A single lesson introducing non-fiction, with a focus on purpose, audience, text type, and annotating any non-fiction extract. MA/HA KS3.

A single lesson introducing students to adventure fiction, featuring a highly-engaging journey through different cities in the world. KS3 MA.

An introduction to imperfect worlds through discussion of dystopian fiction (a focus on utopia and dystopia). Aimed at KS3.

An engaging lesson to plan a literary party for characters studied across the year.

An enrichment spelling bee to be used as a tutor group competition.

A lesson exploring fairy tale openings through Perrault and Grimm.

Learning Challenge: Can I evaluate what makes a successful narrative opening and emulate this in my own writing? Topic focus: Fairy tales.

Learning Challenge: Can I identify the elements of a fairy tale narrative? Designed with Zoom/Teams in mind, so will need tweaking for face-to-face teaching.

A two-part lesson exploring the meeting in A1, S5 between Romeo and Juliet, building up to writing an analysis piece.

A two-part lesson building up annotation skills through an extract from Alice in Wonderland. Next, the students will complete an analysis paragraph on the extract. Aimed at KS3.

Exploring the murder of King Duncan, the role of sybmolism and how to analyse key scenes.

A sequence exploring the role of Jacobean women, linking this to ‘Macbeth’, and exploring the wider theme of masculinity in society and the play as a whole.

KS3/KS4 MA challenging extract.

An engaging lesson designed with online learning in mind.

A bundle of original resources to ensure whole-school reading is a priority across the school.

Low-stakes retrieval task.

A lesson using Alice in Wonderland as a stimulus to make inferences on more challenging texts. Designed specifically with online learning in mind.

A two-part lesson exploring ghost stories and narrative writing. In particular, sensory imagery and lingustic devices are explored.