A two week scheme of work that looks at 19th Century and then moves on to The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe and The Red Room by H.G Wells. It ends with an assessment essay that compares how tension is created in the short stories. Fully differentiated and all resources included (including an essay plan) - a great scheme of work for Y8 or Y9 to encourage interest in the 19th Century.

A fully differentiated lesson on Robert Browning's The Laboratory with lesson objectives and new GCSE assessment criteria. Students are encouraged to make inferences or engage with the story of the poem at the start of the lesson and then work through it in order to answer a question based on gender representation. All resources are included: images, LA starter, writing frame, differentiated copies of the poem.

An A5 card that I print out, laminate and give to my students at the beginning of the year. It contains a number of activities to support them when learning their weekly spellings. I use with KS3 students but this is a great resource for students of all ages. It even contains a numeracy activity!

A detailed lesson on Robert Browning's My Last Duchess. The lesson encourages students to make inferences and explore the vocabulary of the poem before reading it. It is differentiated three ways so that all students are supported and challenged throughout. All resources are included.

A sequence of four lessons that were designed to help with the transition period for year 7. The unit starts with an imaginary plane crash on a deserted island and students are encouraged to work in groups in order to establish their society. All lessons are fully differentiated with learning objectives, support and stretch on most slides and an extra stretch question on most slides. The scheme refers to extracts from Robinson Crusoe and Lord of the Flies and deals with some quite challenging ideas as well as quite challenging texts. All reading materials and resources are included.

Differentiated AFOREST matching activity.

A PPT for a whole-school Spelling Bee. Audience participation activities are included between rounds so that students can be kept entertained while the scores are being calculated. A spelling list is included but might need differentiating depending on your needs. Now includes two in-class Spelling Bees (three rounds in each) to decide on spellers for the team or to get everybody practising for the big day! Also included is a PPT lesson on why spelling is important with a few fun activities!

An active lesson that encourages students to make predictions about the content of the scene by looking closely at language before reading Lady Macbeth's soliloquy. They will answer the question: how does Lady Macbeth revel her ambition in Act 1 Scene 5? Fully differentiated for higher and lower ability students.

A descriptive writing lesson taught to a very bright year 7 class but could be easily adapted for all year groups. The lesson includes a three-way differentiated reading activity as a springboard for students to write their own descriptive piece to create tension. Success criteria, redrafting opportunities and musical chair peer assessment all feature in this lesson which was graded outstanding in a recent observation. Three reading extracts have been included.

This lesson uses a visual prompt to encourage students to write a descriptive paragraph. It then leads them to think about their vocabulary and structure by using a continuum. This is a quick and effective way to encourage students to think about language and structure and could be easily adapted for many uses and all year groups.

This is a lesson that I taught to a top set year 9 class and was rated outstanding. It could easily be used for Y11 as it is very challenging! The lesson focuses on Romeo's soliloquy and introduces students to astrological theories in order to analyse language more fully. They are encouraged to make links to the rest of the play throughout. The lesson is differentiated by splitting students into pathways for the main activity and providing a modern translation of the soliloquy. There are also notes for teachers to suggest routes of questioning to encourage students to extend their thinking. If you like the look of this lesson, please see the 22 lesson scheme it is taken from - a bargain at £16.