A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A series of lessons that introduce the new specification AQA English language Paper 1 Section A. The lessons focus on an extract from The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1905. Each lesson is planned around the AQA assessment objectives and aims to build students knowledge of the paper and the skills required to be successful.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons. A full scheme of work is also available in my shop.

A half term’s worth of tasks to accompany a Lord of the Flies module. There are 7 tasks in total. All the tasks are included on a mat that can be stuck in the students books at the beginning of the module- there is space left for students to add a due date for each. Each activity then includes a slide that gives more information about the task set. I tend to use these as a plenary task before setting the homework so all students are clear on the task. Each task also includes an extra ‘challenge’ task to help stretch and challenge the more able. The ppt is fully editable so you can amend the tasks to suit your own groups. I have used versions of this with high, middle and low ability students from years 9-11. As a school we have found these help increase homework completion as both parents and students are clear about what will be set across the half term. Also enables students to catch up easily with homework tasks even if they have missed the lesson where it was set. Lord of the Flies SOW also available in my shop.

A KS3 plan of how to teach, plan and track literacy across the key stage. Each plan tracks the language and grammar skills that students will need for the new English Language and Literature specifications GCSE examinations from 2015. Each document depicts a language, a punctuation and a sentence skill that students will focus on each half term. It also has a clear rationale of how each skills links to the assessment objectives from the exam. It is intended to help staff to target specific skills each half term. There is also a section that details suggested reading activities to be used with class novels. Each activity is linked to Bloom’s taxonomy as well as the AO’s and are different for each key stage. The year 9 document also suggests how questions can be phrased to link to the new English Language (unseen literature) paper 1. The scheme is intended to be used by a department to aid building literacy into existing schemes of work or to help structure stand alone library/literacy lessons.

This resource introduces students to the AQA English Language Paper 1 (Explorations in Creative Reading). This pack provides individual lessons that are tailored to each question. The text used is ‘The Return of Sherlock Holmes’. Each lesson is planned for a middle ability group and is easily adaptable to challenge the more able or to support the less able. Each lesson takes students through the assessment objectives required and breaks them down into chunks so make them more accessible to students (stepping stones to success). This is the first set in a series of lessons that will explore a range of different texts from across the century. 50+ slides Please note that some images and extracts have been removed due to copyright. Where possible I have tried to list what these items were either on the slide or in the notes section to enable you to try and locate if desired.

A series of lessons on AQA Language Paper 1 Section A. The PPT contains 39 slides that take students through questions 1-4 using an extract from Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows. The activities in the lessons include: Exam worded questions Modelled annotation AO breakdowns Modelled paragraphs for each question Peer Assessment- with guided criteria Questioning Planning Grid Timings for each question Planned for high/middle abilty year 10/11 group but easily differentiated for your needs.

2 weeks of lessons to introduce English Language Paper 2 Section A- Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives. The texts are taken from AQA Paper 2 resource booklet (available on AQA website) and are on the theme of conflict: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee I see my wife coming off the field of battle by Tim Dowling The lessons introduce students to the skills and AO’s required for each question and provide students with a clear structure to answer each question. There are also model answers for students to mark and match against the mark scheme. As I am using this with my year 11 students I have interleaved Literature skills by using the poems from the Conflict cluster as starter tasks. The aim of this is to aid students’ revision of the poems but also refresh language analysis skills. The poems link to the themes of the non-fiction texts selected. The aim is for students to spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each lesson revising the poetry skills which can then be applied to the rest of the lesson. These could also be used as ‘unseen’ poetry revision for those that have studied the ‘Romantic’ cluster. Activities aim to build a routine with students that they can apply to their exam. Approaching different texts by following the same steps is important. Activities are aimed to be kept to close timings where indicated to help students build their time management skills for the exam. Additional lesson information is available in the notes sections of some slides. More resources for this paper to follow shortly.

A series of lessons on AQA Language Paper 1 Section A. The PPT contains 38 slides that take students through questions 1-4 using an extract from The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The activities in the lessons include: Exam worded questions Modelled annotation AO breakdowns Modelled paragraphs for each question Peer Assessment- with guided criteria Questioning Planning Grid Timings for each question Planned for high/middle abilty year 10/11 group but easily differentiated for your needs.

A set of resources on Jekyll and Hyde focusing on key characters and key plot points. Ideal for revision of the novel or to use as a basis to create a full scheme. The set of lessons focuses on picking up on the key moments in Jekyll & Hyde by focusing on Chapters 9 & 10 and linking back to extracts from earlier in the novel. There are also stretch and challenge opportunities including Freudian Theory and links to wider reading texts such as Frankenstein and Dante’s Inferno. Each lesson includes: Learning questions Learning objectives linked to assessment objectives. Video clips to enhance understanding/context/engage visual learners. (Links are hyperlinked on the slides) Engaging starter activity Extracts for students to annotate Sample exam questions Context information Student activities to help them to engage with the text (focused on developing independence) These resources have been designed for mid/high year 11 but are easily adaptable.

An overview of the six language levels for A Level Language study: Lexis and Semantics Grammar Phonetics, phonology and prosodics Graphology Pragmatics Discourse Can be used for any exam board. These can be used as displays or for revision prompts/notes in student folders. Each language level has: a definition, a list of key questions to ask about a text and a list of key terminology. The terminology is listed and can either be used in conjunction with each exam board's glossary or, as I do with my students, a list for them to use to research each definition with an aim to creating their own glossary.

4 (double) lessons to develop skills for English Language Paper 2 Section A- Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives. One text is taken from AQA Paper 2 resource booklet (available on AQA website) and is on the theme of hostile environments: Let’s talk about the climb up Everest, one step at a time interview with Sir Edmund Hilary An extract from the second text is included: On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers by Kate Marsden The lessons develop the skills and AO’s required for each question and provide students with a clear structure to answer each question. There are also model answers for students to mark and match against the mark scheme. Activities aim to build a routine with students that they can apply to their exam. Approaching different texts by following the same steps is important. Activities are aimed to be kept to close timings where indicated to help students build their time management skills for the exam. Additional lesson information is available in the notes sections of some slides. As I am using this with my year 11 students I have interleaved Literature skills by using the poems from the Conflict cluster as starter tasks. The aim of this is to aid students’ revision of the poems but also refresh language analysis skills. The poems link to the themes of the non-fiction texts selected. The aim is for students to spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each lesson revising the poetry skills which can then be applied to the rest of the lesson. These could also be used as ‘unseen’ poetry revision for those that have studied the ‘Romantic’ cluster.

Lessons that explore the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. 3 lessons included in this set. This module is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. A brief overview of topics covered in these lessons: Context of a Victorian Christmas (individual/group research time required) Analysis of Dickens' description of Scrooge Exploring Dickens' use of name to reflect character Extract from A Christmas Carol are included.

Lessons that explore the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. 3 lessons included in this set. This module is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. A brief overview of topics covered in these lessons: Developing the description of a character using ambitious vocabulary Using symbolism Creating effects using figurative language

Designed for the initial teaching of the 2015 poems from the AQA Poems Past and Present Anthology- Love and Relationships cluster. There is PowerPoint for each poem in the cluster and each lesson contains: a starter activity, context/biographical overview of the poet, and an introduction/initial impressions activity. The aim of these lessons is for students to begin to understand and annotate the poems in their anthologies. Each lesson also includes a poetry SMILE analysis mat for students to use to scaffold their independent analysis and a PEEL writing activity to reflect on their understanding.