Three lessons that explore the language and structure of Suicide in the Trenches. Students learn to annotate a poem looking at: -Language -Structure -Context -Connotations and Meaning -Writer's message They then bring their ideas together to write an analytical PEEL paragraph and use a success criteria to peer assess their work.

A lesson that explores the poem Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes. The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills. The lesson comprises of: Starter activity linked to the idea of war Links to video clips to enhance understanding A first impression grid for students to use Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation Contextual information A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s A modelled paragraph This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students. Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included. 18 slides. All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.

A lesson that explores the poem War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy. The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills. The lesson comprises of: Starter activity linked to the idea of war Links to video clips to enhance understanding A first impression grid for students to use Consideration of viewpoints activity Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation Contextual information A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s A model paragraph This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students. Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included. 19 slides. All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will be prompted to work together to research Victorian christmas. There is also a challenge question that looks at how Christmas is represented in a poem. Students will reflect on the differences between the rich and the poor in preparation for their reading of the novel.

A lesson that explores the poem My Last Duchess by Robert Browning The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills. The lesson comprises of: Starter activity linked to the idea of power and conflict Links to video clips to enhance understanding Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation Contextual information Group work activity A summary grid for students to use This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will read an extract from Stave one and consider the description of Scrooge. Students will be prompted to identify and explain the language used to describe Scrooge as well as answering reading comprehension questions to check understanding and develop their analytical skills.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will look at a range of characters from across Dickens' most famous novels. Students will look at 'stereotypical' victorian characters from orphans to criminals to the miserable wealthy. They will analyse how the character is created and then try and create their own victorian character using their knowledge.

A full lesson on the poem to encourage students independent analysis and annotation of the poem. AQA Literature Moon on The Tides Anthology- Conflict.

These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination. Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read. There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment. There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will explore how to create effective similes and metaphors. They will look at examples from the text and consider their effects. They will then use Tiny Tim as a stimulus to describe. They are also shown a model paragraph and there is a planning slide for a formative assessment.

A lesson to accompany the reading of Chapter 1 of The Crowfield Curse. Aimed at KS3.

A lesson to accompany the reading of Chapters 2 & 3 of The Crowfield Curse. Aimed at KS3.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will consider how Dickens uses character names to reflect personalities. Students then read an extract from the novel which contains Scrooge and his nephew. Students consider how they would perform this section on stage thinking about body language. They will then create a character thinking about how they can describe body language to reflect a character's personality.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will consider how a writer can use symbolism to convey meaning in a text. They will study the difference between the Cratchits and Scrooge. They will them explore how colour and objects can be used to convey ideas and create a description using a particular object as a stimulus.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

An Introductory double lesson for the study of the A Level paper Paper 1 Language, The Individual and Society, Section A- Textual Variations and Representations. New Specification 2017 Aimed at Year 12 students but could be adapted for other year groups. Using Jamie Oliver as a stimulus, students begin to consider how they investigate a text. This lesson is aimed to spark their interest and begin to develop their inquiry skills before the later lessons which begin to introduce more detailed terminology and the language levels for closer and more detailed analysis. Brief overview of topics covered in this double (21 slides): What the exam question looks like/number of marks Jamie Oliver's school dinners transcript for students to analyse Mini activities on synonyms, antonyms, euphemism, hyponymy, dysphemism Jamie Oliver sugar tax Facebook post for students to analyse Discussion on the role of media/social media in creating meaning and representation Additional guidance for some of the activities has been written in the notes sections of the PPT slides. More lessons on each of the language levels will be available.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A Scheme of Learning document to accompany the SOW that is also available . The scheme of learning details the steps of each lesson: learning objectives, mini and main starter activities, main activity, development and plenary. There is a clear differentiation system with each level highlighted using RAG to clearly show how challenge increases. There is also a column that details how Teaching Assistant support can be used during each lesson. This is an ideal document to accompany the SOW PPTs as it clearly shows the overall learning journey across the module.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.