Big question: How does Priestley present Mr Birling? Lesson is based on a cold reading of the play. Lesson includes: Retrieval practice questions Analysis of Mr Birling’s speech in Act 1 Topic sentence practice. Students have to write topic sentences for a series of analysis paragraphs Return to the big question

Lesson for the Power and Conflict poem ‘Kamikaze’. Big Questions: What was Garland’s intention for writing the poem ‘Kamikaze? 2.How does Garland present her ideas about the effects conflict can have on an individual? What historical events inspired Garland’s poem? Lesson includes: -Starter activity exploring analytical verbs -Fact sheet exploring the contextual factors that influenced the poem Analysis worksheet with a series of questions to help students analyse the poem Homework task

Lesson teaching students how to write a review. Students will look at features of a review and examples in order to help them write their own successfully.

Updated (January 2024) Lesson exploring Mr. Fezziwig. Lesson includes: 1.Do Now retrieval activity 2. Questions to help students analyse Dickens’ characterisation of Mr Fezziwig 3. Non-fiction article ('3 Reasons Fezziwig is the Best Boss at Christmas and Always’) and discussion questions 4. Comparison activity (Scrooge and Fezziwig)

A PSHE lesson looking at bullying. Lesson includes: -questions for class discussions -video clip -drama scenarios for forum theatre

FIVE writing activities for AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5. I’ve used the thought provoking work of artist Al Margen to act as a visual aid and help students write more creatively. I have also included questions for classroom discussions.

A detailed lesson on the significance of Inspector Goole to the play. Lesson includes an exam question and self assessment sheet using grades 1-9.

An introduction lesson into dystopian literature. Students will look at the similarities, differences and features of utopian and dystopian literature. The lesson includes discussion based activities to develop students’ critical thinking and analysis of the short story, ‘The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas’.

English Language Paper 2 exam, using the thought-provoking theme of valuing our time over factors such as social media and money. FOUR detailed lessons are included that tackles each question individually. Example paragraphs, peer/self-assessment and success criteria are given to help break down the skills needed into manageable chunks.

Lesson focusing on the presentation of fairies (Puck) in the play. Students will explore the fairies at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1. They will analyse the language used to present Puck, with the opportunity to write their own PEED paragraphs (sentence starters included). There is a creative task allowing students to become ‘film directors’ and create their own version of Puck (worksheet also provided for this).

The lesson focuses on the theme of redemption through the character of Jacob Marley. The lesson includes: Do now activity: non-fiction article ‘Ghost stories: why the Victorians were so spookily good at them’ and questions. Explanation of purgatory with links to Jacob Marley. Breakdown of the AQA English Literature Paper 1 Section B Extract analysis task Instructions on how to write a thesis statement and model example Model analysis paragraph and sentence starters to help students analyse theme of redemption in the extract.

A lesson focusing on how does Dickens uses setting to establish mood, character and themes. Lesson includes: Do now: retrieval practice (setting) Slides focusing on the importance of setting and methods to create a vivid setting. Quotation analysis task . Students collaborate in groups to analyse how Dickens uses the setting of Scrooge’s home to establish mood, character, and themes. Key quotations and guiding questions are provided to assist students in their analysis.

An English Language Mat that students can use each time they want to tackle section A of the English Language Paper 2 paper. It breaks down each question into steps to help answer the questions successfully. It also lists techniques and connectives they can use to help with question 2-4.

Detailed lesson considering the role Mr Birling plays in the death of Eva Smith, making links with the context (working women in Edwardian Britain). Lesson includes: - AQA Question 1 (starter) and Question 4 (extension) revision tasks - 'Explode' the quote activity

Detailed lesson exploring the character of Mollie, and how Orwell uses her character to represent the bourgeoisie.

Five detailed starter activities that get students to blow up the language used in key quotations from 'Macbeth' and the 'Love and Relationship' poems. Questions are given to aid analysis and interpretation of language. Extension tasks for each starter has also been provided. This requires students to write an essay response using the quotation, however only focusing on their weakest Assessment Objective (questions are also provided for this). These activities can be completed individually, in pairs or in small groups.

Lesson looking at how Priestley introduces the Inspector to the play. Students will unpick key quotations and analyse the methods Priestley uses to present Inspector Goole. Questions are given to help students ‘Explode the Quote’ and an exam style question is provided. An AQA Q5 writing task starter has also been included for revision.

Detailed lesson looking at the presentation of witches and their role in the play ‘Macbeth’. Lesson includes: -spelling test -guided questions to help students analyse the scene -explode the quote language analysis task -homework tasks (my YouTube video focusing on the context and exam question)

Lesson teaching students how to write a film review. Lesson includes: -homophone literacy task -review activity for 'Black Panther' - structure of a film review -sentence starters/structure to help students write their review