This resource includes an information page about Grace Nichols and how her personal experiences as an immigrant and changes in culture have influenced her poetry writing. It also includes a 9 slide PowerPoint guided reading through her poem ‘Island Man’ with thought-provoking questions connecting to the poet and her life.

A 10 minute (editable) assembly exploring how to persevere in the face of adversity. Includes key quotes for motivation and 2 inspirational clips demonstrating perseverance against severe obstacles. Students are left with questions to consider and provoke action and effort in areas they struggle in and to encourage less excuse-making tendencies. Engaging for all years!

An 11 slide PowerPoint on ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver focusing on the poet herself, structure, language and tone as well as deeper meaning within the poem. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. For A/AS-level Edexcel - Poems of the Decade collection

A 19 slide PowerPoint including context surrounding World War II and the Holocaust, as well as plot, character and setting for the novel itself. Suitable for all ages!

A 14 slide PowerPoint on sensory descriptive gore writing, selecting effective vocabulary and describing in detail while avoiding cliched horror writing. Includes model gory paragraph and opportunity for peer assessment! (nothing too horrific, don’t worry!)

An 11 slide PowerPoint detailing the origins of Gothic Fiction, its key features and support for writing your own text including ideas for setting, timing, characters, plot and supernatural elements. Includes a Gothic Vocabulary help sheet for students to use in their own creation of a Gothic Fiction text. Fun and engaging for all! Lots of beautiful images and whizzy animation!

A 21 slide PowerPoint including detailed analysis of the poem as a whole and then with explicit focus on language, structure, tone and deeper meaning with a conclusion listing poems to be encouraged to use for comparison with Doshi’s ‘The Deliverer’. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. For AS / A -level Edexcel Poetry

An Ofsted graded 'Outstanding' lesson on the opening chapter of TRASH by Andy Mulligan. This lesson encourages students to work independently, exploring language employed by the writer.

50 unusual and interesting facts with images to blow your students' minds!

A beautiful 10-15 minute (17 slide) assembly on Spring, its holidays and natural events. It is a fun and engaging Spring assembly with thought provoking questions and is easily adaptable for tutor-time. Suitable for all ages!

A 10-15 minute assembly on Canadian hero Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope. Inspiring and motivational for students including questions on what makes a real hero. Great springboard for discussion. Easily adaptable for tutor time! Suitable for all ages!

A beautiful and inspiring 10-15 minute assembly on digital dependency and the need to appreciate and engage with our natural surroundings. Includes facts and statistics on our digital reliance and an engaging video to help support this. Promotes the 'Look Up' initiative to encourage students to spend time face-to-face with friends and to take in and appreciate the beauty of our natural planet. Easily adaptable for tutor-time! Suitable for all ages!

An analysis lesson of Marcia Douglas’ poem ‘Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom’. Includes line by line annotation and discussion opportunities surrounding the genre of Magical Realism. Also includes a model response to an analysis question on personification and an ‘over to you’ opportunity for independent student response to the poem. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS3/KS4!

A detailed 15-20 minute assembly or tutor-time presentation (also suitable for Life Skills) on How to prepare for interview and structuring a C.V. Includes helpful tips on the before, middle and after mental and physical preparation for interview and how to follow up whether you are successful or not. Suitable for KS3-KS6 and easily adaptable!

A 14 slide PowerPoint lesson with corresponding resources on the poem ‘The Kiss’ by Siegfried Sassoon. Includes information on the poet himself, analysis of tone, structure and language within the poem and a stanza by stanza annotation. Also includes differentiated learning objectives and questions to promote students’ independent study. -includes the poem itself and key poetic devices resources for students to improve their analytical skill.

A 21 slide detailed character analysis lesson for 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B. Priestley. This lesson encourages students to closely analyse Priestley's characters, his intentions as a socialist playwright, the role of key characters within the play and their relationships with one another. Also includes a key quotes sheet for key characters.

A PowerPoint on paragraphs, the rules of using them and including tasks for students to complete to aid their use of paragraphs in writing. Suitable for both primary and secondary ages as well as as a whole school Literacy aid.

PowerPoint going through different types of sentence and how to identify them. It also includes activities for students to complete a creative written task employing their newly acquired skills. Suitable for both primary and secondary ages as well as as a Literacy tool for the whole school.

A 43 slide Poetry Unit aimed at KS3 and lower attaining KS4 classes that covers different types of poems from the Haiku to the Lyric Ode including their structures. Includes: different structural/linguistic poetic devices. different types of poem and their structural ingredients. fun activities for students that can be completed in class or as homework. self-assessment success criteria for students assessment opportunities for teachers/parents/tutors engaging and interactive slide layouts Links to the English GCSE exam criteria

A 12 slide PowerPoint on the features for writing a newspaper article and explicitly, the 5 'W's. Includes: The key features of a newspaper article. The 5 'W's. An activity allowing students to write their own newspaper article surrounding being abandoned on a desert island with their classmates. A peer assessment activity with suggested success criteria. A plenary consolidating learning from the lesson.