A fully resourced, differentiated and challenging lesson aimed at introducing KS4 to themes in the AQA Power and Conflict cluster. Full lesson plan is available on request. Please check poems which are on the PowerPoint and edit accordingly. This lesson took a lot of time to create and focused on researched strategies and a real emphasis on strecth and challenge. Feedback or suggestions of tweaks would be greatly appreciated.

Students will gain an initial understanding of the genre to support their homework research, which will include conventions and key-terms to be utilised throughout the topic. Students should be informed of their assessment task and informed of the skills they will need to develop over the course of this term.

A collection of resources/knowledge recall starters for Romeo and Juliet.

Building on and consolidating knowledge from the previous two lessons, the lesson today explores sensory imagery and how to apply it to descriptive writing. Through the use of soundscapes, students will write creatively and be encouraged to justify descriptions based on just the sense of sound. Students will then green pen reflect on their descriptive piece this week and develop the quality of sensory imagery to meet a purpose.

Sequence on improving creative writing with the goal of peer assessing the work of others and analysing language choices. A focus on crafting and building better writing. LA-MA KS3.

A lesson which introduces students to ‘Romeo and Juliet’ through an exploration of the role of the Prologue. Students are encouraged to think about the role, impact and summary of the Prologue.

A lesson introducing students to personification, quizzing knowledge, addressing misconceptions, making connections to pop-culture and including this in their own creative writing. Always a very engaging lesson.

A worksheet to support academic reading of Roylott’s introduction - Sherlock finalising ideas in ‘The Speckled Band’.

A resource to explore COMH by John Agard using evidence-based strategies to engage students in academic reading tasks.

A single lesson exploring the poem ‘London’ by William Blake in the Power and Conflict GCSE cluster.

Resources to accompany the teaching of ‘Ozymandias’.

A single lesson exploring characterisation in ‘Dracula’ with a focus on developing understanding of the Gothic genre.

A single lesson with attached resources exploring Gothic conventions. MA/LA for a KS3 class.

A lesson exploring the characterisation of Mr Hyde through a wider study of the Gothic genre and Gothic characters.

A collection of over 20 ‘Knowledge Recall Starters’ for KS4 studies.

A three-lesson sequence exploring Alice in Wonderland and the ability to make inferences on character. The lesson explores annotation skills, reading strategies, inference skills, and crafting analytical responses.

A lesson exploring a range of Fantasy fiction conventions and extracts.

Three versions (LA/MA/HA) of a 90-minute creative writing masterclass exploring the following to support P1, Q5 writing: A breakdown of the mark scheme Evaluation of successful creative writing Key terms ‘Exam hacks’ Modelled answers Used for 90 minute intervention sessions. A workbook for each session to support revision and consolidate knowledge.

Resources reflecting on Romeo and Juliet knowledge.

A lesson exploring how to craft a traditional fairy tale which has been subverted from the norm.