I'm an experienced English teacher, senior leader and examiner with a wealth of experience teaching English across all key stages. Having examined for AQA and WJEC, I have a precise knowledge of how to support students so they can make maximum progress in their learning.
I'm an experienced English teacher, senior leader and examiner with a wealth of experience teaching English across all key stages. Having examined for AQA and WJEC, I have a precise knowledge of how to support students so they can make maximum progress in their learning.
A grid to fill in that focuses on why the characters are important, key quotes/subject terminology and then five key frames. A great way to revise the key concepts for the examination.
A fully differentiated set of lessons for the poem 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth. They are interactive and encourage students to consider the language in the poem and how Wordsworth creates mood. It includes an example paragraph and an opportunity for students to write a response using a scaffold to help them.
An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.
A GCSE exam question for students to revise for their GCSE Literature examination. Focus on annotating the extract for 5 minutes (making sure students use subject terminology) then consider the question with regards to the whole play. The students can either write collaboratively, or in exam conditions after the teacher has modelled how to write one point on the board.
A set of lessons that help develop students' speech writing skills for their GCSE English language examination. They include bell tasks/starters, main and development and a plenary. These three lessons also include a mini assessment. The LOs are on each slide to be referred throughout the lessons and they are differentiated.
Six poems/ questions for the unseen poetry exam that students can use to revise. The poems in this collection are entitled:
‘Sleeping’ paired with 2. ‘The Insomniac’
‘Sunday Kickabout’ paired with 4. 'Gingerbread Biscuits
‘Redecorating’ paired with 6. ‘Empty Suitcase’
The worksheet also has a differentiated bronze, silver, gold task.
A differentiated lesson on the poem from other cultures. This is focused on developing students comments on language in the poem and includes a mini assessment.
A revision lesson for year 11 who already have an understanding of the poems. This reminds them of the skills of comparative responses, and recaps on the poem ‘Mother Any Distance’ from the AQA anthology - love and relationships. Each activity has timings to guide the lesson so it has an appropriate pace.
The lesson has:
Bell task on entry
LOs beginning, middle and end to review progress
Links to exam details
Collaboration built in
Oracy Task
Teacher Model slide to conduct live modeling (which is differentiated with B,S,G)
Extended writing task using bronze, silver, gold to chunk challenge
Plenary that uses peer assessment against a checklist of success criteria
If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b).
Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.
If you are teaching GCSE Macbeth and need more extracts and questions, here is an extract on the play with an extract question 1a) and then a question relating to the wider play 1b).
Spend five minutes of the lesson annotating the extract and then spend 20 minutes to answer 1a). Then get the students to consider the essay question, which they have to spend 40 minutes answering.
An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.
An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.
Two differentiated lessons on this GCSE anthology poem that uses a game of Pictionary to engage students as a way to develop their understanding of the ideas in the poem. It is differentiated with LOs that are on every slide so they can easily be referred to. A scaffold is provided to help support students when they write their exam response.
An easy worksheet for students to use to scaffold their revision on the play Macbeth. It is differentiated using bronze, silver gold to help challenge students.
A bronze, silver, gold differentiated worksheet that focuses on the character of the Inspector from An Inspector Calls. Great activity for revision and to help students develop their understanding of the character that is the voice of J.B Priestley.
A lesson that focuses on the love poems from the anthology for WJEC (but can be used for any examination board if you change the title). The lesson also indicates the rules and assessment criteria for speaking and listening tasks.