Posters containing sophisticated and ambitious vocabulary, with pronunciation and image to support.

A lesson to introduce the idea of objectivity and subjectivity in non-fiction. Booklet and PowerPoint with chunked tasks including true/false. Short extracts, unlike my other resource, so good for low ability, intervention or resit. Perfect for KS3 or 4. Good for boys, uses the Hillsborough disaster to engage in topic of football.

A whole lesson and resources practicing the AO3 comparison skill through Banksy’s ‘Dismaland’ attraction. I have created this lesson for a high set of year 11 students, however this could be adapted for any KS across school. The lesson focuses around comparison, firstly with photos, then videos, then texts- all surrounding Banksy’s Dismaland. Resources: Powerpoint: lesson with differentiated learning objectives and mark scheme for peer assessment. Worksheets: two newspaper articles for comparison, a sheet to compare two adverts of the attraction, a grid to record language choices in the articles.

A lesson in which students consider the importance of sentence structures within their writing using video clips from Planet Earth II. Complete with full lesson Powerpoint with differentiated learning objectives (3 levels). Worksheet with the speech David Attenborough says, without any punctuation in. Students to punctuate as they listen to and watch the show, considering the intended effect. This worked so well for my set 2 year 11 class and they thoroughly enjoyed the task!

Comparing 2 articles about Shamima Begum. Lesson 1: Reading the articles, exploring viewpoint. Lesson 2: Writing up response using an example paragraph. Introduces students to concepts of ideology, satire and high level vocabulary.

Perfect for any year group, but especially KS4 and resit students. A standalone lesson looking at extreme weather events in 2023 (including Burning Man and Greek tourist wildfires) to inspire a letter to a local MP. Includes Youtube links and discussion, as well as model responses to evaluate.

A half term unit of work exploring all questions on the AQA paper. Walkthrough of the paper, activities, practise questions. Perfect for resit, intervention, year 11 revision, tutoring, Perfect for Year 11 and encouraging wider reading. Extracts include The Great Gatsby, Enduring Love, Five People You Meet in Heaven , The Kite Runner etc.

A lesson/double designed to push students to think about Shakespeare’s messages about the human condition in Macbeth. Includes discussions, annotations and an exam question. Worked really well with year 11 in 2023 examination prep.

A revision lesson on accents and dialects for A Level English Language students. Includes studies, A* response and practse question.

Perfect for AQA paper 1 question 5 creative writing, or any creative writing exam question. Recaps need for planning and uses an extract from The Five People You Meet in Heaven to explore how structure can be used for effect. Uses drop, shift, zoom in, zoom out. Ends with a creative writing task. Enough for 2 hours+ Great for year 11, intervention, tutoring, resit etc.

Useful to compare with Follower by Seamus Heaney

A lesson looking at the damage done by writers’ viewpoints. The lesson uses an essay about Caroline Flack as a base for discussion, linking it to how media target audiences to achieve certain effects.

A booklet that prepares students to explore metaphorical meanings in poems. Scaffolded for low ability students. Uses the poem ‘Wires’ by Larkin. Great for intervention.

A fully resourced lesson comparing writers’ views on mental health. Uses a source from 1877 detailing the experiences of a patient in a mental asylum, in a letter to her family. The comparison source is a speech given by MP Ed Miliband in 2012 on mental health. By the end of the lesson, students will have answered paper 2 question 4. Resources include: Powerpoint All worksheets Also, complied into a work booklet too- this option is perfect for remote learning or intervention sessions where a computer is not available.

A lesson/double on “Climate change is the biggest issue facing our world- worryingly, it is also being ignored.” Write a letter to your local MP giving your opinion on this statement and suggesting things that could be done to tackle the issue. Perfect introduction to viewpoint writing or for students who struggle with the question. Lots of discussion, pair work, debates. Great for NEA spoken language. Uses real life examples from newspapers to encourage students to see expert models.

2hrs worth of lesson on AO2: Language and structure analysis of War of the Worlds. The extract used is on the Powerpoint itself and is rich in language and structural features, such as the paragraphs growing as the martian grows. Task on entry of structural analysis of the soundtrack to the film. Truly engaged my set 2 year 11!

2 lessons based on an extract from the Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. First lesson: students analyse the language and structure of the extract, after a starter based on the film trailer. This aids with AO1 and AO2 of the paper. Second lesson: students use the extract to produce a piece of writing in which they travel back in time to their 'past' self. The students loved it! Powerpoint has learning objectives differentiated three ways throughout.

Full booklet and Powerpoint.

A lesson analysing the theme of secrecy within Jekyll and Hyde. Involves students completing a 'blackout analysis' (like blackout poetry) to highlight key words that aid to the theme. Students find the words associated with secrecy, then 'blackout' the rest. After annotating the words they've found, they then use this to spark an analysis based on a GCSE question. Full Powerpoint provided, with differentiated learning objectives throughout, and the extract from the text. Please leave a review and let me know how it goes!

A standalone revision lesson perfect for intervention, tutoring, form time etc. Explores each character’s key quotes and encourages students to consider their construction by Priestley. Was extremely useful in 2023!