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This resource can be used in many ways: plenary, starter, or as a competitive group game. You could also hide the clues around the room. It’s a fun way to learn a lot a techniques in one lesson.

These are 8 topics (a mixture of argue, persuade and advise tasks) with slightly differentiated planning proformas for each question so students can work independently. Suitable for KS4 classes or accelerated KS3 classes.

A quick and easy way to give VERY SPECIFIC feedback without copious amounts of writing. Simply glue the sheet in under the student’s work. Tick the relevant criteria, set targets quickly and ensure the student has read your marking by getting them respond to in the student response section. This assessment sheet is ideal for marking drafts and final copies of exam preparation essays. It can be used with KS3 and KS4. It corresponds with the FAR marking policy = Feedback - Action -Response. i.e. Stage 1: The teacher gives FEEDBACK using very specific criteria which should be shared with students before the assessment takes place. Stage 2: The teacher uses the criteria to specify which ACTIONS the student needs to take to get to the next grade. Stage 3: The student writes a written RESPONSE to the teacher’s comments about the ACTIONS required to reach the next stage. It’s very useful for showing progress, communicating attainment on HW or timed (in class) essays that form part of exam preparation revision.

These criteria sheets can be given to students before a task so they know what they’re working towards and then glued in under their HW for the teacher to fill in and comment on. It’s a strategic yet quick and simple way of marking HW The bank includes criteris sheets for: Creative Writing Non Fiction Writing Poetry Analysis Novel Analysis Vocabulary definitions followed by sentence creation

These assessment sheets are ideal for in-class assessements in Year 10 (in preparation for the GCSE exam in Year 11) and for Year 11 examination preparation. The criteria sheets include: Poetry (unseen and seen) Writing to Inform Shakespeare Study 19th Century Novel Study Modern Drama: Blood Brothers

This is a simple, visual method of exploring the differences between the different grade boundaries of the new assessment schedule in English. Benefits KS3 and KS4 progression.

This resource is for a KS4 or a KS3 class. The ppt contains: A starter A plenary All learning activities A HW task Please note you will need to google a copy of the poem.

You can use this former AQA poem ‘Brothers’ as an unseen poem. The ppt includes all the resources and tasks needed for the whole lesson. This lesson can be used with KS3 or KS4 as its premise requires students to dig deeper into a poem, identify and analyse the impact of poetic devices etc. The resource includes: starter plenary all lesson activities (i.e. poetry analysis and writing tasks that could lead to essay writing) Please note: you will need to download a copy of the poem off the internet for the lesson

This resource is for KS3 and KS4 and is designed to generate independent work, group work skills and in the end, essay writing skills. The shapes support the development of Numeracy Across the Curriculum

This is for KS4 and KS4 and can be used in conjunction with essay writing skills

This resource is for KS4 or an advanced KS3 class as this ppt contains some challenging ideas. The resource includes: starter plenary all lesson activities (i.e. poetry analysis and parapgraph writing tasks including a model PEE answer) HW task

What is this resource? It is a powerpoint which shows students how to achieve higher marks in creative writing tasks by using more advanced stylistic features such as: using a connective to start your paragraph, using dialogue/ speech to initiate a paragraph, starting a paragraph with an adverbial clause , beginning your paragraph with an adverb, starting your paragraph with a statement etc Using a question at the start of a paragraph (e.g. Who is the least important person in your life?) Who is it for? KS3 KS4 Literacy Lessons What’s included? Starter All activities (enough for 2- 4 lessons depending on the class’ ability) and guidance notes on each slide Opportunities to write independently and work in groups and self assess to improve Plenary Curriculum links? English Language Whole School Literacy Programmes Literacy Support Sessions Practical Tips? Notes are provided on each slide

This powerpoint provide is a detailed lesson designed to teach paragraphing skills in Non-Fiction. It can be used in isolation or with the other powerpoints on my “Author Dashboard”. It includes all of the resources such as: Thinking task Starter Learning activities with all of the resources needed to make progress (including differentiation and challenge) Plenary Notes on the slides explaining how to use the resource This powerpoint is ready to go!

This powerpoint provide is a detailed lesson desgined to teach paragraphing skills in Fiction. It can be used in conjunction with the other two powerpoints (with a similar name) on my dashboard or in isolation as an isolated lesson. It includes all of the resources such as: Thinking task Starter Learning activities with all of the resources needed to make progress (including differentiation and challenge) Plenary Notes on the slides explaining how to use the resource

This powerpoint provide is a detailed lesson desgined to teach paragraphing skills in Fiction. It includes all of the resources such as: Thinking task Starter Learning activities with all of the resources needed to make progress (including differentiation and challenge) Plenary Notes on the slides explaining how to use the resource It is a bundle that is ready to go!

This is a good poem to teach to a GCSE group or an advanced KS3 class. The resource includes: A starter and a plenary Lesson activities 2 HW tasks Please note, you will need to google a copy of the poem

This resource is for KS4 or an advanced KS3 class as this ppt contains some challenging ideas. The resource includes: starter plenary all lesson activities (i.e. poetry analysis sheet and questions) HW task

This is a basic cartoon/cloze task which requires students to think about the purpose and meaning of the triplet: writing to inform, explain and describe. It’s suitable for KS3 and KS2 but might be a bit basic for KS4.

This is a very basic model demonstrating what to include in a basic programme of study/plan. It still needs assessment objectives and a rationale, but it might be useful as a starting point for a new HOD if he/she is stuck for ideas.

This resource enables pupils to self assess their PEE writing skills