An engaging starter asking pupils to create their own curriculum and what to include followed by a looking at the meaning, structure and form of the poem. Pupils have to highlight chosen quotations, identify writers methods and explain the quotations. There is a helpsheet with guided questions for those needing support.

An activity focusing on descriptive writing. Used as a whole lesson placemat. Blow up onto A3 paper. Starter: Whole class ambitious adjectives to describe the image. Development: Annotating the WAGOLL (model description paragraph) Main: Using structure strips as a guidance, pupils will create their own descriptions.

An activity focusing on descriptive writing. Used as a whole lesson placemat. Blow up onto A3 paper. Starter: Whole class ambitious adjectives to describe the image. Development: Annotating the WAGOLL (model description paragraph) Main: Using structure strips as a guidance, pupils will create their own descriptions.

An extract from ‘About a Boy’. You could show students the clip for extra engagement! Can be used as cover or to enable students to focus on their reading comprehension and fully understand what they’re reading. Includes comprehension questions, inference, language and ‘evaluate’ questions leading nicely to Language Paper 1 (AQA) and Component 1 (Eduqas) Includes sentence starters for support and challenges to stretch and challenge.

Extract based analysis- revising Juliet’s transformation throughout the play. Includes visual hexagons with key quotations and key vocabulary. Focus on language analysis with hexagons. Analytical paragraph plenary to track her transformation. Includes challenges throughout to explore and analyse her/ consider possible questions that may come up on the exam.

A nice lesson where pupils will complete a descriptive writing task based on an image. A match-up language technique starter. A WAGOLL. A nice peer-assessment feature.

A lesson focusing on the theme of family throughout the novella with key pointers and quotations. Starter: Looks a the four sentence types Specifically, it focuses on a key extract from Stave 3 with questions and a table to complete. A WAGOLL of a PETER paragraph

An activity and lesson in one! Blow place-mat up onto A3 sheet of paper. Starter: Writing down ambitious adjectives to describe the image. Development: Annotate the model paragraph Main: Writing a description based on the image using the structure strips as a guide.

Exploring Nurse, Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s Death. Initial extract analysis. Begins with Lowry Principle technique and considering/ pre-empting characters’ reactions. Continues with guided reading and questions to enable students to analyse language in each reaction.

Introducing Mr Hyde/ Language Paper 1 Skills Q1 and Q2 Starter: Language match-up Development: Creating a dating profile for Mr Hyde/ listing (P1, Q1) Main: Highlghting and analysing extract/ discussion about language Plenary: Completing a table identifying language features and explaining the language. Academic yet engaging

Starter: Blind date. Paired discussion of marriage- (Marry, Avoid, Banish) Students pick either Paris, Mercutio or Romeo for Juliet and Lord Capulet. Starter: Exploring Romeo as a Petrarchan lover. Main: Key quotations from Lord Capulet featuring step-by-step guide for analysis. Exploration of Lord C. Plenary: Discussion–> Is Lord Capulet a one-dimensional character?

A resource encouraging students to ‘dig deeper’ when analysing quotations with a modeled example.

A lesson introducing pupils to annotations and Ozymandias. Includes context, guided questions for analysis and annotations and a structure and form plenary that focuses on Romanticism.

Two lessons on comparing two unseen poems Including: Poetic techniques match-up Top-tips for poetry success Guided annotations to the poem 'Vultures' with questions Guided annotations to the poem 'Postcard 4' with questions A comparative table with colour-coordinated PETE paragraphs and example paragraphs Self/teacher assessment Assessment Objective checklist featuring WWW and EBI.

A lesson focusing on the plot to kill King Duncan. Features an extract with effective questioning for analysis and annotations and a Jeremy Kyle task.

Revision including key vocabulary / ambitious key terms. Explores love, fate, age and conflict. Includes key quotations, guided questions to explore with relation to a range of characters and main essay/ topic points that may come up on the exam. Challenge asks students to criticize / play devil’s advocate to statements. My students learned a LOT from these lessons and it enabled them to revise and plan their essay responses.

An activity focusing on descriptive writing. Used as a whole lesson placemat. Blow up onto A3 paper. Starter: Whole class ambitious adjectives to describe the image. Development: Annotating the WAGOLL (model description paragraph) Main: Using structure strips as a guidance, pupils will create their own descriptions.

An engaging resource looking at Bill Bryson's 'Bear Encounter.' Pupils will identify interesting words, language and phrases used by the writer and explore their effect on the reader. Includes a bear template, table, and a PETER paragraph example response.

Starter: Links to previous lesson with a self-assessment checklist Starter: Discussion- what is meant by structure? How are texts built? Main: Guided questions with reduced scaffolding and WAGOLLS. Focusing on different parts of the texts- shifting focus, climax etc with guided questions. Plenary: 3…2…1 Post-it note plenary.