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I have been teaching English for the last 12 years and worked in three very different schools all facing their own challenges. My aim is to want my students to love coming to their English lessons and involve them in the learning process as much as possible, encouraging them to be independent and resilient. Three years ago I completed an 'Outstanding Teachers Programme' which gave me lots of ideas to enhance my teaching skills. Many of these ideas have been built into my uploaded resources.

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I have been teaching English for the last 12 years and worked in three very different schools all facing their own challenges. My aim is to want my students to love coming to their English lessons and involve them in the learning process as much as possible, encouraging them to be independent and resilient. Three years ago I completed an 'Outstanding Teachers Programme' which gave me lots of ideas to enhance my teaching skills. Many of these ideas have been built into my uploaded resources.
An Inspector Calls - Who is responsible for Eva's death?
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An Inspector Calls - Who is responsible for Eva's death?

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This is a group debate task which could easily lead in to a written piece. Students complete an individual task where they have to decide how far their given character is responsible. They then come together as a group to decide together which character is most responsible. Students really enjoyed this lesson and it promoted a lot of discussion/debate. Any feedback welcome!
Recapping basic word classes: nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs
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Recapping basic word classes: nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs

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This is a lesson I created for a very low ability Year 7 class as they were struggling with identifying the basic word classes. It involves them thinking of definitions and writing their own (guided by teacher). There are then some pictures as stimulus to get them identifying their own examples (I used mini whiteboards for this task). The students are finally given a picture for them to put into practice what they have learnt/recapped. There is an extension activity using some of the Alan Peat sentence types for further challenge. I ended the lesson by playing a silly sentence game where students are put into groups of 4 and come up with their own silly sentences by including the word classes they have learnt/recapped in the lesson. My students really enjoyed this (especially as I included pictures of my son!)
Detailed analysis of 'Bayonet Charge' by Ted Hughes including revision quiz
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Detailed analysis of 'Bayonet Charge' by Ted Hughes including revision quiz

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An annotated version of the poem in detail - would be useful for higher end GCSE students studying the AQA Power and Conflict cluster or teachers who are unfamiliar with the poem. Also contains notes on context/form/structure as well as some discussion questions. Revision quiz also attached for completion after studying the poem. Could be given as a homework activity/consolidation task.
Detailed analysis of 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley including revision quiz
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Detailed analysis of 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley including revision quiz

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An annotated version of the poem in detail - would be useful for higher end GCSE students studying the AQA Power and Conflict cluster or teachers who are unfamiliar with the poem. Also contains notes on context/form/structure as well as some discussion questions. Revision quiz also attached which could be used as a homework activity/consolidation task.
Charge of the Light Brigade
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Charge of the Light Brigade

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An annotated version of the poem useful for a lower ability group with the aim to get an understanding of the meaning of the poem. There are also some differentiated questions and a writing activity looking at different emotions experienced by the soldiers.
The Flying Nun by Tom Slemen - PEE activity in preparation for extended writing piece
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The Flying Nun by Tom Slemen - PEE activity in preparation for extended writing piece

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A lesson I taught to a lower ability KS3 group which gets them thinking about using PEE to write about a text. This will take a few lessons to teach. It also gives them some useful phrases in order to link their paragraphs together. A copy of the story is provided as well as a success criteria so students can self/peer assess after they have completed their final response to the question.
Descriptive Writing KS4 - Interleaving (Poetry Stimulus)
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Descriptive Writing KS4 - Interleaving (Poetry Stimulus)

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A lesson I put together for low ability KS4. It gives them some ‘quick win’ ideas regarding how to improve their own descriptive writing. There is also a resource to get them thinking about how they could use some ideas from the ‘Power & Conflict’ poems and also an activity on improving vocabulary whilst revising poems/texts for the literature exam.
Descriptive Writing: Zooming in
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Descriptive Writing: Zooming in

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A lesson I used with Year 10 in order for them to practise their 'zooming in' skills when producing descriptive writing. It also encourages them to experiment with structure for effect. Could easily be adapted for any year group.
IGCSE Paper 2 Exam walkthrough
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IGCSE Paper 2 Exam walkthrough

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Help/advice for tackling the exam paper. Please note there are changes to question 3 from 2015. The powerpoint was designed to be used with the May 2013 specimen paper which is also attached.
Soundtrack to My Life AQA English CA Prep
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Soundtrack to My Life AQA English CA Prep

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I have put this together for a low ability Yr 10 class as a preparation lesson for their CA. This will hopefully help them produce a practise paragraph. It is quite basic - any comments/suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated!
Question stems based on Blooms Taxonomy
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Question stems based on Blooms Taxonomy

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I produced this resource in order for my classes to write their own questions on various texts we have read. To make it a little more fun, I have given the questions 'chilli&' ratings. Students can write their own questions and then answer each others.
Descriptive Writing Stimulus
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Descriptive Writing Stimulus

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A lesson I used with Yr 10s during which they play a game as a stimulus for a piece of descriptive writing. You will need dice for this! They then create their own version of the game but include language techniques in order to up-level their writing. They can use the Treasure Island text/mark scheme to help them think about what they should be including in their own writing in order to improve.
Is Curley's wife a victim or villain?
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Is Curley's wife a victim or villain?

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S&L lesson asking students to consider our initial impressions of Curley's wife. As discussion developed, I gave students some extra info from later in the novella to see if it influenced their ideas.
Who has the most power in 'Of Mice and Men'?
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Who has the most power in 'Of Mice and Men'?

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This is a S&L lesson I produced for Yr 10. They were each given a character from the novel and had to decide how their character was powerful. They then had to decide as a group which character had the most power and why.
An Inspector Calls - Collecting Key quotes
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An Inspector Calls - Collecting Key quotes

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A really simple resource which could be used for a homework. Students asked to collect key quotes on each character in Act 1. I have only used a few speech bubbles around each character in order to get students evaluating quotes. Which are the most important? Which could they easily remember in an exam situation? Could easily be adapted for other acts.