I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
A well planned lesson that results in students writing a formal argument for a broadsheet newspaper.
Students will consider a range of statements and determine whether they are for or against and will justify their opinions.
Students will have an example argument modelled to them and will unpick the success criteria within the example.
Students will then use this as a basis for their own argument.
15 key quotations from the power and conflict poetry collection, each with an accompanying image to help stduents remember them.
Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation and also perfect for learning key quotations.
A differentiated lesson that results in students writing their own speech as class president.
Students will explore the legacy left by Barack Obama and discuss how effective he was as a leader. Students will also explore the attributes of a leader that they are familiar with through people they know or admire.
Students will watch President Trump's inauguration speech and consider its effectiveness through analysis of language used.
Students will consider propagandist techniques and identify them within Trump's speech.,
The final assessment requires students to agree a class success criteria before the writing task using their understanding of the mark scheme and essential ingredients for good speeches.
Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Five lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 3 using the AQA KS3 papers.
Also ideal for low ability KS4
- language analysis practice (paper 2 question 3)
Resources provide opportunity to:
- explore non fiction texts
- select and retrieve explicit information
- identify example of a writer's language
- explain the effect of writer's language
- use writing frames to structure a response
- peer and self assess
- explore the context of Luther King's speech
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Texts included:
- Martin Luther King speech
- 19th century extract from The watercress girl
- Modern non fiction text - Living dolls
- Modern and 19th century text about street music
A student booklet and teacher power point that takes students through how to answer and revise for the ‘An Inspector Calls’ AQA literature question.
Model answers included and guidance on how to plan and then structure an academic introduction and essay.
Guidance is differentiated for character questions and theme questions.
Opportunities for students to write their own answers with and without scaffolds.
The resource uses two different exam questions.
A complete walking talking mock for AQA English language paper 2.
Includes a student booklet containing model answers which encourage students to achieve thoughtful responses, exam tips and opportunity for students to practice annotation and structuring answers to the questions.
This resource uses the November 18 AQA English language inserts.
A power point is included to guide students through the mock including mark schemes.
A document created to conduct more beneficial book scrutinies with a focus on curriculum and what students know and can do.
Students meet with a member of staff and have their exercise book with them.
The document outlines what is to be looked for from the books and what the students should be able to articulate.
The document also includes a set of questions that could be asked of students during the scrutiny/pupil voice.
A differentiated (by colour) lesson to support the teaching of comparison between Storm on the Island and Exposure from the AQA power and conflict anthology.
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resource to support exam revision for new specification AQA Power and conflict.
Resource guides students through comparing Kamikaze and Poppies
Included:
- mark scheme wording to help students
- a sample comparison paragraph
- tasks to help students identify similarities and differences
A student booklet and teacher power point that takes students through how to answer and revise for the Romeo and Juliet AQA literature question.
Model answers included and guidance on how to structure an academic introduction.
Opportunities for students to write their own answers with and without scaffolds.
The resource uses two different exam questions.
Resources to support the teaching of letter writing.
The lessons take stimulus from the following:
- Children in need
- Comic relief
- Pimp my ride
- Holidays from hell
Resources provide opportunities to:
- structure formal letters
- use the 6 part structure to form letter content
- write persuasively
- write emotively
Four lessons on the short story ‘Chemistry’ by Graham Swift from the Telling Tales anthology
Each lesson has a power point and a worksheet style document that can be used for remote learning. Just upload it to your platform and everything that students need is on their document ready to work on.
Lessons were initially made for a well performing year 8 group. New versions were then created for a lower prior attaining year 7 group and so have been scaffolded to meet their needs. Both versions are included here.
Resources cover:
inference
language analysis
evaluation
writing to argue a view point
Knowledge checks and do now activities are included.
This resource begins by getting students to explore the poem as an unseen poem.
It then guides them through how to answer a language analysis question.
Two fully differentiated (by colour) lessons that cover chapters 1 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
All lessons are fully differentiated by colour
Purple = lower ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
Red = most able
A power point presentation covering major theorists in Media studies with opportunities for students to watch videos, conduct research and analyse media images as part of their revision.
Theorists and theories covered:
- audience positioning
- Representation and readings - Stuart Hall
- Roland Barthes - Action code & enigma code with video clip examples
- Claude Levi Strauss - Binary opposition - with video example
- Vladimir Propp - character theory with vide example
- Todorov - Narrative theory
- Syd Field - 3 act plot structure
Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Two lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 4 using the AQA KS3 papers. (Comparison of writer perspectives)
Also ideal for low ability KS4
Resources provide opportunity to:
- explore non fiction texts
- select and retrieve explicit and implicit information
- identify example of a writer's language
- explain the effect of writer's language
- compare the perspectives of the writer
- use writing frames to structure a response
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Texts included:
- Article about meeting the Grime artist 'Stormzy'
- Article about meeting Sir Paul McCartney
20 full differentiated (by colour) and meticulously planned lessons to support the teaching of reading and writing skills. These lessons are ready to go.
Ideal for transition from KS2 to KS3, for year 6, year 7 or year 8 classes.
Within these lessons students are exposed to a wide range of fiction, non fiction and literary non fiction texts and will use these as a stimulus for creating their own texts.
These lessons allow students to develop skills for accessing the new English language and English literature 9-1 specifications.
Students will explore the following texts/extracts:
- Article on bats
- Extract from the Twits & BFG - Roald Dahl
- Extract from Frankenstein
- Extract from A Christmas Carol
- Extracts from autobiographies
- Extract from Bill Bryson - travel writing (non-fiction literary)
- Extract from Bleak house
- The Lion the witch and the wardrobe
- blogs
- poetry - Sister Maude, Mother any distance
- articles about Friendship
Students will develop the following skills in preparation for accessing new 9-1 GCSE
- Synthesis
- Comparison
- Language. structure, form analysis
- Theme exploration
- Analytical writing
- Imaginative writing - narrative and descriptive
- Transactional writing
Assessment opportunities and homework tasks also included
A series of lessons following the I do, we do, you do structure that guides students through how to write an academic response to the GCSE exam question on Power and conflict poetry.
Students are guided through:
how to tackle the question
how to plan their response
how to write an effective introduction
how to structure an academic essay
Three exam questions included for students to work on.
A CPD presentation around inclusive pedagogy aimed at supporting students with MLD (mild learning difficulties)
The presentation explores the importance of inclusive pedagogy with research and with reference to Engelmann.
Strategies are suggested and explored that would help teachers to cater for these students well and encourages bias in the learning for SEND students.
An implementation task is also provided for staff whereby they implement strategies and monitor progress,