A revision quiz looking at events, characters, themes and quotes to support KS4 students prepare for their GCSEs

A simple worksheet designed to help students engage with this key scene and improve their approaches to personal responses. Ideal for KS4

A postcard crammed with information about the theme of Socialism and Capitalism in An Inspector Calls. Ideal as a revision aid, for essay writing or for look-cover-recall activities. Complete with an essay question for students to attempt. Designed for my KS4 classes in line with the AQA assessment objectives. Why not get these printed on card and post home!

This lesson uses an extract from The Lord of the Rings and film clips to help students craft an atmospheric description. Heavily scaffolded it provides structure, focus and develops writing skills. Ideal for KS4 or high ability KS3.

This lesson looks at the theme and importance of death in A Christmas Carol. Designed originally for online learning but can be easily adapted to traditional face to face learning for KS4

This lessons takes a multisensory and abstract approach to creative writing. Allowing students to see literary examples of writing and then giving them the tools to create their own piece based on the season of spring. The lesson looks at the symbolism of the seasons, how this can influence our writing. Then gets students to construct their own description using these tools. Ideal for High Ability KS3 or KS4 preparing for GCSE Language Paper 1 Designed to be delivered over 2-3 lessons

Challenge your students with the emotive lesson looking at The Emigree. Perfect for KS4 with opportunities to develop personalised responses and critical thinking. Tailored to the AQA Power and Conflict GCSE Unit

3-4 hours of work looking at Poe’s Gothic poem The Raven. Includes creative activities as well as opportunties to model and demonstrate analysis.

An extract and set of questions preparing students for AQA language paper one. There is a detailed and differentiated lesson focusing on Question 2 language skills. Ideal for stretching and challenging students to think outside the box and introduce psychological concepts. Ideal for male KS4 students especially when used in conjunction with film clips. Includes starter questions to help students think about language features and techniques. Possibly useful for mock exams, includes a question 5/section B writing to describe task.

A lesson guiding students through the understanding and reading of Chapter 4. Uses the AQA GCSE specification as framework for AOs. Includes essay style analysis of language and works to evoke personal responses from students using images as well as the text itself. To make life easy I've included the extract required for the essay style question. Ideal for KS3

A lesson introducing the prologue of the Dracula playscript using the new AQA spec as influence for activities. Ideal for KS3, promotes independence and confidence with language techniques and audience's reactions.

A lesson centered around the opening of Casino Royal aimed at KS3 building skills for the new AQA language paper. Uses a variety of activities and stimuli to evoke discussion, generate ideas and encourage students to engage with challenging texts. Uses q4 style questions to ellicit opinions and engagement with exciting texts See my other uploads for more lessons from this scheme of work

A selection of resources that can take a few lessons analysing Stave 5 and Scrooge's change. Includes reading time, language analysis, peer assessment and essay skills. Essay skills are developed through carefully structured tasks and encourage students to show independent original thought. Ideal for KS4 preparing for the AQA exam.

This lesson is fully differentiated and guides students through the atmospheric Walt Whitman poem Patrolling Barnegat. Although it is listed as Unseen Poetry and is ideal for KS4, it is differentiated to facilitate KS3 learning. Lesson includes a review of language features, relevant contextual information and the opportunity for students to analyse in detail the language within the poem.

A comprehensive lesson guiding students through the personalities of Henry and the French Prince. Allows time for converstations based around analytical questions and ideas. The resources are based around the skills required for AQA’s literature paper one, but could be easily adapted to suit other specifications. I originally aimed this at KS3.

A series of resources guiding students through reading an extract of Point Blanc and engaging with the questions ans AOs of AQA Language Paper 1. Ideal for High Ability KS3 or as an introduction to the paper.

A detailed set of lessons guiding students through revision of Lady Macbeth's character and her sleep walking episode in A5S1. Includes student lead activities, revision support and essay style questions. Essay style question includes differentiated work sheet designed to support students in AO1, 2 & 3 and support them in reaching the higher grades. Ideal for mid-high ability KS4 classes

A lesson guiding KS3 students through the reading of an article and using their skills to create an advert for a spy.