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.

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.

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.