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THREE booklets included (Year 7, Year 8, Year 9) 50+ pages per booklet 16 sets of homework per booklet A mix of fiction and non-fiction Each homework is as follows: Excerpt of book (1-2 pages long) Comprehension section (3-5 questions, occasional language technique work) Vocabulary section (definitions and application or grammar work) Reflection (space to reflect on what they’ve read, wider ideas or themes in excerpt)

Bring The Blue Book of Nebo into your classroom and immerse students in a thought-provoking post-apocalyptic journey that explores survival, resilience, and identity. This SOW offers a highly structured yet flexible approach to developing key literary skills while encouraging deep, meaningful discussions. Why This Text? A Powerful Story: A gripping dual-narrative novel that explores themes of isolation, relationships, and heritage in a dystopian setting. Cross-Curricular Links: Rich connections to PSHE, History, Science, and Geography—sparking discussions on nuclear power and ethical dilemmas. GCSE Preparation: Supports skills in literary analysis, critical thinking, and comparative study. Identity & Language: Introduces students to Welsh culture, linguistic identity, and bilingual elements, enhancing their understanding of cultural heritage. What’s Inside the SOW? Engaging Lessons: From genre exploration to narrative structure, symbolism, and analytical writing, every lesson is designed to ignite curiosity and deepen comprehension. Debate & Discussion: Encourages oracy and critical thinking through structured debates on survival ethics, nuclear power, and personal resilience. Creative & Analytical Tasks: Students engage in dystopian creative writing, comparative literature analysis, and creative activities. Assessment: an end-of-unit assessment complete with mark scheme. Key Benefits for Teachers & Students Ready-to-use PowerPoint 139 slides! Explicit vocabulary instruction and recall questions Encourages empathy, personal reflection, and moral reasoning through compelling themes and characters. Aligns with KS3 National Curriculum objectives, ensuring reading, writing, and comprehension progress. A further optional 7 actitivites that can be done at the end or thoughout the novel study including looking at Welsh poetry, There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury and Character Mapping. Download now and bring the world of The Blue Book of Nebo to life in your classroom! Free lesson sample: /teaching-resource/-13225009

This is a fully resourced 20 lesson SOW for a novel study of October, October by Katya Balen (Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022). Aimed at Year 7, but could easily be tweaked for a Year 6 or Year 8 class as well. Includes: PowerPoint (210 slides), SOW document included National Curriculum justification and teacher notes. Activities include writing from a analytic paragraphs, a range of close readings, character mapping, and creative writing and also activities based on language analysis. Scheme also includes references to a non-fiction Victorian source on Mudlarking and The Lost Words by Robert McFarlane. Final assessment piece is for students to write a their own story using the skils demonstrated throughout SOW for effective creative writing. Optional/additional six tasks at the end. Four of which can be applied at any point whilst reading the text. Including comparisons to Gone to The Woods by Gary Paulsen and Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty. Vast opportunities for cross-curriculum learning: Geography: Environment, Urban/Nature landscapes, human geography, protecting wildlife PSHE: seperated parents, neurodivergence, emotional wellbeing, sick/injured parent, new school/starting school, empathy, identity, resilience Critical Thinking /teaching-resource/-13224980 - FREE LESSON

An epic emoji book quiz - test their book knowledge! 4 rounds, 6 questions per round (24 questions total). Can they guess the book from the emojis? Perfect for end of term fun or World Book Day. Suitable for Years 6 - Year 10! Rounds: Children’s Books (e.g. Matilda) Classic Literature (e.g. Dracula) Popular Fiction (e.g. Boy at the Back of the Class) Popular Series (e.g. How to Train Your Dragon)

A fun Poetry or Pop quiz with answers! A great spark to get kids thinking about poetry, music, rhyme, and free verse and get their creative juices flowing! 10 questions Each slide shows an extract from a poem or pop song Answers shown after the 10 questions Answers include poem name and author or song name and artist

