Are you looking for a fresh and creative way to teach Romeo and Juliet? I recently studied for my Certificate for Teaching Shakespeare at the RSC in Stratford and it has revolutionized the way I teach the bard. This unit contains everything you need to teach Romeo and Juliet at KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills, analyzing extracts for English Literature and bringing the play to life. It includes 31 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extract analysis and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge Shakespeare edition. Each lesson is focused on a scene from the play, so you can easily cut this unit down to focus specifically on a key scene and a theme from the play. I have designed this unit to make it relevant to teenage audiences, so we look at themes like: the role of women, both then and now expectations of masculinity in men the role of the theatre why set it in Verona? toxic masculinity in Act 1 Scene 1 the role of a father suppression and rebellion violence role models and much more…

Everything you need to teach unseen poetry at KS5. This unit of work includes 22 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar material, quizzes, extracts and critical articles. It covers poetry eras such as: Renaissance, Cavalier, Metaphysical, Romantic, Victorian, Modernist and The Beats. This unit of work has been designed for the AQA A-level course but is adaptable to fit other exam board specifications. Lesson 1: what makes a poem a poem? Lesson 2-3: poetry era research Lesson 4: scansion: rhythm, rhyme and meter Lesson 5: Family relationships in modern poetry Lesson 6: Male/female relationships in modern poetry Lesson 7: Loss in Renaissance and Romantic poetry Lesson 8: Romantic love in Edwardian and Victorian poetry Lesson 9: Romantic love in the Renaissance Lesson 10: The Cavaliers Lesson 11: Romantic love in Cavalier and Metaphysical poetry Lesson 12: Family relationships and regret in modern poetry Lesson 13: Family relationships in modern poetry Lesson 14: The Metaphysicals Lesson 15: Romantic love in Cavalier and Victorian poetry Lesson 16: Individual poet research Lesson 17: The use of satire in Restoration and Beat poetry Lesson 18: Hitting the assessment objectives Lesson 19: Breaking Up in modern poetry Lesson 20: Romantic Love in Modernist and Victorian poetry

Featherboy is a fantastic text to teach KS3 students about bullying, and the unseen struggles others may be going through. This unit is ideally for Year 7 or a lower ability Year 8, and will save you hours of preparation time! It contains 20 lessons covering the whole of the text, focusing on Robert’s journey from zero to hero. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, bullying articles, newspaper templates and opportunities for drama role play. It also has an assessment essay on Robert’s changes with essay frames and quote quests. This is perfect for early English Literature preparation as well as building English writing skills. Each lesson focuses on a different aspect and chapter of the text. Lesson 1: Use of the fairy tale genre in Featherboy Lesson 2: Characterisation Lesson 3: Finding your own narrative voice Lesson 4: Singer’s use of Robert’s imagination Lesson 5: Use of sound Lesson 6: How to build tension Lesson 7: Drama and the hot seat challenge Lesson 8: Community debates Lesson 9: Precepts and life wisdoms Lesson 10: Writing a dramatic monologue Lesson 11: Bullying Lesson 12: Symbolism of The Firebird Lesson 13: Writing a film script Lesson 14: Using the passive voice in reports Lesson 15: Writing a letter Lesson 16: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 17: Analysing Robert Lesson 18: Singer’s narrative style and voice Lesson 19: The Trial of Jonathan Niker Lesson 20: Assessment

Everything you need to teach AQA Power and Conflict Poetry at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper2 for English Literature. It includes 20 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama and exemplar essays.

