Practice exam paper on mental instability in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Practice exam paper on the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Practice exam paper on manipulation in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

A lesson guiding students to write found poetry. Although this was designed for KS3 classes, it could also work well with an able KS2 class.

This lesson uses ideas from a range of critics to support discussion about the ending of King Lear, before students plan and respond to an exam style question.

This lesson gets students to focus on the detail of picture prompts that the exam board will provide, before giving them guidance on how to structure their writing (model response included). They then write their own pieces responding to an exam style task.

Practice exam paper on the power of the supernatural in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

A creative writing lesson, designed for KS3. The students complete a range of planning tasks, ahead of writing an extended piece. I have often used this to assess the quality of writing students can produce at the start of the year.

A sequence of 2 lessons, focusing on improving descriptive writing. The first part supports students planning and writing about a perfect situation where something goes wrong, exploring the importance of contrast in writing. The second part looks at redrafting the student’s work, focusing on how effectively they are using literary techniques.

A creative writing lesson, originally designed for a low ability year 10 group. The lesson revises what metaphor and personification are, including clear visual examples, before exploring methods students can use to create their own examples.

This resource contains two lessons: A comprehension lesson, based on the initial description of Miss Havisham. This lesson includes a section on interpreting question words, comprehension questions with a mark scheme and model paragraph, followed by a plenary. Building on the previous lesson, a creative writing focused session, in which students describe an unusual sight. These lessons have been designed for KS3, but could be applied to other key stage groups.

This assembly starts with the premise that watching the news on TV is no longer necessary, before considering the importance of thinking critically about ideas being reported. There is an accompanying PowerPoint with some relevant images to support this talk. It is aimed at KS3 students, but could be suitable for KS4 and older KS2 students.

This is an argument, targeted at secondary school students, written for the purpose of a school assembly. The aim is to get students to think critically about how they see the world. Although designed for KS4, it would be suitable for older and younger yeargroups within a secondary school.

For this lesson, students are prompted to analyse sonnet 116, whilst considering some key contextual ideas. Key annotations are included in this PowerPoint. There is also a comparison task included at the end of this lesson.

A PowerPoint designed to guide students analysis of this poem, including detailed annotations and prompts for thematic discussion.

Edexcel A Level lesson, focusing on key thematic and analytical ideas of this poem, with a comparison to influential art/poetry for this piece and an essay task.

A lesson designed to improve understanding of tone, as well as how writers create this. It includes a range of tasks, including creative and analytical activities. It was designed for KS3, but would be applicable for KS4 classes as well.

Various critical ideas for A level classes studying Christina Rossetti, with revision activities.

A revision lesson including a quotation game that should provoke thoughts about potential arguments students can make about key characters and themes from Othello, followed by a task linking specific ideas from the Edexcel critical anthology to their ideas.

Originally designed as an A level resource, this lesson includes contextual information about paganism and James I, which is useful when considering the portrayal of Gloucester in the first Act of the play.