Learning Challenge: Can I make inferences on a Gothic setting description? Skills Tested: Inference and selecting appropriate textual evidence. Text Focus: Wuthering Heights setting description.

Building tasks towards analysis of a Gothic character (Frankenstein) with scaffolding. Produced for a Y7 scheme, but easily adapted.

A lesson introducing students to personification, quizzing knowledge, addressing misconceptions, making connections to pop-culture and including this in their own creative writing. Always a very engaging lesson.

A MA, engaging lesson exploring Freytag’s pyramid narrative structure. Learning Challenge: Can I explore how a text is structured through my understanding of ‘Freytag’s pyramid’? Any feedback greatly appreciated.

DROP - SHIFT - ZOOM IN - ZOOM OUT - LINK structure strip.

An engaging lesson exploring Charles Dickens’ early life, attitudes towards society and other contextual factors.

A single lesson on creating a Dickensian villain using Dickensian writing methods.

A lesson on Sherlock Holmes to begin a reading of any of Conan Doyle’s stories. A very engaging and discussion-based lesson.

What is sci-fi? Conventions, impact and role in popular culture.

Low-stakes retrieval task.

A lesson using Alice in Wonderland as a stimulus to make inferences on more challenging texts. Designed specifically with online learning in mind.

A bundle of original resources to ensure whole-school reading is a priority across the school.

Creating a Dickensian description of London.

Learning Challenge: Can I identify the elements of a fairy tale narrative? Designed with Zoom/Teams in mind, so will need tweaking for face-to-face teaching.

Learning Challenge: Can I evaluate what makes a successful narrative opening and emulate this in my own writing? Topic focus: Fairy tales.

A lesson exploring fairy tale openings through Perrault and Grimm.

A single lesson introducing non-fiction, with a focus on purpose, audience, text type, and annotating any non-fiction extract. MA/HA KS3.

A booklet for quick progress checks at the end of each day (designed for a 1 week summer school program, but easily adaptable).

A comprehensive overview of reading in a full academic year, including the use of Accelerated Reader. These resources have been created over the past three years. As the reading co-ordinator for the school, the following resources were submitted and received acclaim for the Renaissance Reading Awards 2019 and 2020. Any other resources you may require, please do get in touch. All proceeds to go to supporting the local food bank.

An engaging lesson to plan a literary party for characters studied across the year.