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Mr Ward's English Corner

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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.

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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.
Jekyll and Hyde: The Complete Extracts
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Jekyll and Hyde: The Complete Extracts

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These A3 worksheets take students through every important event in the novel - from the description of the dark door all the way up to Jekyll’s final confession of murder. I have used these sheets in the past to teach Jekyll and Hyde to lower sets, without having to cut through some of the less useful passages in Stevenson’s novel. Perfect as homework, revision, or an accompaniment to a full text read through.
AQA Power and Conflict Quick Quizzes
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AQA Power and Conflict Quick Quizzes

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8-question quizzes on each of the fifteen Power and Conflict poems for AQA Literature. Perfect as lesson starters or short homework. Works well with the Key Ideas Powerpoint slides also available through my TES profile.
Power and Conflict: A3 Worksheets for all poems
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Power and Conflict: A3 Worksheets for all poems

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These fifteen worksheets allow students to explore the key ideas, themes and features of each poem in the cluster. Perfect for homework, cover work, revision or independent study. Each worksheet also includes reminders of the AQA Assessment Objectives to aid with exam-style answers. Each element of the worksheets can be edited to suit personal or class needs.
Full Scheme of Work: Power and Conflict Anthology
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Full Scheme of Work: Power and Conflict Anthology

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A unit taking pupils through each of the poems in the Power and Conflict AQA cluster. Each lesson is broken into “Four Minutes of Focus” sections where pupils will learn the most important concepts for each poem, punctuated by linked tasks to suit all abilities and styles of learner. These lessons would work perfectly as revision towards examination time, or as a “first look” for newer classes. A bundle of all of my poetry resources, including this scheme, is here
A Shadow of Blue - Transition Day Full Lesson
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A Shadow of Blue - Transition Day Full Lesson

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A full lesson and resources used for a successful Year 6 Transition Day, where pupils were challenged with a range of both reading and writing activities. Could also be used at KS2 or KS3 level as the basis for some extended creative writing.
An Inspector Calls: Priestley's Intentions
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An Inspector Calls: Priestley's Intentions

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A stand-alone lesson revising some of the key methods Priestley uses to get his message across in the play. Comes complete with two charming British Pathe videos illustrating Priestley’s personality and voice. Useful for end-of-unit or pre-exam revision.
Frankenstein and Gothic Literature KS3 scheme of work
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Frankenstein and Gothic Literature KS3 scheme of work

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A 30-lesson scheme of work including PowerPoints, differentiated resources and assessments created with middle ability Year 8 in mind, but suitable across the range of ability at Key Stage 3. The bulk of the unit is based around a class reading of the Phillip Pullman play adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and interleaved with this are lessons covering a range of both modern and classic gothic texts. Some resources and activities deliberately constructed as a feed-in to AQA Language and Literature skills.
AQA English Language Paper 1: Christmas
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AQA English Language Paper 1: Christmas

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A collection of three lessons with Christmassy extracts, for students to practice their Question 2, 3 and 4 skills over the festive period. A bonus worksheet shortening each lesson into a simpler task is included - handy for cover, supply or the slow December afternoons!
AQA Power and Conflict: Pre-Exam Warmup
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AQA Power and Conflict: Pre-Exam Warmup

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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.
Romeo and Juliet Full Scheme of Work
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Romeo and Juliet Full Scheme of Work

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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.
The Tempest - Full KS3 Scheme of Work
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The Tempest - Full KS3 Scheme of Work

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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.
Power and Conflict Revision
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Power and Conflict Revision

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A bundle collecting together all of my Power and Conflict resources into one all-through unit of work. Includes lesson-by-lesson PowerPoints as well as printable and editable resources for each poem.
Animal Farm - Full GCSE Scheme of Work
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Animal Farm - Full GCSE Scheme of Work

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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.
Powerful People - KS3 full scheme of work
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Powerful People - KS3 full scheme of work

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A fully-resourced unit of work that takes pupils through time in a study of different powerful characters, including Achilles, Miss Trunchbull, Lord Voldemort, and the powerful townspeople of The Lottery. Powerpoints, worksheets and other various resources all included.
Macbeth: The complete worksheets
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Macbeth: The complete worksheets

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It’s all here - every important scene from the play in a handy A3 (or sometimes, A4) worksheet. The worksheets are designed with making the play as straightforward for KS4 pupils as possible, so include: -Space for annotations around the text extracts -Questions guiding students towards comments on AO1, AO2 and AO3 -“Context nuggets” where appropriate, with key details about Shakespeare’s England. Work brilliantly as a full set - get pupils to stick them in their exercise books each lesson and dual code key information on the reverse when folded.
A History of Vampires - A Level study
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A History of Vampires - A Level study

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These lessons were designed for an introduction to A Level Literature, with Edexcel’s paper 2 (prose study on gothic fiction) in mind. However, they would work well with some adaptations as extract analysis for high-level GCSE students, too. The lessons build up to an essay on Polidori’s The Vampyre
Unseen Poetry - AQA GCSE
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Unseen Poetry - AQA GCSE

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A mini-unit that includes everything pupils need to know in order to succeed in the unseen poetry section of the AQA Literature exams, including: -mark scheme engagement activities -example answers practice assessments Can be used as a quick, week-long mini unit just before the exams as revision/reminders, too.
War Poetry - KS3 full scheme of work
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War Poetry - KS3 full scheme of work

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This is a fully-resourced, 17-lesson scheme covering war poetry from the Crimean War all the way up to modern conflicts. Poems covered include: Gerald Massey’s The Battle March Sassoon’s Dreamers Canoe by Keith Douglas Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage Also included is a Knowledge Organiser and end-of-unit test, that can be tweaked to suit different assessment systems.
Recovery Curriculum: Reading Lessons
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Recovery Curriculum: Reading Lessons

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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.
AQA Language Paper 2 - Persuading Trump
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AQA Language Paper 2 - Persuading Trump

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This is a series of lessons designed for Year 11, working up to writing a letter to Donald Trump, persuading him not to “push the big red button” and start a war. There are 5 lessons included, complete with all required resources. The two “sources” included to give pupils a little background information are Greta Thunberg’s 2019 speech to the UN on the climate crisis, and Siegfried Sassoon’s 1917 letter in protest of the continuation of World War One. Perfect practice for the weeks leading up to the final exams.