Two to three part lesson exploring two sources covering the theme of Social Media. Links to the popular Charlie Brooker series ‘Black Mirror’. Ideal for Mid-High Ability. Range of scaffolded and interesting resources included to build them up to creating a thorough question 3 and 4 response.

Lesson guiding pupils through Question 4 with a slide recapping Question 3. Includes a WABOLL and WAGOLL along with activities for them to build a response.

This is aimed towards teaching pupils how to write band 5/6 responses. The lesson revolves around a book about the sentimentalisation of the poor/children and families in Victorian fiction and gives pupils a valuable insight into how their presentation pertains to the typical presentation of families and children at the time and the meanings behind their characterisation. I taught this to top set year 11 and no one achieved below a 7 in their assessment on the extract. Based on the extract where the Cratchit family are introduced. Plan for roughly 20-25 minutes worth of teacher-led discussion to ensure this ideas are fully understood. This is not the extract from the Summer '17 exam which means they will be able to make perceptive links but not be overly scaffolded prior to mock examination.

A lesson exploring one of the key scenes of the book for A-Level Lit B. Includes comments made my Hosseini, the Quran and lots of analytical tasks for class discussions.

A lesson exploring the presentation of Jacob Marley. Can be spread over two lessons with ease if you wish to have whole class discussions included. Includes a starter, group analysis, chain creation exercise, WHY paragraph sheet with high ability vocabulary, and a WAGOLL with gaps to improve fine-grained analysis AO2 band 6. You will need strips of card cut out, glue, scissors and dictionaries. Make sure you check whether there are any notes at the bottom of the slides.

A booklet focusing on five quotations per text where pupils practise drafting AO2 focused paragraphs based on two broad themes with the hope that they can revise and remember these comments to include in the exam. May be best used as homework or during intervention sessions. Aimed towards pupils who are unlikely to revise thoroughly prior to exam- middle to high ability.

A low-mid ability lesson teaching pupils how to use symbolism in their writing. Guides them through step-by-step and provides a writing frame for weaker pupils to use. Success criteria/ self-assessment uses Alan Peat sentences but can be adapted to suit appropriate sentence structures. Used to secure understanding of the emotions in When We Two Parted from the AQA anthology- but they can easily access this without a thorough understanding of the poem.

Exploring bias across two Sun articles about Calais Asylum seekers and the Rohingya Muslim crisis. Pupils break down the two articles exploring how the writers present asylum seekers/refugees then complete a Q4 style response. Could span over two lessons with discussion about the articles.

A mixture of adaptable resources suited to high ability. Focuses on Juliet's changing language and the theme of light/dark.

A scaffolded, differentiated resource working on working 'backwards' when analysing language; beginning with the effects/reader response, pupils then have to analyse how these effects are achieved through close analysis.

A series of extension tasks for A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, and Blood Brothers. I have laminated them and put them in a postcard holder on the wall of my classroom. Middle- High Ability KS4.

Two resources guiding pupils through how to answer Q4. I glued the extract onto large sugar paper and had them write their reasons for/against on either side of it. Use the Gatsby one first, then the Dracula extract as a form of assessment.

KS3 assessment system. A new form of assessment based on the new AQA GCSE Assessment Objectives and the legacy AF grids. Progressively becomes more difficult to achieve the grades as the years progress. The Literature and Language skills have been merged underneath AOs. Suits schools which give pupils an end of year 11 target grade which they work towards. A lot of research went into the creation of these and they have been tried and tested.

Each poem has been condensed to A5 with four key quotations, context, theme and comparative links. I recommend you print the first 8 (romantic love) on one colour card and the subsequent 7 (family love) on a different colour. Used with our whole year 11 cohort and they found them extremely useful! Low to middle ability although high ability also find them useful.

Two lessons covering narrative structure and teaching pupils how to write a Rising Action. Includes activities and 500 words stories as complete examples of the narrative structure. Video links included to engage pupils. Definitely suited to KS3, although would be suitable to low ability KS4. Designed for AQA Language Paper 1 Q5.

A middle-high ability lesson analysing the dagger scene- includes a close analysis activity and a great scaffolded activity where the pupils improve a WABOLL (What a Bad One Looks Like).

AQA A-Level Lit Spec B A lesson comparing the language used by Cassio and Iago with a focus on AO2.

Reading log for KS2, KS3, KS4 which includes a book tracker, entry log, and termly book review section.

A very comprehensive lesson covering the downfall of Othello. Full of activities and high level notes and information. AQA A-Level Spec B

A resource detailing a number of concepts and high-ability band 6 ideas linking them with methods and quotations. Distinct lack of resources online, so spent a long time creating this. Could turn into an activity where pupils have to complete the quotation column. This is a useful resource as it allows pupils to either provide 'textual references' or 'quotations' for AO1. (spread out the information as it was all visible on preview)

Two lessons covering the analysis of Act 2, Scene 1; the latter encouraging pupils to use integrated terminology. Model answer included along with a breakdown of Aristotle's tragic hero conventions. AQA A-Level Lit B All the work needed is the photocopying of the text for annotation.