Single page sheet containing the rules for writing dialogue, a task and peer assessment.

An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on Shakespeare. Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for a Shakespeare unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.

Powerpoint guiding learners through the planning, writing and delivery of a speech persuading listeners to donate money to a charity of their choice.

Pictures of the Romeo and Juliet characters from the Baz Luhrrman film. I used them to help learners get to grips with who each character was. They organised the characters into Montagues/Capulets/Neither then glued them in their books in the groups. Underneath the pictures they wrote key details about each character. Could be used as a revision exercise or to explore relationships between characters.

A power point exploring the poem and analysing language.

An essay plan tracing the development of Scrooge throughout the novel and evaluating what causes him to change.

Very basic power point explaining the structure of a story with an example leading towards learners planning their own story.

A range of starter activities where learners have to work out which is the odd one out from the three images shown. There are no correct answers so the activities can be used as settlers or to promote discussion, explanation and justification skills.

A blank writing frame designed to look like the front page of the Verona Times. Could be used for learners to show their understanding of the plot of Romeo and Juliet through writing a newspaper report about the events of the play.

A power point to prepare for GCSE English Language Controlled Assessments for WJEC. Includes activities to develop vocabulary, use descriptive techniques etc.

Resources to support the comparison of two poems set in the context of Victorian poverty.

A powerpoint to support the writing of an elegy poem to commemorate the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The presentation looks at what is an elegy, why they are written, an example of an elegy and how to write one. It also has a structured, step-by-step approach to enable students to write their own elegy poem about the Queen. There are links to Newsround reports to get ideas and a display sheet for students to write their elegies out for a display.

A series of lessons on analysing how a text persuades its audience. This looks at a leaflet from the animal rights charity PETA focusing on how it uses language and structure to persuade and culminating in an analytical essay.

A series of questions following Bloom's Taxonomy focused on Lord Capulet in Act 3, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet.

Power point giving social historical and cultural context to Victorian Gothic literature.

A sheet for peer-assessing speeches to keep audiences engaged and listening while classmates present their speaking and listening.

A powerpoint looking at examples of explanation texts, identifying features and scaffolding the writing of an explanation.

A set of blank planning sheets to support the planning and writing of narratives including structure and vocabulary building.

An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on Victorian Poetry.Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for a poetry unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.

An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on a Year 7 transition unit in which learners invented a time machine and travelled back in time to see how language and literature developed through the years. Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for the unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.