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I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.

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I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
Sentence types and Autobiography
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Sentence types and Autobiography

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This lesson contains: Creative and critical tasks Multiple challenge opportunities An extract-based task A creative writing opportunity PLUS a preview to help new teachers understand how the lesson works
Ramadan Calendars Lesson
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Ramadan Calendars Lesson

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One lesson, Two resources (a calendar and prompt cards), 8 slides. This lesson, students will: Learn about the core tenets of Ramadan Consider acts of kindness and charity Create ‘acts of care’ calendars for a working wall. Though, of course, students may not be religious - it is still important to consider how acts of selflessness can help the community! Students will create their own ‘acts of care’ calendar, in which they consider gestures of charity, self-care and kindness towards family and friends that they can enact throughout the month of Ramadan. Don’t forget to leave a review if you liked this resource.
Introduction to Romanticism
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Introduction to Romanticism

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I have used this lesson to prepare A-Level Literature students to read Blake’s Songs of Innocence & Experience, but this could easily be a stand alone lesson for high level Y11 students and above.
Power and Protest: Peasants Revolts
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Power and Protest: Peasants Revolts

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This is the second lesson in a scheme of work that focuses on protest writing, with a specific focus on the Romantic movement. This lesson focuses on the peasant’s revolt of 1381 and the reasons for the discontent in the country. The students will read poetry from and about the time in preparation for learning about the Romantic movement. The other lessons in this scheme are available in my shop, or in a bundle if you want a deal!
Power and Protest: Milton's Influence
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Power and Protest: Milton's Influence

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This is the third lesson in a scheme of work that focuses on protest writing, with a specific focus on the Romantic movement. This lesson focuses on the Milton and his impact - specifically the controversy of Paradise Lost. The students will Miltonic excerpts as well as quotation from other poets who Milton influenced in preparation for responding to an unseen Romantic poem next lesson. The other lessons in this scheme are available in my shop, or in a bundle if you want a deal!
Intro to Shakespeare: Class in Elizabethan England
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Intro to Shakespeare: Class in Elizabethan England

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This lesson is the second in a 3 lesson mini scheme of work on the context of Shakespearean England. However, this could easily be a stand alone lesson. This session focuses on the social classes of Elizabethan England, and where they would be positioned in the theatre. The students will complete a creative writing task from the perspective of a groundling, and then self-review against a success criteria.
Beowulf: Grendel & Making a Monster
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Beowulf: Grendel & Making a Monster

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This lesson contains: A vocab list A simplified version of Beowulf (the section in which the Vikings of Heorot pray to the ‘wrong’ Gods to rid them of Grendel), and a discussion about the concept of sin and the Christian notion of false gods. A making a monster worksheet Progress checks
Beowulf: Grendel's Mother Intro
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Beowulf: Grendel's Mother Intro

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**This Lesson Includes: ** Vocab List Two Simplified Extracts (After the Death of Grendel, Introduction to Grendel’s Mother). I have rewritten these sections of the original text so they are easily understood by a Y7-Y8 student, but still challenging. Comprehension Questions and Answers annotation task Description task & Success Criteria (Plus Sentence Openers) Self-Reflection Task
Macbeth: Scene 1 - The Witches
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Macbeth: Scene 1 - The Witches

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This pack contains: The original Act 1, Scene 1 text & accompanying translation A Context Reading Resource 60 minute Lesson including word of the week, context task, acting out the play task, and creative task. Macbeth knowledge organiser Macbeth vocab list
Disaster Writing: Group Project
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Disaster Writing: Group Project

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This project, best delivered to KS3, contains enough content to cover a week of learning. Included is a teacher instruction pack that contains the learning goals. In this presentation are: 5 activities 6 resources Problem solving skills Planning skills Descriptive writing First person narrative Characterisation
International Day Lesson
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International Day Lesson

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This lesson, suitable for any KS3 class, contains activities to do with International day, including a questionnaire, a mind-mapping and a creative task.