I have worked within secondary education for the last eight years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
For more lessons and videos please visit my youtube page
I have worked within secondary education for the last eight years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
For more lessons and videos please visit my youtube page
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem, Before you were mine by Carol-Ann-Duffy. The lesson provides learners with a comprehensive understanding of the poem as well as the key contextual factors.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at explorations in creative reading and writing using the text Jamaica inn. The lesson helps learners gain a good understanding of language and structure and how to approach exam-style questions. The lesson also has a strong emphasis on developing the skills for creative writing and helping learners understand how to use skills such as show and not tell to develop their writing.
This lesson works well both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the development of the character of Macbeth throughout the play. The lesson helps learners to understand how to apply key structural terms to their analysis of the play and to consolidate their understanding of the text to respond to an exam-style question.
This lesson works well both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the significance of the Island in the novel, The Lord of the Flies. This lesson helps learners understand how Golding has used language and structure to describe key events within the novel.
The lesson has many opportunities for AFL, a student example for an exam response and an opportunity to improve and develop creative writing skills.
This lesson works well both face-to-face and online and it has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated eighteen slide lesson looking at Act One, Scene Three of Othello. The lesson helps introduce learners to the character of Desdemona and her role within the play. The lesson breaks down key passages of the text to help learners comprehend the story as well as the contextual factors that affect the play.
This lesson has been tried and tested with my own groups and works well both online and face-to-face. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at act one scene three of the play Othello. This lesson has been designed to be taught both online or face-to-face and requires no additional printing or resources.
The lesson helps learners to understand key elements in the play, the character of Desdemona and how Iago manipulates others to get his way. The lesson is fun and engaging and has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the impact of Banquo’s ghost within the play Macbeth. The lesson has been designed to be taught over two lessons and helps learners understand key scenes and how to approach exam-style questions.
This lesson works well both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson helping learners to consolidate their understanding of act one of the play Othello. The lesson also looks at act two and the development of the character Iago and Desdemona as they arrive in Cyprus. The lesson works well both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at act four scene one of the play Macbeth. The lesson helps learners to consolidate their understanding, develop their ability at approaching exam questions and helps them to understand the importance of the structure of the play.
This lesson has been designed both for face-face and online teaching and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the impact of the war on the characters in the play Othello. The lesson looks in detail at extracts from the Duke and Othello and helps consolidate the learners understanding of the play and characters within act one.
This lesson works well both online and face-to-face. All my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated, sixteen side lesson looking at paper one English language. The lesson uses a key extract from the Hobbit and helps learners to understand key language and structural techniques and how to apply these to an exam-style response. Additionally, the lesson also has a creative writing challenge that helps learners develop their writing ability.
This lesson works well both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at key questions from English language paper one: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson uses an extract from The Hunger Games and helps learners understand the genre of dystopian fiction. Additionally, the lesson has a step-by-step guide to help learners produce their own creative writing response.
This lesson can be taught both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on the theme of art. The lesson helps students build on their skills in order to prepare them for the functional skills exam level one and level two.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking focusing largely on chapter seven of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The lesson works well for revision as it tests learner’s ability to recall the key chapters within the novella and they key events.
The lesson moves on to look at the theme of good and evil and how this is conveyed in key sections of the text. The lesson works well both face-to-face as well as online and have been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at some of the key questions of the paper one exam-explorations in creative reading and writing. The lesson helps students to gain a strong understanding of key language and structural techniques and how to apply these to their exam responses.
The lesson also helps learners to develop their creative writing skills, with a four-step guide to writing their response. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL as well as model examples.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught both online and face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at some of the key questions of the paper one exam-explorations in creative reading and writing. The lesson helps students to gain a strong understanding of key language and structural techniques and how to apply these to their exam responses.
The lesson also helps learners to develop their creative writing skills, with a four-step guide to writing their response. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL as well as model examples.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught both online and face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the second half of the poem Cousin Kate. The lesson helps learners understand the three characters within the poem and their roles within the text. Additionally, the lesson helps learners to gain a good understanding of the poem in terms of language, structure and form.
The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and has been tried and tested with my own groups. The lesson can be taught both online and face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the first half of the poem Cousin Kate. The lesson helps learners understand the key contextual information that has impacted the poem and to gain a good understanding of the poem in terms of language, structure and form.
The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and has been tried and tested with my own groups. The lesson can be taught both online and face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at act four of Othello. The lesson helps learners to understand the development of Othello’s character and his mental state as he starts to suspect his wife of being with Cassio.
The lesson has multiple opportunities for AFL and comes with a model response.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught both online and face-to-face. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated, fifteen slide lesson looking at key scenes within act four of the play Othello. The lesson looks at the development of the character of Emilia and her role within the play as Othello’s marriage breaks down. The lesson looks at key extracts within the play and helps learners to break them down to gain a deeper comprehension of the play and the characters.
The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and includes a model response. The lesson has been designed to be taught both online and face-to-face and requires no additional printing or source material.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups, if you liked this lesson then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.