Two lessons looking at the poem 'Hitcher&'. Exploring the poem, justifying opinions and building to PEE paragraphs.

Lesson powerpoints and storyboarding homework activity for Year 7, on The Highwayman (Noyes). Includes activities exploring the language of the poem, understanding the story, exploring rhyme and rhythm and writing their own ballads.

A lesson exploring the genre of science fiction through clips from the film I, Robot. Includes a number of activities and discussion points. Used with a mixed ability Year 8 class.

A short three/four lesson unit on The Red Room by H.G.Wells, exploring the ghost story/mystery genre, how an author builds suspense and tension, building towards an essay question response or creative writing task. Used with top set Year 9, and a middle ability set. Split the story into 3 sections. Three PowerPoints. Quote analysis activities on worksheets for group work.

Part 2 of 2. Series of lessons to follow class reading of Face by Benjamin Zephaniah. Lesson powerpoints probably run over two or more lessons, but follow the chapters of the book with various activities, questions etc. Taught to high and middle ability Year 8s. Opportunities for writing assessment in Part 1 of SoW (newspaper article or persuasive speech writing). Extension/challenge options included. Body Image lesson relies on students bringing in magazines to analyse - we created posters in pairs/3s labelling how body image was represented in the media, then spent a lesson linking this learning to the novel.

A series of lessons focussing on developing inference skills. Allows students to think creatively to infer meaning from pictures and film stills. Links into topics on presentational devices thinking about the genre and audience of different books based on the covers. (Adapted into lesson powerpoints from ideas by johncallaghan)

Series of lessons on The Hunger Games, taught to high ability Year 9 students. Includes some edited parts of resources found on TES. Covers key themes as well as reading and writing skills. Please leave a comment if you download, use and like!