Lesson asks students to choose a door to another world (Hogwarts, Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland and Middle Earth.) They then plan the opening and eventually go on to produce a piece of creative writing describing their journey to this other world. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at KS3 but can also be used with KS4 to practice language paper 1, question 5 skills. Please leave a review, i’d love your feedback :)

A lesson aimed at teaching language paper 1, question 2 skills. Lesson was made as part of a module teaching the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas but can also be used for GCSE students teaching language paper 1. Lesson includes challenge questions and uses the GCSE mark scheme.

3 lessons using the short story ‘Vendetta’ to teach language paper 1 skills. Aimed at low-mid ability year 9 class but can be easily adapted for higher ability classes. Includes a copy of the short story.

A lesson studying how Steinbeck uses animal imagery to describe Lennie. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at lower-middle ability year 9 students but can be easily adapted for higher ability students.

A lesson teaching the poem ‘Checking out me history’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Includes context and language analysis tasks.

A lesson teaching the poem ‘Remains’’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Includes context and language analysis tasks.

A lesson based around body image and how expectations of body image have changed over the decades. This lesson looks at barbie dolls and at the representation of people on Love Island and asks students to consider if there is too much pressure on young people to look a certain way.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge Various tasks looking at analysing the character and the representation of the character Main task is a choice of three different differentiated tasks.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson is part of a unit of work for KS3 studying Myths and Legends. Lesson uses the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.

A series of 4 lessons teaching questions 1-5 on AQA Language Paper 1 using ‘The Landlady’ text. All lessons are differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge. Learning objectives are based on the assessment objectives for each question (example can be seen in the preview slide.) Please leave a review if possible. I’d love feedback on my lessons :)

Lesson is aimed at getting students interested in the news by making it fun and interesting. Lesson asks students to think about the way they can access the news and why news is important. Students then watch and discuss the news before writing and presenting their own news report on a current topic. Aimed at KS3 students but can easily be adapted to suit older students. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge.

Lesson aimed at practicing skills for Paper 1, Question 5. Students discuss the typical features of a fairytale, watch clips from fairytales and from the TV show ‘Once Upon A Time.’ Students eventually write a story about a fairytale character in the real world. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson aimed at teaching an introductory module to Chaucer to KS3. Focuses on developing students PEED skills.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at introducing Chaucer to KS3. This lesson focuses on the character of the Cook and looks at cooking in the Middle Ages.

-A lesson made as part of a KS3 unit of work about Chaucer. -Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. -Lesson focuses on AO4 and evaluating the text.

-A lesson made as part of a KS3 unit of work about Chaucer. -Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. -Lesson focuses on the character of the Miller and introducing students to comparing characters.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson focuses on descriptive writing skills. Main task asks students to create a piece of creative writing from the point of view of Buddy the Elf, experiencing New York City for the first time. Students watch a short clip to help with this and complete planning activities.

A series of lessons and resources made for a mixed ability GCSE class (could easily be adapted for other ability sets.) Objectives and outcomes based around the GCSE mark scheme. Differentiated using aim, challenge & super challenge.

Aimed at a top set year 8 class- can easily be adapted for KS4 students. Includes a range of Gothic texts such as Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula, Northanger Abbey. Teaches various language techniques such as pathetic fallacy, manichean symbolism, show don’t tell, foreshadowing etc. Lessons are planned using the TEEP format. Objectives and outcomes are designed to fit the GCSE criteria to prepare students for the style of the examinations. Differentiated using Aim, Challenge and Super Challenge tasks.

This lesson includes the context of the poem, annotations of the poem and language/structure/form analysis tasks. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at year 9-11 studying GCSE poetry.