A lesson that walks students through the demands of the question, how to plan a response and gives them a model student response. A list of comparative connectives is included to encourage comparison based on theme.

A challenging and fully differentiated lesson on Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy used as an unseen poetry lesson with year 10. Students are given differentiated activities from the very start (including differentiated versions of the poem) to ensure that all can access and all are challenged.

Three mock exam questions is the style of the new AQA Literature exams (short extract linked to the whole play) Could be used in lessons, as mocks or set as homework in the lead up to the actual exam. Please see my Romeo & Juliet full scheme that these are also included in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/shoegal44

A series of 3 lessons that take students through Section B and C of the new AQA poetry paper. Students are taught how to approach an unseen poem, given time to practice a paragraph and then led through a full response. They are then shown how to compare poems. Peer and self assessment opportunities included throughout as well as challenge questions to ensure stretch.

An A4 feedback sheet that allows students to self-assess their work against the knowledge and skills required for a poetry comparison, the teacher to add written feedback and then the students to respond to an improvement action. Can be fully adapted.

A full lesson used with Year 7 to teach the concept of rhyme schemes and rhyming couplets.

A comprehensive work pack designed for middle ability year 9 students to complete as homework/when placed in isolation. Featuring poems, approaches to analysing unseen poetry and revision of poetic techniques. Could be suitable for year 10 as GCSE practice.

A comprehensive work pack designed for high ability year 7 students to complete as homework/when placed in isolation. Featuring poems, approaches to analysing unseen poetry and revision of poetic techniques. Could be suitable for year 8.

An A4 feedback sheet that allows students to self-assess their work against the knowledge and skills required for a descriptive piece, the teacher to add written feedback and then the students to respond to an improvement action.

An introductory lesson that looks in depth at language and the ambiguity in the poem. Students are encouraged to examine language closely, considering the semantic fields before moving on to a differentiated response to the poem.

A fully tried and tested lesson that introduces students to the Section B of the AQA Language Paper 1. Students are encouraged to think about the features of both styles of writing, identify the purpose of a piece of writing based on these features and then to brainstorm and construct their own piece. As with all of my lessons, this has been taught by me and my department and adapted after live usage. Please leave me a review if you find this lesson helpful (or if you don't!) - I always work to improve my lessons based on feedback.

A full lesson on Dulce et Decorum est which focuses on the language used to show the horror of war. The lesson begins with students being asked to come up with a question based on an image. They then work through the lesson, following one of three differentiated pathways (this could be individually or in ability groups). This leads to an analytical writing task and an eventual attempt to answer the question that they started the lesson devising. As with all of my lessons, this has been used by me and my department - it was graded as a 1 in my recent PM observation. It has been tweaked following its usage and contains notes on the bottom of the slides to encourage teacher questioning. Included: Full PPT (attractively presented) Three-way differentiated starter Three-way differentiated writing task Three-way differentiated peer-assessment checklists Please leave me a review if you find this lesson as useful as I hope you will (or if you don't!) I always act upon my feedback to make my lessons the very best they can be!

A PPT that contains 4 slides. Slide 1: a table that lists the year 8 units, the key themes explored and links to GCSE papers. Slide 2: a table that lists the year 9 units, the key themes explored and links to GCSE papers. Slide 3: A display of all of the literature set texts and units along with an explanation of the question and the name of the paper. Slide 4: a breakdown of both papers with question forms and times. These are used by my department on the front of exercise books and as posters around the school to constantly remind students of what they are studying and why. They are easily adaptable in case you are studying different texts. Please leave a review if you find this resource helpful (or not!) I always work to improve for my buyers.

A double lesson that recaps the plot of the play, revises AFOREST techniques and looks at the importance of interesting openings. Originally used with Y7 but could be adapted for any KS3 year group. It is also easy to adapt this lesson for other texts. Model answers and peer assessment opportunities included. Designed to be used in the build up to an assessment piece so could cover three lessons in total .

A brief introduction to the requirements of the writing section of Paper 2.

A fully differentiated and beautifully presented lesson on The Glory of Women. Can be taught alongside my other War Poetry lessons.

A persuasive letter writing lesson based on the study of To His Coy Mistress. Fully differentiated.

An introductory lesson to the poem which encourages students to focus on the language used and pushes the HA to consider the ambiguity in the poem. Fully differentiated.

A lesson that focuses on PEA using an extract from Oliver Twist. Students are encouraged to consider aspects of language and structure in creative ways as a gateway to PEA writing. Fully differentiated and beautifully presented.

A handy table for students to see, at a glance, the requirements of both papers, the questions and the LOs. Could be stuck into books.