Resources to help students learn poetic terms. A PPT with instructions and opportunity to apply learning. A sheet for QQT QQT cards A sheet for bingo.

Used with very low ability KS4 / low and middle ability KS3

2 PPTs with key quotes to analyse - Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo

50 slide PPT with a week of lessons on the context of Macbeth. Includes Kagan activities and 12 worksheets/resources to scaffold this and a poster about contextual factors. Lesson plans also provided. Links to AQA objectives throughout but can be edited.

Lesson plan, PPT and worksheet. A lesson designed to help students explore the portrayal and development of Sheila - could be used for one lesson or two depending on how much detail you want to go into/level of your students. There is a photo worksheet to help students map out key quotes and how Sheila changes then the lesson is set out as a court room debate with sheets to scaffold students’ reponses. There is an additional focus on vocabulary to support AO4. The lesson is linked to AQA assessment objectives but could easily be adapted and / or used with lower school.

A worksheet with paintings to inspire a piece of creative writing - suitable for classwork or homework. Includes a checklist / success criteria. Can be edited. (Fiction - can be linked to AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5)

A lesson exploring characterisation and how we can apply Freud’s theory of the id, ego and superego to Jack, Ralph and Piggy. Worksheets included.

A magenta work booklet to help pupils develop tier two vocabulary.

A series of tasks based on writing for purpose. Our topic this half term is teenage runaway so many of the tasks are linked to this or the issues facing teenagers. However, these can be adapted very easily. Includes analysis Boris Johnson’s address to the nation on coronovirus and some links to the English Language GCSE.

A series of tasks on writing for purpose / non-fiction/ rhetorical devices. Our theme this half term is inspirational people and events, though tasks can easily be adapted. 49 slide Powerpoint is fully editable for you. Tasks could easily last the full term. Also useful as a homework booklet.