A lesson analysing the presentation of Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 5, including a worksheet with questions to support analysis of her solioquy.

Revision activities for the Unseen Poetry section of Edexcel English Literature IGCSE. Includes techniques to revise, examples of unseen poems, model answers, the markscheme and the feedback from the exam board for each response.

An assembly for KS3 and KS4 on promoting reading for pleasure. It includes facts on the benefits of reading for pleasure, quotes from famous people who credit their success to reading, a range of books recommendations and even a short video from Stormzy on why reading is so important!

A range of examples of setting description extracts from famous young adult fiction novels, with questions for analysis and discussion. Extracts are from: Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Shoot to Kill by Steve Cole and Soldier Dog by Sam Angus.

Notes on the language, structure and context of Checking Out Me History by John Agard.

A comprehensive lesson on The Hero by Sassoon - adaptable for distance learning or in the classroom. Students have debate topics, quotes from Sassoon to delve into his motivation for writing and example analytical paragraphs to mark and improve.

A series of lessons based around the book, ‘The Island at the End of Everything,’ by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Includes a research project on the historical context of the book, a step by step approach to writing an analytical response, model answer on Mr Zamora, the symbolism of butterflies and Sister Teresa and example questions.

A short booklet of 6 tasks relating to letter/diary writing on the theme of a haunted mansion. Students are given an image to describe, an example of a letter to annotate and then write a response to. Students can then draw the images described in the letter and label them with quotes, before finding a diary entry from over a hundred years ago that they can annotate and then continue writing. Ideal for exclusion work, for independent work in a cover lesson or to complete at the end of an English unit.

Two lessons exploring the themes and language used in John Agard’s poem, ‘In Times of Peace.’ Students consider the issues a soldier might face on their return from conflict and then analyse the imagery using question prompts. The second lesson also includes a model paragraph and assessment questions for students to complete.

A comprehensive Literacy Skills Booklet with activities on a range of skills including: word classes, sentences types and punctuation and grammar. There are 13 different topics, with each one including a revision activity to demonstrate understanding, a task on the skill and links to popular young adult books with opportunities throughout for students to revisit ideas to ensure consolidation of knowledge. Each activity has space to be marked through peer assessment.

A range of 10, 20 and 45 minute revision tasks on the Edexcel IGCSE English Language and Literature. Includes revision of the Anthology texts, unseen poetry and Of Mice and Men, alongside examples of Unseen poems and example model paragraphs.

Four different book extract opening from Young Adult fiction with a range of questions to analyse how effective the openings are and how they create intrigue. Extracts taken from: Black Powder by Ally Sherick, Boy X by Dan Smith, Diary of an (Un)Teenager by Pete Johnson and White Rabbit by Tom Pollock.

An analysis of the language and structure of the poem Nettles by Vernon Scannell.

A comprehensive analysis of the language and structure of Follower by Seanus Heaney, including an example analytical paragraph and a paragraph plan for students to write their own response to the question, ‘How does Heaney present the relationship between father and son?’

2 - 3 lessons analysing the headlines used in the media to describe Meghan and Harry. Includes a discussion of bias in newspaper articles and an example of a biased editorial by Piers Morgan from the Daily Mail, before a plan to support students writing their own biased editorial.

A series of lessons to help students answer the question, ‘How does Shakespeare use language and structure to present conflict in Romeo and Juliet?’ Focuses on the prologue, Act 1 Scene 1 and Act 3 Scene 1 with the key ideas from the historical context and example analytical paragraphs.

Extracts of character descriptions from young adult fiction books, including questions for analysis, to help students plan out their own character descriptions. Extracts are from: Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, Lies by Michael Grant and Northen Lights by Philip Pullman.

A step by step resource on constructing a paragraph for the poetry comparison question for AQA English Literature GCSE.

Notes on the poem Exposure by Wilfred Owen and an accompanying worksheet for students.

A challenging lesson covering the key techniques in Act 1 Scene 1, including: incantation, iambic pentameter, trochaic tetrameter, rhyming couplets, antimetabole, pathetic fallacy and foreboding.