A scheme of work focusing on chapters 1-11 of the novel Goodnight Mister Tom. Aimed at 11-14 year olds but can be adapted to suit younger students. This scheme is aimed at middle ability students but does use challenge questions (sub-titled on the slides) to enable you to stretch and challenge your most able. The scheme aims to build reading skills to prepare students for the new specification examinations. The skills that they develop during this module are linked to their ability to differentiate between explicit and implicit information and infer meaning and the writer's message. Students will also be able to develop their contextual knowledge and learn how to apply this to their reading to aid understanding. Each powerpoint should complement the reading of each chapter. Each lesson has a mini starter linked to the text. There is then a SPAG/Literacy starter to compliment the lesson. Most lessons are focused on the reading of a chapter, this is then followed by an activity based on the students' reading and then a developmental activity to consolidate their learning. There is also a Scheme of Learning Document (see FJO shop) available that may be useful if the scheme is being used for a whole department. This clearly details the overall learning journey of the module and clearly shows the differentiation strategy.

These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination. Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read. There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment. There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.

A KS3 plan of how to teach, plan and track literacy across the key stage. Each plan tracks the language and grammar skills that students will need for the new English Language and Literature specifications GCSE examinations from 2015. Each document depicts a language, a punctuation and a sentence skill that students will focus on each half term. It also has a clear rationale of how each skills links to the assessment objectives from the exam. It is intended to help staff to target specific skills each half term. There is also a section that details suggested reading activities to be used with class novels. Each activity is linked to Bloom’s taxonomy as well as the AO’s and are different for each key stage. The year 9 document also suggests how questions can be phrased to link to the new English Language (unseen literature) paper 1. The scheme is intended to be used by a department to aid building literacy into existing schemes of work or to help structure stand alone library/literacy lessons.

A lesson to introduce the poem and encourage an independent approach to analysis. The poem is from the New Spec AQA English Literature Anthology- Love and Relationships Cluster.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to comparing poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poems and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently. Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas. This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students. Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will read an extract from Stave one and consider the description of Scrooge. Students will be prompted to identify and explain the language used to describe Scrooge as well as answering reading comprehension questions to check understanding and develop their analytical skills.

A lesson that explores the story of A Christmas Carol while developing KS3 descriptive writing skills. This is ideal to use with students in the Autumn term and the lead up to Christmas as they are able to get the flavour of the text while also developing key GCSE creative writing skills. Students will explore how to create effective similes and metaphors. They will look at examples from the text and consider their effects. They will then use Tiny Tim as a stimulus to describe. They are also shown a model paragraph and there is a planning slide for a formative assessment.

A lesson that explores Act 1 Scene 2. Students consider how they can use powerful verbs to create atmosphere. They then think about the qualities/personalities/connotations of a father and daughter and a magician and their magic. They then apply these ideas and look at how Miranda converses with her father and analyse her language use. They they move on to focus on Prospero and choose from one of three arguments to focus their extended writing on. Students then produce a PEAL paragraph/extended response based on their selected essay question. There is also a PEAL/PEE support table mat to scaffold learning that includes a sample paragraph and quotation bank.

A lesson to accompany the reading of Chapter 1 of The Crowfield Curse. Aimed at KS3.

A lesson designed for KS3 as an introduction to poetry. The lesson explores the imagery and themes presented in the poem and aims to enhance their love of poetry.

A lesson to introduce the poem and encourage an independent approach to analysis. The poem is from the New Spec AQA English Literature Anthology- Love and Relationships Cluster.