A lesson to accompany the reading of Chapter 1 of The Crowfield Curse. Aimed at KS3.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to comparing poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poems and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to comparing poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poems and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

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.

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.

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.

A lesson that introduces the new specification AQA English language Paper 1. The lesson focuses on an extract from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Students consider what AQA means by critical opinion and then begin to apply their knowledge to the text. The lesson is structured so that students annotate the text as they work and begin to plan a response. They build on their knowledge from Q2 & Q3 and begin to pull all of their ideas together to create a response using a planning grid. A model answer is included for students to consider as well as guidance on how to form the paragraphs for the 20 mark response.

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.