A lesson focusing on the character of Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 5. The PPT includes detailed annotations on LM's "The Raven himself..." soliloquy, sentence stems for independent language analysis and a peer assessment task.

A set of 3 lessons focusing on two World War 1 poems; Siegfried Sassoon (Counter-Attack) and Isaac Rosenberg (Break of Day in the Trenches) plus a comparison lesson. Suitable for KS3 or low ability KS4.

A lesson exploring the use of contrasts in Act 1 Scene 4 of Macbeth. Suitable for high ability KS3 (might need simplifying slightly) and KS4.

A lesson designed to get students thinking about what makes a successful and persuasive speech. Students analyse a famous speech by Churchill, analysing the language used and commenting on the effect.

A lessons that aims to compare and contrast the two mothers in the play. Contains sentence stems practice PEELD paragraph. Suitable for KS3.

A lesson useful following a descriptive writing assessment. Includes a spelling test starter, sentence development task and upscaling vocabulary tasks, a class model activity and individual improvement task. DIRT = Directed Improvement and Reflection Time. Can be adapted to suit any marking and feedback policy.

A lesson introducing students to the opening scene of the play (The Witches). Lesson includes annotations on the scene, a model paragraph and sentence stems for students to explore the use of language to create tension in the scene. Suitable for high ability KS3 and KS4.

A lesson exploring the theme of superstition in Blood Brothers, including a model PEELD paragraph with success criteria. Suitable for KS3.

A detailed lesson exploring the use of language and structure in Macbeth’s ‘Is this a dagger…?’ soliloquy. Lesson includes information on blank verse, the use of contrasts, sentence stems, peer assessment task and tension graph. Extract included. Suitable for KS4 students.

An A3 worksheet designed to scaffold the skills students will need to answer Q2 and Q3 of the AQA Paper 2 Language exam. The resource uses 2 extracts (21st and 19th Century) looking at the life of PT Barnum. As a starter, I got my students to watch the trailer for The Greatest Showman and we discussed what inferences we could make from the film's portrayal of him. We then looked at the extracts and worked through the first few boxes on the worksheet together. They then completed at independent paragraph on Q3. Suitable for KS4 students.

KS4 lesson aimed at showing students how to approach an unseen poem for this element of their Literature GCSE exam. Students begin by analysing a model paragraph for Mametz Wood, discussing how it relates to the exam mark scheme. They then explore the poem Against Road Building by Sophie Hannah using the MITSL structure. Finally they will complete a timed response.

A lesson that focuses on developing knowledge of sentence types for use with Midsummer Night’s Dream Writing SOW but could be used as a standalone descriptive writing lesson. Includes an overview of minor, simple, compound and complex sentences, a task that gets students to identify the different sentence types in a model paragraph, a writing task that uses an image of Bottom from MSND but could be replaced with any image, and a peer assessment task. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.

A lesson introducing AQA English Language Paper 1 overview and question 1. Suitable for KS4 students.

A lesson exploring the titles and opening paragraphs of a range of Dystopian novels. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.

A lesson exploring the presentation of Macbeth as a noble and brave war hero in Act 1 Scene 2. Suitable for high ability KS3 and KS4.

A complete lesson for KS3 students using WW1 and WW2 as a stimulus for letter writing.

This PPT requires students to already have a working knowledge of the text. The lesson aims to prepare students for an exam question on the theme of FAMILY in A Christmas Carol, based on the AQA GCSE specification. Students will consider the importance of the theme and it’s links to Dickens’ overall authorial message. The lesson includes teacher notes, a model introduction and a model main paragraph to demonstrate the skills needed for this paper.

A lesson introducing students to the context of Shakespeare. I used this as an intro to A Midsummer Night's Dream but would be suitable for an introduction to any of his plays. Suitable for KS3 students.

8 slides of spellings suitable for KS3 students that I do with my tutor group each week.

A lesson exploring the context surrounding the novella. Useful as a way of introducing KS4 students to the contextual information surrounding the text.