I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
Resources to support the teaching of context of Shakespeare's plays - Romeo and Juliet - Much Ado about Nothing - Macbeth etc.
Useful carousel activities to allow students to get to grips with contextual information before reading plays or as revision activities.
Resources provide opportunities to:
-explore Elizabethan England
-Share Shakespearean facts
-explore gender
-explore crime and punishment
- explore Shakespeare's theatre
- compare traditional and modern audience reactions to plays
-explore Elizabethan entertainment
-explore rich and poor
Resource to allow students to get to grips with Shakespeare's insults. An insult dictionary is also included to allow students to create their own Shakespearian insults.
21 lessons to support the teaching of the whole play.
Resources include opportunities to:
-explore context - gender, Elizabethan England,
-analyse theme and character presentation
-get to grips with Shakespeare’s language
-analyse imagery
-explore Shakespearian insults
-write non fiction texts
-write persuasively
-write news reports
-role play
Over 16 lessons that are ideal for KS3/KS2 students to develop grammar skills through creating an autobiography
Topics covered:
- Sentence structure
- Paragraphing
- Tenses
- Word classes
- punctuation
8 fully differentiated lessons that allow students to plan, prepare and create non fiction texts on the theme of family holidays.
Differentiation by colour:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Opportunities to:
- develop persuasive writing skills
- research existing family holidays articles, leaflets etc.
Card sorts also included with all planning sheets and assessments provided.
18 fully differentiated lessons that use the theme of family holidays to analyse and compare non-fiction texts. (All texts included) Lessons are numbered for ease of use.
Differentiation by colour:
purple = low ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = high ability
These resource re ideal for KS3 or KS4 in preparation for tackling non-fiction texts at GCSE. They are meticulously planned and ready to go. Download and use.
Texts:
- Butlins promotional video
- Practical caravan article
- Information leaflet - Holidays matter
- Extract from PGL - Family adventures
- Guardian online article
- Centerparcs blog
Resources provide opportunities to:
- Analyse language
- Analyse graphological features
- Analyse perspective
- Analyse audience and purpose
- Compare texts
These resources are designed to get students comparing non fiction texts on the theme of attractions using a leaflet for Lighwater Valley and an Independent article on Nemesis sub terra. (Texts included as PDF)
Lessons are differentiated by colour:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Also lessons to support students in creating their own non fiction texts on the topic of UK attractions.
At least 8 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of creative writing (narrative and descriptive) and take stimulus from the following texts/events:
- Castaway
- The London riots
- The Edge
These resources provide opportunities to:
- Describe using the senses
- watch clips from Castaway and use as a stimulus for own writing
- up level vocabulary
- identify figurative and use in own writing
- develop characterisation
- develop narrative structure
- assess against GCSE criteria
- create tension and suspense
These fully differentiated resources aim to build skills in descriptive writing for KS3 in preparation for the new GCSE specification 9-1.
These resources are ready to go with extracts provided. Simply download and teach.
Differentiation by colour:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
These resource use extracts from 'The road' 'Noughts and crosses' 'Frankenstein' and 'Jurassic Park' as a stimulus for descriptive writing.
These resources provide opportunities to:
- Identify descriptive writing in extracts
- develop first person narratives
- develop mysterious characters
- use the 5 senses
- identify and then use pathetic fallacy
- show not tell
Lesson power points and activities to support the teaching of The Curious incident of the dog in the night time.
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore context
- explore and analyse characters and themes
- write police reports
- explore and analyse language
- write descriptively and persuasively
- develop inference skills
TEACHING RESOURCES Including power point presentations and activities to support the teaching of imaginative writing.
Resources include opportunities to:
- develop characterisation
- explorer tabloid and broadsheet
- create tabloid and broadsheet
Resources to support the teaching of the history of language with focus on Chaucer and the Canterbury tales.
Canterbury tales included:
- Pardoner
- Knight
- Nun's priest
- Miller
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore context
- explore narrative structure
- tackle old English
- explore dialect and the development of English language
Power point lessons to support the teaching of Black Harvest.
