Designed to support GCSE students in the new English Language exams. Top tips and suggested approaches to the 'perspectives' question in Paper 2.

Designed for Year 11 students to revise the key areas of the Shakespeare and 19th century text. The mat includes key specialist vocabulary and top tips to help approach the extracts and extended responses.

A few lessons using extracts to teach a low to middle ability group the basics of language analysis. All planned using connect and review tasks to consolidate learning. Extracts also attached as files.

My introductory lessons to the evaluation question on Paper 1. The lessons use two texts: Dracula and George Orwell (both included).

Originally designed for use with Y9 students, this lesson focuses on developing an understanding of the writer's viewpoint and perspective, exploring the effects of language and structure in a text. A good introduction to core GCSE skills for KS3 students or editable to work with new GCSE specifications, this lesson includes an example response and peer assessment opportunity.

Useful for introducing Year 11 students to the topic areas and styles of teaching at A Level. Focuses on language and power.

Designed as a series of connect/starter activities for KS4 students studying A Christmas Carol, this presentation has 25 different tasks, including image analysis, retrieving information, exploding quotations, games, creative questions and word/sentence level analysis. Some connect tasks will be faster than others to complete - all can be done without additional work, though teachers may wish to print out some of the analysis slides for students to work with.

Designed as a KS5 introduction to the demands of non-exam assessment in English Language; the unit of work focuses on how language and power impacts on food packaging.

Designed as a series of lesson starters/connect activities for GCSE students. Could be used as a quiz/extension tasks. 25 individual tasks included, ranging from image analysis to quote exploding. Just in time for the Christmas countdown!

Designed to encourage students preparing for GCSE English Literature to compare the content and style of both poems. The lesson can lead into diagnostic assessment of skills.

A lesson designed to encourage students to think independently about making connections in the anthology poetry, whilst trying to incorporate the Assessment Objectives into their planning. Can be used as a generic tool to approach comparisons. This is approximately 2-3 hours of lesson time as the presentation includes a peer and self assessment opportunity.

Designed to work alongside the new A Level specification for AQA, this unit of work focuses on how speeches are created and encourages students to write their own piece, with supporting commentary.

Designed to work alongside the new A Level specification for AQA, this unit of work focuses on how travel writing is created and encourages students to write their own piece, with supporting commentary.

Designed for A Level English Language students, this detailed presentation explores the physical aspects of making sounds, along with an introduction to the phonemic alphabet.

The lesson develops appreciation of extended metaphor and includes a student learning mat, envoy task, model annotations and review. Judged outstanding. Used with KS3 mixed ability.

Designed to work alongside the new A Level specification for AQA, this unit of work focuses on how opinion journalism is created and encourages students to write their own piece, with supporting commentary.

Designed for A Level English Language students, this presentation explores the ways in which language in expressed and intended, including concepts such as implicature and politeness theories.

Prepared for GCSE students as practice for the new GCSE examinations, this exam contains a modern article and 19th century extract on the topic of tea and coffee. There is a full exam for students and a mark scheme for teachers, complete with indicative responses. Useful for tackling older texts and making links between writers' perspectives.

Designed for A Level English Language students, this presentation explores the impact of visual cues on an audience,

Used to prepare students for the coursework element of A Level English Language, as well as covering some of the reading theory for Language Acquisition. Focus on independent, collaborative learning.