A structured worksheet with 5 tasks for students to work through to help them improve their descriptive writing.

6 worksheets to support the teaching of descriptive writing about WW1 trench warfare. To prepare KS2 and 3 students for the AQA GCSE exam on creative writing, the writing is inspired by a specific image. The worksheets cover figurative language, sensuous descriptions, planning and model examples.

2 differentiated writing frames to help students answer the following question: Compare the ways the poets in My Last Duchess and one other poem (Ozymandias) present the power of pride. (30). The tough version includes sentence starts for the initial conceptual comparisons while the tougher version offers more independence.

Write a poem based on the play. Bronze: cinquain Silver: haiku Gold: personification poem

Writing to describe a room in your house. 5 levels of differentiation. I found this to be useful for a cover lesson on descriptive writing.

A useful resource for getting KS3 students to self-assess their progress in English. Includes a detailed VCOP and some exemplars.

Extended writing self assessment grid

Writing frame for a podcast

Useful model when looking at descriptive writing.

Lesson and differentiated resources for teaching students how to write a review of the award winning short film ‘Father and Daughter’ 2008 by Michael Dudok de Vit. Link to film included.

‘When I have fears’ by Keats. 2 worksheets containing reading and writing tasks.

11 strategies for how best to use teacher modelling of exam responses.

Media terminology - card sort activity

Revision flash cards that contain 4 key quotations for each poem along with 4 annotations for each quotation. The purpose of the cards is the encourage students to find as much as they can to say about each key quotation by searching for deeper inferences which link to A02 (methods) and A03 (context). Also includes the information as a PowerPoint with animated annotations so students can attempt to explain the 4 quotes before you reveal the answers. Also contains a quiz with 5 questions per poem and answer sheet.

Room 101 speaking and listening lesson and resources

A lesson on The Manhunt followed by a lesson on how to write a comparison between Manhunt and Dulce et Decorum Est.

Lesson introducing To Autumn. Includes annotations, context and questions.

PowerPoint full lesson with resource for analysing the poem independently to compare to teacher annotations. Also includes a sample exam question.

Several helpful and printable revision sheets and activity sheets covering key quotations for characters, themes and stage directions with links to examination questions and context. The themes covered include: Responsibility Class Age Gender Wealth, Power and Influence.