Resources include opportunities to:
- assess understanding
- analyse stage craft
- analyse character and theme
- explore context
- perform the play and key scenes - speaking and listening and role play
- develop inference and empathy skills
13 differentiated lessons to support the teaching of ballads at KS3 for lower/middle ability students.
Differentiation:
Blue = low ability
Green = middle ability
Red = higher ability
Ballads covered:
1. Lefty and Ned
2. Homeless Jack
3. The ballad of Hillsborough
4. Frankie and Johnny
5. Charlotte Dymond
Opportunities for speaking and listening and homework also included
24 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of Animal Farm. All chapters covered. Lessons develop skills to access the 9-1 GCSE English literature paper.
Lessons are meticulously planned - can be downloaded and taught straight away. They are ready to go. Lessons are numbered for ease of use.
Enjoyable lessons for GCSE or KS3.
Differentiation:
purple = low ability
Blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
These resources provide opportunities to:
- Analyse character and theme
- Explore context
- Write persuasively
- explore allegory
- explore propaganda
- Analyse language
These fully differentiated (by colour) resources support the teaching of the entire novel 'Two weeks with the Queen.' Medium term plan also included along with homework tasks and assessment opportunities.
Over 25 lessons ready to go! Download and teach.
The medium term plan signposts opportunities to develop language and literature skills for 9-1 GCSE.
Differentiation:
Purple = low ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
These lessons are ready to go - download and teach straight away.
Resources provide opportunities to:
- Read for pleasure
- Analyse language and structure
- Analyse pathetic fallacy
- Analyse character and theme
- Writing opportunities including persuasive writing, diary entry,news reports, writing to advise, formal letter writing, leaflet writing
- Develop literacy skills including sentence forms, direct speech
- Analyse non fiction texts
- Build skills for the new 9-1 GCSE English language and literature specifications
Resources to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet act 1 scene 5 with a focus on comparing Shakespeare's original with Luhrmann's modern 1996 interpretation.
Lessons are fully differentiated by colour and numbered for ease of use.
These resources provide opportunities to:
- Compare interpretations of act 1 scene 5
- Analyse language, form and structure of two interpretations
- Analyse dramatic irony
- Practice structuring exam responses
- Explore context
- Explore how different audience may interpret the scene
This bundle includes a medium term plan (scheme of work) written in line with new specification AQA literature 9-1.
The medium term plan also signposts homework tasks and opportunities to embed skills needed for the language papers.
I have also included GCSE exam questions that have been written for An Inspector Calls that can be used to assess the literature component but also the language writing assessment objectives.
GCSE assessment questions that are included:
1. Inspector Calls character question
2. Inspector Calls theme question
3. Inspector Calls imaginative writing question (language exam skills)
4. Inspector Calls Non fiction and literary non fiction question (lang)
5. Inspector Calls transactional writing question (lang)
Three revision power points also included.
Also available as separate bundles are:
- Fully differentiated resources to support this MTP
- Revision activities to embed character, theme and context understanding
These resources help students to revise the characters, themes and context of the play.
The context resources can be used as a carousel activity.
The resources on themes and characters guide students through the process of answering an exam question, using success criteria and timings. Model answers are also included aimed at middle ability.
These resources cover act 2 and act 3 of An Inspector Calls and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
16 meticulously planned and fully differentiated lessons that are numbered for ease of use with activities included.
Homework tasks and assessment opportunities included.
Download and teach right away. These lessons are ready to go.
All lessons are fully differentiated by colour:
Purple = lower ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
Red = most able
These resources cover the following areas of act 2 and 3
- Context - socialism and capitalism, men and women, trade unions, Priestley's moral message, welfare state
- Exploration of the theme of responsibility
- character analysis
- theme analysis
- Assessments in line with 9-1 success criteria
- homework tasks
- opportunities for debate and persuasive writing (prep for lang exam)
- opportunities for imaginative writing (prep for lang exam)
- development of tension
- Analysis of Priestley's structure