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This comprehensive and fully resourced scheme of work is designed to guide students through To Kill a Mockingbird over an entire term. The unit blends close reading, contextual exploration, writing craft, and literary analysis, all mapped against AQA assessment objectives. It builds powerful cultural capital while allowing students to interrogate injustice, inequality, and the power of perspective. What’s Included:

• Complete weekly breakdown of teaching content (editable Word file)
• 30+ flexible lessons with engaging activities:
• Character exploration through inference and adjectives
• Extended writing tasks (diary entries, debates, newspaper reports)
• Vocabulary and dialect analysis
• Debate planning and speeches
• Retrieval, carousel, and market-place tasks
• AO1–AO4 mapped throughout with DEAP integration
• Contextual learning linked to the Civil Rights Movement and Jim Crow era
• End-of-unit extended writing opportunities with model responses

Ideal For:

• GCSE English Literature (AQA, Edexcel, OCR)
• Year 9 or 10 introductory literature study
• Whole-class novel reading with a social justice focus

Bonus Features:

• Integrated peer and self-assessment using “Steps to Perfecting” framework
• Differentiated resources, extension tasks and sentence scaffolds
• Opportunities for spoken language, group tasks, and retrieval practice
• Teacher-friendly planning notes throughout

Format: Editable Word + PowerPoints + Printable Worksheets
Duration: Full half-term (30+ lessons; 5–6 weeks)