A complete model essay comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘Extract From the Prelude’. The topic is the power of nature. It’s on Word so you can edit as you wish.

A detailed lesson to scaffold writing an essay about Scrooge’s relationship with money. The lesson includes: A copy of the essay question An annotated copy of the essay question (for teacher) A table for students to scaffold their body paragraph A teacher version of said table (which contains some answers) A PowerPoint that contains guidance on how to create a thesis, introduction, body paragraph and conclusion. A model intro, body paragraph and conclusion.

A detailed lesson that guides students through writing an essay on Act 1 of ‘Macbeth’. It is an extract-question, focusing on when Macbeth considers murdering Duncan. It provides a step-by-step guide to answering the question. This includes: -A detailed PowerPoint -A detailed worksheet to scaffold students’ work. -A differentiated version of the above worksheet. -A “step by step” overview sheet that could be adapted to different essays.

A lesson designed for the section when the audience discover Mrs Birling’s involvement with Eva Smith. Students are given significant extracts to annotate and key questions for each extract are posed on the board.

This is an excellent revision resource for students as it ties together all of the main themes and key characters in the play. It can either be distributed to students in its completed form or used as a class activity in which different groups complete missing sections and then feedback as a class. Students love these tables!

AS Level Scheme of Work for Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’. The detailed pack includes: Lessons that take students through every section of the play PowerPoints for the teacher to follow Model answers (including 3 complete model essays) Scaffolding tables Questions Answers for the teacher Two links to Kahoot quizzes A wide variety of activities to keep the students engaged A step-by-step guide to essay writing Relevant contextual resources.

A series of 5 overview sheets, each one covering an Act of Othello. The students complete them to amalgamate the key ideas, quotations, and aspects of character-development that take place across the play. I provided them as homework but they could also be a classroom activity.

A straightforward Scheme of Work for a mixed-ability Year 10 group. It contains a variety of activities that go through each section of Rattigan’s play.

A simple activity in which students need to write quotations and comments about Bruno’s old and new homes. It is used as part of a lesson on juxtaposition.

A lesson designed for Year 7 or Year 8 but easily adapted to a primary group.

A GCSE lesson scaffolding an essay on the supernatural in Macbeth. It includes a detailed model introduction, body paragraph and conclusion.

A Scheme of Work studying Steven Spielberg’s film ‘Minority Report’. This was taught to a middle-ability Year 10 group. Things covered include: -Understanding of plot, -Understanding of character, -Analysis of individual scenes including mise-en-scene, costume, lighting, camera angles and shots, -A model essay, -A scaffolded coursework essay outline -Teacher versions of student sheets.

This was designed for a 2.5 hour revision session on the creative writing sections (Question 5s) of the AQA English Language papers.

A lesson for just after the Inspector leaves: -A dictionary race of key contextual terms -Reading -A brief timeline of Eva’s life -A differentiated copy of the Inspector’s speech. -Finally a creative writing exercise based on his speech.

A homework menu designed for Year 8-9 students who are studying ‘TBITSP’. It can be used before or after you have read the text. Students choose: 1 starter - 1 main - 1 plenary.

A copy of the inspector’s final speech in J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. Contains key questions for students to answer. It is designed to guide students’ own annotations of the speech.

A table for students to complete which scaffolds an essay about the presentation of Scrooge in Staves 1 and 2. An answer sheet for the teacher is included.

A lesson analysing Malcolm X’s ‘Ballot or the Bullet’ speech. It was initially designed for a very high ability Year 7 group but could be adapted for Year 8 or Year 9. The detailed PowerPoint visits polysyndeton, anaphora and antithesis.

A lesson designed for just before the class commence the play. It talks through some key dates, the class structure, and ends with a creative writing task.

A sheet of key questions to guide students’ individual annotations. (Intended to be used as an activity before going through the poem as a class.)