Designed for a top set Year 7 class, this unit of work consists of 14 hour long lessons and an assessment. Covering the range of creative writing skills from punctuation to planning and narrative hooks to characterisation, this unit is designed to engage and inspire pupils to develop their own story writing skills. Extracts from Harry Potter, Treasure Island and Boy are included as stimulii for creative young minds. This resource bundle has all you need for a full half term and is easily adapted for Year 6 or 8 pupils.

A compilation of ten poetry lessons united by the theme of nature. Copies of all the poems are included (either as word documents or within the powerpoints) and feature guided analysis as well as creative writing stimuli. This resource focuses on classic poems (there is a modern selection available separately) including Evening by Percy Shelley, To Autumn by John Keats, The Badger by John Clare and Daffodils by William Wordsworth. A focused unit of work ideal for bridging KS3/4.

A complete scheme of work for anyone studying this fantastic John Boyne novel. 14 lessons are designed to link in with the 14 chapters of the book plus a summative assessment on language effects. The scheme focusses on Pierrot’s character as he transforms from an innocent boy into a prisoner of war. With historical context and examplar answers, this resource has everything you need to accompany this wonderful class reader.

A complete scheme of work following the emotional story of Deo and Innocent. Developed for a high flying Year 7 class, but easily adapted for Year 8 and 9, this scheme has plenty of background context for both Zimbabwean and South African cultural issues that are explored in this story. The chapters have a selection of comprehension questions, discussion points and writing stimuli to support your reading of this wonderful novel. This resource was deigned with pupils reading two chapters per lesson so additional material may be added if you prefer to take it one chapter at a time (28 chapters in the book).

A complete scheme of work to accompany John Boyne’s WWI novel. A selection of comprehension, analytical and creative writing tasks accompany each of the 14 chapters of this novel. Designed for a high flying Year 7 class, this scheme could easily be adapted for either Year 6 or 8 pupils studying this story of a young boy’s mission to rescue his shell-shocked father.

A comprehensive resource covering this EDUQAS GCSE poem. Sheers celebrates the memory of a group of WWI soldiers who fought, and died, in Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme. Beginning with contextual details about the battle itself, this resource contains background information on the Welsh poet, analysis of his use of sound within the text and a full annotation of his memorial poem. Everything you need to prepare your students for this poem in one resource!

A full unit of work exploring the popular play by Willy Russell. Complete units for BOTH the play and musical versions are included. 16 full lessons are included for the musical version (14 for the script version) and three introductory lessons exploring the context and script writing are included. All lessons have warm up challenges and have differentiated activities/ outcomes. Designed for KS3 with a mixture of PEE analysis and creative writing lessons, this resource can easily be adapted to match your classes.

An enlightening and thought-provoking story of a young boy coping with his mother’s cancer treatment. This scheme of work, designed for Year 7 classes (but easily tweaked for Years 6 or 8), supports the story with a selection of close reading analysis and creative writing tasks to enhance your pupils’ understanding of this fascinating book. Split into 13 lessons (with either 2 or 3 chapters per lesson) this resource has everything you need to accompany your delivery of this book in one place.

A fully resourced scheme of learning to support Private Peaceful as a class reader. 15 hour long lessons are included tracking the action of Michael Morpurgo’s WWI novel. The lessons explore the themes and characters with a variety of reading, writing and discussion tasks. The scheme builds up to a reading question: Did Charlie deserve to be killed for cowardice?

A scheme of learning (31 hour long lessons) using Animal Farm to explore social power. Following the 10 chapters of this Orwell classic, this scheme mixes close reading skills with debates and topical discussion points. In addition to the exploits of tyrannical pig Napoleon, this scheme also examines real world events in communist Russia, modern Russia and women in Afghanistan. Assessments on how Napoleon is presented and how power can corrupt world leaders are included.

