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

Thoroughly engaging lesson based on movie posters from Elf and Home Alone. Students analyse both posters for advertising techniques. Model answer included. Clear colour-coded lesson. Must: Identify advertising techniques used in the posters Should: Use sophisticated comparative phrases on the effectiveness of techniques used in each poster Could: Comment on the message of the posters Hope you enjoy this lesson as much I enjoyed making it! Please leave feedback below of how it went with your students. Merry Christmas!

Mid-term Break - Seamus Heaney - questions

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

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

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

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?

Key quotes from To Kill A Mockingbird.

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)

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

Suitable for Year 7 or 8. L/O: to understand and explain the writers’ ideas and use of language I understand the poem. I can explain what Blake was trying to say. I can identify a variety of language techniques. I can explain how and why they are used. I can explain the overall theme of the poem.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

Colourful PDF poster promoting safer internet use.