This resource includes a full lesson PPT for the poem ‘Remains’ by Simon Armitage, for the AQA power and conflict cluster for English Literature. The lesson includes: dictionary definition task for close analysis of title Role of a soldier task (role on the wall style) Guided annotation questions Group annotation task (stanza each) Biographical info on Armitage Fully annotated poem Exam question slide (1 paragraph, PEEZl acronym) Created April 2022

This resource includes a full lesson on creating a poem featuring a character, using their own voice. It originally formed part of a scheme for year 9 looking at a wide variety of poetry in preparation for their GCSE study, but would be suitable for any GCSE group as light-hearted practice. The lesson utilises Medusa (Duffy) as a starting point, before getting pupils to create their own poem in the voice of a character of their choice. The PPT includes: Introduction to Medusa, by Duffy and discussion of her character Intro to the creative task, providing suggested characters Guided planning for the poem A framework of sentence stems if required, and an exemplar poem in the voice of Homer Simpson

This resource includes a massive 140 slide PPT, updated in 2022, of lessons designed for the teaching of An Inspector Calls for GCSE students. The PPT is suitable for all abilities, with challenge and stretch elements that can easily be omitted for weaker pupils. It has been written for AQA, but could be adapted for other examination boards with a few tweaks. The PPT contains around 20-25 lessons depending on how you choose to divide the activities up. There are a range of task styles and information collated across 10 years of teaching this play. The PPT covers the following aspects: Social/ historical context - research activity and image interrogation notes on socialism, capitalism, Priestley and Churchill Non-fiction cross-over lesson, writing an article about the Titanic. Also includes a real article published for analysis Props and setting - illustrating and labelling task First impressions of characters Morality exercise (linking the play to modern day) Attitude and language - analysing language used by characters Focus on Sheila, including a model exam response dramatic devices in act 1 Review of act 1, including timeline of events, purpose and intent of author, key plot points theme discussion - social responsibility and contrasts, linked to London riots and the contrast between the younger and older generations comparing Mr Birling and Inspector, with 2x modelled paragraphs reference to exam mark schemes comparing Sheila and Eva - plotting their attitudes Key themes and info on each (group task) Ouspensky and Dunne theories for challenge and stretch Entrances and exits (specifically in act 2) Exam skills and exam practice (with scaffolded method for responses, model paragraphs and reference to mark schemes) Context - women in 1912, Suffrage, power balances etc Revision of plot Now including a bonus extra introductory lesson - a CSI style discussion of the play!

This resource is a full lesson PPT on Heaney’s Storm on the Island, for AQA literature power and conflict poetry cluster. The lesson includes: imagery task considering connotations of storms and islands first reading task (with glossary) sketching the island language analysis questions biographical info on Heaney fully annotated poem subtextual reading task including a video on the NI Troubles and note making from info provided comparison to Ozymandias task, including exam question and planning table Created April 2022

This resource includes a 6 slide PPT forming an introduction to the theatre styles theatre of the absurd and theatre of cruelty. It includes several links to Youtube performances relevant to each style followed by notes summarising their key features and key playwrights associated with them. The lesson culminates in a devised performance task in the theme of twisted fairy tales in the relevant theatre style. Suitable for introducing theatre styles for GCSE drama students

This resource has been created by a business studies specialist for the OCR GCSE business studies course on the topic of market segmentation. Tried and tested resource; all worksheets included. Includes reference to the OCR business GCSE text book.

This resource is designed to promote reading for pleasure and develop literacy skills across a year group cohort through a series of guided reading challenge tasks. The resource can be used as a compulsory set of tasks in lessons, or as an optional ‘challenge’ to be completed at home or in dedicated school time (perhaps a form time or reading/literacy timetabled slot). In my school it was set up as a optional challenge for the whole of year 7, promoted to both parents and pupils using social media, the school website and in-school message services. The resource includes: chunked reading of the novel ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ (typically 3 chapters per week, equating to roughly 30-50 minutes reading dependent on speed and ability) -13 weeks of ‘challenge tasks’, with an option of 4 each week (academic, creative, active and mindful). Each set of tasks is tied thematically to a section of reading to generate intrigue and interest in the novel. Challenges are presented as both a PDF and in Publisher format for editing if required, but are ready to be easily copied and pasted into whatever form of communication you choose promotional material for both students and parents (with a parent FAQ) In our school we used Google Classroom and Google Forms to maintain interest in the challenge. We gave anyone who signed up a free copy of the novel (interest was registered via Google Forms). The documents refer to this but can be edited if required. If you would like more guidance on using Google Forms or Google Classroom there are plenty of videos on Youtube to help.

A lesson PPT to introduce pupils to the play ‘An Inspector Calls’. The lesson is designed as a paired or group discussion around a series of objects found in an anonymous dead girl’s home (Eva Smith) the night she died. As detectives, pupils must piece together what might have happened to the dead girl. Updated January 2022! This experiential lesson enables pupils to interrogate each object practising skills of inference and deduction. It also exercises their close reading skills as some of the objects require careful inspection. The lesson then develops to look at themes of the play and how these relate to the CSI task, but also the title of the play and its significance. The resource document contains various images building up a crime scene for Eva. Including things such as a home pregnancy test, a bottle of bleach, a cigar, a letter etc. Resource document is available as a PDF and a Publisher file.