A complete scheme of work following the story of autistic Christopher as told in the charming novel by Mark Haddon. The scheme comprises 16 lessons which accompany approx 15 pages of the novel each. Following each section, pupils have a selection of close reading and creative writing tasks including diary entries, class debates and a book review. Everything you need to accompany this wonderful book is included in one resource!

A complete unit of work comprising 24 individual lessons and included assessment points. Beginning with The Charge of the Light Brigade and moving chronologically forwards to explore poems of WWI, WWII and the Cold War, this unit is designed for KS3 students and includes a variety of poems from classics by Wilfred Owen to modern poets. Themes covered include the Holocaust and the threat of Nuclear War. Everything you need to teach this unit is included. The scheme has been taught to a number of Year 8 classes and is ready to go!

A complete unit of work exploring poetry from other cultures. Designed for top set Year 7s, but easily adapted for Years 6-8, this unit covers a selection of well known, modern poems including Search for my Tongue, Island Man, Limbo, Nothing’s Changed and Half-caste. Most of the poems covered have featured in past years GCSE papers (allowing you to tick the stretch and challenge sections on your lesson plans) but have been made accessible to KS3 pupils through the detailed discussion points and smaller chunked activities. 12 poems and full resources as well as an assessment is included in this resource pack.

A comprehensive KS4 resource exploring meaning behind Wilfred Owen’s famous anti-war poem. This resource begins with background to Wilfred Owen’s military career and the propaganda posters that were used in the era. The resource moves on to explore Owen’s use of imagery and how he uses language for effect. A full annotation of the poem is also included as is a true or false revision activity. Everything you need to prepare your students for this EDUQAS poem in one resource.

A full lesson analysing how meaning is created in poetry. Looking for better value for money? This resource is just one of the poems featured in the poetry about poverty pack priced at just £6

Want to give your KS4 students a meaningful home study task? This simple power point and planning sheet allows pupils to prepare their EDUQAS Spoken Language Endorsement speech at home during lockdown. No teaching or other input required. Links to examplar material are included. It might be pointless but they have to pass it. this resource makes it simples!

A complete scheme of work exploring a selection of poems dealing with themes of love, loss and longing. Designed for Year 8, this unit includes 10 poems and all the resources needed to deliver them. Containing a mixture of the humour of Agard and the heartbreak of WH Auden, this unit includes a comparative essay as a reading assessment. A complete half-term of lessons ready to go!

Now published on Amazon! ebook and hard copy texts are available: search Macbeth SikLessons A complete script for Macbeth but with a Sik twist. Every scene and every act are included in this modern script which is designed for KS3 students who “don’t get” all the old words. The key quotes and witches lines are kept as original however the majority of the text has been modernised with some humour thrown in. My bottom set Year 9 loved reading this and a group of reluctant readers began volunteering for parts! An example of the changed script: MACBETH: (Aside) Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor! Those bearded women were right! (To Ross and Angus)Thanks for telling me. (To Banquo) Well if they were right about this Cawdor thing maybe they were right about your children becoming kings! BANQUO: I dunno mate. But 'tis strange: And sometimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, In order to trick us later on. MACBETH: (Aside) Two truths are told, what if they were right about me being King? I could have a new castle, get the best horses and I’d look dope in a crown. BANQUO: Snap out of it worthy Macbeth, let’s get to that pub. MACBETH: Sounds like a good plan. Banquo, we’ll talk more about those women we met later on.

A collection of the very best persuasive speeches. Perfect for Year 9/KS4 classes studying rhetoric or Aristotle’s Triad. Includes Tilbury, Gettysburg, We shall fight on the beaches and many others. Speeches only- no lesson specific resources.

All the kids in school are singing “football’s coming home” so here’s an AQA style exam paper to give you an easy, fun end of year lesson that still looks good if the Head pops in! Two video links are used as starters before the pupils read, and respond to exam questions on, an article about how Gareth Southgate went from penalty zero in 1996 to hero in 2018.