A lesson exploring the context around A Midsummer Night’s Dream - including the traditions of Midsummer Night and May Day, and a little about the inclusion of Elizabeth I in the play.

Lesson aimed at top set year 10 Exploring the presentation of Jacob Marley. Extract with colour coded questions to enable indepenent analysis.

An assessment sheet to support a very weak low ability year 9 class to answer a question on Lady Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 5. One sheet has slightly less support on than the other - but I found this to be really useful for weak students still not comfortable with writing confidently about literature.

A support sheet for higher ability GCSE - guiding them through a question of charity and kindness in the novella.

A full written scheme of work for year 7 introducing them to poetry across time. Each lesson is clearly outlined with activities and outcomes. The unit explores poems such as the Night Train by Auden and Daffodils by Wordsworth.

Here are a series of lessons and resources for the year 7 unit.

A poem for low ability GCSE - annotated with questions

Third lesson in year 7 speeches scheme - exploring how to write an effective opening with models and checklists.

A lesson analysing Churchill’s Beaches speech - to show students to use other techniques rather than just DAFOREST. Extended writing task included as well as group work. Some resources taken from TES - reflected in price.

A lesson analysing language in the Fezziwig section of the novel

12 week written scheme of work for The Tempest - Shakespeare - with 3-4 weeks at the end focussing on Travel Writing. The Unit tracks the development of Caliban and explores key extracts.

A brand new scheme of work written for year 7 including a range of poems across time - from Who’s for the Game by Jessie Pope paired with Dulce Et Decorum Est by Owen to The Wound in Time (Centenary poem) by Duffy. Includes ideas for tasks etc.

Students exploring how characters are presented in Ch2, making links to context. Put into 6 groups - nominate a group leader who can help to guide group - probably a HAP. Rotate every 10 minutes.

Exploring the opening - HA Year 9

Exploring Act 1, Scene 5 - lots of challenge for HA. Next lesson - writing about scene 5 - is also available for purchase.

A lesson introducing the context of class - top set year 9.

adapted from resources on tes. lesson looking at how to approach an unseen poem. Worked really well at getting them to think about implicit meaning.

A lesson based on getting year 7 to practise their creative writing skills by recapping what they know to include and giving it a go using stimuli from well known clips (frozen; up) etc designed to engage.

Observed (grade 1) lesson exploring language in Dulce. the class have been using the writing frame for a while, so we are starting to lessen the amount of frame they have.