animals and creatures from fantasy. Students are given a range of ideas for discussion and argument in class. They have tasks to accomplish based upon creative writing and investigative journalism style. The Cryptoids include Bigfoot, UFOS, Mermaids and the KRAKEN.
JB PRIESTLEY:  AN INSPECTOR CALLS-planning an essay
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JB PRIESTLEY: AN INSPECTOR CALLS-planning an essay

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A lesson designed to help students consolidate their learning and understanding of the play. Revisits the mark scheme and how the students need to construct a response to gain maximum marks. Gives a sample of text from the play and illustrates how students need to focus on the writer's techniques and historical context in addition to character's use of language to reach the top levels.
GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE - UNSEEN POEMS
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GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE - UNSEEN POEMS

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Resources to teach 3 unseen poems - Ninetieth Birthday, Manhunt and Sonnet 116. Originally designed for old spec- but can be easily adapted to help support students with looking at a range of unseen poems. Includes annotated copies of the poems for classroom display and discussion. Images accompany the slides to illustrate the use of metaphors in the poems. Includes sample plans to approach an unseen poem.
FRENCHMAN'S CREEK - HOW ARE PIRATES PRESENTED? Reading assessment
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FRENCHMAN'S CREEK - HOW ARE PIRATES PRESENTED? Reading assessment

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A lesson designed to complement lessons on Treasure Island. Students have discussed and researched pirates and how they are stereotyped in Treasure island. In this extract a completely different type of pirate is presented. The extract and lesson is designed for students to focus on language used by the writer, and how pirates are presented in a completely different way to Treasure Island. Includes extract and model paragraphs for students to use to support their responses. Designed for LAP year 9 classes.
GCSE English Literature - Lord Byron's poems
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GCSE English Literature - Lord Byron's poems

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Resource which explores the Romantic background and the influence of this upon Byron. Some biographical information which considers the attitude towards love and women in the selected two poems. Text of the two poems: "She Walks in Beauty like the Night" and "When we First Parted" with annotations and areas for discussion and questions to focus the students ideas.
Writing to Describe- creating Monsters
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Writing to Describe- creating Monsters

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Dystopian Fiction- a series of lessons helping students to identify a range of literary techniques. They then use the chapter where Thomas meets the Grievers as a stimulus for a creative writing piece-can they create their own monster? Can they use a range of literary devices? Will require extracts from the novel.
The Tempest for KS3
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The Tempest for KS3

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William Shakespeare's The Tempest - a range of lessons to support the teaching of the play with focus on historical context and the use of language - particularly metaphors. Focus is on writing an essay on Prospero - is he a character obsessed with power?