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I’ve been teaching for 11 years and love creating engaging, student led lessons that allow students of all abilities to enjoy English and achieve to the best of their ability.

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I’ve been teaching for 11 years and love creating engaging, student led lessons that allow students of all abilities to enjoy English and achieve to the best of their ability.
Film Review / Media SOW
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Film Review / Media SOW

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Looking at camera angles, SFX, music and other aspects of film that contribute to overall success or failure of films. Full revision booklet for students as well as PPTs and worksheets. Many clips, examples of well written reviews, worksheets to complete, group work, creative tasks.
Introduction to Shakespare
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Introduction to Shakespare

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Introduction lesson to Shakespeare. Picture of Shakespeare to annotate. True or False quiz with facts about Shakespeare. Shakespeare insults plenary.
Macbeth - Theme - Speaking and Listening
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Macbeth - Theme - Speaking and Listening

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Exploring the theme of responsibility in Macbeth. Can be used for speaking and listening or as an engaging way to consolidate plot. Students need to work in groups to stage a trial of either the witches, Lord or Lady Macbeth. Rules of group work included. Roles for each person. Questions to consider. Essay question to consolidate at end of task.
Macbeth Bundle
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Macbeth Bundle

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Seven lessons on Macbeth. Analysis Creative Writing - write your own spell. Speaking and Listening on theme of deceit. A murder mystery acting as a revsion tool and looking at themes and plot. Creative enquiry - staging the witches scene. Shakespeare introduction lessons. Two of the lessons have been used with OFSTED and rated 'Outstanding'.
Heroes and Villains SOW KS3 - Drama, Reading and Writing
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Heroes and Villains SOW KS3 - Drama, Reading and Writing

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SOW for KS3 A SOW looking at contemporary heroes and villains - focus on drama but with reading and writing also. Teacher models Persuasive writing Monologue writing Speaking and listening Creative writing Analysis Research tasks Clips Previously on TES with 12 reviews at 5 star rating - TES recommended. A well-planned, drama-based scheme of that is also effectively mapped in terms of reading, writing and speaking and listening. Engaging content and a great range of activities and resources. Thank very much for sharing this collection of resources; it'll be featured in the next secondary English newsletter - w/c 1st October 2012 Quotes from teachers Everything here is of a really high standard and very detailed - many thanks for this :) Brilliant- modern and useful! Just what I need for my year 7 class. Thank you for sharing A very detailed and comprehensive resource. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Macbeth's Witches - Creative Enquiry
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Macbeth's Witches - Creative Enquiry

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These lessons take 4-5 lessons to complete. Creative enquiry looking at staging Macbeth. Can be assessed as speaking and listening. Group work - considering themes, connotations of choices of language and setting etc.
Media and Non-Fiction - Mini SOW
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Media and Non-Fiction - Mini SOW

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Mini SOW - group work analysing and creating their own media campaigns. 8 lessons with PPTs. 17 page PPT with posters to analyse. Other posters for group work presentations on language and presentation features. Looking at importance of language. Logos and slogans. Posters and importance of presentation. Opportunity for speaking and listening.
Creating Believable Settings/Storyboarding Ideas
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Creating Believable Settings/Storyboarding Ideas

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KS3 lesson creating setting and storyboarding creative writing. Questions to help develop depth of setting Structure of chapters/short stories - one setting leading to another then another - but what happens in each? Storyboard to plot ideas in more detail.
Fantasy Writing
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Fantasy Writing

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KS3 lesson analysing fantasy writing and the fantasy genre Clips to help understanding conventions of fantasy genre Extracts from different fantasy novels - Aladdin and Eragon, LOTR (for higher ability) to annotate and explore.
Itinerant Workers - Theme of Isolation - Of Mice and Men
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Itinerant Workers - Theme of Isolation - Of Mice and Men

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Focus on possessions to explore isolation. What do itinerant workers carry on them? Symbolic meaning to any items? Exploring items in detail. Whit and the Bill Tanner letter. Crooks and his possessions. Analysis of theme of isolation. PQEL framework and mark scheme.
Theme of Dreams - Of Mice and Men
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Theme of Dreams - Of Mice and Men

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Discussion on what dreams are and why we have them. Robert Burns' poem - how does this influence our understanding of the theme? Brief analysis of poem. The American Dream. Dreams of characters. Lennie and George's dream - how is it similar, how is it different.
Steinbeck and Themes - Of Mice and Men
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Steinbeck and Themes - Of Mice and Men

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Exploring Steinbeck and major life events. Sort events into correct order. What aspects of the context are reflected in the novella? What aspects of Steinbeck's own life are reflected in the novella? What about key themes? What does the language used by itinerant workers reveal? Word match up task. Question on Steinbeck.
Of Mice and Men Resource Bundle
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Of Mice and Men Resource Bundle

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How to structure an essay. Context - Steinbeck, Itinerant Workers. Teacher models. Mark schemes. Themes - Dreams, Isolation, Relationships. Characters - Crooks, Curley's Wife, Whit, George and Lennie.
Of Mice and Men - Responsibility
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Of Mice and Men - Responsibility

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Who is responsible for the death of Lennie Small? Creative way to get students to engage with debating the end of the novella. Helps consolidate plot and develop sophisticated arguments about responsibility. Clear instructions for group work. Mark scheme. Roles of different characters.
Analysing Poetry - Good for Unseen.
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Analysing Poetry - Good for Unseen.

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Analysis of the poem Manhunt by Simon Armitage. What to look for when analysing poems Three different exam questions. Poem for annotation. Poem annotated with questions to guide students. Venn diagram for comparison with another poem. PQEL framework.
Mini SOW - 10 lessons - Analysing Poems
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Mini SOW - 10 lessons - Analysing Poems

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A mini SOW focusing on analysis but with creative writing and S&L too. Roughly 10 lessons. War poetry - emotive and compelling poems from 911, Cambodian Civil War and Vietnam. Looking at the repercussions of war for soldiers. Teacher model of answers. Analysis of structure. Targets for grades C, B and A. Group work. Creative writing. Speaking and listening. Previously on TES with 5 star rating and over 1k downloads. "These sheets and activities will be a wonderful help when teaching my Year 9 students anti-war poetry. Many thanks for sharing such valuable resources. Best wishes :)"
Language Exam - Non-Fiction Writing - How to make writing powerful
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Language Exam - Non-Fiction Writing - How to make writing powerful

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Avoiding being dull in non-fiction writing in the Language exam Worksheet with step by step instructions and model examples. Exam question. Class discussion. Clip with example (there are a couple of swear words so may wish to swap for other clips attached at the bottom) Teacher model for annotation.
Ageism - Of Mice and Men
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Ageism - Of Mice and Men

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Exploring the theme of ageism. Shooting of Candy's dog - questions to deepen understanding. Finding strong quotes. Context - information. Finding examples of agism and explaining impact.