A short powerpoint aimed at engaging higher ability learners into writing creatively about Halloween while avoiding clichés and using a wide range of punctuation.

Powerpoint looking at effective descriptions of people and places with examples, interactive "Guess Who/Where" activity and writing tasks.

An introduction to the theme of homelessness as preparation for reading the novel, looking at how language can affect our perceptions.

A worksheet designed as part of GCSE Film Studies, but useful as a starter. Learners have to identify a selection of famous actors and actresses from their pictures.

Power point exploring a range of scenes from Macbeth focusing on the theme of loyalty. Produced to prepare middle set Y10 students for their GCSE English Literature controlled assessment for WJEC in Wales. Power point introduces theme and goes through a selection of key scenes from Acts one, three and five, identifying key quotations and developing PEEL paragraphs in preparation for essay writing. Also accompanied by a student booklet with the key scenes ready for students to explore and annotate.

Looking at the themes of Romeo and Juliet through analysis of the promotional posters for a range of different productions.

Power point presentation to support learners through the preparation and writing of an assessment essay on the theme of violence and conflict in Romeo and Juliet. Included is an essay plan and peer assessment sheet to support learners.

A quick activity where learners have to fill the gaps in order to complete the titles of Shakespeare's plays.

A variety of resources tracing the development of language over time, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, the Anglo-Saxons, Chaucer's "The Miller" and The Middle Ages.

Based on resources shared by https://www.tes.com/member/Lausten and adapted as part of a departmental carousel, teaching various exam skills for WJEC. This looks at the features of a summary, guides learners through the process of summary writing as part of a group, then provides an independent writing task with peer-assessment. This is basically https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-a-summary-lessons-6434675 but condensed into one lesson.

A set of possible essay questions comparing the selection of Welsh poetry for examination in 2021 for WJEC GCSE English Literature.

A Power Point presentation introducing Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Includes a diagram of the Globe for learners to label following the information within the Power Point.

An activity focusing on the language of the prologue and an accompanying powerpoint. Learners are given a list of keywords from the prologue and the prologue itself, and are firstly asked to define them from their own knowledge. Then they watch a video clip of it being read aloud and can change their definition if they want. Thirdly, they look at a modern translation and can alter their definition again. The powerpoint also has further activities based on the prologue, its purpose and effect.

A series of writing tasks with a real-life, practical purpose, such as writing an application letter for a job, etc. Aimed at linking English and Literacy skills to a real world context and focused on KS4.

A short power point looking at how narratives are structured with a simple example and leading towards learners planning their own narrative following the structure.

A range of exam questions with extracts from Of Mice and Men.

A range of resources for travel writing including a detailed power point exploring examples and preparing learners to write their own piece, a lesson using ICT, research record grid and several engaging starters.

Power point guiding learners through the planning and writing of a film review for a magazine including looking at examples, appropriate language and layout, and an accompanying worksheet to help learners to write their own film review.