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A one off revision lesson on the complex character of Gerald in An Inspector Calls. Starts off with discussion questions about Gerald and a piece of writing about his character that they have to evaluate. 2 pages of quotations with analysis are provided which allow pupils to write up an essay style response exploring how and if he takes responsibility. Included a hypothesis statement to start off their essay response.

Two fully annotated lessons on Ozymandias. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10. Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary. Everything you need to teach Ozymandias, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.

Two fully annotated lessons on Emigree. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10. Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary. Everything you need to teach Emigree, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.

This resource was designed to support form time reading. It contains: Pre reading activity Lesson on context and author Comprehension questions and answers for each chapter (multiple choice) Final activity- “Orwell’s main message in Animal Farm is that power corrupts, even when idealism is at play.” I agree/disagree with this statement because…… 75 slides long.

This resource was designed to support form time reading. It contains: Pre reading activity Lesson on context Comprehension questions and answers for each chapter (multiple choice) Final activity- ‘To what extent do you agree?’

Full and extensive SOW for Poetry from other cultures. Includes introduction to each poem, annotated poems, analysis, comprehension questions, homework activities and diamond ranking activities. Can be taught across KS3 as builds up to an assessment on Island Man or Nothing’s changed, or can be used as unseen poetry practice in KS4. There is an alternative assessment comparing 2 poems which can be used for very high ability pupils. The full SOW is aimed at middle ability pupils, but I have taught to both lower and higher and there are resources included for both. Lessons include: Lesson 1,2,3-Introduction to culture- What is culture? Analysis of Melting Pot by Benjamin Zephaniah. Lesson 4-Poetic techniques. Lesson 5-Island Man- introduction. Lesson 6- Island Man- analysis. Lesson 7- Island Man- diamond ranking- identity. Lesson 8- Island Man- diamond ranking- protest. Includes comprehension worksheet for homework. Lesson 9- Limbo introduction, analysis. Lesson 10-Limbo comprehension questions. Lesson 11-Nothing’s changed annotations, analysis and PEEDL. Lesson 12-Presents from my Aunt in Pakistan- introduction, annotation and analysis. Lesson 13-Presents from my Aunt in Pakistan- outstanding observation lesson. Lesson 14-Scavengers. Intro and analysis. Lesson 15-Search for my tongue. Intro and analysis. Lesson 16, 17, 18- Lessons on Vultures- intro, analysis and PEEDL. Lesson 19-Night of the scorpion. Introduction. Lesson 20, 21- Mind-mapping Night of the scorpion. Lesson 22- Planning an essay. Lesson 23-25- Comparative poetry essay. Lesson 26- Final comparative essay. Everything you need to teach Poetry from Other Cultures!

2 excellent workbooks addressing Literacy. Can be used as homework over a term, or as class starters. Total of 88 pages! Includes activities on: Vocabulary Spellings Synonyms and antonyms Reading comprehension activities Nouns/Pronouns Verbs Commas and subordinate clauses Sentences types Apostrophes Homophones Dictionary work Past, present, future tense

Complete scheme of work covering the entire play of Macbeth. I use this with my KS3 class, but can also be used with KS4 as it builds up to an AQA GCSE style assessment question on Lady Macbeth. Lesson 1- Context carousel. Lesson 2- Act 1 Scene 1 Witches. Lesson 3- Act 1 Scene 2 The character of Macbeth. Lesson 4- Act 1 Scene 3 Macbeth meets the witches. Lesson 5- Act 1 Scene 4/4 Lady Macbeth. Lesson 6- Act 1 Scene 6 Dramatic irony. Lesson 7- Act 1 Scene 1 Dagger of the mind. Lesson 8- Act 2 Scene 2 The murder. Lesson 9-Act 3 Scene 4 The banquet. Lesson 10- Act 5 Scene 1 Lady Macbeth. Lesson 11- Act 5 Scene 5. Macbeth’s final soliloquy. Extra lessons- Plot, Act 2 Scene 2, Act 3 Scene 1. Includes a takeaway homework.

One lesson that takes pupils through creative writing- great as a revision lesson before the exam. Includes a teacher model example.

Series of 16 lessons which takes you though all of the poems in the new AQA Power and conflict cluster. 50 resources in total which are extensive and include GT stretch. Each poem is fully annotated and animated to take pupils though each poem a line at a time and there are opportunities for the pupils to explore the poems before the teacher takes them through the annotations. Each poem has a question sheet to extend pupils’ learning at home and a revision worksheet to aid with exam preparation. The SMILE technique is applied to each poem and reference is made to the new 1-9 levels. Also included are poetry terminology worksheets to remind pupils of what they need to look for in poems and also resources to aid with the unseen poetry exam.

Series of 26 extensive lessons covering A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Includes worksheets, hand-outs, quotes sheets, reading and writing tasks, PEEDL tasks, S&L drama activities, and a homework project that covers the whole term. Can be used for a top or bottom set (I have both and planned it as such) as there are lots of differentiated resources. Can also be used as an access into the text at GCSE as addresses the new grades system. Comes with an end of term assessment on ‘Moral significance’, but this SOW can also be used to explore Scrooge’s characterisation. Lesson 1- A very Victorian Christmas. Lesson 2- Context and Dickens’ life. Lesson 3- What Christmas means to me. Lesson 4- Analysing Scrooge Stave 1. Lesson 5- Higher level reading targets. Lesson 6- Scrooge characterisation. Lesson 7- Scrooge Stave 1. Lesson 8- Extra lesson- Scrooge’s character. Lesson 9-Writing to persuade (Stave 1) Lesson 10- Marley’s ghost techniques. Lesson 11- Marley’s ghost pathetic fallacy. Lesson 12- Marley’s ghost drama. Lesson 13- Scrooge in Stave 2. Lesson 14- Tension graph Marley’s ghost. Lesson 15- End Stave 1 recap. Lesson 16- Stave 2. Lesson 17- Stave 2 continued. Lesson 18- PEEDL Crachit Stave 3. Lesson 19-Stave 3- the ghosts. Lesson 20-Stave 3- Ignorance Vs. Want. Lesson 21- Servants. Lesson 22- Servants/ Scrooge characterisation. Lesson 23- Assessment- Moral significance in A Christmas Carol. Extra lessons x 3- Hot seating, character names and setting.

