I have worked within secondary education for the last twelve years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
For more lessons and videos please visit my youtube page
I have worked within secondary education for the last twelve years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
For more lessons and videos please visit my youtube page
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the first half of the poem Cousin Kate. The lesson helps learners understand the key contextual information that has impacted the poem and to gain a good understanding of the poem in terms of language, structure and form.
The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and has been tried and tested with my own groups. The lesson can be taught both online and face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at chapter nine of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The lesson helps learners understand the perception of good and evil within Victorian sociaty and how this is conveyed within the novella.
The lesson helps learners to understand key sections of the novella and to analyse them for deeper understanding. The lesson has many opportunities for ALF and has a model response to help learners to approach an exam-style question.
This lesson works well both online and face to face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem The Prelude by William Wordsworth. The lesson looks at the contextual information regarding the poem and helps learners to draw links between this and the other poems in the anthology.
The lesson looks at the whole poem and helps learners to understand key feature of language, structure and form. The lesson also has a model example and opportunities for AFL.
This lesson may be taught both online and face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem, “No Problem” by Benjamin Zephaniah. The lesson looks at some contextual factors surrounding the poem and helps learners understand how language, structure and form has been used to convey the conflict within the poem. The lesson includes a model response and helps learners to start making comparisons with the other poems in the anthology.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and has been designed to be taught either online or face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem, “War Photographer” by Carole Satyamurti. The poem looks in-depth at the role and risks of being a War Photographer and how this could affect our interpretation of the poem.
The lesson takes learners through each stanza to help them gain a good understanding to then apply to an exam-style question. In addition, there is a model response to help learners to craft their own response.
This seventeen-slide lesson has been designed to be delivered both online and face-to-face. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups; if you liked this lesson then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is the third lesson in the scheme of work looking at the divide between the rich and poor. The lesson also helps learners to gain a good understanding of key language techniques to apply to an exam-style question.
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This is the first lesson in the scheme of work looking at A Christmas Carol. The lesson looks at the contextual information surrounding the novella and helps learners to understand the character of Scrooge.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the characters of Benvolio and Tybalt in Act One of Romeo and Juliet. The lesson helps learners to understand how Shakespeare has created a contrast between the different characters.
The lesson includes a key scene from the play and helps learners approach an exam-style question.
This Lesson can be taught either online or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our YouTube channel for more lessons.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at some key questions on paper one: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson helps learners gain a good understanding of language, structure and how to approach the creative writing response.
The lesson includes model responses and has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at some of the key characters within the world of Roald Dahl. The lesson helps learners explore the connotations behind key words and character names within Dahl’s writing.
The lesson also helps learners to comment on language techniques and how to respond to an exam-style question.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the character of Lady Capulet in the play Romeo and Juliet. The lesson looks at the contextual factors that influence her character and her relationship with her daughter Juliet.
The lesson includes annotated extracts of the play to help students to analyse the character in detail. In addition, there are many opportunities for AFL.
This lesson has been designed to be taught either remotely or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own learners.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at developing learners’ skills for the writing component for the functional skills qualification. The lesson helps learners understand the importance of tone and the impact it has on the audience.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught remotely or face-to-face. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our YouTube channel for free lessons and guidance on all things English.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at building and developing skills for reading and writing for all levels of the functional skills English qualification. The lesson helps learners understand key terms like superlatives and also includes a reading and writing mock paper.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at reading, writing, and speaking and listening. The lesson uses the theme of boxing to help learners understand how to carry out an educated discussion/debate. In addition, the lesson goes through a practise reading assessment and helps guide them to write their own writing response to an exam-style question.
This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on question four for paper one of the AQA exam paper: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson uses the text, The Tiredness of Rosabel to focus on how the writer has used language and structure to create a sense of sympathy for the character.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at question four for the English language paper one explorations in creative reading and writing. The lesson helps learners understand how to approach the question and how to answer it effectively. The other half of the lesson focuses on creative writing and includes a model response.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own students and has been designed for both online and face-to-face delivery. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at developing and improving creative writing for the English language paper one exam. The lesson looks at a key extract from the book, “Boy” by Roald Dahl and helps learners to analyse the extract in relation to question two.
The lesson also includes helpful advice on how to develop their creative writing and to embed key language techniques. There is a 200-word writing challenge that also has a model response to help learners get started.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at improving learners’ ability at creative writing using the theme of stealing as a stimulus. The lesson helps learners understand the importance of structure in creative writing and how to use this in their writing. The lesson uses a matching up activity and a model response to help learners understand how important structure is. Additionally, the lesson helps to consolidate their understanding of advanced punctuation. This lesson works well as a standalone lesson for creative writing or in teaching English language paper one.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson using the theme of weddings to help learners understand how to use basic forms of punctuation and also how and when to paragraph their writing. This lesson is ideal for functional or ESOL learners.
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This lesson looks at key quotations within the novel, Lord of the Flies. The lesson also covers key themes and supports students to build their knowledge to the point where they feel comfortable to write an exam response.
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