Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification Edexcel conflict poetry collection: 1. Cousin Kate 2. Catrin 3. Half Caste 4. The Class Game 5. Belfast Confetti Outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned and numbered for ease of use. Ready to go lessons. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability Lessons cover language, form, structure and context in order to prepare students to the requirements of the new 9-1 literature examinations. The other 10 poems are also available in separate bundles.

Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification Edexcel conflict poetry collection: 1. Poppies 2. War photographer 3. Charge of the light brigade 4. Exposure 5. Extract from the prelude Outstanding lessons (2-3 power points per poem) that are meticulously planned and numbered for ease of use with activities and homework tasks included. Ready to go lessons. Lessons cover: language, form, structure and context to meet the requirements of the new specification. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of poetry on the theme of power to KS3 or GCSE. The poems make up 8 of the poems that need covering for the AQA 9-1 poetry component. These resources could equally be used for KS3 to prepare students for GCSE poetry if a different exam board is being used for GCSE. Resources cover context, language, form and structure. Poems covered: - Tissue - Emigree - Checkin out me history - London - Ozymandias - Extract from the Prelude - My last Duchess - Storm on the island Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

Fully differentiated resources (by colour) to support the teaching of war poetry. Poems covered form 7 of the 15 poems that need to be covered for the AQA 9-1 English literature poetry component but can be taught in KS3 if a different exam board is being taught. The lessons will prepare students for analysing poetry at GCSE if chosen to use at KS3 these would be ideal preparation. Poems covered: - Exposure - Kamikazee - War photographer - Bayonet charge - Poppies - Charge of the light brigade - Remains Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability

Differentiated resources to support the teaching of poetry that deals with discrimination. Poems covered: - Half Caste - race - The class game - social class - Your dad did what - Hitcher - Cousin Kate - Our Sharpeville - Parade's end Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of war poetry. Poetry covered: - Exposure - August 6 1945 - The Drum - O what is that sound? - Invasion - Conscientious objector - Belfast Confetti Resources explore language, form, structure and context. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability

Fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of context for the 15 AQA new specification 9-1 GCSE English literature poems. (Power and conflict) Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

Revision booklet for Macbeth with activities to help students revise character, theme, context etc. This booklet would be useful for students after studying or to complete as they study the play or complete as a homework project.

A variety of writing templates. Templates included: - newspaper template - facebook page template - twitter page template - shield - Story board template - book review template - leaflet template

Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of Q1 and Q2 of the AQA new specification 9-1 GCSE examination - paper2. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources prepare students for answering Q1 and Q2 and cover the following: - 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 Not all texts are included - but can easily be found in the text book below: AQA GCSE English Language: Developing the skills for learning and assessment (turtle on the cover)

Resources to support the creating of an audio product. (Week 4) Opportunities to: - explore the importance of audio editing - audacity software - create an audio product- example given is a radio broadcast - the task requires students to bring together everything they've learned in weeks 1-3 including microphones, acoustics, purposes etc. - conduct risk assessments before recoding on location as per industry - evaluate own production work

Resources to support the exploration of audio production - week 3 - microphones. Opportunities to: - identify types of microphones - lavalier, direct connected, boundary, parabolic, noise cancelling etc. - explore dynamic microphones and how they work - the proximity effect - investigate polar pattern of microphones - investigate polar response - use microphones to test out the proximity effect and directionality Week's resources culminates with an assessment of understanding..

Resources to support the exploration of audio production. (Week 2) Resources provide opportunities to explore: - audio file formats - AIFF, mp3 etc. - audio platforms - media player, iTunes etc - mono and stereo - acoustics in different locations such as full and empty rooms, theatres and open spaces - recording audio in different environments - direct sound and reverberation - interior and exterior recording

Resources to support the exploration of audio. (week1) Resources provide opportunities to: - explore audio types - silence, noise, speech, music etc. - explore why audio is used - to create mood, to introduce an era, to reinforce an image etc. - explore contrapuntal and pleonastic audio Links to YouTube audio examples for each of the audio purposes are included. The week's work of resources culminates in an assessment of understanding task.

Resources to support the teaching of Audio production originally planned for the BTEC course unit 4. Lessons provide opportunities for students to explore and analyse: - types of audio - music, speech, silence, noise etc. - why audio is used - create mood, ambience, rhythm, reinforce images, introduce era etc. YouTube link examples to help students understand different purposes. - the difference between pleonastic and contrapuntal audio - Acoustics in different locations including theatres, empty & full rooms, open spaces etc. - digital audio file formats - mps. dvd, AIFF etc. - mono and stereo - direct sound and reverberation - interior and exterior recording - record own audio using editing software - a range of microphone types including: lavalier, boundary, direct connected, parabolic, noise cancelling etc. - polar response in microphones

Resources to support the revision of Victorian context including: - gentlemanly behaviour - Victorian women - Victorian society - Victorian Holidays - Victorian England Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Video clip links included to support student revision.