This is a few lessons of content designed to explore the key relationships in Macbeth. This lesson was planned for my second set but would work well for both high and lower ability with a little tweaking. It explores: Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s relationship. Macbeth’s and Banquo’s relationship Macbeth’s relationship to others All answers are provided in the lessons and there is some model writing of thesis statements. all resources are also included. Thanks and enjoy!

Great Halloween creative writing lesson that can be used with students of all secondary school age.

This is designed as a double lesson or series of lessons where you give students the chance to explore the theme themselves first and then reveal lots of possible ideas that they may or may not have come up with. This is how I use these lessons: Give students the planning sheet at the beginning and students use this throughout to make their notes. This, along with the essay that they produce, becomes a revision resource. Lesson 1: Spend the first 5 minutes completing starter. Then 10 minutes exploring contextual factors that link to this theme. Students then spend 5 minutes writing their opening argument (this may need a full lesson of teaching beforehand. See my lesson on creating introductions/thesis statements). Allow students to spend 15/20 minutes planning for the question. This can be independent, pairs or groups. Share ideas at the end and have students use a different coloured pen to show where they have improved or added ideas. Lesson 2: Give students 5 minutes to reread plan from lesson. 20 minutes where you teach the ideas that they might have come up with or may not have. Students spend the rest of the lesson writing the essay. Give essay to finish as homework. Lesson 3: Feedback This lesson comes perhaps a week later.

This is a lesson exploring leadership and loyalty in the play. The lesson includes some extracts from the play to explore with students and an essay plan for them to complete.

DO NOT USE IF STUDYING LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP CLUSTER - ‘Mother, Any Distance’ is used as the comparison poem. These lessons were designed to stretch and challenge my top set year 11 class. You will find about 3 lessons worth of material (perhaps more with lower ability groups). Lesson includes Power Point presentation, an A3 sheet for students to use, an exemplar for the single analysis and an exemplar for the unseen comparison. Mark schemes are used within the Power Point also. What I do: Complete lesson 1 in class - let them discuss the poem for section C and begin getting ideas down. Ask them to write a response for homework. Next lesson with them ask them to grade their work/peer mark work. Get them to compare it to my model and then make improvements. Complete the unseen comparison for homework. Next lesson discuss comparison as a class, give them my model and repeat the same process as in the previous lesson. The first poem is not used in any other lessons found online so if you are looking for new material these will help. :)

This is designed as a double lesson or series of lessons where you give students the chance to explore the theme themselves first and then reveal lots of possible ideas that they may or may not have come up with. This is how I use these lessons: Give students the planning sheet at the beginning and students use this throughout to make their notes. This, along with the essay that they produce, becomes a revision resource. Lesson 1: Spend the first 5 minutes completing starter. Then 10 minutes exploring contextual factors that link to this theme. Students then spend 5 minutes writing their opening argument (this may need a full lesson of teaching beforehand. See my lesson on creating introductions/thesis statements). Allow students to spend 15/20 minutes planning for the question. This can be independent, pairs or groups. Share ideas at the end and have students use a different coloured pen to show where they have improved or added ideas. Lesson 2: Give students 5 minutes to reread plan from lesson. 20 minutes where you teach the ideas that they might have come up with or may not have. Students spend the rest of the lesson writing the essay. Give essay to finish as homework. Lesson 3: Feedback This lesson comes perhaps a week later. See feedback lesson created for this.

This lesson was created to give students a chance to explore on of the most prevalent black poets of the 20th Century - Langston Hughes. Specifically, the lesson focuses on exploring the poem ‘The Weary Blues’ and how Blues music originated from black slavery and oppression. Within the lesson: Facts about the poet. Some contextual information. A clip of Billie Holiday singing ‘Strange Fruit’ as a pre-thinking task before you explore the poem. Statements about the poem that the students use to analyse. A thought prvioking statment at the end to help students consider the importance of poetry and other artistic works within the black community. Warning: The song ‘Strange Fruit’ is very harrowing and you might need to really think about how you approach this with your class. If you feel students are not mature enough, a conversation beforehand might be needed. Hope this helps!

The plot of Jekyll and Hyde in image form only. You get: An A3 sheet with all the images representing the plot. Student can annotate this with summaries, quotes, themes, vocabulary, devices, etc. An A4 sheets for each chapter that students can fill out for revision.

Hi, These lessons were designed to help teach reading skills before the exam skills for Language Paper 1 are taught. The lessons use extracts from short stories - just like what you might get for AQA Language Paper 1. But the lessons focus on vocabulary teaching, comprehension, prediction and inference. Happy teaching! :)

This is designed as a double lesson or series of lessons where you give students the chance to explore the theme themselves first and then reveal lots of possible ideas that they may or may not have come up with. This is how I use these lessons: Give students the planning sheet at the beginning and students use this throughout to make their notes. This, along with the essay that they produce, becomes a revision resource. Lesson 1: Spend the first 5 minutes completing starter. Then 10 minutes exploring contextual factors that link to this theme. Students then spend 5 minutes writing their opening argument (this may need a full lesson of teaching beforehand. See my lesson on creating introductions/thesis statements). Allow students to spend 15/20 minutes planning for the question. This can be independent, pairs or groups. Share ideas at the end and have students use a different coloured pen to show where they have improved or added ideas. Lesson 2: Give students 5 minutes to reread plan from lesson. 20 minutes where you teach the ideas that they might have come up with or may not have. Students spend the rest of the lesson writing the essay. Give essay to finish as homework. Lesson 3: Feedback This lesson comes perhaps a week later. See feedback lesson created for this.

