PPT including match up activity and Think, Pair, Share to help students understand register

A simple powerpoint to scaffold teaching of Stave 1

A PPT and worksheet to scaffold a debate about Lady Macbeth's role in Duncan's death / Macbeth's downfall. This has worked well with set one and set 8! Links to assessment objectives throughout. Can be edited.

A worksheet using the Magenta Principles of 'Reduce' to help students identify key information and their own personal responses when approaching a text. Suitable for Year 7 - 11. This has links to Of Mice and Men but can easily be adapted to suit any novel / characters.

A magenta work booklet to help pupils develop tier two vocabulary.

Students write a description of New York using extended metaphors - worksheet to scaffold understanding of this. Several worksheets on using subordinate clauses, colons and semi colons. Worksheet for developing a character - we first discussed this as a class and used mini drama tasks to bring the character to life and generate more interesting descriptions (show don’t tell) Additional story mountain sheet if students need support with planning.

A set of retrieval challenge grids - could be used for short responses or more detailed revision. An Inspector Calls A Christmas Carol Jekyll and Hyde Anthology Poetry Unseen Poetry Macbeth

3 worksheets based on the article published following the sinking of the Titanic. Can be used to cover Paper 2 19th century texts as well as look at the context of An Inspector Calls and views of Arthur Birling.

This was an attempt at differentiating a KS4 close reading scheme of work so that it was suitable for Year 7. Year 7 enjoyed it but it could be used with KS3 - 4 or even elements for KS5. The 111 slide PPT includes -Jane Eyre - Pride and Prejudice - Emily Dickinson poetry - De Bono - Plus, Minus, Interesting - Rally Robin - Think Pair Shair - Self/Peer assessment - Hot Seating - Word classes - Irony - Alan Peat sentences

Thinking mats to help students revise the anthology poems. This is for Love and relationships but the titles could be changed very easily to suite power and conflict. Each mat has activities linked to the AOs / magenta principles and an inspirational quote.

A booklet used for homework with a KS3 literacy class. The focus is researching Syria and writing for purpose. There are small links to The Bone Sparrow but these can be removed easily.

A revision guide for pupils - key quotes for each poem from the love and relationships cluster. Fully analysed with terminology in bold. Includes a comment on the structure of each poem to challenge pupils. Also includes what to do for AQA Literature Paper 2. Particularly useful if pupils have gaps in knowledge or have made poor notes.

18 lesson plans for AQA Relationships Poetry - new anthology. Lessons are for a low ability Year 10 class and cover the poems about romantic love only (not Climbing My Grandfather etc) There is also a homework booklet with two task per week to develop skills for the unseen exam. Full PPT will be available shortly.

Four lessons on risk - one of the topics that must be covered when PSHE becomes statutory in 2020. PPTs and worksheets/booklets as well a child friendly version of the Sensation Seeking Scale Questionnaire designed by Dr Marvin Zuckerman. Also includes an end of topic evaluation to demonstrate progress. Can be editted.

Write a story about the journey to a concentration camp - used from year 7 to 11 Includes planning sheet, pictures and scaffolding for imagery and pathetic fallacy

Key vocabulary, character profiles, relationships with others, key quotes, writer's aims/ideas

A sheet which outlines achievements of students across the year. I have used it to scaffold conversations at parents’ evenings and the data is useful for evidence when having difficult discussions! - Option to copy and paste last official report - Review of effort, behaviour, organisation and homework - General comments - Review of results in each topic/assessment - Targets to circle/highlight as appropriate

Lesson plan, PPT and worksheet. A lesson designed to help students explore the portrayal and development of Sheila - could be used for one lesson or two depending on how much detail you want to go into/level of your students. There is a photo worksheet to help students map out key quotes and how Sheila changes then the lesson is set out as a court room debate with sheets to scaffold students’ reponses. There is an additional focus on vocabulary to support AO4. The lesson is linked to AQA assessment objectives but could easily be adapted and / or used with lower school.

Weekly tasks for revision of the AQA lit and lang exams. This is a homework booklet but could be adapted for use in lessons. Each week there is an exam task with a prompt to help students.

A booklet of lovely challenges / activities to promote emotional wellbeing.