Scheme of work with lesson plans and activities (used with year nine low ability but could suit year 7 upwards) Series of lessons on reading gothic and gothic fairytale Lessons on writing a gothic story - scaffold in the style of Alan Pete's boxing clever

A simple powerpoint to scaffold teaching of Stave 1

A booklet for use each week for a full term. Designed to help students develop terminology and vocabulary.

A PPT to guide pupils through writing a letter to introduce themselves to their new teacher. Aimed at Y7 but easily adapted.

A set of retrieval challenge grids - could be used for short responses or more detailed revision. An Inspector Calls A Christmas Carol Jekyll and Hyde Anthology Poetry Unseen Poetry Macbeth

91 page PPT on prefixes and suffixes plus three worksheets

Quiz Quiz Trade cards to cut up and use for teaching or revising the context of An Inspector Calls Powerpoint has ideas about context and responsibility. There are also picture stimuli and quotes for discussion.

A sheet which outlines achievements of students across the year. I have used it to scaffold conversations at parents’ evenings and the data is useful for evidence when having difficult discussions! - Option to copy and paste last official report - Review of effort, behaviour, organisation and homework - General comments - Review of results in each topic/assessment - Targets to circle/highlight as appropriate

An example literature exam question. An example language exam paper with questions 1 to 5. Both use extracts from Of Mice and Men.

Lesson on Scrooge's transformation

A Powerpoint with several worksheets to scaffold analysis of The Manhunt. Students from Y7 to Y11 have always loved this lesson. Worksheet on semantic fields Worksheet based on an article in National Geographic about PTSD and art therapy Worksheet on selecting relevant evidence from poems Sentence starters for PETAL paragraphs WWW EBI sheets

A useful booklet for class work but also for cover work or homework. A series of tasks looking at rhetorical devices and writing to inform, advise, persuade and argue. Tasks could easily be stretched out to cover a term of work. The initial theme is teenage runaway/issues facing teens but this can easily be adapted.

Students write a description of New York using extended metaphors - worksheet to scaffold understanding of this. Several worksheets on using subordinate clauses, colons and semi colons. Worksheet for developing a character - we first discussed this as a class and used mini drama tasks to bring the character to life and generate more interesting descriptions (show don’t tell) Additional story mountain sheet if students need support with planning.

A booklet used for homework with a KS3 literacy class. The focus is researching Syria and writing for purpose. There are small links to The Bone Sparrow but these can be removed easily.

A Powerpoint to help students analyse the Biden speech, picking out rhetorical devices and discussing their effects. Includes an extension to write up the analysis or write their own speech. Could be used in KS or as GCSE prep. Works for home learning.

A first look at dystopian fiction with links to film trailers, worksheets and a retrieval challenge. Includes a detailed lesson plan.

This was an attempt at differentiating a KS4 close reading scheme of work so that it was suitable for Year 7. Year 7 enjoyed it but it could be used with KS3 - 4 or even elements for KS5. The 111 slide PPT includes -Jane Eyre - Pride and Prejudice - Emily Dickinson poetry - De Bono - Plus, Minus, Interesting - Rally Robin - Think Pair Shair - Self/Peer assessment - Hot Seating - Word classes - Irony - Alan Peat sentences

A series of resources (4 lessons) to ease pupils into Paper 2 teaching. Includes two articles - one is a recount about the Rio Carnival and the other is an article about the impact of the Rio Olympics. Includes opportunities for Global Learning. 5 example exam questions for the AQA exam and worksheets to help scaffold answers. I’ve used this with Year 8 mixed ability, very low ability Year 11 and top set Year 11. All engaged with the articles.

8 Resources. Prompts for Language Analysis (AQA AO2) Key quotes from Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. I have used these with sets 8, 6 and 1 so they are quite versatile! There are also character profile sheets for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as well as a context card sort. All worksheets can be edited.