A Scheme of Work studying Steven Spielberg’s film ‘Minority Report’. This was taught to a middle-ability Year 10 group. Things covered include: -Understanding of plot, -Understanding of character, -Analysis of individual scenes including mise-en-scene, costume, lighting, camera angles and shots, -A model essay, -A scaffolded coursework essay outline -Teacher versions of student sheets.

A homework menu designed for Year 8-9 students who are studying ‘TBITSP’. It can be used before or after you have read the text. Students choose: 1 starter - 1 main - 1 plenary.

Students need to complete the timeline of Eva Smith’s life in ‘An Inspector Calls’.

A variety of exercises to consolidate students’ understanding of Act 4, Scene 1. A teacher version which includes the answers is also included.

A completed character-theme table for Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’. It’s an excellent revision resource which can be adapted as a classroom activity (for students to complete) or provided to students to prepare for their examination.

This was designed for a 2.5 hour revision session on the creative writing sections (Question 5s) of the AQA English Language papers.

A PowerPoint that contains a creative writing task (and model paragraph) on the moment that Mr Birling sacks Eva.

A PowerPoint containing annotations for Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ (It is to be used for the Power and Conflict GCSE Anthology.)

A lesson for just after the Inspector leaves: -A dictionary race of key contextual terms -Reading -A brief timeline of Eva’s life -A differentiated copy of the Inspector’s speech. -Finally a creative writing exercise based on his speech.

A lesson designed for the section when the audience discover Mrs Birling’s involvement with Eva Smith. Students are given significant extracts to annotate and key questions for each extract are posed on the board.

A complete model essay comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘Extract From the Prelude’. The topic is the power of nature. It’s on Word so you can edit as you wish.

An A3 sheet designed for students to annotate and analyse Old Major’s speech.

A complete lesson pitched at a Yr 8 or Yr 9 class. It could be used for lower ability Yr 10 also. It begins with revision of language features, tasks are differentiated and there is a body paragraph also.

A straightforward Scheme of Work for a mixed-ability Year 10 group. It contains a variety of activities that go through each section of Rattigan’s play.

This is an excellent revision resource for students as it ties together all of the main themes and key characters in the play. It can either be distributed to students in its completed form or used as a class activity in which different groups complete missing sections and then feedback as a class. Students love these tables!

Mini-essay scaffolding for the question: How Does Dickens Present Social Responsibility in this Extract? This resource includes: -A very short extract -A differentiated version with key questions -A teacher version with key annotations -A scaffolding table for students to complete.

Designed for Year 7 (but adaptable), the lesson is about introducing students to What/How/Why - or PEE). Students need to match up 3 PEE burgers and then write their own paragraph.

A sheet containing a list of language features / definitions / examples that a GCSE Literature class should know. A quiz on these terms. An answer sheet to the quiz.

A cloze activity (and answer sheet) designed to provide an overview of the Enlightenment. It was made to assist the teaching of Blake’s ‘London’.

A detailed PowerPoint to prepare students for a question on morality in Act 1. The resource include 2 versions of student planning sheets and a model introduction, body paragraph and conclusion.