I am KS3 Co-ordinator for English at a large secondary school in the South West of England. I have been teaching for nine years now, having taught both English and Media Studies across several GCSE specifications.
I specialise in Language and Literature resources for the new AQA Specification.
I am KS3 Co-ordinator for English at a large secondary school in the South West of England. I have been teaching for nine years now, having taught both English and Media Studies across several GCSE specifications.
I specialise in Language and Literature resources for the new AQA Specification.
The ninth lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson focuses on the different "shades" of love present within the play, deconstructing the differences between each family and how they show love towards each other.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
A hand-made set of posters detailing the key event from each chapter of Jekyll and Hyde.
These high-quality images come with some key quotes from each chapter to aid revision, as well as space on each poster for pupils to add their own notes or quotes if desired.
An excellent resource for either display, revision, or end-of-term colouring in!
These three lessons have been designed as a “back to basics” mini-unit, to be delivered at the start of the new academic year.
The lessons were originally designed with the coronavirus lockdown in mind, assuming that pupils would start from very different points and with different experiences of lockdown learning.
They have been made with another potential lockdown in mind, with each PowerPoint resource mindful of not overwhelming pupils with too many extra bits, should the lesson need to take place through online platforms.
The lessons cover the three core reading skills of reading for meaning/inference, reading different text types, and commenting on how a writer uses language.
Extracts are taken from Coelho’s The Alchemist, Martel’s The Life of Pi, an article on tiger poaching, and Dickens’ Hard Times
Suitable for middle- to lower-ability Key Stage Three classes.
The seventh lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson focuses on the differences in how Romeo and Juliet are treated by their parents at the start of the play. Can be linked to the "context" lesson (Lesson Two of this scheme) to consider families in the Elizabethan era.
The video clips within this lesson can be embedded within the PowerPoint (filesize upload limits prevents me from doing this) for ease of use.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
The fifteenth lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson follows on from the speaking and listening lesson previous (Lesson 14) and enables pupils to link their comments and analysis clearly to contextual points.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
A resource suitable for the end of terms, explaining the concept of the hero’s journey before allowing pupils to apply this knowledge to a viewing of The Goonies.
The worksheet also includes activities exploring the characters, as well as cross-curricular Media Studies work on analysing the film poster.
Suitable for Key Stage 3 classes.
The third, fourth and fifth lessons in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. These lessons are designed with a full viewing of the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film adaptation of the play in mind.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
The second lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. Focusing on key contextual ideas linked to the play and Shakespeare's England.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
The sixthlesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson focuses on the key oppositions in the play - love/hate, peace/violence etc.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
The fourteenth lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson encourages pupils to develop their dramatic skills and play Lord Capulet aloud. Several of the activities included were created based on training delivered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
A full scheme of work including all PowerPoints and Resources.
The scheme has been developed with lower-ability pupils in mind and has been field tested on several Year 10 groups.
The scheme has been developed with the AQA specification in mind.
A full scheme of work taking pupils through several activities based on key elements from the play. Designed to be worked through alongside either a reading or viewing of the play.
Designed with Year 7 in mind, but resources could be adapted to suit other year groups.
The final assessment for the unit is a reading assessment, based around simplified GCSE success criteria.
A full scheme of work taking pupils through a reading of the text, as well as analytical work, contextual lessons and two essay-based assessments.
Some lessons and materials adapted to suit AQA specification.
These small, short Jekyll and Hyde extracts require pupils to fill in the gaps in order to help them memorise key quotes and events from the novel.
There are eleven different tasks in total, taken from different key events in the novel.
This task is perfect for a starter, or as quickfire revision to fill an empty 10 minutes in a lesson. They are also great, when completed, as the focus of some more in-depth annotation and analysis.
The sixteenth lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson breaks down the key differences between the generations of characters within the play, and how they react to the violence events. Building to final assessment on generational differences.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
This workbook is designed to keep pupils engaged and thoughtful during a viewing of the 1992 version of ‘Of Mice and Men’.
The questions are designed with both English and Media Studies curriculums in mind, with some key vocabulary and questions for each included.
Suitable for Key Stage 3 students.
The eighth lesson in a scheme of work on Romeo and Juliet aimed at lower ability KS4 students. This lesson deconstructs Romeo and Juliet's first meeting in preparation for analysis.
Some resources and PowerPoint slides adapted to fit AQA specification requirements.
These A-Z quizzes are perfect for using with any of the Blockbusters templates that are freely available online.
The quizzes cover An Inspector Calls, Jekyll & Hyde, and Power and Conflict poetry.
Can also be adapted into written A-Z quizzes for pupils to tackle individually.
Perfect as cover or end of term fun.
Workbook and sixty accompanying lesson slides that were designed with a short, sharp revision period on no more than three poems, building up to a final assessment piece on Ozymandias.
The workbook and lessons cover five hour-long lessons.
Perfect for internal assessment prep and the lead-up to final exams.
