King Lear quotes on themes and characters. Perfect revision tool. Theme of Evil Theme of the “Natural Law” Theme of Sight and Blindness Theme of Justice Theme of Power Theme of Gods Theme of Filial Ingratitude Character of Edmund Character of Lear Characters of Goneril and Regan Character of Kent Character of Cordelia Character of Gloucester Character of Edgar

Entire unit of work covering advertising. Material includes focus on pre-production, advertising terminology, model answers and advert analysis worksheets.

Lesson focuses on language connotation of extract from Bill Bryson's 'The Thunderbolt Kid'. Fully worked example for students to identify MUST, SHOULD and COULD. PEE table of language features make it super easy, quick and clear for students to organise their points. Extension task included.

Nice mini scheme of work for short stories covering all the basics such as plots, setting, characters, conlcusion. Lesson 1 is a free resource.

Simple yet effective lesson to get students thinking about language analysis. Focus is on implicit and explicit meaning as well as the effectiveness of language in particular.

Key moments and give thoughtful value judgements on the character Act 1 Scene 5 - Romeo and Juliet fall in love at the ball Act 2 Scene 1 - The Balcony Scene Act 3 Scene 1 - The Fight Scene (turning point of the play) Act 4 Scene 3 - Juliet’s soliloquy Act 5 Scene 3 - Churchyard scene of tragedy Figurative language - examples from the play Metaphors Similes Personification Irony

The following short stories are included: The Landlady by Roald Dahl All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Charles by Shirley Jackson A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. New Boy by Roddy Doyle Note to Sixth-Grade Self by Julie Obringer Raymond's Run by Tony Cade Bambara Thank You, M'am by Langston Hughes The Two Brothers by Leo Tolstoy

Chapter questions for A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Enjoy!

Mid-term Break - Seamus Heaney - questions

Quick activity to get students thinking about imagery. Students are given emoji PDF document to try and match up with quotes from the poem. Answers supplied in presentation.

Set of 20 lessons focusing on a different literacy focus. All the most important topics included: apostrophes, adverbs, homophones, capital letters, full stops, colons, semi-colons, nouns, punctuation and connectives to name but a few. Perfect for a department wide focus on literacy as can be taught at 15 minutes at the start of any lesson not just English.

Excellent and emotive lesson based on Simon Armitage's 'Out of the Blue'. Students task is to write a series of diary entries based on the event. Please use this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZey15WTAk

Lesson 1: Learning Objective: to be able to comment on the language, how it effects the reader and be able to thoroughly analyse the poem. MUST: identify key words in the poem SHOULD: explain the effect on the reader COULD: analyse why this is effective How will we do this All learners are able to pick out key words and contribute to group discussion. All learners are independent and produce a piece of writing from the activity. All learners will be able to reflect on their learning and their next steps in learning. Lesson 2: Learning Objective: to be able to analyse language and explain the meaning behind the poem. MUST: select appropriate evidence from the text to back up your ideas. SHOULD: interpret writer’s ideas and viewpoints. COULD: explain and evaluate how writers use their language to influence the reader. Lesson 3: Learning Objective: To learn how to provide a perceptive/insightful analysis of the differences and similarities between the writer’s choices about language used in both poems. MUST: to explore the writer’s use of language to portray ideas. SHOULD: be able to explain differences and similarities with clear explanation COULD: be able to write in detail and make extended analytical comparison.

L.O: Develop ability to infer meaning in a text. Must: create three questions to ask Karl based on the article Should: find evidence to answer the questions Could: create questions that require you to infer information. Find evidence to support your inferences TASK 1: Answer the questions that you have come up with as if you are Karl Pilkington. Remember the mark scheme Must: read reasonably well, identifying a range of details. Some supporting detail is used Should: interpret the text competently. Some ideas are developed. There is some supporting detail throughout. Could: thoroughly engage with the passage. Integrate an appropriate amount of supporting detail into the response TASK 2: How is language used for effect (Answer in the form of PEEA paragraphs)? What is Karl’s first impression of the place he would be bungee jumping from? What impression are we given of the tribe? How important is the bungee ritual to the people of the tribe? How dangerous is the bungee jumping activity? How did Karl feel about participating in the bungee jump himself?

I Felt a Funeral in my Brain LO: How do sounds highlight our fear of the unknown? Must: identify how the use of sound can create a gothic atmosphere(level 5) Should: discuss how these sounds help highlight emotions (facts) (level 6) Could: evaluate how sounds help create the ‘unknown’ and discuss how what is not known is much scarier that what is known (level 7)

Guaranteed to have students eating from the palm of your hand as this mini scheme of work really should interest the social media savvy student. Lesson 1: Social Media and Celebrities (Literacy lesson) Lesson 2: Cyber Bullying Lesson 3: Blogs Lesson 4: Dragon’s Den – creating your own App

Lesson based on short essay, 'The Adventures of the Soul by Anatole France'. Fully worked colour-coded model answer. PEE table incorporated to make analysis of language and word connotation as simple as possible.

Graphic organiser to arrange and order student's ideas.