21 posters for International Women’s Day celebrating women who have made contributions to the field of Literature. Included: Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft The Brontes George Eliot Julian of Norwich Audre Lorde Maya Angelou Agatha Christie Virginia Woolf Jane Austen Jhumpa Lahiri Malorie Blackman Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Isabel Allende bell hooks Han Kang Olga Tokarczuk Simone de Beauvoire Yoko Ogawa Toni Morrison Arundhati Roy

GCSE English Language Skills Booklet (46 Pages) – Analysis & Creative Writing Boost your GCSE English skills with this engaging booklet! Designed for both analysis and creative writing, it explores a range of novels, helping students understand how authors craft stories while improving their own writing techniques. How It Works: Book Cover Analysis – Make inferences about the story. Extract Study – Read and analyze the opening of each novel. Evidence Gathering – Find and use key quotes effectively. Writing Tasks – Engage in analytical or creative writing linked to the text. Novels Included: Of Mice and Men, The Book Thief, The Lovely Bones, To Kill a Mockingbird, Where the Crawdads Sing and more! (10 TOTAL) Aligned with AQA GCSE English Language Paper, this resource builds essential skills for exam success. Perfect for students and teachers alike! This resource was designed to introduce these core skills and begin to develop them in Year 9 students but could easily be used for Year 10 and 11 practice, revision, or cover lessons.

Two book reviewing templates WITH EXAMPLES; one simpler and shorter one for LA pupils and one longer and more challenging. Both include example reviews of Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam. LA 1x templates per A4 paper - portrait HA 1x template per A4 paper - landscape

Read Harry Potter and don’t know what to read next? Mad about David Walliams but need to branch out? Look no further, perfect for KS3-KS4. Includes: A Popular Author Map (Michael Morpurgo, Jaqueline Wilson etc.) A Popular Genres Map (Dystopian, Detective, Romance etc.) A Popular Series (How to Train Your Dragon, Percy Jackson etc.) All books listed are popular and well-known children’s and Young Adult novels that can be found in most libraries and book shops. Designed for pupils 11-15 Years. Perfect for encouraging Reading for Pleasure, classroom displays, reading challenges and more!

Reading for Pleasure Booklets - 3 included! Diffrentiated for Year 7, Year 8, and Year 9. Includes: 30 pages! Various genre matching activities Various activities on compelling book openings Creative tasks e.g. redesigning book covers Book review templates (including planning and examples) Autobiography vs biography work Space for book tracking, personal challenges and recommendations

A literary themed Christmas quiz! The perfect way to celebrate some festivity in English lessons or used as a round in a wider quiz. Fourteen questions plus a tie-breaker All questions are multiple choice Answers at the end of the quiz with multiple choice letter and full answer tie-breaker question is after the answers Easy format, no prep needed, a bit of fun for pupils Y6-Y11!

5 posters celebrating International Women’s Day, the categories are: Sports Business and Entrepreneurship STEM Politics and Activism Arts The posters feature a world map in the centre with a picture, name, and brief description about the woman’s contribution to their respective field. The world map format is to highlight the diversity of those featured.

Practical advice for seating, instructions, resources, behaviour, lessons and worksheets for the most common SEND in secondary classrooms. Includes: ADHD Autism Attachment Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) Selective Mutism Stammers Working Memory Hearing Impairment Visual Impairment Easy to read, short, applicable, to-the-point advice on how to manage and support SEND in Secondary classroom.

A guide to LGBT+ books for parents, teachers, and pupils. It can be difficult to get the balance right between representation and appropriate content so I’ve done all the hardwork for you! INCLUDES: A guide to LGBT+ books for Year 7 A guide to LGBT+ books for Year 8 A guide to LGBT+ books for Year 9 Non-fiction options for Year 7, 8, and 9 Books on gender identity and expression for Year 7, 8, and 9 An ‘Author Spotlight’ for Year 7, 8, and 9

‘So, You Think You Know Your Greek Myths’ is a fun 10 question, multiple choice quiz designed for recapping general Greek mythology knowledge. 10 Questions Mutliple Choice - A, B, C Answers clearly displayed at quiz end Perfect for UKS2 and KS3.