This scheme of work contains everything you need to teach Imaginative Writing at IGCSE and will save you hours of preparation! It is focused on Paper 3 coursework, but can easily be adapted for Paper 2 exam preparation. It includes 24 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, short stories and extracts, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, writing checklists and activities to exploit drama. Each lesson targets a different area of the mark scheme for the students to master. Lesson 1: An introduction into imaginative writing Lesson 2: How to structure a story using a story mountain Lesson 3: How to write an effective opening Lesson 4: Using connectives Lesson 5: Creating characters with depth Lesson 6: Writing about a party Lesson 7: Focus on punctuation in ‘The Hero’ Lesson 8: Avoiding cliche in “The 100% perfect girl” Lesson 9: Using dialogue Lesson 10: Multiple narrative voices in “Not My Best Side” Lesson 11: Writing a story using a unique voice Lesson 12: Structure in ‘The Fugitive’ Lesson 13: A Day in the Life of a Nobody Lesson 14: Writing a personal response Lesson 15: Creating titles Lesson 16: Expanding and planning Lesson 17: Topic sentences Lesson 18: Openings and endings Lesson 19: Endings Lesson 20: Narratives and dialogue Lesson 21: Opening lines Lesson 22: Creating a sense of place Lesson 23: Show don’t tell Lesson 24: Narrative Tenses in The Beach

Everything you need to revise Jane Eyre at KS5. This unit includes 8 revision lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, extracts and critical articles. The lessons cover character and theme questions. Page numbers refer to the World Classics edition. Lesson 1: Oppression Lesson 2: Essay Writing Lesson 3: Religion Lesson 4: Integrating context Lesson 5: Integrating critics Lesson 6: Love Lesson 7: Freedom Lesson 8: Essay feedback

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3 with Shakespearean language. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as the writer’s use of language and structure, an introduction to famous plays and extract analysis. Each unit of work comes with 7 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: How to embed context Lesson 2: Attitudes in Taming of the Shrew Lesson 3: Analysing staging on Othello Lesson 4: Form, rhythm and rhyme in Sonnet 130 Lesson 5: Rhythm in Macbeth Lesson 6: Forming a hypothesis in Hamlet Lesson 7: Analysing persuasive devices in Henry V

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as writer’s use of language and structure, how to open a story, narrative tenses and scanning for detail. It contains a workbook for students to work thought alongside the lesson PowerPoints. Lesson 1: Unique voice in Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens Lesson 2: Creative writing using a unique voice Lesson 3: How to write an effective opening Lesson 4: Verb changes in Angels and Demons by Dan Brown Lesson 5: Skimming and Scanning Lesson 6: Show don’t tell Lesson 7: How to create characters Lesson 8: How to start your descriptive sentences

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3 with Victorian Literature. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as writer’s use of language and structure, extract analysis and embedding context. There is a workbook for the students to use alongside the lesson PowerPoints. Lesson 1: How to create characters with depth Lesson 2: Narrative Voice in Sherlock Holmes Lesson 3: Planning and writing a detective story Lesson 4: How the writer creates mood and atmosphere in Hard Times Lesson 5: Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times Lesson 6: Victorian context webquest Lesson 7: The Ghosts in Christmas Carol

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3. Each unit of work is specialised to target a specific area of the KS3 curriculum such as writing to persuade, advise and argue. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Creating characters with depth Lesson 2: Writing to argue Lesson 3: Writing a film review Lesson 4: Writing a letter of complaint Lesson 5: How to structure a story Lesson 6: Writing to advise

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to help students who need extra support at KS3 with their grammar. It gives an overview of the skills needed to access the curriculum. Each lesson is specialised to target a specific area such as grammar, language or context. This unit works well with small support groups and comes with an easy-to-follow workbook. Lesson 1: Using apostrophes Lesson 2: Being ambitious with vocabulary Lesson 3: Describing an alien planet Lesson 4: Using your imagination Lesson 5: Narrative hooks Lesson 6: Punctuation Lesson 7: Holiday writing

Do your students need last minute prep for their exam? This 11 lesson unit is designed for students who have studied a Christmas Carol, but need two weeks intensive revision before their exam. The unit covers a number of characters and themes such as: Lesson 1: plot and characters Lesson 2: essay planning and context Lesson 3: the role of the ghosts Lesson 4: the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Lesson 5: Scrooge’s transformation Lesson 6: revision guides Lesson 7: useful quotes Lesson 8: context bidding Lesson 9: Staves 1-2 review Lesson 10: Staves 3-4 review Lesson 11: final revision

