Everything you need to teach the new AQA Specification for Language Paper 1. Reading. 2017. Full SOW which has enough lessons to run over a full term. Contains 42 lessons on 12 different texts. Each lesson includes: sentence starters to assist pupils in structuring their responses; annotated extracts, models written at all levels (this SOW can be used for both a top and bottom set); mark schemes for each question, and opportunities for self and peer assessment. You can also use some of the texts as mock exams and use the mark schemes and exemplar answers provided to ensure pupils can independently assess their work. Save yourself hours of planning! I have used this SOW with both my year 10 and 11 top and bottom sets and both classes achieved really good results in their mock exams.

This is a revision booklet to assist your pupils with tackling Paper 1 Literature. It includes: 12 AQA exam style extract questions- perfect for using in class or setting as homework. A reminder of the plot. One page character analysis, with quotes, for each major character. Covers all the significant events and has revision notes on each scene, with language analysis and evaluative comments to reach the higher grades. It also includes an exemplar response with commentary from AQA exam board. 24 pages in total, with 10 lessons worth of activities. I have used this workbook with my year 11 classes for the past 3 years.

Complete Gothic writing SOW includes 26 lessons and 51 resources in total! Everything you need for teaching Gothic reading and writing skills to KS3 and KS4 pupils. The SOW includes: 1. Assessment on horror posters- focusing on language and presentational devices. 2. Features of horror writing- extracts of texts which pupils analyse and then use to create their own. 3. Horror openings- extracts of openings which pupils analyse and then use to create their own. 4. The Man with the Yellow Face- series of 4 lessons looking at: The opening and narrative hooks, sentence length to create tension, and how Horowitz uses devices to create tension. 5. The Monkey’s Paw- series of 4 lessons looking at: Tension and structure in the opening, sentence length and devices to create tension and comprehension questions. All building up to a reading assessment. 6. 2 creative writing lessons looking at using devices, narrative hooks and sentences to create tension. Applying and consolidating everything learnt so far. 7. The Tell Tale Heart- 4 lessons looking at how Poe uses language, sentence structure, senses and punctuation to create tension. Reading assessment provided with peer assessment. 8. 4 lessons on The Red Room looking at character, plot and tension. Consolidates all learning so far. A really comprehensive SOW that is all you need to teach Gothic Horror!

A 64 page revision booklet designed to help students with all aspects of the new AQA GCSE Literature and Language. Contains details of the exam, writing frames, models, revision tips, mark schemes and annotated answers. Everything you need to assist your students with their new GCSE!

Complete scheme of work on war fiction. 16 complete lessons taking pupils through the following: Analysis of 1st World War posters- PEEDL reading assessment with models and success criteria. Analysis of Jessie Pope’s ‘Whose for the Game?’ poem. Comparison of Jessie Pope’s poem to Wilfred Owen’s ‘Dulce’ Series of lessons of Wilfred Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’- empathetic writing, PEEDL analysis- includes an observation lesson, speaking and listening activity, 2 lessons on writing skills- sentences and punctuation. ‘War photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy PEEDL analysis and speaking and listening activity. Lesson on Churchill’s speeches. Lesson on Accrington Pals- assessment. Everything you need to teach WAR! Great selection of resources.

Complete scheme of work focusing on crime fiction. 14 lessons in total. Includes: reading and writing assessment, homework tasks, stretch and challenge and differentiation. Takes pupils through: Poetry analysis of Simon Armitage’s poem, about his person- inference and deduction skills. The Speckled Band, Sherlock Holmes- pathetic fallacy, character analysis of Helen Stoner, Dr. Roylott and Sherlock Holmes- PEEDL analysis skills (reading assessment), how to write an effective description (writing assessment), tracking tension graphs, features of Victorian writing lesson and a comparison between 2 Sherlock Holmes texts. Also includes 3 lessons on Hound of the Baskervilles and a study booklet on The Silver Blaze. Everything you need for a complete half term of crime fiction!

Full scheme of work for Much Ado about Nothing. Series of lessons, all with resources and full PowerPoint’s. Lessons include: 1. Introduction to The Globe. 2 and 3. Introduction to plot and characters. 4 and 5. Act 1 Scene 1. Character analysis on Beatrice and Benedick. PEEDL. Includes success criteria and model. 6. Act 1 Scene 1. Claudio and Hero character analysis. Comparison of their relationship to Beatrice and Benedick. PEEDL. 7. Act 1 Scene 3. Don John character analysis. 8 ands 9. Act 2 Scene 1. The masked ball. Includes extension lesson on making masks. 10. Act 2 Scene 3. Focus on Benedick and trickery and deception. 11. Act 3 Scene 1. More trickery and deception. Theme homework. 12 and 13. Act 4 Scene 1. Assessment- 2 PowerPoint’s on Claudio and Hero and Beatrice and Benedick. 14. Act 4 Scene 1. Empathetic writing task- Hero. Assessing SPAG. Builds to an assessment question on: ‘Explore how Shakespeare presents attitudes towards women in Much Ado About Nothing . Write about: what Claudio says about Hero and how Shakespeare presents attitudes towards women in the play as a whole’ Also includes homework project and lots of other resources such as a ‘Take me Out’ lesson and lesson for creating display work. Everything you will ever need to teach Much Ado.