This fully resourced 99-slide PowerPoint is a complete short story unit designed to build confidence and key skills for AQA English Language Paper 1, with a special focus on creative writing. Perfect for KS3, this unit blends engaging fiction, critical thinking, and modern issues, making it ideal for bridging the gap between Key Stage 3 and GCSE. What’s Included: 10 carefully selected short stories covering a range of genres and themes (sci-fi, dystopia, realism, horror) For each story: Context slide (author, themes, why it’s relevant today) Vocabulary slide Comprehension, inference, language & structure, and personal response questions Creative writing prompt (linked to themes and story techniques) Visual stimulus to support writing Modern non-fiction context (e.g. Flint Water Crisis, County Lines, Fast Fashion, Testing Culture, AI & environment) Suggested media clips to deepen understanding Why It Works: Fully aligned with AQA Language Paper 1 requirements Builds reading, analytical, and creative writing skills Connects fiction to real-world issues and ethical questions Excellent for discussion, independent work, or assessments The Short Stories: The Landlady – Roald Dahl On the Sidewalk Bleeding – Evan Hunter Button, Button – Richard Matheson The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas – Ursula K. Le Guin The Birds – Daphne du Maurier The Sound of Thunder – Ray Bradbury Hey, Come On Out – Shinichi Hoshi There Will Come Soft Rains – Ray Bradbury Examination Day – Henry Slesar The Wretched and the Beautiful – E. Lily Yu *Please note the short stories themselves are not included but are readily available as pdfs online! * Perfect for Year 9 students but easily adaptable for Year 8 or GCSE intervention groups. FREE SAMPLE HERE: /teaching-resource/resource-13277463

This FREE sample lesson is taken from a full 10-story unit designed to prepare Year 9 students for AQA English Language Paper 1, with a strong focus on creative writing and critical reading skills. This download offers a complete lesson on A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, showcasing the structure and quality of the full 99-slide unit. What’s Included in This Sample Lesson: Context Slide – Key background on Ray Bradbury, Cold War fears, and why the story still matters today Vocabulary Slide – Student-friendly definitions of challenging words from the story Comprehension & Inference Questions – Understand plot, setting, character, and deeper meaning Language & Structure Prompts – Analysis questions in line with Paper 1 Q2–3 Creative Writing Prompt – A task inspired by the story’s themes (e.g. cause and effect, time travel) Visual Stimulus – A pair of striking images to support imaginative writing Modern Non-Fiction Link – The environmental impact of AI and water usage: a real-world ethical dilemma linked to short-sighted decisions Why Use This Sample? Designed for AQA Language Paper 1 prep Blends reading and writing in a purposeful, engaging format Perfect for Year 9 and adaptable for KS4 FULL UNIT HERE: /teaching-resource/resource-13277450

8 Posters of Famous Black Poets for Displays/Black History Month Celebrations. Featuring an image and quotes from their famous works. Age appropriate quotes only! Maya Angelou Gwendolyn Brooks Caleb Femi Warsan Shire Audre Lorde Momtaza Mehri Langston Hughes Benjamin Zephaniah Representation - 50/50 split between American and British, 5 Women and 3 Men, 2 LGBT+ individuals, 3 Young Poets.

28 podcast recommendations for pupils: all of these podcasts can be found online for free - no subscriptions or payments needed! Smartly presented, grouped by topic, with short summaries - this PDF download includes clickable links which take you straight to the source. AGE: KS3-KS4 with certain pods flagged for ‘older pupils’. GROUPINGS: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Short Stories Serialised Stories (like an audiobook, but in chunks) Critical Thinking Five Minute Focus News Worthy (news for kids) For Curious Minds History For Older Listeners TED Pods for Older Listeners