As a comprehensive secondary school English teacher, I always aim to make my resources as engaging and accessible for a wide range of students as possible!
I have been teaching secondary English for 8 years. I appreciate all feedback that is left - thank you.
As a comprehensive secondary school English teacher, I always aim to make my resources as engaging and accessible for a wide range of students as possible!
I have been teaching secondary English for 8 years. I appreciate all feedback that is left - thank you.
This resource is a full lesson (PPT and resources) ideal for year 11 or year 10 revising the poetry anthology. This lesson focuses on Cozy Apologia and compares it to Death of A Naturalist on the theme of growth.
Each of the 7 lessons follows the same format to support students with their learning and will include:
key quote revision
key context revision
exploring themes that could be given for that poem in the exam
worksheets for students (printed from PPT, check the ‘notes’!)
how to compare other poems to this poem
3 key quotes compared to another poem on a given theme
2 exemplar paragraphs
task for students to find the success criteria
time for students to write their own paragraphs using that criteria
knowledge recall check
Lesson 1 ‘The Manhunt’ FREE : /teaching-resource/resource-13250292
Lesson 2 ‘London’ : /teaching-resource/resource-13250299
Lesson 3 ’Cozy Apologia’ : /teaching-resource/resource-13250305
Lesson 4 ‘Death of a Naturalist’ : /teaching-resource/resource-13250786
This resource is a full lesson (PPT and resources) ideal for year 11 or year 10 revising the poetry anthology. This lesson focuses on Cozy Apologia and compares it to Death of A Naturalist on the theme of growth.
Each of the 7 lessons follows the same format to support students with their learning and will include:
key quote revision
key context revision
exploring themes that could be given for that poem in the exam
worksheets for students (printed from PPT, check the ‘notes’!)
how to compare other poems to this poem
3 key quotes compared to another poem on a given theme
2 exemplar paragraphs
task for students to find the success criteria
time for students to write their own paragraphs using that criteria
knowledge recall check
Lesson 1 ‘The Manhunt’ FREE : /teaching-resource/resource-13250292
Lesson 2 ‘London’ : /teaching-resource/resource-13250299
Lesson 3 ’ Cozy Apologia’ : /teaching-resource/resource-13250305
This resource is a full lesson (PPT and resources) ideal for year 11 or year 10 revising the poetry anthology. This lesson focuses on Cozy Apologia and compares it to Death of A Naturalist on the theme of growth.
Each of the 7 lessons follows the same format to support students with their learning and will include:
key quote revision
key context revision
exploring themes that could be given for that poem in the exam
worksheets for students (printed from PPT, check the ‘notes’!)
how to compare other poems to this poem
3 key quotes compared to another poem on a given theme
2 exemplar paragraphs
task for students to find the success criteria
time for students to write their own paragraphs using that criteria
knowledge recall check
This resource is a full lesson (PPT and resources) ideal for year 11 or year 10 revising the poetry anthology. This lesson focuses on London and compares it to Ozymandias on the theme of control.
Each of the 7 lessons follows the same format to support students with their learning and will include:
key quote revision
key context revision
exploring themes that could be given for that poem in the exam
worksheets for students (printed from PPT, check the ‘notes’!)
how to compare other poems to this poem
3 key quotes compared to another poem on a given theme
2 exemplar paragraphs
task for students to find the success criteria
time for students to write their own paragraphs using that criteria
knowledge recall check
This resource is a full lesson (PPT and resources) ideal for year 11 or year 10 revising the poetry anthology. This lesson focuses on The Manhunt and compares it to Dulce Et Decorum Est on the theme of pain.
Each of the 7 lessons follows the same format to support students with their learning and will include:
key quote revision
key context revision
exploring themes that could be given for that poem in the exam
worksheets for students (printed from PPT, check the ‘notes’!)
how to compare other poems to this poem
3 key quotes compared to another poem on a given theme
2 exemplar paragraphs
task for students to find the success criteria
time for students to write their own paragraphs using that criteria
knowledge recall check
Lesson 2 - London - /teaching-resource/-13250299
This lesson is focused on answering the ‘List’ question as part of EDUQAS Language Paper 1 - fiction reading. I am an examiner for this paper and have created a full SOL for teaching fiction reading to GCSE: /teaching-resource/resource-12903917
If you find this lesson useful, please check it out!
This unit of work comprises of 20 lessons with accompanying PowerPoints and resources. I am an examiner for Eduqas Language Paper 1 and have used that knowledge to create this resource.
This SOL includes:
20 lessons using PowerPoint (inc comments in the ‘notes’ section to support teaching).
An accompanying booklet with 17 fiction extracts (all a page in length or less).
4 homeworks integrated into the lesson PowerPoints.
Explicit teaching of the question stems used by EDUQAS in paper 1.
-‘Takeaway Sheets’ with each lesson that can be printed and stuck in absent students’ books as summaries.
A knowledge organiser for student use for the unit.
A PowerPoint with all necessary resources on the one document, I have used this lesson for revision with my Year 10s and 11s prior to their EDUQAS GCSE examinations. It focuses on Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ and includes the following:
retrieval starter on 3 other EDUQAS poems
a ‘find and fix’ styled activity summarising the poem
key contextual information
statements matching key themes to be annotated on the poem
a final thought / plenary
This resource contains 4 images digitally created by me representing four famous authors: Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl and Harper Lee. These look excellent printed on A3 and used as part of classroom displays, library work or even for decorating for open evenings.
