A large variety of literacy lessons and resources to improve literacy basics with pupils of all ages. Can be used with any key stage and a great as one off lessons!

This sheet is for pupils to use when researching their dream job/career. There are 13 questions for them to research in order to consider what they need to in order to achieve their dream job. They can then easily turn these notes into a Powerpoint presentation to use for a presentation and speaking and listening skills.

This lesson is an preperation lesson for an essay in pupils write a response to a past exam response for AQA Literature, but can be adapted to other exam boards! Pupils consider the question 'How is Macbeth considered heroic in the opening monologue of Act 5 scene 3'? Pupils then consider the whole text. Pupils can argue that he may be a hero but also how he may be a villain throughout the text. There is an example strucutre, paragraph outlines, assessment objective overviews, and how to reach top bands. Many thanks!

OCR A Level Literature lesson on Dracula chapter 24, covering AO1/2/3/5 - especially wider reading and links to crticial theory. Thanks for looking :)

OCR A Level Literature lesson on Dracula chapter 22, covering AO1/2/3/5 - especially wider reading and links to critical theory. Thanks for looking :)

A critical analysis of The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (title story) - Linked to all assessment objectives (OCR Literature - but easily transferred) and some links to Dracula as a comparative text.

A homework menu for OCR A-Level Literature Gothic studies - focusing on Dracula and The Bloody Chamber. This is easily adaptable and can be changed to suit your texts too.

This lesson was created for a very low key stage 3 set who are also studying the Fresh Start programme. Based on the first half of chapter 2 of The Breadwinner, there is the opportunity to discuss the state of Afghanistan in the book, reading a specific part of the chapter and planning a piece of descriptive writing based on the action. Also, there is a plan for the pupils to support them in the writing of the descriptive piece.

This lesson was taught to a low set year 7. The pupils are doing a scheme in which they create their own village and do this through language. In this lesson pupils consider what a manifesto is, consider brief manifestos from the 2017 election and write their own manifestos based on what they are passionate about. Attached is the powerpoint, brief manifestos and a writing frame for their own manifestos (differentiated). Many thanks!

This is a fantastic resource I use with new classes and for my private tutoring. It is a skills audit of the main skills required for English Language and Literature and help us as teachers recognise strengths and weaknesses, whether it be grammar, comprehension or writing skills. It is a great starting point to build from. Many thanks :)

Designed for year 10 for hour long lessons. Opening lesson studies the key themes of Macbeth as a general introduction - also set the standard for the rules in the classroom as the first lesson of a new scheme. Will upload further lessons as and when created (usually weekly). Designed for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE specification; therefore lessons will cover skills that are pretty much covered in every specification but AO's might be different - check your specification to make sure. N.B. The PowerPoints change to blue backgrounds to ensure Dyslexia friendly; you can obviously change this if you wish!

Used with my bottom set year 8, a lesson based on chapter 4 of the Breadwinner. Read the chapter, answer differentiated questions and study/create a persuasive speech based on mobile phones in school (in Chapter 4 Parvana tries to persuade Mother to help her!) Attached is the writing frame to support pupils in their writing.

A literacy lesson for Key Stage 3 in which pupils practise their use of biased language and intensifiers. This will test pupils prior knowledge of biased language and intensifiers and how to recognise and use them within creative writing. Resources attached.

A scheme of work consisting of 72 files including 35 powerpoints and differentiated resources. The only one missing is a resource for lesson 24 as it is corrupted but only consisted on 3 speech bubbles! The assessment objectives are written towards Edexcel, 9-1 GCSE, but can be easily amended to any exam board. I really enjoyed making these as I enjoy teaching Shakespeare! Many, many thanks for looking,

This is a resource for everybody reading in class (ERIC) of which gets pupils reading and discussing the issue of whether teenagers are addicted to mobile phones. Included is a powerpoint used for form time and the article. In the powerpoint there are debate questions and key ideas surrounding the issue. Low ability version of the article is also attached.

Attached is a lesson which can be adapted and used right through KS3/4. The lesson is to teach pupils about how to write to persuade using the IPERSUADE acronym which was previously taught; I - Imperatives P - Personal Pronouns E - Emotive Language R - Rhetorical question S - Statistics U - Use discourse markers A - Anecdote D - Direct address E - Exaggeration (Hyperbole) Included on the Powerpoint is a hyperlinked video to Churchill's speech and mark schemes for both KS4 (Eduqas English Language Component 2) and KS3 so you can adapt these accordingly. Also included is a writing frame/plan with sentence starters and a copy of the original speech. The task is 'You are the Prime Minister and Great Britain is about to go to war. Write a speech addressing the country about the news'. Many thanks!

Written for the AQA spec, but easily adaptable, this lesson is a stand alone lesson going through the basic and more advanced ingrediants of a formal letter lesson. Pupils consider first the signifiance of commas (as this has been an issue) and then work through what makes an effective formal letter (they had analysed one last lesson). Following this pupils consider the assessment objectives and what is required for a high band. Then pupils plan and write their own letter based, to the local coucil, based on the condition of a local park. Concluding with peer assessment using the mark scheme. Many thanks :)

This set of lessons was created for a low level year 7 group, introducing them to non-fiction and creative writing through the magic of Dragons! They really engaging well with these different activities and got very creative with the variety! Was a fantastic short scheme, which could also be an intervention, which could also be used for level key stage 3/4 across the year groups. Many thanks :)

A lesson based on symbolism featured within Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy. Aimed at Key stage 3 - year 7 but can easily be adapted! Many thanks for looking :)

OCR A Level Literature lesson on Dracula chapter 19, covering AO1/2/3/5 - especially wider reading and links to crticial theory. Thanks for looking :)