A KS3 assessment task based around Agard’s poem ‘Half-Caste’. Aimed to be used to generate class discussion and move from class modeled analysis into independent writing. Also includes a response to feedback lesson if task is used as an assessed piece.

15 infographs that range from A5 - A4 sizes. Saved as Word document so can be adjusted if needed. Includes key information and icons to summarise the 15 ‘Love and Relationships’ poems in the AQA GCSE English Literature Anthology. Enjoy! Designed and created on Canva

A debate heavy, thoroughly structured approach to the AQA English Language Paper 2 Section B question (Q5). Asks students to discuss the celebration of Christmas and whether this holiday encourages dangerous behvaiour. Includes resources from 2018 to encourage students to use facts, statistics and anecdote to support their own ideas. Also includes a model of argumentative writing and a structured framework approach to exploring this topic. Suitable for most non-ficiton English Language GCSE specifications.

Set of lessons (and a few extra tasks) with activities and a glossary for the short story ‘The Darkness Out There’ in the AQA anthology. Includes frameworks, model answers, GCSE style analysis, key terminology, context and information about the author. Encourages discussion and includes references to other Literature to allow students to make links within the short story text. Lessons are aimed at mid ability, can be adapted for others and mini scheme is easily rearranged at teacher’s discretion.

Sounds daft but I've sometimes struggled to find all the poems in one document so this is a ready made version to print out as a booklet/one at a time for annotations.

Assessment style question around how Priestley presents the character of Eric in the play. Class must have read play to complete task. Uses PEELECMT (point, evidence, explain, language, empathy, context, multiple interpretations, theme) structure and offers framework/paragraph starters for students to organise their ideas about the character throughout the whole play. Could be adapted to suit another character(s).

An ‘escape room’ series of revision tasks for William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. Includes quotations, key themes, setting and plot organisation tasks. Also includes a PDF document which includes the tasks so students can complete them independently or in groups.

A selection of 20 author biography posters (both modern and Literary heritage) with information about each author and their writings. All posters are PDF A4 size. Suitable for Primary and Secondary settings as a classroom or whole school display. Includes: Image of author Bullet pointed autobiography List of key writing ‘Did you know…?’ interesting facts Authors included are: JK Rowling F Scott Fitzgerald Roald Dahl Edgar Allan Poe RL Stevenson Michael Morpurgo Jane Austen CS Lewis Willy Russell John Steinbeck David Walliams Mary Shelley William Shakespeare Simon Armitage Charles Dickens Virginia Woolf George Orwell Charlotte Bronte JRR Tolkien Philip Pullman Designed on Canva. All images from Google.

A short series of lessons which encourage students to explore John Cooper Clarke’s poem ‘Ode to the Coast’. Includes a matching game to identify language devices, an exploration of the poem matching these devices, model responses using a structured framework and a framework for students to follow to analyse phrases of their own choice. Intended as a KS3 ‘unseen poem’ exploration - with some guidance beforehand!

Project (group) task usually used at the end of term. Students must design their own theme park, using ideas from research tasks and class discussion to inform their ideas. They produce a map, one key ride design, address a letter of complaint, write a point of view poem about their theme park and deliver a presentation to the group. There are also various extension tasks within the lessons (safety leaflets etc.) Could tie in well with homework too. 'Theme Park Project worksheet document is a workbook which could be used to store ideas and notes down any changes. Includes speaking and listening reflection. Lessons can be changed and order is not necessarily chronological.

Lesson which gives students guidance on how to write a formal letter of thanks to the England football team for their performance in the Euros. Uses a letter from the queen as an example of how to embed language devices. Gives a writing frame to use. Includes facts and statistics for students to embed into their letter. All images from Google.

A Christmas Quiz with four rounds. Could be used as a last day/week activity with tutor groups or classes. Rounds are: ‘Elf on the shelf’ celebrity rhymes Name that song Christmas lyrics Name the Christmas movie Christmas general knowledge All images from Google

A collection of 59 A4 display posters which includes examples and definitions of technical terminology. Includes word classes, language devices and some sentence types. Would work well as a wall display. Posters are in PDF form. Terminology included: Common noun Proper noun Abstract noun Collective noun Concrete noun Pronouns Verb Auxiliary verb Modal verb Adverb Adjectives Contraction Determiner Discourse marker Imperative Preposition Suffix Prefix Comparative Superlatives Antonyms x2 Synonyms x2 Co-ordinating conjunction x2 Subordinating conjunction x2 Interjections x2 Non phrase Adverbial Relative pronoun Simile x2 Metaphor x2 Onomatopoeia x2 Oxymoron x2 Pathetic fallacy x2 Zoomorphism Asyndetic listing Syndetic listing Hyperbole x2 Fronted adverbial Prepositional phrase Formal Informal Command x2 Exclamation Question Statement Personification x2 Created on Canva All images from Google

Revision resources, based on two extracts, which asks students to analyse the changing characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Includes extracts, clips and frameworks for students to use to organise their ideas. Requires prior reading from students and encourages discussion to allow them to explore these key characters,

A debate heavy, thoroughly structured approach to the AQA English Language Paper 2 Section B question (Q5). Asks students to discuss the topic of Jeremy Kyle and whether this type of television programme is appropriate. Includes resources from 2019 to encourage students to use facts, statistics and anecdote to support their own ideas. Also includes a model of argumentative writing and a structured framework approach to exploring this topic. Suitable for most non-ficiton English Language GCSE specifications.

Updated quiz which can be used in form/tutor time during last day of term. As previously uploaded but with changes to celebrity round and movie round.

A speaking and listening project task that asks students to place an item into ‘Room 101’. Booklet can be used alongside Power Point to record work. Begins as an indvidual task looking at persuasive writing features and moves into a group presentation task. Includes several links to speeches and videos for students to watch.

Exploring poems using the MRS TEAR structure. Model answers included for 'Out of the Blue' and 'Poppies'. Structure is also used for unseen poems 'Geography Teacher' and 'A Marriage'. Easily adaptable for the new specification poems and unseen analysis. Some copies of the poems included for students to annotate.

Unit of work around William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. Used with a weak middle set Y10 during KS4 GCSE study and again for revision in Y11. Contains tasks around key scenes and questions for scenes to be used as prompts while reading. Page numbers match up with the Cambridge School Shakespeare edition of the script (2012 edition). Also included are links to BBC Shakespeare Unlocked programme of study - very accessible and has key activities which can be downloaded to support from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/484GwDBByzcGTGCy5bvmhLF/romeo-and-juliet Prior knowledge needed and includes some creative tasks as well as reading. Reading of whole text is required and some scenes are discussion based. Could be used to support watching a page-to-screen version of play (RSC BBC production for example) and used to aid understanding through classroom discussion and activity. Easily altered and nice to dip in and out of - acts four and five are only summarised to support reading.

A series of tasks which uses an extract from Chapter 5 of ‘The Hobbit’ to answer 5 questions in the style of AQA Enligh language paper 1. Includes: Extract Model answers Frameworks for each answer Planning opportunities/examples A structured response to each question. Images and extract from Google.