An hour-long lesson that looks at the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet and the sonnet that they speak together. Includes activities and whole-class discussions to lead students to an independent writing activity. Fully differentiated, learning objectives and outocmes with notes on the bottom of the slides to suggest what areas teachers might want to focus on.

A checklist for students to help them to construct an in-depth analysis of a quotation. Leading questions and sentence starters are given to encourage students to independently deconstruct a piece of evidence. Works really well when laminated and students can tick off the boxes as they have considered each question. Has led to lower ability learners become more independent in my classroom and extended their writing beautifully.

A week-long unit of work that introduces students to the history of the English language - how it came to our shores and how it has developed. Fully differentiated with HA and LA alternative slides, activities and learning objectives, this is a great unit that covers a lot of ground. Used with a Y8 group but could be used with any KS3 class. Lots of research, writing and reading opportunities.

A set of flashcards containing key quotations from the novella. Could be laminated (I have laminated them and put them on a key ring) or given to students to add their own quotations too. Ordered by character.

An hour-long lesson that looks at the exchange between Lord Capulet and Tybalt at the Capulet's ball and considers how this foreshadows later events. Fully differentiated with learning objectives and outcomes, students look at language and try to link this with other parts of the play to construct an analytical response to a question.

A series of multiple choice quizzes based on Oliver Twist to encourage memory retention and assess comprehension of the context, plot and characters.

An hour-long lesson on The Magic Island chapter of Boy. This lesson is fully differentiated and well-presented, ready to teach to students. Activities lead to an extended analytical writing activity and is suitable for KS3.

A high-level and detailed lesson on Bayonet Charge. Students are encouraged to look at language and structure before moving on to an extended, analytical paragraph. Fully differentiated with structure strips to help facilitate extended responses, an exemplar response and a live students response that was taken when this lesson was taught for further analysis.

A lesson on Remains - introducing students to the poem and then sets an exam-style extended writing task to compare it with another poem in the cluster. This lesson can be used alongside any of my other Power and Conflict lessons and it also available in the full bundle.

A bundle of 5 quizzes based on The Woman in Black and an AQA Paper 1 assessment.

A lesson that focuses on how Juliet responds to Romeo when she discovers him in the orchard.

AQA-Style Paper 2 exam paper. 2 non-fiction texts with all 5 questions - great for an in-class mock or homework.

A shortened AQA-style Paper One exam. Students are given an extract and then a question 1, 2 and 5 so that their reading and writing skills can be assessed.

A simple to use literacy learning walk card (that can be fully edited to suit) that can be used to look at the effectiveness of whole-school literacy. An accompanying spreadsheet is also provided (formula included) to collect and quantify data to see, very easily, whole-school areas for improvement.

A four-lesson sequence that covers the second chapter of ACC in full. Designed to be taught to students who have previously studied the novella, this scheme focuses on re-reading, close language analysis and extended exam response opportunities. Following weeks will be added as planned.

A four-lesson sequence that covers the second chapter of ACC in full. Designed to be taught to students who have previously studied the novella, this scheme focuses on re-reading, close language analysis and extended exam response opportunities. Following weeks will be added as planned.

A full lesson (could cover two lessons depending on ability of the class) that introduces students to the poem, guides them through annotation and encourages them to analyse aspects of language and structure. Model paragraph and extended writing task included. Detailed teacher notes at the bottom of the slide to aid in annotation as PPT was designed to be used by non-specialists within the department.

A lesson that introduces students to the poem and guides them through reading and annotations in terms of language and structure. This lesson has been put together with stretch and extra stretch activities so that it remains robust and challenging for all. Extended writing task included.