This resource is tailored for the EDUQAS specification. As a current EDUQAS examiner for Language Component 1, I am skilled in creation of accurate paper questions. This singular Microsoft Word resource includes:
an extract from a story (similar in length to those that the examining body EDUQAS use)
5 questions, worth 40 marks, following the same format as EDUQAS use
I have used this resource with my class as a walking talking mock which has been brilliantly effective, especially when using the visualiser. It could also be set as a complete Language Component 1 Part A mock examination.
Another paper in the same styling can be found here: /teaching-resource/resource-12676309
This resource is tailored for the EDUQAS specification. As a current EDUQAS examiner for Language Component 1, I am skilled in creation of accurate paper questions. This singular Microsoft Word resource includes:
an extract from a story (similar in length to those that the examining body EDUQAS use)
5 questions, worth 40 marks, following the same format as EDUQAS use
I have used this resource with my class as a walking talking mock which has been brilliantly effective, especially when using the visualiser. It could also be set as a complete Language Component 1 Part A mock examination.
A short baseline unit used with year 7 on Heroes and Villains as an introduction to their Greek Mythology unit. This contains seven lessons as below:
What are heroes and villains?
How are monsters different to villains?
How can I create effective description in my writing?
How can I use ambitious vocabulary to improve my writing?
How can I improve the accuracy of my writing?
Baseline assessment
Assessment feedback
All resources are provided for the unit and all feedback greatly appreciated!
This includes two lessons (and attached assignment and resource sheets) for remote learning PSHE lessons on voting systems and BREXIT. It was created with KS4 in mind, but could also be used with KS3.
The PowerPoint lessons are engaging and contain notes on each slide with assessment and feedback suggestions for teachers.
This collection of 5 worksheets are excellent for using with teaching Macbeth remotely. They could be used with any KS4 groups, but I have recently used them with my set 3 year 10s.
These worksheets have ALL instructions and resources included so students can manage their work at their own speed and without direct instruction from a teacher.
All 5 worksheets are on Microsoft Word and contain a mixture of activities to engage students in their reading of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
This lesson is a free resource on Ted Hughes’ poem ‘Esther’s Tomcat’. It is part of a 19 lesson SOL which is available here: /teaching-resource/year-7-8-nature-poetry-complete-sol-12419991
This complete SOL includes:
19 lessons (all on PowerPoint)
5 homework sheets (perfect for use on Microsoft Teams or for printing)
A mid-term plan explaining the overview for the entire scheme
All attached worksheets and resources
This nature SOL has been created this year. I wanted to move away from focusing wholly on ‘the greats’ of nature poetry; instead of finding Keats and Wordsworth littering these lessons, you will find a wealth of contemporary and - dare I say it - more engaging poems for our younger students to sink their teeth into.
All of the lessons are presented on Microsoft PowerPoint and are engaging to the class with a use of images alongside a wide variety of tasks to stimulate all learners. To see one example of the scheme for free, please follow this link: /teaching-resource/esther-s-tomcat-free-yr-7-8-poetry-lesson-12419996
This scheme includes lessons on the following poems:
First Ice by Andrei Voznesensky
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home by Craig Raine
Umbrella by Rhianna
The Silence of The Snow by Ruth Velenski
Esther’s Tomcat by Ted Hughes
A Bird by Emily Dickinson
Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney
Nettles by Vernon Scannell
Digging by Seamus Heaney
Mosquitoes by Aimee Nezuhkamatetil
Trees by Joyce Kilmer
Leisure by W H Davies
Fog by Helen Cadbury
Lizard by Martha Close
The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop
The Shark by E J Pratt
This resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity at the minute!
It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels.
I would suggest that this would prove a good resource to use in any of the following situations:
Remote learning
Accompanying resource for classroom teaching
Homework setting
Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness)
Please find a link here to the FREE download for the annotations of act one scene two - /teaching-resource/free-macbeth-act-1-scene-2-annotations-12282841
This resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity at the minute!
It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels.
I would suggest that this would prove a good resource to use in any of the following situations:
Remote learning
Accompanying resource for classroom teaching
Homework setting
Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness)
Please find a link here to the FREE download for the annotations of act one scene two - /teaching-resource/free-macbeth-act-1-scene-2-annotations-12282841
This resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity at the minute!
It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels.
I would suggest that this would prove a good resource to use in any of the following situations:
Remote learning
Accompanying resource for classroom teaching
Homework setting
Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness)
Please find a link here to the FREE download for the annotations of act one scene two - /teaching-resource/free-macbeth-act-1-scene-2-annotations-12282841
This free resource has been created by myself in an aim to support my students with their home learning of Macbeth - a surreal necessity during the Coronavirus outbreak!
It’s a Microsoft Word document with enough annotations to ensure a good understanding of this Shakespeare text. This does not include really high level analysis and development but it does make this fantastic resource accessible to all ability levels.
I would suggest that this would be a good resources to use in any of the following situations:
Remote learning
Accompanying resource for classroom teaching
Homework setting
Booklet creation for students who have missed Macbeth lessons (i.e. students off school with long-term illness)
Although this resource is free, it is just a sample of the whole text annotations that I have created. Please find a link here to the download for the annotations for the entirety of Macbeth’s Act One - /teaching-resource/macbeth-act-1-annotations-12284655