30 facts about Shakespeare and his plays. Cut them up and ask students to move around the room sharing information. A useful activity to get students thinking about Shakespeare ahead of studying a play.

A lesson to support the comparison of 2 war poems in line with the new specification success criteria for 9-1.

Resources to support the teaching of TV Game shows. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities for: - exploring genre and sub genre - exploration of Young and Rubican's 4Cs - developing own ideas for a tv game show - exploring institutions - exploring representation - exploring audience pleasures - exploring narrative sequences - exploring opening sequences - to watch and examine existing game shows Mock exams and revision materials are also included

Resources to help get started with teaching video games and gamers. Lessons are numbered for ease of use. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore arcade gaming - explore institutions - explore platforms - consoles, tablets etc. and specifications - explore game types - shoot-em-ups, first person shooter, strategy etc. - explore video game audiences - demographic, geo-demographic, psychographic - explore types of gamer - casual, mid-core, hard-core, social niche etc. - explore audience profiles - explore the 4Cs (media theory) - explore the history of games consoles

Resources to support the teaching of audio production. Lesson were planned to teach BTEC first unit 6 audio production but are equally suitable to help students understand audio for any Media studies course. Students work towards a brief and will create audio (a radio programme) by following industry practice. Resources provide opportunities to: - explore a variety of audio - music, noise, silence, speech, special effects - explore audio files - mp3, mp4, wav, AIFF, CD, DAB, FM - explore mono and stereo - monitor own audio consumption - explore broadcast audio and non broadcast audio - explore uses and gratifications - Blumler and Katz - explore microphones - edit audio using editing software - follow a Media brief to create a radio programme (broadcast audio) - explore and create radio sweepers, promos, idents, music beds etc. - conduct research - primary and secondary Differentiation using a points system. Students complete tasks to earn points, Difficult tasks have the most points attached to them. A work book is included for students to use while studying.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

10 key quotations from Jekyll and Hyde, each with an accompanying image to help stduents remember them. Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation.

Resource s to support the revision of Animal Farm for GCSE with reference to the AQA literature paper Resources provide opportunities to: - revise characters - revise themes - structure a response to the question - mark a sample response

Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'Of Mice and Men' chapter 1. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities to: - explore pathetic fallacy in the opening - analyse character presentation - explore animal imagery - use 'what, how, why' as a method for analysis instead of PEE which is too restrictive - explore George and Lennie's American Dream - work in groups in carousel activities - use writing strips to structure better responses

Lessons to support the revision of the new specification English language paper 1 for AQA. Perfect to use in class as a walking talking mock - whereby you guide students thorough each question and allow them the suggested time to complete each task. Using a sample paper provide by AQA which uses an extract from 'City of beasts' the resources: - guide students through how to tackle each question - provide suggested timings - provide sample answers - provide tips and strategies for planning a response - show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task - provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria Extract taken from: City of Beasts

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from chapter 3.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from The Carew Murder Case.

Resources to support the exploration of 'The tell tale heart' by Edgar Allan Poe Resources provide opportunities for: - exploration of context of writer - analysis of the creation of tension - quotation analysis - exploration of narrative structure

A selection of activities that make links to other literature texts whilst studying the poetry in an effort to help student retention of previously studied texts. Activities make links to: An Inspector Calls Romeo and Juliet Each activity takes a theme that is evident in a particular poem and encourages students to make connections with the same theme in other texts that have been studied.

2 pages of quiz cards for the power and conflict poetry to use as part of revision with answers. Each question has a quotation and requires students to: 1. identify the poem 2. identify a technique used by the poet 3. Answer a deeper question relating to the effect of the technique When printed off and photocopied back to back each card will have the answer on the reverse. I use these in folders (as shown in the image attached) and students spend the first 5-10 mins of certain lessons revising silently. Every correctly answered question moves a step back in the folder. Any question answered incorrectly moves back to the front. This is known as the Leitner method for retaining knowledge as part of regular testing. The Leitner method dictates which sections of the folder should be revised. The rota for his is also attached.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from chapter 6.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from chapter 10.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from chapter 9.

A revision scheme of work on Jekyll and Hyde for the 9-1 English literature course. The scheme follows an extract booklet of 10 key extracts with lots of differentiated tasks for students to complete based on each one. The scheme allows students to revise the text and apply the necessary skills for the exam. Also included: structure strips sample exam questions extract booklet work sheets including tension graphs peer/self assessment sticker template