An introduction lesson where students are given an overview of the AQA GCSE English course followed by a lesson introducing students to narrative structure with reference to Hemingway and Todorov. This pack includes: - PPT presentation - Worksheet - Creative writing opportunity

This resource acts as a group or independent activity to prepare students to compare two poems Give by Simon Armitage and The Hunchback in the Park by Dylan Thomas . This resource includes - ready to print and use Word documents - venn diagram - statements which students can cut and sort to match the correct sides of the venn diagram Please note: This resource is best used when the venn diagram is photocopied on A3 and the statements photocopied to A4.

In this lesson students read a selection of story openings taken from high quality, challenging literature. Students are challenged to express their own opinions, interpret information and form evaluative responses which they need to support with detailed reference and analysis of the text. This resource includes - PPT presentation Please note: the extract for ‘I’m the King of the Castle’ is taken from the AQA English Language Reading Support Booklet Paper 1 Copy and paste this link into your browser to gain access to this free booklet: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/AQA-87001-RSB.PDF

A selection of resources used to deliver structured lessons to a top set class.

This resource allows for students to familiarise themselves with the terms analepsis and prolepsis and provides stimuli for students to use these skills in their own writing. This resource includes: 1xPPT Resource links: You will need to share the movie trailers detailed below or a movie trailer of your own choice which reflects examples of analepsis and prolepsis. Ratatouille 2007 Oceans 11 2001 Extract: Please look at my free resources to find a copy of the extract worksheet required. ‘Spies’ by Michael Frayn

A selection of whole lessons, worksheets and assessment tasks to accompany your teaching of the novel Trash. This resource includes: - 4x PPT whole lessons - 2x Differentiated Assessment Tasks - 2x Activity Tasks

A set of lessons to accompany the teaching of ‘The Emigree’ to a low ability GCSE group. Part three of this resource is inclusive of a comparison lesson linking ‘The Emigree’ to ‘London’ by William Blake. This resource includes: 3x PPT whole lesson 1x PETAL paragraph sentence starter table

A creative writing lesson with a worksheet to enable students to revise for English language paper 1 question 5.

A lesson looking at the techniques needed to build strong opening and closing’s in GCSE non fiction writing. 1x PPT 1x Worksheet

A differentiated resource using discussion and modelling to encourage students to write more detailed responses to the text in preparation for GCSE exams. 1x PPT 1x Worksheet

Links to articles used: Source A: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/spray.htm "It was the 3rd of March .......God knows how my vessel escaped." Source B: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1227_041226_tsunami.html "The earthquake that generated.....causing the sea to rise dramatically."

A lesson exploring the themes of the text and the questions which may arise in relation to themes in the GCSE exam. This resource includes: 1x PPT 1x Themes Sheet

This resource includes: - Venn Diagram - Copies of both poems - Ideas linked to both poems Instructions: Print the resource onto A3 paper (one set of copies per student) Students can work in groups or pairs to annotate the poems using the prompts provided for lower ability or without prompts for higher ability. Students then arrange green statements in the correct places on the Venn diagram and complete add quotes from the poems where needed.

A selection of Independent Learning Worksheets (ILW) prepared to enable differentiation and flexibility in the selection of homework tasks for KS3 students. These resources can be easily adapted to suit the needs of your learners. Rationale: At the state of the school term, each student is given an ILW related to their unit of study e.g. Shakespeare unit of work will lend itself to a Shakespeare ILW. Over the course of the term, students are required to select and complete one different independent learning task each week from the Easy, Medium and Challenge colours indicated on the ILW. Depending on the duration of the school term, students will have completed all six tasks. The tasks can be handed in each week or in a bundle at the end of the school term. The class teacher will provide written targets for each completed task as well grade each of these tasks with one of the following progress grades: Progress 5 - Outstanding Progress 4 - Good Progress 3 - Satisfactory Progress 2 - Unsatisfactory Progress 1 - Serious Cause for Concern This resource pack includes: - 3x colour coded Independent Learning Worksheets - 5x non colour coded Independent Learning Worksheets to be adapted for your use - 1x Blank Independent Learning Worksheet template These ILW have worked increasingly well in improving literacy across the English faculty and the wider school community. Enjoy!

Quick and easy activity for students to complete using their skills in inference and deduction to respond to a fiction text.

Lesson graded as outstanding during a recent interview. Outline: Students are responding to the poem 'Funeral Blues' in an imaginative way. Please see footnotes for instructions as to how to use each PPT slide.

End of Unit Assessment: Compare the ways poets present ideas about power in ‘The Prelude’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’

These engaging and interesting lessons aim to improve students’ understanding of one of Lady Macbeth at the start of the play. In particular, they are enabled to draw links between Lady Macbeth and their knowledge of women in Shakespearean times. Resource includes: - 1x whole lesson PPT presentation exploring LM in act 1 scene 5 as a whole - 1x whole lesson PPT presentation with focus on LM soliloquy in act 1 scene 5 -2x worksheets to support the delivery of each lesson

This resource was used to provide feedback to year 11 students after a mock exam on AQA Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th century novel. This resources can be easily adapted to meet the needs of your learners.