Everything you need to revise Blood Brothers at KS4. This unit includes 13 revision lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, extracts and essay structure. The lessons cover character and theme questions. Page numbers refer to the Metheun Drama edition. This unit of work has been designed for the AQA GCSE, but is adaptable to fit other exam board specifications. Lesson 1: Comedy and tragedy Lesson 2: Sympathy Lesson 3: Character posters Lesson 4: Context Lesson 5: Mrs Johnstone and motherhood Lesson 6: Who is responsible? Lesson 7: The narrator Lesson 8: Remembering key quotes Lesson 9: Act 1 review Lesson 10: Act 2 review Lesson 11: Mrs Johnstone as a strong character Lesson 12: Linda Lesson 13: Planning your answer

This Literacy Support unit has been created to support students who need extra help at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as creating characters and structuring stories. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens Lesson 2: Creating an original voice Lesson 3: How writers set the scene Lesson 4: Zooming in and out in descriptive writing Lesson 5: Using metaphor and similes Lesson 6: Creating original characters

This Literacy Support unit has been created to support students’ spelling and grammar at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills needed to be successful at KS3. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Using capital letters Lesson 2: Writing a summary Lesson 3: Improving your vocabulary Lesson 4: Similes and metaphors Lesson 5: Using persuasive devices Lesson 6: Writing to argue

Everything you need to teach Blood Brothers at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper 2 for English Literature. It includes 18 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities to exploit online research. Page numbers refer to the Metheun Drama Edition edited by Jim Mulligan.

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3. This unit of work is specialised to target travel articles and diaries, with both reading and writing skills, and works well with small support groups.

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support with poetry at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes needed, such as writer’s use of language and voice, poetic techniques and rhythm. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Poetic techniques Lesson 2: Synonyms in Autumn by John Keats Lesson 3: Rhythm in Sonny’s Lettah by Linton Kwesi Johnson Lesson 4: Voice in Hitcher by Simon Armitage Lesson 5: Style in Kid by Simon Armitage Lesson 6: Originality in Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3 with Romeo and Juliet. It gives an overview of the skills and themes needed to access Shakespeare. Each unit of work is specialised to target a specific area of the KS3 curriculum such as Shakespearean language and context. Each unit of work comes with 8 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Accessing Shakespeare’s language Lesson 2: Costume design Lesson 3: Plot and key quotes Lesson 4: Exploring parent and child relationships Lesson 5: Writing a magazine article on the Capulet Ball Lesson 6: Evaluating who is to blame Lesson 7: Plot quiz Lesson 8: Grammar

This unit contains everything you need to teach Jane Eyre at KS5 and will save you hours of preparation! It includes 32 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and critical articles. Each lesson is designed to look at a different chapter and aspect of Jane Eyre. The page numbers refer to the World’s Classics edition with an introduction by Margaret Smith. Lesson 1: Applying context Lesson 2: Jane Eyre’s childhood Lesson 3: The significance of the red room Lesson 4: Chapter summaries Lesson 5: Jane’s education Lesson 6: Freedom Past Paper Lesson 7: Coming of Age Lesson 8: Helen Burns Lesson 9: Thornfield Lesson 10: Male and Female Lesson 11: Victorian Women Lesson 12: The significance of the paintings Lesson 13: Rochester and Jane Lesson 14: Gothic Romance Lesson 15: Ice and Fire Lesson 16: Mystery in Chapter 17 Lesson 17: Blanche Ingram Lesson 18: The Fortune Teller Lesson 19: Gateshead Lesson 20: The paintings Lesson 21: Pathetic fallacy Lesson 22: The Jane Eyre debate Lesson 23: Dreams and reality Lesson 24: Thornfield Lesson 25: Bertha Mason Lesson 26: Bertha Past Paper Lesson 27: The struggle for the self Lesson 28: The role of religion Lesson 29: The Rivers Lesson 30: Critical Readings Lesson 31: Return to Thornfield Lesson 32: The Ending