An extensive full scheme of work on ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell. The SOW includes a set of 15 lessons, including 2 assessments across the scheme. The scheme of work includes the following: 1-3. A marketplace lesson on the social and historical context. Homework activity. 4. A lesson on how the story is an allegory/fable. 5-6. An assessment with detailed success criteria on Old Major’s speech focusing on writers’ purpose and viewpoint. 7. A lesson on the 10 commandments with comprehension questions designed to stretch and challenge pupils. Homework activity. 8-9. A lesson focusing on chapter 3 with a power plotting grid and group activity. 10. Battle of the Cowshed lesson with a writing activity. Success criteria and writing frame for a tabloid newspaper. 11. Ofsted lesson on Squealer’s speech. Assessment with detailed model and success criteria. Homework on: Show how George Orwell used “Animal Farm” to teach readers about human beings, includes a writing frame. 12-14. Chapter 6- The Windmill. Speaking and listening activity on: How can you persuade the class to join you in your leadership of Animal Farm? Homework opportunities. 15- The execution. Students explore the principles of Animalism through writing Benjamin’s journal. 16- Comparing The Battle of the Cowshed and The Windmill using a VENN diagram, which results in pupils writing up their response using PEEDL structure. 17- Exploring the death of Boxer. Homework opportunity. 18- Pupils explore how the ideals have changed. Homework opportunity. Also includes a homework project. Each lesson has a PowerPoint and resources to support it. Extension activities are included, as well as opportunities for differentiation and homework. Everything you need to teach ‘Animal Farm’ to a higher ability class. Lots of opportunity for stretch and challenge.

Full SOW for the new AQA Media GCSE . Broken down into three half terms of teaching: Term 1- Planning and research (pre-production) Term 2- Post production and Term 3- Evaluation. Series of 8 lessons for Term 1 and 3 lessons for Term 2 and 2 lessons for Term 3. Term 1- Planning and research (horror film genre) Includes lessons on: History of horror, sub-genres, camera angles and movement, mise-en-scene, early horror films, media language, narrative in trailers, creating a trailer and questionnaires. Leads up to a controlled assessment research of horror film trailers. Term 2- Post production - Looks in detail at: Editing a film trailer and creating a storyboard. Leads up to controlled assessment of horror film trailer on Ipads. Term 3- Evaluation- Looks in detail at how to evaluate a final moving image product. Each lesson comes with a PowerPoint and resources. I have also uploaded Unit 1: Introduction to Media Languages and Unit 2: Cross-Media Study (Advertising and Marketing)

Full SOW for the new AQA Media GCSE ]. Broken down into two half terms of teaching: Term 1- Compare two adverts and Term 2- Create your own advert. Series of 14 lessons for Term 1 and 10 lessons for Term 2. Term 1- Compare two adverts (Apple billboard advert and Apple online advert) - leads pupils through how to analyse two adverts using correct media terminology with exemplar answers. Looks in detail at: Colour in branding, branding, logos, power of advertising, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Apple profile, synergy, and linking adverts across two platforms. Leads up to a controlled assessment analysis of 2 Apple adverts. Term 2- Creating adverts for a new app or mobile phone- Looks in detail at: billboard rules, differentiating billboards, creating and producing your billboard, camera angles and editing, sound in film, and storyboarding. Leads up to a controlled assessment of creating and evaluating a billboard and TV campaign. Each lesson comes with a PowerPoint and resources. I have also uploaded Unit 1: Media Languages (Print) and Unit 3: Practical Production and Evaluation (Moving Image) , but have kept them separate as you might want to teach something different from the list of choices.

Full SOW for the new AQA Media GCSE . Broken down into two half terms of teaching: Term 1- Analysing Magazines and Term 2- Creating Magazines. Series of 15 lessons for Term 1 and 11 lessons for Term 2. Term 1- Analysing Magazines- leads pupils through how to analyse magazine front covers using correct media terminology with exemplar answers. Looks in detail at: Anchoring and Bias, camera angles, signifiers and connotations, narrative theory, connotation and denotation, typography, target audiences, media institutions and sub-generic conventions. Leads up to a controlled assessment analysis of 2 magazine covers. Term 2- Creating Magazines- Looks in detail at: magazine appeal, readers and advertisers, mode of address, media language, representation and stereotypes, visual codes and conventions, magazine composition and mastheads. Leads up to a controlled assessment of creating and evaluating a magazine cover. Each lesson comes with a PowerPoint and resources. I have also uploaded Unit 2: Cross-Media Study (Advertising and Marketing) and Unit 3: Practical Production and Evaluation (Moving Image) , but have kept them separate as you might want to teach something different from the list of choices.

Series of 16 lessons which takes you though all of the poems in the new AQA Power and conflict cluster. 50 resources in total which are extensive and include GT stretch. Each poem is fully annotated and animated to take pupils though each poem a line at a time and there are opportunities for the pupils to explore the poems before the teacher takes them through the annotations. Each poem has a question sheet to extend pupils’ learning at home and a revision worksheet to aid with exam preparation. The SMILE technique is applied to each poem and reference is made to the new 1-9 levels. Also included are poetry terminology worksheets to remind pupils of what they need to look for in poems and also resources to aid with the unseen poetry exam.

An extensive, full scheme of work for ‘An Inspector Calls’ tailored to fit the new AQA GCSE specification. 59 resources including 14 whole lessons, supporting resources and homework activities to run over a 7 week term. The SOW includes a series of 14 lessons and additional resources leading up to an exam style question at the end of the scheme. Each character is analysed in detail as well as key themes and issues as well as the social and historical context. Each lesson has a lesson plan and homework activities as well as tasks for extension and differentiation. Also included is information on how to achieve the AOs when tackling an exam question, exemplars and detailed success criteria teaching up to level 9. Everything you need for teaching the text ‘An Inspector Calls’.