Examples, sentence stems and then a question for students to do on their own. Reading and Writing.

I wrote this model response for some very motivated, high ability students who want to know ‘what does perceptive/insightful look like?’

Knowledge Organiser for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Obvs debatable what should and shouldn’t be on this. Context heavy so probably better for AQA.

2 quotes with some explanation for all 15 poems. 2 sides as a start point for Year 11 revision.

Here is a one off lesson I made for the department to celebrate and recognise International Women’s Day. Non fiction reading skills and some vocabulary building, plus some note taking opportunities and ‘synthesising’ / summary skills linked to Lang Paper 2. Also can be linked to War Photographer Carol Ann Duffy.

commas, full stops, sentence structure. Work through powerpoint with worksheet.

I have made this for our Y11 students as a start point for revising Much Ado.

I wrote this for a very motivated, very able group who are asking 'what does perceptive/insightful look like?' I would definitely not use for any group!! :)

Whole lesson with slides for each stage. Two worksheets that allow differentiation and paired discussion. Differentiated personal response task for 10 minutes silent writing. I was observed as 'Outstanding' with this lesson.

I used this to help my class generate some ideas for their Creative Writing Controlled Assessment on 'Journeys&'.

full story with footnoted definitions of more difficult vocabulary

Workbook I made for my Y13 Lit group (Edexcel) to revise Godot. Activities to discuss in lesson time but also spaces for independent revision, sentence rehearsal, links to online resources and note-taking.

you might find this useful for Poetry exam revision. I have only included Band 5 - Band 2 for brevity. I will be using it with a group with B - D targets.

I used this ocean-themed lesson to revise simile and metaphor and to help my Year 10s generate ideas for their Controlled Assessment Creative Writing on 'Journeys&'.

A lesson with Do Now starter activity, think, pair, share work, reading and answering a typical Q4 for Language Paper 1 - critically evaluating a fiction text - with sentence starters to model/scaffold. Extract from Treasure Island included as a worksheet.

Use these for revision - students cut out and stick down, then find and write quotations that can be linked to each. Use the ppt slides to quiz and the answers to extend understanding. Draws out links between context and the play. Super for revising An Inspector Calls for the new GCSE English Literature Language Paper 2 AO3

This is a sample Unseen Poetry paper that I made for my top set Year 11. I chose two poems by Simon Armitage and tried to use the wording on the AQA Specimen papers for Literature Paper 2 in my questions. The poems are I Am Very Bothered and Unnamed poem. Please note the second poem deals with the theme of domestic violence and will need to be used with caution depending on who is in your group. Note this Unseen Poetry paper includes two unseen poems and two questions. The first question is worth 24 marks and the second (comparing two unseen poems) is worth 8 marks. This is different to previous Unseen Poetry papers where students had only 1 poem and 1 question to answer. I have written model answers for each question and provided snippets of the AQA mark scheme for students to annotate and mark. This would be useful to use in class before a mock exam or set as a homework task.

A lesson for AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 Writer's Viewpoints Section B Question 5 (Writing) Where students have to respond to a statement in an extended piece of persuasive prose. Includes the IPREFERCHATS acronym with worksheet and examples of each technique for students to stick into their books. Do Now! task, learning objective on every slide, paired planning activity, independent writing task, self and peer assessment opportunity at the end.

I created this for the Michael Williams novel Now Is The Time For Running to use with Year 8. Use the knowledge organiser for sharing the learning journey, supporting students with weaker literacy and for setting homework. Also good for communication with parents about content. We also used this KI as a model in whole school CPD on Knowledge Organisers.

I made this one side page of Key Quotes for GCSE students to memorise as a start point for revision.