An engaging lesson exploring Charles Dickens’ early life, attitudes towards society and other contextual factors.

A presentation exploring the value of creating a Reading for Pleasure culture across the school.

A series of lessons exploring an extract from ‘The Children of Men’ with a focus on LP1 questions.

A lesson exploring the origins of rhetoric (MA). Fully resourced.

A collection of starter tasks and academic reading sheets for a full study of ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell.

A chronological study of 10 dystopian texts, from 1909 to 2013 (featuring classics, modern texts, and an extract from a popular video game). Each week features a short extract, followed by a task sheet to capture notes (based on research to maximise reading retention).

A recorded presentation for staff CPD exploring how to develop literacy and reading standards across the curriculum. The presentation includes researched resources for use in a variety of subjects.

A highly engaging lesson aimed at a high-ability KS3 group. The lesson aims to make students think about the role of importance of magic in AMND, including an explanation of what a theme is. The final task is to begin to analyse a small extract in the play.

A two-part lesson exploring methods to explore Language Paper 1, Question 4.

A sequence of lessons exploring Haydock and Dickens’ respective sources on ‘Homelessness’ (Language, Paper 2). Fully resourced.

Building tasks towards analysis of a Gothic character (Frankenstein) with scaffolding. Produced for a Y7 scheme, but easily adapted.

5 extracts exploring context and the fiction published during the 19th-century, following the principles of academic reading to embed the routine.

A collection of LA reading comprehension activities based on superhero biographies.

Lesson Thirteen: Vladimir Propp and Crafting Characters (Exposition) Students will be introduced to Propp characters and identifying these in fairy tales. Students will differentiate between heroes and villains. Lesson Fourteen: Linear/Circular Narratives and Crafting Settings (Exposition) This lesson, students will explore linear and circular narratives, including a close reading of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. Students will then begin to plan how they can subvert narrative structures in their assessment next week. Lesson Fifteen: Advanced Features Continuing to explore crafting of narrative, students will explore how they can build better sentences, utilise a range of punctuation, craft their vocabulary choices for effect, and incorporate high-level features in their writing.

This fully-differentiated lesson is based on creating a setting description using basic (some advanced) language techniques, including a summary of word classes. Based on the description of District 12, students are pushed to create their own dilapidated setting. Learning challenge and arrival activity (Introduce), fully differentiated with clear outcomes to show progress. Learning journey explained (easy to adapt) Low-stakes true or false quizzing on Chapter 1 of The Hunger Games (Assess) Discussion of setting and popular settings in children’s literature (Link) Identification of language techniques (Identify) Task One: Identify word classes and language devices- (see teacher’s copy for discussion points, great for feedback especially with a visualiser). Address gaps in knowledge before moving on. Task Two: Using previous task, create a run-down setting using stock images as a stimulus. (Create and Apply) Feedback: Snapshot of two memorable lines (Review) Plenary: Bronze-Silver-Gold differentiated questioning linked to outcomes (Assess, Review, Capture) Lesson plan available on request, feedback and tweaks would be hugely appreciated.

Explores the theme of power in ‘Macbeth’ and encourages subjectivity and discussion. Used for a double lesson and prompted a great discussion on the role of power in the 21st century and then linked to the play. Use with ‘Ozymandias’ also.

A fully-resourced, fully-differentiated, fully-researched lesson which challenges students to think about the theme of masculinity in ‘Macbeth’.