A set of worksheets for students to build depth of analysis to the Inspector’s final speech - have included a teacher copy, and 2 different student versions I have used for various groups.

2 lessons - the first is on strategies for approaching unfamiliar language using The Great Gatsby followed by a lesson on OCR Language Paper 2 Question 2 (language and structure). There are choices for the starter task depending on personal preference and an aim to extend and challenge vocabulary. Could very easily be adapted for AQA.

A homework task and follow up peer assessment lesson. It’s an AQA Paper 2 Section B style task (letter to council on knife crime) written at home, and then peer assessed in lesson, then redrafted as even more homework! Peer assessment is based on a checklist chart that could be adapted to suit the needs of your group/suit the common language used in your department. Use of the peer assessment chart must be modeled for this to work effectively! Made for a high ability Year 9 group for an AQA style unit on ‘Crime and Punishment’ (the theme, not Dostoevsky).

Great set of worksheets on OMAM that have them answer reflection questions on themes followed by comprehension tasks. Excellent for cover in a pinch!

Discussion heavy lesson Post reading questions on how The Yellow Wallpaper fits certain elements of the Gothic

Aimed at low ability KS4; differentiated analysis charts included.

Aimed at KS4; using a picture of the Maunsell Forts and a specific emotion card, students will generate a piece of descriptive writing with the aim of creating a certain emotion/tone. This powerpoint includes both simple tones/emotions and a trio of more advanced concepts (alienation, rapture, melancholy) that can be adjusted to suit the group. Best used later in a descriptive writing SOW.

Revision booklet on the character’s of DNA.

Combination of knowledge recall, quote memorisation, extended reading, extract annotation, and finally, written analysis, all in one handy-dandy worksheet! Powerpoints be damned!

A fun speech writing lessons that can easily be adapted up or down for Year 7-11. Some background knowledge of logos, ethos, pathos and rhetorical devices needed. Otherwise, this will need to be embedded into the lesson or taught before hand.

Act by Act quizzes for Twelfth Night - quite difficult and may need to be adapted to support younger students! Includes: Fill in the blank summaries and ‘who said it’ and ‘to whom’ questions. Best for those studying TN at a deeper level/KS4/KS5.

A workbook that support the study of TTTH - good for long term cover, homework, or as a mini SOW. Adaptations encouraged.

Lesson on ‘Flag’ by John Agard - aimed at a low ability set 5, but has differentiation and challenge available. Students are put into small groups and must do a deep analysis/annotation of a given stanza. There are prompting questions/.checklists and a ‘challenge’ card they can use as well. This is followed by a ‘PEAL’ style writing task that can be easily adapted.

Building an analysis of the characterisation of Phil; discussion of evidence choice, key word ‘zooming in’ and analytical paragraph model.

Resource that includes copies of Macbeth’s first and last soliloquies with prompts for annotations. Students are then to consider how Macbeth’s character changes between these two extracts. Could be competed in pairs and used as the basis for class discussion.

A first week’s introduction to the themes and societal context of the play DNA by Dennis Kelly. Resource adapted by me from another.

Quick little activity on matching up 1930s slang terms used in OMAM, along with an answer sheet.

A series of 4 writing prompts that use passages and themes from OMAM to practice various types of writing. Very useful for cover or interleaving writing skills into an OMAM SOW.

A simple but effective revision task that has students craft opening statements about a variety of topics in The Great Gatsby.

A resource that outlines the main ways Shakespeare’s language is confusing to a modern reader. May need to be slimmed down for less confident or younger students.