This resource was designed for my GCSE class but I've used it with a number of groups. It's been absolutely fab! If you've seen my Donald Trump lesson, it takes a similar route through the lesson: - First of all, features of persuade and argue are outlined - A couple of quick leaflets/posters are discussed (from dog charities) in order to allow some Q+A on students' understanding of the techniques - Students watch the Emma Watson video along with the transcript (attached) - The teacher has the annotated copy (attached) and can either keep stopping the video or allow students to annotate it themselves depending on students' proficiency - A model annotation is on the following slide so students can see an example of what a good one looks like - Students are introduced to the essay. A model paragraph is displayed - Students reflect using a peer marking/self assessment grid (attached) This took my class two hours but if you make the dog charity activities written, there is a week's work here.

This is a resource that I put on a whole-school display for students to reflect on their revision. I also asked form tutors to discuss revision strategies with their students in order to ensure students were not wasting their time making lots of notes that didn’t really help them. This resource is perfect for students to stick in their books, discuss with their form tutors, include on a whole-school display or simply give to students to get them thinking about how they revise.

* students absolutely loved these lessons! If you're looking for something to engage students - this is the download for you! * A great, ready to go resource! No planning required. This resource was fantastic with both my year 9 and GCSE classes (differentiated for each). It outlines the conventions of writing/speaking to argue/persuade, then goes onto discuss some higher order rhetorical devices that Trump employs. There is plenty of differentiated work in the 9-slide PowerPoint, including Argue/Persuade features, as well as flaws in logic. The lesson includes: - An explanation and example of many persuasive/argumentative features such as direct address/hyperbole/triadic structure - An example of four annotated paragraphs from the speech - A student model of a comprehensive paragraph response - Several printable resources from the PowerPoint including a reminder of common techniques and features to argue/persuade - A success criteria for the written response. * New - annotation of the whole speech as a PDF file. There is enough work here for at least two hours; I broke the lessons down into one lesson looking at features and annotating and then the second writing an essay and reviewing the success criteria. All in all, the lesson could probably fill a week's worth of lessons if you do the following: Lesson 1 - annotate the speech Lesson 2 - consider the effect and plan the included essay Lesson 3 - write the essay. You could then follow it up by asking students to write a speech using the conventions they've covered. If you did this, there would be several weeks' work here. There are printable sheets that make up the slides, such as a model annotation and a model paragraph for students. This is a fab resource and I hope you find it as useful as I did!

I ran this session with a year 12/13 group who were writing their personal statements. It goes through the steps to writing a great personal statement and helps students to avoid any cliches. This was a great resource and took a couple of hours. There is a lengthy PowerPoint which goes through a step-by-step guide to the personal statement and a couple of worksheets for students so they can do research on their chosen subjects/universities.

* Ready to teach lesson with some fab independent prompts for students and video resources * I put this lesson together for my year 11 class in order to prepare them for the AQA English Literature 8702 (New Spec) Unseen Poetry (Section C). This is a really engaging and interactive lesson which is ready to go. There are three resources within the pack: 1. The lesson itself. This outlines the AQA Literature mark scheme for top marks (can be adapted to suit other specs), a model paragraph and some really thought-provoking videos. I have used ‘The Manhunt’ from last year’s Anthology and you could hear a pin drop in my class. The students took it incredibly seriously and were able to really get to grips with the themes within the poem. 2. I have included a poetry overlay that I created. You can simply print this and you’re ready to go. It helps students to work independently and asks them prompt questions about the poem (unseen or otherwise). Feel free to adapt this but like I said, it’s ready to go as-is. 3. Finally, I have included a copy of the poem. This is a fab resource and has always worked really well for me; the poem and clips come with a bit of a warning as they discuss serious themes of war. I always start with a bit of a disclaimer but my students have always taken the whole things incredibly seriously! A ready-to-go resource!

The aims of sentencing in UK prisons is outlined using a visual stimulus. Students are given one of a number of scenarios and have to decide what the punishment ought to be for their scenario and whether it met the aims of sentencing. The lesson works well for a citizenship lesson or as an interactive assembly.

These have worked really well with my year 11 class. I actually made them last year but modified them for the new specification. The first resource is a great wheel (you also get the PowerPoint so you’ll have the template) that I made in order to put all of the AOs in one place. I wanted my class to understand the importance of sophisticated vocabulary in their exam response so I created this first resource in order to help them with their topic sentences. These look great printed in colour - or if you really want to go to town - laminated. The second resource is a paragraph building tool which I used as a prompt sheet for students. Both resources are fab - the first one took me ages to create (getting the lines right was a nightmare!) so just think, you won’t have to spend ages fiddling around to get it right! Check out my other resources as I have something similar for A Christmas Carol.