This is designed as a double lesson or series of lessons where you give students the chance to explore the theme themselves first and then reveal lots of possible ideas that they may or may not have come up with. This is how I use these lessons: Give students the planning sheet at the beginning and students use this throughout to make their notes. This, along with the essay that they produce, becomes a revision resource. Lesson 1: Spend the first 5 minutes completing starter. Then 10 minutes exploring contextual factors that link to this theme. Students then spend 5 minutes writing their opening argument (this may need a full lesson of teaching beforehand. See my lesson on creating introductions/thesis statements). Allow students to spend 15/20 minutes planning for the question. This can be independent, pairs or groups. Share ideas at the end and have students use a different coloured pen to show where they have improved or added ideas. Lesson 2: Give students 5 minutes to reread plan from lesson. 20 minutes where you teach the ideas that they might have come up with or may not have. Students spend the rest of the lesson writing the essay. Give essay to finish as homework. Lesson 3: Feedback This lesson comes perhaps a week later. See feedback lesson created for this.

**Calling all Literacy Coordinators, KS3 Coordinators, and staff who might have a responsibility to developing cross-curricular learning. ** There are 12 PowerPoint presentations that help teach students vocabulary. Each Powerpoint will take students through a series of words used and taught within each subject at KS3 and then ask them to complete a task (sometimes linked to that subject and often not). The premise of this is to expose students to tier two vocabulary both within the context of that subject and in alternative contexts. The activities are taken from various places on the internet and all links should fully work. Subjects featured in these Powerpoints are: English (based on A Midsummer Nights Dream) Maths Science History Geography Food Technology Product Design Physical Education Philosophy and Ethics Art Music Drama DISCLOSURE: These resources have been designed for remote learning but could be used in other ways. They were also designed for our very able year 7 cohort but could be used in other years, right up to year 11 (some activities might need changing to suit a more mature audience).

This is a chapter by chapter exploration of Jekyll and Hyde (AQA but could be used with all exam boards). I created this during lock down for my top set year 10 students. Some had read it before and some had not so we started from the very beginning. The lessons could be adapted for classroom teaching! **However, I would also have found these very helpful when teaching it for the first time or for Staff CPD if you need to skill up staff. See below for why: ** The lessons contain: Audio clips throughout explaining tasks (can be deleted for classroom learning). ALL CHAPTERS FULLY ANNOTATED WITH VIDEO LINKS WHERE I TALK THROUGH THEM. Video links to lectures about the context with dual coded images as you listen. Dual coding sheets to accompany the plot and aid quotation analysis. Activities aimed at both the Lit and Lang spec. Quizzes and answers for students to correct. Links to a YouTube audio book. Videos where I explain the plot for each chapter using the dual coded images.

Fully annotated word document for Jekyll and Hyde. I have also given synonyms for complex words.

These lessons were designed to stretch and challenge my top set year 11 class. You will find about 3 lessons worth of material (perhaps more with lower ability groups). Lesson includes Power Point presentation, an A3 sheet for students to use, an exemplar for the single analysis and an exemplar for the unseen comparison. Mark schemes are used within the Power Point also. What I do: Complete lesson 1 in class - let them discuss the poem for section C and begin getting ideas down. Ask them to write a response for homework. Next lesson with them ask them to grade their work/peer mark work. Get them to compare it to my model and then make improvements. Complete the unseen comparison for homework. Next lesson discuss comparison as a class, give them my model and repeat the same process as in the previous lesson. These are not poems used in any other lessons found online so if you are looking for new material these will help. :)

Hi there! This is a lesson I designed for my year 9 class exploring WW1 poetry for Remembrance Day. As you know, WW1 poetry is explored at GCSE and beyond so this is a great way to explore it before then. I wanted my students to explore the female voice during WW1 and this lesson is designed for that. The lesson includes: Easy print outs of the poems needed. Fact and information about Jessie Pope with sources. Statements created about the poem to help student analyse independently to begin with. Annotated questions to guide you when analysing the poem with students. A writing extension task with model paragraph. A suggested home learning task. Enjoy!

List of quotations for Macbeth aimed at top sets. Can be used for: General revision Creating mind maps/concept maps Creating flashcards Aiding essay writing Aiding lessons

This is a powerpoint with vairious literature feedback options. There is a detailed walk through of examiner feedback, example paragraphs at different levels and some literature feedback codes for marking. Hope this helps.

This is designed as a double lesson or series of lessons where you give students the chance to explore the theme themselves first and then reveal lots of possible ideas that they may or may not have come up with. **BONUS: This lesson includes an additional set of lessons exploring Gerald in detail! ** This is how I use these lessons: Give students the planning sheet at the beginning and students use this throughout to make their notes. This, along with the essay that they produce, becomes a revision resource. Lesson 1: Spend the first 5 minutes completing starter. Then 10 minutes exploring contextual factors that link to this theme. Students then spend 5 minutes writing their opening argument (this may need a full lesson of teaching beforehand. See my lesson on creating introductions/thesis statements). Allow students to spend 15/20 minutes planning for the question. This can be independent, pairs or groups. Share ideas at the end and have students use a different coloured pen to show where they have improved or added ideas. Lesson 2: Give students 5 minutes to reread plan from lesson. 20 minutes where you teach the ideas that they might have come up with or may not have. Students spend the rest of the lesson writing the essay. Give essay to finish as homework. Lesson 3: Feedback This lesson comes perhaps a week later. See feedback lesson created for this.

Complete response to AQA May 2017 unseen poetry.