Students explore the features of a Haiku and write their own. Fully resourced and differentiated.

Full Lesson PowerPoint -Annotations of the poem Language, form, and structure analysis Focus on using terminology Great for revision too

Lesson to be used at the start of an A Christmas Carol Unit Introduces and reflects on the social attitude and landscape of Victorian England thinking about the key themes and ideas of A Christmas Carol Informative and interactive lesson

A short scheme of work exploring and analysing Greek mythology. Students will read and engag with a range of Greek myths, ending the unit writing their own piece inspired by the features and structure of the stories they’ve read.

A scheme of work expoloring the art of playwriting, with an aim for students to write, produce, and perform their own original ‘mini’ play.

An interactive resource to aid the reading, watching, and study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Based on Luhrmann’s film adaption, students can track the key scenes, reading the scene summary and ticking off the key themes as they watch.

KS3 Year 7 lesson focusing on PEEL paragraph writing Video based lesson with worksheet

Activity covering the key ideas the Cratchits represent and the way Dickens uses language to achieve this. Fully differentiated resource.

A range of worksheets and lessons designed for the teaching of Blood Brothers to range of ability Year 9s.

Worksheet activity exploring the way Boyne presents the persecution of Jewish people in Chapter 12 specifically. Students consider and explain the choices Boyne made (quotations provided) in this chapter. Focus on the effect on the reader. Writing frames and scaffolding AND stretch and challenge.

Collection of resources to support and develop the use of structural features in creative writing. Differentiation- suitable for a range of abilities Creative writing plan ideas Success criteria structure strip Storyboard/image structure strip Consolidation of structural devices Suitable for KS3 and KS4

Lesson produced as part of a KS3 poetry unit of work exploring places - Urban vs Natural Fully resourced lesson introducing John Clare’s Sonnet. Includes: PowerPoint 1 x worksheets/activities Full poem Skills developed: Structure analysis Evaluating the poet’s structure choices Exploring the writer’s themes and ideas

An Inspector Calls - Context Pre-teaching activity. Watch Absolute History’s Time Crasher’s episode ‘How To Follow Edwardian Etiquette’. Students have a series of contextual questions to answer to introduce them to the social context of the Edwardian era. Final task asks them to reflect on the way life differs for the different classes in the era, ready for them to explore the theme further in the play An Inspector Calls.

Lesson produced as part of a KS3 poetry unit of work exploring places - Urban vs Natural Fully resourced lesson (can be divided into two separate lessons) studing South Bank by John Agard. Includes: PowerPoint 3 x worksheets/activities Full poem Skills developed: Language analysis Evaluating the writer’s language choices Exploring the writer’s themes and ideas Using the senses in poetry for effect TIER 3 Vocabulary Independent writing- persuasive Cultural capital

Worksheets for year 7 working on descriptive writing skills.

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**A Christmas Carol ** Theme Revision and Character Quotation Sheet Homework or revision task used to recap, consolidate and develop understanding of the themes Dickens uses in ACC.