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Film pitch - turn a book into a successful film.
A series of lessons in which pupils use persuasive writing. Pupils are to persuade a group of Hollywood producers to turn the class novel into a blockbuster film. A useful end of topic activity.

Write your own chocolate poem!
A fun and challenging lesson in which pupils use sensory detail and imaginative vocabulary to create their own chocolate poem. Pupils will need a small chocolate bar for this lesson. Drag out the torture - they have to smell the chocolate, then describe it, a small bite, then describe it, and so forth.
I have done this many times before, and it has always gone down well. This is very good as a memorable Year 6 induction lesson, or a lesson on creative writing.

Eduqas/WJEC English assessment feedback sheets
Make marking easier by using these tick sheets. You do not need to write down what they have done well, just tick. Pupils can even write their own E.B.Is once their work has been returned.

The Way Through the Woods - Kipling
A lesson which teaches pupil how to analyse a poem for themselves - the teacher should be doing very little in this lesson. Pupils work in groups: each member of the group is assigned a role. A carousel activity follows, ending with a whole class feedback.

Whole School Literacy Book
A book I've written to be given to all staff and students.
Topics include:
What is literacy?
How to improve your work: responding to feedback
Making your writing more interesting: Sentence Variety
Three tips for improving your writing style
Making your writing accurate: Punctuation
Commas
Speech Marks
Colons and Semi-colons
Apostrophes
Making your writing flow: Paragraphs
Making your work flow: connectives
How to develop your answers
Making your writing accurate: Spellings
Spelling strategies
Nine spelling rules to learn
Homophones
Homonyms
25 commonly misspelt words
How to improve your work: Redrafting
How to improve your word power
Worn out words
70 words to sharpen your expression
Common literacy errors

Macbeth - three model paragraphs Band 3, 4, and 5.
The same point and quote written about in three different ways. Pupils highlight the differences to see what makes a top grade response.

Gothic/Ghost Story Vocabulary
Lots of words to help students write their own Gothic/ghost story.
Includes ambitious vocabulary such as 'lugubrious' to push higher attaining students and encourage students to think carefully about their vocabulary choices.

Born Yesterday
A lesson on the Phillip Larkin 'Born Yesterday' including word associations and analysis of key imagery and a discussion on the ideas in the poem.

An Introduction to Shakespeare
Includes: visual information on his life and times, the workings of Tudor/Jacobean theatre, and how to get to grips with Shakespeare's language.

Quickdraw
A whole lesson the poem Quickdraw by Carol Ann Duffy. A discussion and analysis of key imagery and writer's ideas. Includes an activity where pupils have to get out of their seats to discuss some of the issues in the poem.

Eduqas/WJEC English Language and English Literature pupil friendly guides to the course
A pupil friendly guide to the course, with example question types, model answers, pupil friendly mark schemes, and tips on how to answer each question.

The Monkey's Paw
A week’s worth of lessons on ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ with AQA English Langauge type questions.

The Deserted House!
A creative writing lesson based on the poem The Deserted House. Resource includes presentation including starter, activities etc, copy of the poem and a lesson plan (this was a an observed lesson which was judged outstanding). Focus for the lesson is on sensory detail and ambitious vocabulary.

Myths and Legends
A unit of work on myths and legends to last around 3-4 weeks. Includes: background to Greek mythology, British and European myths, modern myths and legends, research task, and a creative writing task over several lessons in which pupils create their own myth or legend. Writing skills are built into this., including characterisation, sentence structure, and settings.
Darken the classroom, open up the fireside reading animation, and allow pupils to regale the class with their own myths and legends.

143 Dingbats (fun word games)
143 word games with answers. Useful to put a couple up at the start of a lesson to get pupils settling down and engaged, or as fun little 'fillers'.

Bell work ideas
Lots of ideas for 'bell work', that 2-5 minutes of dead time while you wait for other students to arrive. Great for embedding literacy skills, engaging the class, calming and settling challenging classes, and providing reasons to get to lessons on time!

How to analyse a non-fiction text
A handy 2 page worksheet taking pupils through the steps of analysing any non-fiction text.

London by William Blake
A whole lesson in which pupils think independently about the connotations of vocabulary in William Blakes's London. Included: model response, self assessment, contextual information.