The powerpoint includes a series of lessons aimed at guiding students through an analysis of A Woman in Black. The end assessment would be an examination question and the powerpoint can be adapted for the board that you have selected.

This set of j.pegs have been produced to support writing nonfiction texts. Each card will give the student a brief that they must follow when writing. These can be used to support lessons on audience, purpose and format.

The aim of this unit is to teach the metalanguage of poetry and give students a critical voice when writing about the choices in poetry. The poets used can be tailored to your class but some poems are suggested in the unit. The outcome of the unit is a comparative analysis of poems.

This unit focuses on reading short stories and writing a comparative essay. The unit focuses on the guided reading of the literature and then how to build towards an extended essay. The unit works best if there is a theme such as gothic literature, women's voice or the creation of suspense. Stories are suggested in the unit but any stories can be used, adapting for the class you are working with.

This is a creative writing unit focused on writing the inner thoughts of a character. The premise behind the unit is that one character has just asked another character a question and the internal monologue are the thoughts that happen before the character answers. This is an excellent unit for focusing on the development of character and voice. You can also explore how the relationship between characters can impact on emotions.

This unit is focused on thinking skills. The unit is written in a style that promotes workshop followed by student group work. Teachers can also set up master classes and doctor's surgeries to help mediate the group work and the research and production skills. The unit begins with the central concept of "What if" and students are encouraged to make up their own "What if" questions, research the possibilities and then find a creative way to present the outcomes. This broadens students minds about the world around them and promotes philosophical thinking.

This scheme of work is based on one of the activities completed on the TV programme, which is to sell a particular product or brand. The students are encouraged to either writer a letter to Lord Sugar or to produce a speaking a listening pitch. The focus of the unit is on effective persuasive writing and speaking and can be a lot of fun if you allow students to make up nonsense products to sell.

This is an excellent unit to cover social and moral issues, as well as covering aspects of the PSHE curriculum. The aim of the unit is to focus on spoken language and how choices in spoken language can impact on the audience. The unit acts as an excellent introduction to reception theory and could be completed before moving on to look at some form of literature where the writer has made purposeful choices.

This is a scheme of work focused on the Shakespeare play A Winter's Tale. The focus of the unit is on the dramatization of a set scene: the scene were Hermione awakens from being a statue. The central concept is on directorial choices and how this changes the audience's reaction to the scene. This is an excellent unit to complete at the end of the year and there is a lot of fun to be had in creating lollipop puppets and performing the play as mini puppet shows.

This is a scheme of work that focuses on teaching a novel. The tasks are generic and can be applied to any novel. The aim of the scheme is to teach students how to be an expert reader of a novel, to critically appreciate the intended impact of the writer. Although the unit was initially written for Year 8 classes, the approaches in the scheme can be applied through the key stages.

The aim of this unit is to consider the impact that context has on the content and voice in literature. This is a sophisticated concept and one that would suit a particularly bright group. However, all age groups can begin to appreciate how a writer writes about what they know and is influenced by the world that they live in. The unit offers three different eras on which to focus: suffragettes, the Irish troubles or Slavery. This is an excellent cross curricular unit, to complete in tandem with History.

This unit is perfect to deliver just before the summer holidays. The end assessment is speaking and listening and students are encouraged to take on a topic that they feel passionate about. The unit focuses on persuasive devices but also takes the Rotary Club presentation format, to give students a taster of formal public speaking.

This is a half term unit of work aimed at helping students to write a poem of their own. The principle of the unit is that students learn the techniques used by poets and use these techniques themselves, referring to themselves as a poet as they write. The theme is animals and all poems referenced can be found on the internet. It is wonderful, at the end of the unit, to publish the class's work as an anthology.