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A lesson on getting to grips with Sonnet 29 - I think of thee! Exploring the key metaphor, some context and the form of the sonnet.

Three documents: Literary eras breakdown / knowledge organiser Literary eras quiz Literary eras answers I set the first document as homelearning - to learn the information. Next lesson (week later), I set the Quiz to test their knowledge. We peer mark in class using the answer sheet. Quiz can then be repeated at end of term / periodically across the year to ensure knowlegde is embedded. Created to support students with the unseen poetry.

A series of 7 worksheets which can be printed and left for cover work. Each sheet has a break down of tasks leading to a piece of independent writing at the end. An example of one of the worksheets: TASK ONE: Inferring information from an image TASK TWO: Write up of inferences. TASK THREE: Write a short story, inspired by this image and what it infers. Each task has scaffolding (writing frames / vocabulary etc) to support understanding and completion of the tasks.

As the title says, chapter summaries for all chapters in Catherine Johnson’s novel ‘Sawbones’.

A complete unit of work / a term’s worth of lessons for the KS3 novel ‘Sawbones’ by Catherine Johnson, with a strong focus on reading skills. Lessons are well planned and resourced on one PPT (145 slides total). First slide has the MTP with each lesson hyperlinked for easy navigation, as shown in the image.

An adapted ‘Ugwu’ paper created to reflect the changes implemented by AQA for the 2026 exam series.Section A only

An unofficial adapted paper created for the Lang P1 exam series from 2026, with the changes to Q wording. Section A only. MS for Q1 also included.

A lesson that takes a closer, critical look at how Gerald’s account of his meeting of Eva Smith/ Daisy Renton is presented to the audience. The lesson includes relevant extracts taken from the play, set on one page for easy annotation. Students are guided to analyse multiple interpretations of Gerald’s dialogue - how Gerald is trying to present himself (positive), but then close lang analysis to examine the more cynical, negative aspects of what he is saying. For example: the excessive use of the pronoun ‘I’ to indicate he did what was best for himself, and his feelings, as opposed to Eva’s/Daisy’s; the use of imperatives such as ‘made’ and ‘insisted’. Have used this lesson a few times now for both first time teaching of the text and as revision and have found pupils really receptive to the lesson. JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls

An introductory lesson to persuasive speeches, using Room 101 tv show.

A series of four lessons exploring the context, key themes and plot summary of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for a ‘eyes wide open’ approach to teaching the novella.

A post-study lesson exploring the idea of censorship. LO: To reflect on the writer’s intentions and the context of the book’s publication The lesson explores both how censorship is presented IN Animal Farm as well as issues relating to censorship OF Animal Farm, recognising Orwell’s difficulty in getting the novella published.

A series of 7 lessons that revise expectations and how to approach the AQA Lang P2 Q5 / Section B writing Q. Lesson cover: Purpose, Audience and Form Letters Articles Speeches Practice exam Qs Scaffolded tasks and planning sheets Great for a block of lessons for year 11 prior to exams.

A powerpoint which encompasses revision of key events of the whole play, mapping a timeline with key quotes, which all lend themselves to the theme of power, which leads on to a practice exam question which students began in lesson and completed for homework. Originally used as a 2 hour revision lesson prior to their mock exam (where they sat the June 2023 Macbeth Q).

A series of lessons looking at a practice Language Paper 2 on the topic of hunting. I cannot take credit for the paper itself, but the accompanying lessons, ppts and model answers are my own.

Article writing task on the topic of Boxing. Perfect for AQA Language Paper 2, Q5 practice. This ppt includes lots of ideas and information for pupils to read and make notes on before formulating a viewpoint for themselves and presenting in the form of a broadsheet newspaper. This ppt does NOT overly go over article features. This lesson is best suited as a lesson to apply and demonstrate what they have learned about article features. Alternately, this could be used as baseline assessment, prior to teaching article features.

A homework activity to build pupil’s vocabulary when discussing characters and themes in An Inspector Calls. Task asks pupils to look up definitions for key vocab and then apply and find the links to characters in the play. This can then feed into lessons.

A set of 3 (potentially 4) lessons you could easily set as cover (as I have done so!) if a teacher is likely to be absent for a few days. Lesson 1: Implying information based on the image of a door. Lesson 2: Describing approaching the door (rising action / building tension) Lesson 3: The other side of the door (climax) Lesson 4 (optional): Neat write up of their 3 part description of the door ‘for display’ The lessons indicate that the writing should IMPLY, not state (i.e. my take on ‘show, don’t tell’), whereby certain rules are included such as 'you cannot use the word ‘door’. Lessons include examples / models; scaffolding and success criteria; peer assessment tasks.

A task to get pupils to explore the time period that the play was written and set, to clearly understand where the play ‘fits’ in relation to key historial, social and technological moments. Pupils should be given the ‘blank’ timeline, with only the years on, and have to work in pairs to write where they think each ‘event’ occurred. The answers have also been provided for self/peer assessment and to aid further discussion.

A lesson introducing the device of ‘pathos’, with suitable tasks scaffolded for pupils to go from ‘understand’ -> ‘identify’ -> ‘apply’. This lesson has been personally used for KS3, and lower ability KS4.