A comprehensive planning sheet and tasks to help KS3 students plan better mystery stories. These lessons focus on the concept of the discovery of a mystery object which somehow reveals a secret. Students begin with physical objects (a shoe, a jewelry box- anything you have) and imagining their histories. After this, they come up with a few ideas of mystery objects and then plan out a short narrative using ‘set up, build up, climax, resolution/cliffhanger’. This is very successful with weaker groups who need clear direction, but also works well for curtailing the ambition of some budding novelists!

Simple, but active spelling strategies. Useful for display or to stick in the front of spelling books.

Engaging worksheets using passages from 'Harry Potter' and 'The Hobbit' to explore characterisation and then encourage students to create their own heroes.

Useful example essay on Macbeth’s role as a gothic protagonist. Excellent for high achievers to annotate with success criteria or use as a model.

Lesson starter quiz to introduce Shakespeare’s stories.

Exemplar essay on dark undercurrents in ‘Small Island’. Great for students to annotate with successes or against assessment objectives. Useful preparation for Paper 1b.

Cards of useful quotations for Wuthering Heights. Can be printed and laminated to be turned into key rings or used as flashcards.

Useful revision cards for ‘Macbeth’. Can be printed and laminated to be used as flashcards or turned into a key ring. Perfect for A Level or able GCSE students.

A detailed revision booklet for AQA Literature B. Detailed suggestions for our texts: ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘Earnest’ and comic poetry. Easily adapted to other texts and genres.