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Noughts and Crosses Literacy Booklet
KS3 Noughts and Crosses Literacy Booklet, designed to be used in conjunction with reading the text.
12 Literacy lessons, covering:
Punctuation
Dual Narrative
Adjectives and adverbs
Superlatives and Pejoratives
Subordinate clauses
Sentence types
Modal verbs
Emotive language
Sentence types
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Tone

AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 1-4 The Death Zone and London Snow
4 Lessons on AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 1-4 The Death Zone and London Snow. A range of activities, model paragraphs for each question, vocabulary lists with definitions, sentence stems, assessment objectives and more.

Exploring Character Archetypes: Heroes and Villains Worksheet
Exploring Character Archetypes: Heroes and Villains Worksheet

Stone Cold - Writing a Letter
KS3 Lesson - A Lesson focused on writing a persuasive letter to the prime minister about Homelessness. Can also be used as a writing assessment for the unit. Multiple planning activities and guidance, including a model letter.

AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 1-4 Reading
4 Lessons on AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 1-4 Reading, using a cut down copy of the Novel chapter from: “A Pastor’s Jottings; or, Striking Scenes during a Ministry of Thirty-Five Years" and an article from The Guardian titled: "It’s heartbreaking so few children read for pleasure – and sad to know the reasons why. "
A range of activities, including some context about the benefits of reading, books burnings and bans, model paragraphs for each question, vocabulary lists with definitions, sentence stems, assessment objectives and more.

Crime Fiction SOW
Unit of work - 20 Lessons examining a range of Crime Literature, looking at a variety of themes, tropes and conventions. Texts include: The Speckled Band, Strangers On A Train, Lamb To The Slaughter, The Cask Of Amontillado, Silence Of The Lambs, The Secret History and Out. 2 Assessment activities, 1 reading and 1 writing.
Resources include:
Lesson 1 - Crime Fiction Features Match Up Activity
Lesson 1 - What is Crime Fiction
Lesson 2 - Classic Crime - Holmes
Lesson 2 - The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Lesson 3 - The Speckled Band
Lesson 4 - Evaluation The Speckled Band
Lesson 5 - Structure & Sidekicks
Lesson 6 - Justice & Gender
Lesson 7 - Morality and Psychological Conflict
Lesson 7 - Strangers On A Train - Patricia Highsmith
Lesson 8 - Alibis and Planning in Crime Fiction
Lesson 9 - Assessment Prep
Lesson 10 - Assessment
Lesson 11 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Lesson 11 - Unexpected Villains
Lesson 11 - Vocabulary Worksheet - Lamb To The Slaughter
Lesson 12 - Victim or Villain
Lesson 13 - Irony & Narrative Voice
Lesson 14 - The Cask of Amontillado
Lesson 14 - Unreliable Narrator
Lesson 15 - The Psychological Criminal
Lesson 16 - Creative Writing - Crime
Lesson 17 - Institutional Setting & Control
Lesson 17 - Silence Of The Lambs
Lesson 18 - Analysis Of Character
Lesson 18 - Silence Of The Lambs extract 2
Lesson 19 - Guilt as a Haunting Presence
Lesson 19 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Lesson 20 - Concealment and the Cover Up
Lesson 20 - Out

Non-Fiction - Explicit & Implicit Information
KS3 - A lesson focusing on Explicit & Implicit Information in a Non-Fiction text on Tigers. A variety of activities.

Year 7 Reading Homework Booklet
17 page booklet, with a variety of questions on extracts from the following 4 texts: A Christmas Carol, Maze Runner, The Hobbit and Lord of the Flies

Language Paper 1 Question 1-5 - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Between 3-5 lessons on AQA Language Paper 1, Questions 1-5, using an extract from the beginning of The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
A reminder of language and structural techniques
Questions 1-5
A table to help with planning for question 2, 3 and 4.
Model paragraphs for each question and a model paragraph for the creative writing question
A choice between a descriptive task or a narrative for Question 5

David Attenborough A Life on Our Planet Comprehension Questions
17 questions for students to answer while watching David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet documentary.

'The Not Dead' Questions
7 comprehension questions on the documentary ‘the not dead’ for students to complete while watching.
Documentary available on youtube.

Creative Writing - The Hero's Trial
KS3 Lesson - A fun lesson on Creative Writing, getting students to create their own hero and write about their own trial. A recap of the heroes journey as well as other activities.

Language Paper 1 Question 5 - War narrative creative writing
A lesson on answering AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5 by writing a war narrative piece of creative writing. Paragraph by paragraph models and instructions, vocabulary bank and additional help with planning resources.
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Year 7-10 Homework Booklets
Year 7 Homework booklet:
17 page booklet, with a variety of questions on extracts from the following 4 texts: A Christmas Carol, Maze Runner, The Hobbit and Lord of the Flies
Year 8 Homework booklet:
28 page booklet, with a variety of questions on extracts from the following 5 texts: Throne Of Glass, Wuthering Heights, The Vampire Mountain, Midnight Tides and The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
Year 9 Homework booklet:
28 page booklet, with a variety of questions on extracts from the following 6 texts: Nation, Dracula, 1948, Rot and Ruin, Enders Game and The Black Cat
Year 10 Homework booklet:
30 page booklet, with a variety of questions on extracts from the following 6 texts: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Good Morning Midnight, Frankenstein, Animal Farm, Across The Nightingale Floor and The Woman in Black.
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Travel Writing KS3 SOW
A short unit of work consisting of 11 Lessons, with a variety of activities.
Lesson 1 - An introduction to travel writing/examination of why people go on holiday.
Lesson 2 - Examine a summary of Disneyland Paris and students to write a summary of a holiday of their own.
Lesson 3 - Creative writing about a trip to Hogwarts, advertising Hogwarts/Hogsmeade for Muggles.
Lesson 4 - Create an advert for a trip to Universal studios.
Lesson 5 - Critical review of Westeros, arguing against it as a place to visit
Lesson 6 - Examination of marketing practices of Disney. Students have to write the script for an advert.
Lesson 7 - Travel writing with a look at Tomb of the Kings in Paphos. Students finish by writing their own review of the archaeological site
Lesson 8 - Lesson on pejoratives and writing a letter of complaint about a terrible holiday, including an example and variety of activities.
Lesson 9 - Lesson on superlatives and creating a brochure about Lanzarote.
Lesson 10 & 11 - Fun lessons getting students to market a holiday destination.

Travel Writing Lesson 8 - Making A Complaint
Non Fiction KS3 lesson - Lesson on pejoratives and writing a letter of complaint about a terrible holiday, including an example and variety of activities.

Inside The Shein Machine | UNTOLD | Channel 4 Documentaries Questions
22 Comprehension questions for Inside The Shein Machine | UNTOLD | Channel 4 Documentaries for students to answer while/after watching.

AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
3-4 lessons on AQA Language Paper 1 Section A, Questions 1-4, using an extract from the beginning of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy By Douglas Adams.
Probing questions to help students upon first reading the text.
Model paragraphs for each question
Sentence stems for each question
Guiding questions to help students analyse structure for question 3
Recap activity on language and structure techniques
A table to help with planning for question 4.

AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A - Deep Water (Highsmith)
3-4 lessons on AQA Language Paper 1 Section A, Questions 1-4, using an extract from the beginning of Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith.
Probing questions to help students upon first reading the text.
Model paragraphs for each question
Sentence stems for each question
Guiding questions to help students analyse structure for question 3
Recap activity on language and structure techniques
Planning activities for question 2 & 4
A table to help with planning for question 2 & 4.