This lesson explores the most significant moments of tension in Macbeth and also encourages students to recap plot and learn quotations in preparation for the new 9-1 Literature exams.

A complete 3-week scheme of work to help your students to revise for the new Macbeth extract and whole-text questions on the Edexcel Literature exam. This scheme of work consists of 12 lessons (though may take up to 15 hours of class time) and is fully resourced. There are regular references to the exam success criteria, model answers and assessment opportunities built into every lesson. The scheme of work also allows students to revise plot, characters and themes in an engaging way.

A game of BINGO to help students revise plot, characters and themes in Jekyll and Hyde. Comes with 30 bingo cards and 40 possible answers to ensure a varied game.

A 10-week scheme of work for KS3 English based on myths, legends and symbols. Through this scheme of work, students will study a range of texts (Bible stories, non-fiction extracts, poetry and fiction extracts) and examine how these texts form the basis of modern Literature. Lessons are designed to target a range of skills, such as language and structural analysis, comparing texts, analysing poetry, using quotations to support ideas, writing analytically and writing creatively. This scheme of work has been used successfully and enjoyed by students in my school for the last three years.

EDEXCEL CONFLICT POETRY ANTHOLOGY - 9-1 SPEC Each sheet contains 15-20 thoughtful analysis questions for students to answer on these poems. This would make an excellent revision task, homework task or consolidation of learning task.

Here are the answers to go with my resource 'Macbeth Pub Quiz - 1 hour'.

A fun Macbeth quiz to help your students revise plot, characters, key quotations and themes. Also, this quiz contains a fun music round where your students have to link a song to a key theme, for example Beyonce’s Crazy in Love (links with the theme of madness). Answers: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/answers-to-macbeth-pub-quiz-11460545

2 festive lessons that would be great for any KS4 group (or higher ability KS3 group!). The first is a reading lesson based on a Christmas extract from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; this is followed by a series of reading questions in the style of the new Edexcel Language paper 1 questions. The second is a creative writing lesson based on a clip from Home Alone, which encourages students to write in the third person using a range of sentence structures. These festive lessons can be enjoyed by all ages and require no extra planning.

Animal Farm Pub Quiz perfect for recapping plot, characters, themes and key quotations. Contains: - 20 multiple choice questions - true or false round - quotation fill-in-the-blanks round - music round (link the song, for example Parton’s 9-5, to a key theme in the novella) - bonus round based on the ending of the novel.

Lesson designed for high-ability students. Students are taught 6 persuasive writing techniques and then have to use them in a letter to Santa persuading him NOT to visit them this year. I used this as an interview lesson and received an ‘outstanding’.

A full marks Animal Farm Literature essay answering the question ‘Explore the significance of Boxer’. This is the style of question asked in the new Edexcel 9-1 Literature exam.

This is a full marks model answer comparing how the theme of anger is presented in A Poison Tree and Half-caste, two poems from the Edexcel (new spec) Conflict Poetry cluster.

A fully-resourced, differentiated scheme of work that lasts 8-10 weeks built around the Gothic genre. The scheme of work also perfectly prepares students for the new Edexcel Language Paper 1 (19th century extracts and creative writing). There are regular links to the new spec in terms of mark schemes and assessment objectives. Assessment opportunities (and exemplars!) are built in throughout. Each lesson has a PPT and any resources needed are attached. This is great for KS4 students or a high-ability KS3 group.

A game with 70 slides containing key terminology relevant to AS Level English language (multiple specs). Game is easy to play and only requires a couple of students. Excellent revision tool.

A preview of the first 7 pages of the Jekyll and Hyde revision booklet - available to purchase in full for £10 if you follow the link to my ‘shop’. Full booklet is 57 pages in total and covers every chapter. Each chapter includes space to summarise, comprehension questions, vocabulary/glossary work, character/thematic exploration opportunities and key quotations for analysis.

A fully-resourced, differentiated lesson for Year 10 on one of the key scenes in Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 1. Observed by an Ofsted inspector and graded outstanding.

A fully-resourced, differentiated lesson teaching students how to compare two texts, focusing on the new OCR AS English Language Spec (paper 1, question 2). A lesson plan and all resources are included. This lesson was observed by Ofsted and graded ‘Outstanding’.

A fully-resourced A Level lesson on Lakoff’s Deficit Model, using a Loose Women transcript as a stimulus. Observed by Oftsed inspector and graded outstanding. All resources, differentiation and a lesson plan are included.

A fully-resourced lesson on Zimmerman and West’s Dominance Theory - lasts 2-3 hours.

This is a fully-resources scheme of work that I created for Year 7 students. After visiting a local primary school and learning more about the KS2 SATs requirements, I designed this scheme of work to ensure that our KS3 students continue to build on the skills learned in primary school. Every lesson has a powerpoint, worksheets, homework activities, differentiation (including differentiated learning objectives) and there are assessment opportunities built into the scheme of work.