This is a scheme of work that focuses on the study of ‘Holes’ , appropriate for teaching to year 7. The scheme concentrates on the skill of character analysis. All resources are provided and tasks are differentiated and varied in challenge. There is a mini assessment half way through where students are expected to analyse Stanley’s character development. The final assessment is an analysis of the Warden’s character.

This is a 19 lesson unit of work which studies the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens’. This scheme aims to support students in their study of the Victorian novel, from beginning to end, and is designed so that the novel can be read in class. It is also preparing them for the AQA GCSE exam. All resources are included, as well as teacher notes and guidance notes in the note section on the powerpoints.

This is a fully resourced unit that focuses on how fear and tension is created in film - all lesson slides and resources are included. Students develop their analytical skills while also acquiring an understanding of directorial techniques such as shot types and sound. The unit uses a range of clips and trailers from the horror genre and provided lots of opportunities for students to improve their skills of analysis. There is a formative assessment which is also a creative task combined with analysis. The summative assessment in which students take on the role of the director of a short film and have to create their own director’s booklet. A slide with weekly spellings is also provided. This unit and all the multimedia is suitable for students in year 8 of key stage 3. Students will need access to a device (laptop or tablet) for the summative assessment.

This is a unit studying the text Holes and using it as a springboard to produce pieces of transactional writing to develop their skills of rhetoric. Students will explore the themes of the novel, in particular the themes of justice and freedom and use their ideas to produce three different types of texts: a letter, to the Secretary of State arguing for or against Camp Green Lake, a proposal to the Federal Bureau of Prisons suggesting that Camp Green Lake adopts the practices of Scandinavian prisons and the prosecution’s closing statement for the Warden. The unit also examines skills of persuasion and how to use them for effect. While the fiction text itself is not challenging, the content of the unit is. All lesson slides are provided alongside resources such as writing frames, quizzes and planning sheets.

This is a unit made up of 12 lessons that focuses on writing for a cause. Students will develop their persuasive writing skills while also exploring a range of important global causes such as climate change, education and gender inequality as well as different belief systems. The unit includes detailed lesson slides and is fully resourced. There is a formative and summative assessment in which students are required to write a focused piece of persuasion in response to diifferent topics. Differentiated resources are also include and there are also weekly spellings included in the unit. ** This unit is suitable for year 9 or year 8 students in key stage 3. This unit was delivered in an international school in Colombia so uses some ideas relating to Colombia but is easily adaptable. Lesson 8 in the unit requires students to access a computer / laptop in small groups. Lesson 9 is a feedback reflection. For students to do this, formative assessments need to be marked so this could be done later in the unit. It uses a strategy called Think Pink Go Green - students have a part of their response highlighted in pink and then given targets to improve. Provide a box (created in green highlighter) for students to write an improved version of the part highlighted in pink using the targets given.

This is a unit of work made up of 19 lessons focusing on ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J. B. Priestley. The unit aims to prepare GCSE students for their AQA Literature exam. All resources are included. There are varied activities and opportunities for extended writing. The unit is designed for the play to be read aloud during class time.