Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Charge of the light brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration - interleaved content - obedience in the poem and in Romeo & Juliet and An Inspector Calls - imaginative writing and upgrading sentences Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Checking out me history' by John Agard. 2 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'My last duchess' by Robert Browning. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Extract from the Prelude' by William Wordsworth. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration - interleaved content: dual nature in the poem and in Romeo and Juliet & An Inspector Calls - structure strip to elicit better responses - comparison to Storm on the island Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'War photographer' by Carol Ann Duffy. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Storm on the island' by Seamus Heaney. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration - interleave content with Romeo and Juliet. (troubles in both texts) - GCSE sample assessments Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'London' by William Blake. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley. ' 2 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Bayonet Charge' by Ted Hughes. 2 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Poppies' by Jane Weir. 3 lessons that include pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover: - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability

33 cards of television game shows for students to use in a variety of ways such as: - sorting my sub genre - sorting by format - sorting by scheduling slot etc. Simply print - cut and use.

Fully differentiated lessons to support the teaching of 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen. Interleaved content: misery in the poem and in Romeo and Juliet Carousel activities for exploring context and quotations 4 lessons that cover: - intro to analysing poetry - context of the poem - language analysis - form and structure exploration Differentiation: purple = low ability blue = middle ability yellow - high ability

A glossary of over 60 English language terms with definitions. Useful for students when identifying language in texts and for revising language terms ahead of examinations.

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of Q1 and Q2 of the AQA new specification 9-1 GCSE examination - paper2. Resources support the texts in the AQA GCSE English Language: Developing the skills for learning and assessment (turtle on the cover) ALL TEXTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources prepare students for answering Q1 and Q2 and cover the following: - structure strip to help form better responses to question 2 (synthesis) - introduction to paper 2 - expectations and timings - identifying key information in 19th century and modern texts - identifying the point of view of a writer - inferring - exploring how language creates tone - complete true or false tasks (as per the exam) for the texts read - explore the term synthesis - synthesise information from 2 texts - work in pairs and groups - explore model answers - investigate these of connectives to synthesise - self and peer assess - develop vocabulary and analyse vocabulary in texts using inference - explore audience and purpose Regular assessments are included to assess students ability in true or false and synthesis tasks. Texts covered: - Queer stories for a queer age - tattoo article (19th century) text included - Making my skin crawl - article about tattoos - Extract from Girl of the period (19th century) - A letter from Jenni - Inside the supermarket's dark stores All texts are included

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of Q3 and Q4 of the AQA new specification 9-1 GCSE examination - paper2. Resources support the texts provided in the AQA GCSE English Language: Developing the skills for learning and assessment (turtle on the cover) All texts are included in this bundle. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources prepare students for answering Q3 (language) and Q4 (comparison) and cover the following: - analysis of vocabulary - analysis of sentence forms - analysis of language techniques - explore audience and purpose - study of model answers - exploring the effect of language - improving exam responses using mark schemes - explore perspective - understand the difference between synthesis and comparison - form comparisons between texts - practice timed responses Regular assessments are included to assess students ability in true or false and synthesis tasks. Texts covered: - Inside the supermarket's dark stores - 19th century report on night market for the poor - Extract from 'The Girl of the period' about young people - Extract from Sui Sin Far's autobiography about growing up with dual identify - The Watercress girl - Why we shouldn't wrap our children in cotton wool All texts are included

4 templates for moderating and standardising,

A set of question prompts to support head of department preparation for an Ofsted interview about a subject area. This was done for English but works for all department areas.

This document was created to self evaluate the department against the Ofsted 'good' criteria and was incredibly useful in anticipation of an Ofsted visit.

This document was written to outline the vision for the English department and is built around the skill areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening.