Short scheme using an extract from chapters 1 & 3 of Peter Kay’s 2006 autobiography ‘The Sound of Laughter’. Used with a lower ability group to encourage exploring tone, humour and non-fiction writing. Includes: Extract from chapter 1 with pictures Extract from chapter 3 Lesson by lesson mini-scheme Assessment around an extract from chapter 3 Mark scheme for assessment

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.

Lesson which explore Capulet’s invite to his ball (Act 1 Scene 2) and Sonnet 18, then asks students to then write their own version of one of the pieces. Includes starter activities, original text and translation, key questions for understanding the language and frameworks for both tasks. All images from Google.

Quick quiz which could be used with forms or classes towards end of term. Should take about 20-30 minutes to complete. Would work across multiple abilities and ages. 4 rounds with multiple questions: Name the masked celebrity Chocolate bar logo game General knowledge Name the movie All images from Google

Creative task in which students design their own mask for a masquerade ball similar to those of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Act 1 Scene 5. Includes translated key moments of scene and mask template. Promotes discussion around connotation of colour and design before students design their own. All images from Google.

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.

Collection of 7 lessons which focus on reading a Goosebumps short story. Includes starter activities, review template and tasks around movie adaptations. Aimed at lower ability students. Full copy RL Stine’s ‘Stay Out Of The Basement’ can be found on Google. All images from Google.

Series of lessons which allows students to design their own chocolate egg, packaging, produce a piece of sensory description and deliver a persuasive speech. Project uses persuasive language exploration and real life examples to explore how to embed language devices into a piece of writing. Encourages creativity through writing and design of new chocolate egg product. Includes Power Point and Word document with separate tasks. Power Point includes: Logo guessing game Descriptive language model Descriptive writing framework Slogan game Persuasive language devices Riddles and word play task Box design task Persuasive speech model Persuasive speech framework All images from Google. All videos from You Tube.

Lesson which explores the poem ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Includes annotation task, discussion points, analysis question, model answer and creative task to produce own unusual love poem. All images from Google.

Four lessons which focus on exploring of the WW1 poem ‘Who’s For the Game’ (1915) by Jessie Pope. Include: Propaganda engagement task Brief facts about author Comprehension/key understanding questions Sentence starters Feature spotting Analysis question with framework and model answer Creative writing task with sentence starters All images from Google.

Series of lessons which includes: Analysis of poem title Link to poem being performed Summary of poem Analysis of extract Key language features Model answer exploring theme of ‘hope’ Framework for students’ independent response Creative writing task Also included is a copy of a glossary to explain language used in the poem. 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

An ‘escape room’ series of revision tasks for Willy Russell’s ‘Blood Brothers’. Includes quotations, key themes, lyrics and song organisation tasks. Also includes a PDF document which includes the tasks so students can complete them independently or in groups.

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.

An ‘escape room’ series of revision tasks for ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. Includes quotations, key themes, setting and chapter titles 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.

Full scheme of work based on the novel ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’. Includes every chapter. Includes tasks which ask students to explore the text, write creatively, reflect on their reading and comment on structure. Has an assessment task included in the style of AQA English Language Paper - questions 3 and 4. There are frameworks and model answers embedded throughout the scheme. Aimed at Y7 but can be adapted and used for other KS3 classes. All images from Google.

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES ELEMENTS OF ANOTHER RESOURCE I’VE SHARED - ‘NEGATIVE REVIEW WRITING’. Non-fiction, transactional and persuasive writing scheme which includes tasks exploring persuasive writing, using persuasive writing in own work and writing for multiple purposes and audiences. Includes tasks, model answers, frameworks and engaging articles. Glossaries are provided for each article. Topics of articles include reality TV (Love Island, Geordie Shore, Keeping up with the Kardashians) and three reviews. Ultimately students are encouraged to write their own persuasive letter for or against school uniforms. 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