A complete lesson looking at the character of Havisham - the poem written about her by Carol Ann Duffy, supported by an extract from Great Expectations featuring the character. Great as a cross over for pupils studying Dickens, Victorian literature and for refining unseen poetry / annotation and analysis skills. Updated March 2022. The files include a PPT, on which there is a copy of the poem, the extract and an image of Havisham from a film version of the story. There are also some analysis questions to guide study of the poem itself and some notes for class feedback on the annotations (an annotated poem). Excellent to broaden students’ understanding of literature, poetry and Dickens.

This resource includes a full lesson on Amitage’s poem ‘Hitcher’, updated March 2022. It originally formed part of a scheme for year 9 looking at a wide variety of poetry in preparation for their GCSE study, but would be suitable for any GCSE group as practice. The lesson approaches the poem as an unseen text, helping pupils develop poetic analysis skills (for AQA, but would work for any exam board). The PPT includes: Introduction to the poem through an image A creative writing task of a 100-200 word story, based around key vocabulary from the poem guided annotation through a suggested question (as per unseen poetry in the exam) collated, suggested annotations for the poem, on the PPT Creative writing cross over (where pupils write their own poem from a different viewpoint- including scaffolded gap fill if required)

This resource includes a 1-2 lesson PPT on the poem ‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen, for the AQA power and conflict poetry cluster (Eng lit). Tasks as follows: reflection on the title crunched poem categorising task (allows close word level analysis) image reflection task (WW1 images) Wilfred Owen contextual info Discussion task around the biggest threat in war focus question for a close analysis task exemplar response paragraph full notes on the poem 2nd discussion task on what is meant by ‘exposure’ creative writing cross-over task (soldier writes a letter home) Created March 2022

This resource is a full lesson PPT on Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ for AQA power and conflict poetry. The lesson includes: imagery task discussing thoughts on poppies, soldiers, war and aggrieved relatives task considering the different thoughts and feelings of mothers and sons on war link to President Zelensky appealing to Russian mothers (video) biographical info on Jane Weir and link to a video of her discussing the poem Fully annotated poem Challenge and stretch task on the role of women in war (discussion) Lesson created April 2022

This resource is 1-2 lessons on Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer for AQA power and conflict poetry cluster, English lit. It includes the following tasks/slides: series of war photographs and prompt questions discussion and table task - pros and cons of being a war phorographer contextual info on photo processing from film + 2 video links perspectives task on the photographer, the public and the editor matching quotes to images task language analysis table task guided annotation questions for each verse (can be a group task) fully annotated poem

Includes various sources/ texts around the theme of Victorian London. Available in Word and PDF files. Suitable for KS3 or KS4 on the theme of non-fiction, or for contextual knowledge of Victorian times alongside teaching of Victorian texts, such as Christmas Carol or Jekyll and Hyde. Includes: A news report from a Victorian newspaper on Jack the Ripper A description of Whitechapel from the Palace Journal An extract from Dickens’ ‘Walk in a Workhouse’ An extract from Flors Tristan’s diary about her London travels

This creative writing scheme is aimed at low to middle ability Yr9 - GCSE learners and provides strategies for planning, generating ideas and improving their writing for examinations. Updated Jan 2022 and designed specifically for AQA English Language paper1 Q5, but suitable for any exam board. The unit of work includes a 48 slide PPT PLUS resources. The PPT looks at the following elements: using images to inspire writing strategies to break an image down using fiction extracts to inspire (magpie vocab etc) using weather for description using video/ film clips to generate ideas technical writing skills - sentence structures and orders several different exam style questions to enable practice paragraphing or structuring a whole text for impact literary techniques a genuine examination response for a question (taken from AQA materials) All extracts referred to within the PPT are included alongside the resource. Ideal for recapping, introducing or consolidating creative writing skills for GCSE learners. Updated Jan 2022

This resource contains a mini unit (approx 4 lessons) on how to respond to AQA’s English Language Paper 1 question 4. This is regarded as one of the most challenging questions in the qualification. The resource was originally designed for a middle ability year 10 group, but would be suitable for high ability year 9 or mid- low ability year 11s. It includes an 21 slide PPT working through an extract from Bram Stoker’s Dracula (where Jonathan Harker meets the count - also included), which is in line with the rigour of the paper 1 fiction texts previously included in the examination. The PPT works through the following aspects: Why a writer makes specific vocab choices / decoding vocab Close quote analysis An exam style question for Q4, paired with the extract, focused on foreshadowing discussion of how to form evaluative opinions Planning a response to the question Modelled discussion of effect Peer assessment - light touch reference to the mark scheme Updated March 2022

A simple help sheet giving pupils advice and suggested comments for the effect and key language and structural devices. Designed to be stuck into books and referred to when discussing effect.

This resource is a template for planning a formal letter, designed for lower ability pupils. The template separates each element of the letter out into a series of simple questions to assist with planning writing. It can be adjusted to fit any task.

This resource is a contextual handout on the presentation of witches taken from the British Library to assist with the teaching of Macbeth for GCSE English literature. The handout is formatted as 2 per A4 page ready for printing