I am a secondary school English teacher with a specialist interest in literature and poetry. I also teach GCSE Media Studies and spent many years as a journalist.
My resources include ranges designed for KS3 and GCSE. Full schemes of work all include detailed lesson plans, opportunities for assessment, a range of activities to suit all abilities and a selection of varied activities which can be fully adapted to match the needs of your class.
I am a secondary school English teacher with a specialist interest in literature and poetry. I also teach GCSE Media Studies and spent many years as a journalist.
My resources include ranges designed for KS3 and GCSE. Full schemes of work all include detailed lesson plans, opportunities for assessment, a range of activities to suit all abilities and a selection of varied activities which can be fully adapted to match the needs of your class.
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Carole Satyamurti’s "War Photographer”
This poem appears in the “Conflict” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology.
This lesson also provides an “unseen” poem for comparison with guided notes to help pupils practise their comparative skills.
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations, challenge exercises and example exam questions.
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Denise Levertov’s "What Were They Like?”
This poem appears in the “Conflict” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology.
This lesson also provides an “unseen” poem for comparison with guided notes to help pupils practise their comparative skills.
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations, challenge exercises and example exam questions.
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Jane Weir’s "Poppies” with supporting print-outs
This poem appears in the “Conflict” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology.
This lesson also provides an “unseen” poem for comparison with guided notes to help pupils practise their comparative skills.
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations, challenge exercises and example exam questions.
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Nichols’ "Island Man”
This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology. This poem also appears in the “Different Cultures” section of the AQA Poetry Anthology.
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions
Included in this bundle is a full Scheme of Work covering the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Conflict poetry unit alongside a ready-to-print display featuring all 15 poems.
Save yourself hours of time planning and impress your pupils and SLT with your beautiful display board.
The display posters can also be printed smaller and make for great revision flashcards.
GCSE English poetry unit of work PowerPoints with “unseen” poem practise exercises. Designed for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Conflict poems from the exam board anthology.
Each poem from the Conflict section of the anthology has its own PowerPoint lesson with supporting materials and a comparison poem that pupils can practise with for the unseen element of the exam.
Powerpoints are structured as follows:
Introduction to the anthology poem
Context
Anthology poem
Discussion of key themes, language and structure
Unseen poem
Comparison exercise
Example exam questions
Challenge exercises are included for most poems
Lesson resources include:
Anthology poem comparison list
Vocabulary hand-outs
A Poison Tree
The Destruction of Sennacherib
Extract from The Prelude
The Man He Killed
Cousin Kate
Half-Caste
Exposure
The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Catrin
War Photographer
Belfast Confetti
The Class Game
Poppies
No Problem
What Were They Like
SPAG PDF booklet of KS2/KS3 basics aimed at transitioning to secondary teaching and can act as a Knowledge Organiser for year 7s.
Contents include:
Spelling:
- i before e except after c
- changing y to ies
- adding es to words ending in s, ss, z, ch, sh & x
- doubling up rule
- drop the e rule
- changing the y to i when adding suffix endings
- changing f to ves
- words ending in ful
- adding ly to the end of a word
- adding the prefix all
- their vs there
Sentence types:
- imperative
- declarative
- exclamatory
Punctuation:
- capital letters
- apostrophes
- question marks
- it’s vs its
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
This resource works well as an independent reference guide for students both in school and with home learning. This is also particularly helpful for inclusion work and as a learning and support aide for SEN teaching.
The booklet is in PDF and is formatted so that when it is printed on landscape A4, it can be stapled in the middle and made into a booklet. Totals 20 sides of A5. When printing from PDF, be sure to select paper size as A4 and print 2 pages per sheet. Always print a practice booklet first!
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 8 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resources include:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
Additional gap-fill resource
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 13 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resources include:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
Additional extract resources (x2)
Fill-in-the-gaps exercise
The lesson is designed to take an hour but is more likely to need two lessons depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 12 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resource includes:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 11 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resource includes:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 14 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resource includes:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
One Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 7 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resources include:
1 full Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
Challenge activity for higher abilities
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Two Powerpoint lessons covering chapter 6 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resources include:
2 full Powerpoint lessons with lesson plans
Additional extract resource
Challenge activities for higher abilities
Each lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 9 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resource includes:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 10 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resource includes:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Powerpoint lesson covering chapter 15 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resource includes:
Powerpoint lesson with lesson plan
The lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
This resource contains 14 Powerpoints and detailed lesson plans specifically for the modern novel “Boys Don’t Cry” on the Pearson Edexcel English Literature GCSE.
Resources include 18 PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets, lesson plans and timings, all designed specifically for the Edexcel GCSE syllabus.
Lessons are structured chronologically in line with the chapters of the novel and includes practice exam questions.
The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge questions and exam questions plus at least one opportunities for self/peer red-pen assessment and homework.
