KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Shakespeare speech from Henry V As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

Two lessons incldued. One exploring the poem ‘My Boy Jack’ by Kipling. The second lesson is a writing lesson based on the BBC drama on the poem. Youtube video used. Aimed at year 9

Lesson focused on exploring Disgrace from Duffy Mean Time

100 minute lesson based on Prayer from Duffy Mean Time

100 minute lesson exploring Larkin’s Self’s the Man from Whitsun Weddings For WJEC A/Level

100 minute lesson focused on AQA Language Paper 1 Question 3 (structure) using an extract from Salt to the Sea

SOW designed for Year 10 students studying Romeo and Juliet for the AQA English Literature GCSE

2 extracts based on AQA Language Paper 1 Extracts are shorter than the exam length (20-25 lines long) Bringing Up The Bodies - Q2 and Q3 The Island of Missing Trees - Q2, Q3, Q4

SOW on Antigone by Sophocles 7 100 minute lessons using the Cambridge Companion text (link published below for edition) Originally aimed at Year 7 (stretch and challenge) but easily adaptable Lessons based on some resources used in SOW below. Published with permission from original author Edition used for page numbers: Cambridge Editions - ISBN 9780521010733

Lesson aimed at exploring ‘Who’s For The Game’ by Jessie Pope. Aimed at year 9 students

Lesson focused on the witches and Macbeth. Aimed at year 8

Lesson on the context and opening scene of the play Aimed at year 8

KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Emmeline Pankhurst’s ‘Freedom or Death’ speech As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Michelle Obama’s speech at Maya Angelou’s memorial As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Lecture speech As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Churchill’s ‘Fight on the Beaches’ speech As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

Lessons aimed at year 8 students looking at ‘Animal Poetry’ 5 lessons included: Peacock by Ted Hughes, Hyena by Edwin Mogan, Jaguar by Ted Hughes, The Tyger by William Blake and The Mower by Philip Larkin The Mower lesson does exist purely for a certain class I taught at the time - I told them about the poem and they didn’t believe it exists so I made a lesson on it.

20 cover worksheets designed for 100 minute lessons. Part 1: analysis of an extract Part 2: descriptive writing Easily adaptable

Small set of lessons designed to introduce new Year 12 students to the expected quality of analysis for A/Level English Literature