This can easily be added to any lesson PP to add a punctuation / literacy starter to your lesson. This covers the words was and were and when they should be used.

This is one of my literacy across the curriculum starters that can be used in any lesson and context - would be great for a lesson on comics and magazines.

Gruffolo Full SOW Kagan techniques Lesson PP This is one of 6 lessons that I have uploaded. I have uploaded each lesson with the appropriate resources. The full scheme was judged as Outstanding by OFSTED and I use it with level 3/4 writers. Designed to introduce Kagan structures and cooperative learning, the lessons use the context of the Gruffalo to get pupils to write their won story to Primary School Pupils. Pupils love this work!

Essay title is: Compare the characters of Mrs Kay and Mr Briggs from Willy Russell’s ‘Our Day Out’. Whose style of teaching do you think is best for the Progress Class? and the plan has sentence starters to support pupils in writing about the play.

The Crucible – Salem Witch Trials This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded on the Crucible. The lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to deliver – but you may wish to update them for your own context. This lesson has lesson objectives of: To develop understanding of the Salem Witch trials and Puritans. To be able to explore the connection between the text and the social/historical context.

This is a full powerpoint lessons, ready to teach with any resources that are applicable attached for ease of finding. This lesson covers the langauge features used in a text.

This is a full lesson that covers revising the text prior to the lit exam.

This is a full lesson powerpoint based on Pullman's play - but can also be used to introduce the theme of hero or villian - reading image work.

This is a full unit of work based on the Death Penalty with an English Reading and writing outcome; aimed at KS3, it also has bags of SMSC in it.

This is one of the homework booklets that we've created for pupils in school. The year and level is indicated in the title. It covers essential English skills.

Intro To Shakespeare Full Scheme Of Work- Resources This is a full scheme of work aimed at Year 7 for introducing Shakespeare's plays and Macbeth in particular. I have also uploaded all of the resources in one upload as well as the pps separately.

A full lesson pp that breaks down what these two terms are and how they are used in the novel.

This is a full scheme of work that consists of all lessons power points and resources - similar to the one that I've added for Richard III (if you want something less conventional). It&'s for the controlled assessment that compares a Shakespeare play with his Sonnets. The focus of the question is strong feelings of love.

This is one of several resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of poetry. This is taught to develop pupils comparing skills and would be relevant to the AQA new specification for language and poetry. This particular resource is a lesson PP, that covers Before You Were Mine.

I have uploaded 20 lessons in this series in total - each with it's own resources where relevant. Each lesson Powerpoint can be taught as a standalone lesson, or used within the series. These are brand new lessons and they structure the reading of the novel, whilst analysing it. Designed for AQA Literacy specification. This lesson covers what foreshadowing is and how it operates in chapter 1

Continuing with the IGCSE Scheme of work - all of my lessons to date are on here to help other teachers who are facing this for the first time. I can only put 20 items on one feed, so I am trying to get them on in as small a bundle as possible. These have taken me ages this year so, if they're useful, please rate them!

This is a full lesson with resources that is designed to get pupils thinking about how a cover represents the story – all templates included for analysis as well as the tools for pupils to create their own.

This is a full scheme of work culminating in an essay about Shakespeare's Much Ado. There are a whole term of lessons with the resources attached.

A full lesson that supports delivery of creative writing using reading image work.

These are the first 18 lessons of a scheme of work that I created last year for DNA by Dennis Kelly. It is aimed at a year 9 class, as the idea is that I am starting to prepare them for GCSE Literature. Therefore, the scheme is a mix of analysis and playing with the text too. I've used a variety of ideas to teach it. All lessons are complete lessons in themselves but you may wish to adapt / cut apart and mix them up, especially if you want to use for GCSE. The remaining lessons will also be uploaded under the same heading