Two hours’ work here at the very least. An analysis of Trump’s language (with teacher annotation for ease). Guide your students through this analysis with clear examples (included) of language analysis, lots of techniques for writing to argue/persuade, a model paragraph and a framework for a final essay. A clear and easy-to-follow lesson with everything required to download and go! My GCSE/Higher ability KS3 students love doing this kind of analysis and it’s a fab way to get into political rhetoric analysis.

A great lesson (with a video clip) during which students investigate Meghan Markle’s speech on the topic of gender equality. I’ve attached an annotated version of the transcript for the teacher or team leader if you want to set students up on an independent task. The lesson structure is as follows: Quick starter looking at some persuasive techniques in print media Look at the transcript and video Annotate the extract Look at model paragraph structure together Write an essay Peer Review Students loved it!

A UCAS personal statement worksheet to prompt students to consider the course they want to study and how to prove their eligibility on their personal statement. See my other resource which contains a fab PowerPoint to accompany!

A quick three-step guide to restorative justice conversations with students that asks them to reflect on their behaviour and plan for subsequent positive behaviour in the classroom. A second sheet allows either them or the teacher/mentor to make notes.

This ideal one page resource gives eight different ways to start a sentence and is really useful with weaker Key Stage 3/4 students, as well as those who continually start a sentence with the subject of the verb. Ideas for use: simply as an aide memoir, a revision tool, descriptive writing homework or to help with descriptive writing. Has been invaluable with my year seven and eight students!

This resource begins by drawing a comparison to analysing a film trailer - first of all, you will look at a spooky trailer and then comment on the transitions, the fades etc. and discuss how it creates a spooky effect. The lesson works well if you really engage the students and get them talking about the effect of the transitions, fades, spooky sounds. Following that, a similar link can be drawn to the attached text. Students think about the way they are guided through the text in the same way they thought about the film trailer. I found it really effective. A number of my students who didn't get question 3 said this really made it click for them! Following on from this, you will look at the attached resource and comment on how the changes of focus give a particular effect. This went down incredibly well with my year 11s and helped them to finally understand the requirements of the question!

* This is a wonderful little resource if you are trying to encourage your students to become more independent; the poem just goes in the middle and you're set for just about any poem - just slot it in there and there's a lesson! * I crated this resource in order to support my year 11 students analysing poetry - both unseen and otherwise. Usually, I cut out the white section so students can simply put the poem in the middle. If you really want to go to town, you can laminate them once you've chopped the middle out. Simply print it on A3 and you're ready to go. I've also included the original file so it's fully adaptable should you need to change anything at any point. Like I said though, it's ready to print and go! I've also included a non-fiction text analysis grid as a bonus! I hope you find it as useful as I have.

I made this resource to decorate my classroom with. They are posters that can be displayed around the room to help students remember to use a variety of punctuation in their work. Each poster is themed in the same way so students know where to look for the information and they are not too heavy with information so are suited to a range of students. 1. Apostrophe 2. Colon 3. Semi-Colon 4. Commas 5. Full Stops I have included sentence types posters too: 1. Simple Sentences 2. Compound Sentences 3. Complex Sentences I have included several posters which help students to vary their sentences: 1. Adverb start 2. 'ing' start 3. 'ed' start 4. Relative clause 5. One word sentence start I have also included commonly-made errors to remind my students to be mindful of ensuring they are proof reading their work for literacy errors. 1. Comma splicing 2. Fused Sentences I have also attached the template if you want to adapt them or make additional ones suited to your class.

This is a language analysis of Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish Independence speech that she gave in March 2017. It is a really engaging lesson and comes with the following: - Overview of features to argue/persuade - A debate on the topic of independence with reasons for and against (meant as a quick speaking and listening activity) - A model annotation for students - Features of language associated with Sturgeon’s rhetoric - A model essay paragraph - An essay question - A fully annotated extract from the speech itself Loads of resources and enough work for a week or more. Great for English language or even a lesson on British Values if you want a cross-curricular link. If you like my resource, please review it! Also, take a look at my Trump or Emma Watson speech resources too. Thanks!

* Tremendous resource to simply give to the students as a revision prompt; put them out as desk mats, send them home with students, allow struggling students to use them to support mock exams - really useful little document to support progress and embedding knowledge for the new spec GCSE exam * I created this resource in order to help students with their sentence starters and responses to the exam questions in Paper 1 and 2 for the new AQA English Language papers (reading only). The resource covers what students should say for each question, how long to spend on answering them and any banned terms to avoid using. This can be used by students when sitting mocks, responding to feedback or just as a revision helper. It has been great for feedback too as I can signpost students to where they need to look/where they need to revise/where they have gone wrong! Please review if you find it useful!

A 39-slide PowerPoint that takes parents through the English Language Paper 1 and 2 examination papers and requirements of each question. A very valuable document if you want to discuss exam prep with parents, either on a one-to-one or at a parents’ evening/assembly session. It also touches on the Literature towards the end of the PowerPoint.