A newspaper article about a mysterious Egyptian statue that is supposedly cursed and moves on its own in a museum! Comprehension and language analysis questions, plus personal response and creative writing tasks ***as a starter, Google the video to engage your pupils*** (KS3/KS4)

A PowerPoint to help GCSE pupils write an essay on Banquo.

Everything students need to achieve an A* when writing a film review - examples, the assessment criteria, a word bank and a 10 step guide (KS4)

A PowerPoint that explores the title of the novella and helps pupils to develop a GCSE essay plan (KS4)

An A* example for each GCSE writing style (besides leaflets - I used a professional example here). Useful for annotation and revision.

A useful resource for exploring characters in novels, plays or poetry. Can be used to explore relationships in different parts of the text (KS2/KS3/KS4)

Letter writing tasks (with models and advice). Useful for KS3 or GCSE.

A breakdown of the WJEC narrative writing mark scheme for teachers and pupils (KS3/KS4)

A PowerPoint that allows pupils to show their textual knowledge by writing creatively about some of the main characters (KS3/KS4)

A resource designed to help Y6 pupils who are at 'expected standard' who want to move beyond to 'greater depth'. Designed for narrative writing: each slide is a prompt for a story with an example for each genre. Also useful for KS3.

10 sentence stems to help pupils to engage with quotations when writing essays (KS3/KS4)

A PowerPoint to explore one of the key characters in 'Heroes&'. Quotations and ideas included for discussion in preparation for an essay question.

A task that combines literature & language. Pupils must annotate a model, plan and then write a speech in which they defend a character from the play they believe deserves the sympathy of the audience. Can be used for a class debate or Spoken Language task, as well as a writing activity. ***Pupils should have read the entire play first *** Print the worksheet A3. Useful for KS3 or KS4.

Writing a song review: analysing a review of Daft Punk's &'Get Lucky&'; and writing a review of 'Anything Can Happen&' by Ellie Goulding ***you will need to download the songs from YouTube*** (KS3/KS4)

Pupils to complete the table focusing on themes and explaining quotations. Useful for exam revision (KS4)

A writing and reading task based on The Simpsons (you will need a copy of the 200th episode).

A lesson that encourages pupils to analyse Christmas Adverts (John Lewis/Sainsbury's) and write a persuasive article about the most effective one. *** You will need videos of the four adverts***

A collection of resources I use for teaching A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller (KS4)

Analysis of the poet and comparison with other texts (KS3/KS4)

A full scheme and resources for 'Lord of the Flies'.