11 lessons covering The Lady of Shallott. Lesson 1- Discussion of the Legend of King Arthur. Lesson 2- Predictions and setting. Lesson 3-Lady of Shallott character analysis. Includes pictures and word grids for lower ability pupils. Lesson 4- Sir Lancelot character analysis.Includes pictures and word grids for lower ability pupils. Lesson 5- Lady of Shallott part 4. Includes cloze activity, sequencing and comprehension questions. Lesson 6- Metaphors and imagery. Lesson 7- A closer look at techniques. Lesson 8- PEE analysis. Extra lessons: Lesson 9- Draw the setting and label with quotes. Lesson 10-Sir Lancelot autobiography. Lesson 11-Newspaper article. All builds up to an assessment on character- looking at the Lady of Shallott and Sir Lancelot. The final resource is a cloze worksheet that builds pupils up to analysing the characters on their own. I created this SOW for my bottom set year 8, but it can be differentiated up quite easily.

43 pages of spelling practice. Can be given as a homework project, or printed as individual pages for starter activities in class. Index: 1. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD TO FILL IN THE SPACE: Here, Hear, There, Their 2. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD TO FILL IN THE SPACE: Our, Are, Your, You’re 3. Confusable words There / Their 4. Confusable words Know / Now / No 5. Confusable words Where / Were / We’re 6. Confusable words Where / Wear 7. Key spellings – week one 8. Key spellings – week two 9. Key spellings – week three 10. Key spellings – week four 11. Key spellings – week five 12. Key spellings – week six 13. Key spellings – week seven 14. Of or Off? Which do you use? 15. Our or Are? Which do you use? 16. Plurals practice – Plurals ending in y 17. Word games for spelling skills (3 pages) 18. Using ‘Who’ and ‘Which’ 19. Identifying and using synonyms and antonyms 20. Proofreading 21. Common Errors 22. Crossword 23. This is the personal Word Wall of 24. Subject specific spelling collection (8 pages) 25. Correction exercise 26. Correct the mistakes in this passage 27. Allowed / aloud 28. Handy hints for improving your spelling – tricky words 29. Adding

Exciting scheme of work for KS3 classes on Moving Image. Takes pupils through media terminology in the first section and then allows them to apply what they have learnt to Casino Royale. Lesson 1- Introduction to the Media. Lesson 2- Audience. Lesson 3- Genre. Lesson 4- Signifiers and connotations. Pupils analyse a Casino Royale film poster and then create their own. Lesson 5- Connotation and denotation. Lesson 6- Stereotypes. Lesson 7- Soundtracks. Diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Lesson 8- Camera angles. Lesson 9- Writing up an essay. Lesson 10- Stereotypes in Casino Royale. Lesson 11- Camera angles in Casino Royale. Lesson 12- Writing up stereotypes and signs in Casino Royale. Lesson 13- Writing up camera angles and sound in Casino Royale. Lesson 14- Extension lesson for top-sets on Representation in the Media. Includes writing frames, model answers and builds up to an end of term assessment on Moving Image in Casino Royale.

This resource was designed to support form time reading. It contains: Pre reading activity Lesson on context and author Comprehension questions on each chapter (multiple choice with answers)- 69 slides long Final activity- To what extent do you agree?

Two fully annotated lessons on London by Blake. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10. Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary. There is also a teacher model comparing to My Last Duchess. Everything you need to teach London, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.

This resource was designed to support form time reading. It contains: Pre reading activity Lesson on context and author Discussion questions on each scene- 85 slides long Final activity- To what extent do you agree?

Theme lesson covering the main themes: Social Responsibility, Social Class, Age (Older vs Younger generation), Gender, Guilt and Consequences and Wealth, Power and Influence. Group work lesson- fantastic for revising! In groups pupils discuss one of the following themes in AIC and consider how it relates to the play. They then complete their theme worksheet with: A summary of their key theme, including any motifs it links to and how their key theme links to which parts of the play. They then have to add quotations and techniques to the worksheet. Once all the worksheets have been completed, I photocopied them into booklets for their theme revision at home. The resource includes a summary of each key theme, motifs linked to that theme and key quotes linking to that theme- everything pupils need to complete their worksheets. Please also see my theme lesson on A Christmas Carol and Macbeth. Tes paid licence

Full Scheme of work for Unseen poetry- targeted towards the new AQA specification. Includes lessons on: Introduction to poetic terms with snowball starter. The moment annotation and analysis 3 What lips annotation and analysis 4 Ninetieth birthday compared to My Grandmother annotation and analysis Home compared to *Emigree Nettles compared to Poison Tree annotation and analysis 7 Still I Rise compared to The Rose that Grew from Concrete* 7 lessons which can be taught over 11/12 lessons. Each lesson has the poem with questions to encourage analysis and annotations. Model answers using the SMILE technique and opportunities for peer and self assessment are included. Resources allow students to achieve higher grade 8/9, and differentiated writing frames allow lower ability pupils to access the poems effectively.

Two fully annotated lessons on Storm on the Island. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10. Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, teacher model, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary. Also includes a table comparing SOI and Exposure that pupils can use to structure their own analysis. Everything you need to teach Storm on the Island, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.