Four lessons to launch and help prepare students for the AQA GCSE Spoken Language component of their exam. Lesson 1 focuses on exam guidelines and reviewing persuasive techniques Lesson 2 studies a speech and how these techniques are used effectively Lesson 3 focuses on rhetoric, using Ethos, Logos and Pathos Lesson 4 goes through how to structure a speech

A series of 5 lessons designed to help students plan and write exam responses for the AQA GCSE Romeo and Juliet question on English Literature Paper 1. Includes: Writing templates and essay planning sheets Past Paper questions Guidance on how to write thesis statements Successful sample responses

A lesson exploring the language Dickens uses to present the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come and how Scrooge reacts to this final Ghost. Photocopiable activities included.

A lesson exploring the role and function of the Chorus in Romeo and Juliet.

A lesson exploring the theme of inequality in An Inspector Calls, focusing on key quotations and language analysis. Useful as a revision lesson or review of the key themes in the text.

A lesson exploring the theme of responsibility in An Inspector Calls, focusing on key quotations and language analysis. Useful as a revision lesson or review of the key themes in the text.

A lesson guiding students to strengthen their written responses for the AQA GCSE Power and Conflict cluster, using Remains and Poppies. Covering thesis statements, What How Why paragraph structures and language analysis.

A lesson comparing Imtiaz Dharker’s ‘Tissue’ and ‘The Emigree’ by Carol Rumens from the AQA Power and Conflict poetry cluster. The lesson guides students through making links between the poems and writing a comparative response with success criteria.

Two lessons guiding pupils through how to approach poetry comparison for the AQA Power and Conflict cluster, focusing on Exposure and Bayonet Charge. Photocopiable resources included for each lesson.

Two lessons inviting pupils to draw comparisons between Ozymandias and My Last Duchess from the AQA Power and Conflict cluster and write their own comparative responses, with worksheets provided.

Two lessons to guide students through comparing Ozymandias and My Last Duchess from the AQA Power and Conflict cluster. Worksheets and resources included.

A lesson inviting pupils to draw comparisons between Ozymandias and London from the AQA Power and Conflict cluster and write their own comparative responses, with worksheets provided.

A 15 lesson SOW on R.C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End, guiding students through the play with an exploration of: Character Theme Context Language Analysis Photocopiable resources included

A lesson exploring how the older and younger characters are presented in the play, comparing and contrasting their attitudes (particularly Lord Capulet), building students up to writing an exam response.

A lesson exploring how far the character of Romeo is presented as a hopeless romantic, comparing and contrasting his attitude to love with that of the other characters within the play, building students to writing an exam response.

A series of 5 lessons exploring how Macbeth follows the conventions of Tragedy, focusing on the tragic plot structure, Macbeth as a tragic hero and the supernatural elements in the play. Lessons cover key vocabulary, language analysis, context and compare adaptations.

Two lessons focusing on the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick, particularly at the beginning of the play. With opportunities for discussion, close language analysis, evaluation of the text and social/historical context.

Two lessons examining the relationship of Hero and Claudio through the conventions of courtly love at the beginning of the play and the treatment of women in the wedding scene. Resources provide opportunities for close language analysis, discussion, social and historical context and evaluation of the text.

Two lessons examining the opening stage directions of An Inspector Calls in detail, considering: Priestley’s use of dramatic devices Close language analysis of how the Birling family are presented at the beginning of the play. Consideration of social and historical context Students guided to write an exam-style response with success criteria and model response