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An insight into the adaptation of Hamlet, into Disney's Lion King.

A powerpoint including activities on the poem Bookends, by Tony Harrison. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 GCSE students.

Getting students familiar with extended metaphors.

Looking at the character traits of Scrooge.

A great introduction for all years, from 11-16. Includes a sonnet rap battle, a rap v. Shakespeare quiz and a 'Why teach Shakespeare' video clip.

Ideal for character analysis.

A scheme of work based upon the poem Not My Business with Nidi Osundare. I find it particularly useful to compare this to the poem Vultures by China Achebe.

A powerpoint including activities on the poem The Road Not Taken. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 GCSE students.

Full scheme of work, including resources for the novel Holes. A great read for KS3 students. Includes reading and writing assessments and preparation for both lower and higher ability students. 27 lessons in total.

Ideal for a KS3 group. Focus on Sir Gawain and The Green Knight and Theseus and The Minotaur.

A 13 lesson S.O.W. including assessment tasks and worksheets. I used this with my year 7 group, but could easily be adapted for older years.

How to set out a letter.

An introduction to Jake's Tower. Ideal for KS3 students or lower ability KS4. Explores the themes of domestic violence. A great class read.

Journey's End - Stanhope Cloze Exercise

Cousin Kate GCSE Poetry Anthology. Designed around the Edexcel specification, but would easily fit AQA and WJEC too. Lesson explores content, context, form and structure.

A great introduction to poetry. Includes 4 lessons on the Pied Piper, 1 on Katy Perry's Firework, looking at the use of imagery and another on One Direction. Redacted poetry resources and lesson also included, along with worksheet.

Adaptable for any poems. This grid is blank, so that you can just add your poem titles at the top and off you go! Focuses students thinking onto the content of the poem, the ideas that the poet is trying to convey, the mood and atmosphere, analysis of language and structure and their own personal responses to the poems, before concluding by identifying similarities and differences. Brilliant for scaffolding, before an essay.

GCSE Media - WJEC Audience Models ppt.

Ideal for printing double sided and backing on coloured card. Key terms including metaphors, similes, sibilance, alliteration, rhetorical questions, mood, tone etc.

Ideal for all reflective practitioners. At the end of a unit ask your students to fill in this sheet honestly about your teaching style. What would they keep? What would they grow? What would they change? Students love this as they feel like they have a real say about their learning.