For staff and students to develop reading fluency.

All icons for the AQA Power and Conflict poems.

A fully-resourced lesson emulating Dickensian writing and crafting a description of a villain.

A poster to create a standardised approach to Language Paper 1, Question 5, but to be embedded further down in Key Stage Three as well.

A lesson exploring the origins of rhetoric (MA). Fully resourced.

A detailed lesson completing an academic read of an extract from ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’. This can be part of a study of ‘The Gothic’ genre and/or the 19th century.

A lesson exploring the use of imperatives through writing from the perspective of the Master of a workhouse.

A collection of starters and LP2 links for the war poems from the power and conflict cluster.

An evidence-based strategy guide outlining methods to raise literacy standards in secondary schools.

A document linking to the resources for the Fantasy fiction SOL.

A strategy poster outlining how to focus on reading fluency.

A collection of assessment resources to assess students on their ability to make inferences on a character in Fantasy fiction.

A Fantasy fiction lesson exploring the appearance of Gollum to develop annotation and inference skills.

An engaging two-part lesson introducing students to the magical world of Fantasy fiction.

A lesson exploring archetypal characters in Fantasy fiction (with links to Harry Potter).

A mini-sequence exploring the poem, ‘Poppies’, by Jane Weir through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem ‘Remains’ by Simon Armitage, including reading and writing tasks.

A lesson exploring the use of dialogue in Fantasy fiction through exploration of an extract from Harry Potter. Students will then be explored to a new form through an extract study of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

An engaging lesson consolidating understanding Fantasy fiction characters,.

A lesson exploring narrative structure and the role of characterisation during exposition. The text linked to this extract is A Pinch of Magic - the website has a fantastic resource bundle which I use with the lesson. All copyright to the author and not available as part of this purchase.