Complete unit of work beginning with KS3 work on ‘A Modest Proposal’, using ‘Viz’ comic and articles by Jeremy Clarkson to develop understanding of rhetorical devices, parody, satire and irony - then introducing KS4 work on Spoken Language presentations with examples and non-fiction based activities that in turn link to writing for a purpose for Paper 2 Q5. 4 long PPTs to support 12 activities and display work should yield 20 or more lessons depending on the ability of your group. Text based work is suitable for cover work as well, including comprehensions and exam practice based on examples easily accessible to a non-specialist.

Mostly suitable for Y9 but would challenge an able Y8 class. It could be taught as part of your regular schemes of work, put together as a self-contained study booklet or used to support absent colleagues with its ‘copy and teach’ format. Each text has a PPT version of the poem to support class reading. Included: Introductory and all supporting Powerpoints Worksheets on all the following: (Including all source material) Extract from ‘The Iliad’ by Homer Extract from ‘The Knight’s Tale’ by Geoffrey Chaucer (2 lessons) ‘Before Agincourt’ – from ‘Henry V by William Shakespeare ‘Fears in Solitude’ – Samuel Taylor Coleridge ‘Napoleon’ – William Thackeray ‘Come up from the fields Father’ – Walt Whitman ‘The War Prayer’ – by Mark Twain ‘What the Bullet Sang’ – Brett Harte ‘In Snow’ – William Allingham ‘A soldier’s battle’ by Arthur Conan Doyle ‘Dirge of the Dead Sisters’ - Anon ‘Vitae Lampada – Sir Henry Newbolt ‘The City Clerk’ – J.A Nicklin ‘Who’s for the Game?’ – Jessie Pope ‘Fall In’ – Harold Begbie ‘I shouted for blood’ – Janet Begbie ‘The Hyaenas’ – Rudyard Kipling ‘The World in Armour’ – William Watson ‘Counter Attack’ – Siegfried Sassoon Extract from ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque ‘Statement against the continuation of the War’ – Siegfried Sassoon

It says fairy tales but it’s quite scary - so beware your more tender hearted souls. The usual worksheets, resources and powerpoints for a jolly good teach-out. If you’re really wanting to spread the culture, check out Paula Rego - the Portuguese artist who illustrated some fairly heavy tales.

A great introduction to Persuasive Writing, using adverts to stimulate interest and engagement in the main task, analysis of three texts: JFK’s Moon Speech, Old Major’s Speech from Animal Farm and and Extract from Swift’s A Modest Proposal.

A useful ppt to support any media, non-fiction or other work, where gender issues are likely to figure as a part of the learning. Being a difficult and controversial issue, the ppt makes no claim to expertise; it only throws out ideas.

PPTs and Worksheets to link Logos, to slogans, to adverts to persuasive writing of the highest calibre.

An excellent pre-GCSE introduction to Dickens for Y9 - several powerpoints and comprehensions - to support a comprehensive introduction to how Dickens wrote about the less savoury aspects of English life in the 19th Century.

A single ppt three lesson unit based on The Gashleycrumb Tinies, suitable for a fun intro to Gothic Literature for KS3. Accessible and interactive for able Y7s up to more challenging Y9s.

About 5 weeks’ work for KS3. Extracts, ppts and activities based on Great Expectations, Bleak House and Oliver Twist, for an able Y7 class, a good mixed ability Y8 class, or a struggling Y9 class to prepare them for the language and themes in A Christmas Carol

Philip Larkin, Maya Angelou, Simon Armitage, Gillian Clarke, Sylvia Plath, Tony Harrison RS Thomas, Linda Pastan, Theodore Roethke, Vicki Feaver, Seamus Heaney, Carol Anne Duffy, Wislawa Syzymborska, WH Auden, Ekaterina Serbrovskaya, Anna Akhmatova, John Agard.

A range of poets including Philip Larkin, Maya Angelou, Tony Harrison, Simon Armitage, Gillian Clarke etc These are my choice and not just re-cycled old anthology poems (well, except the Armitage and Clarke). But I like them so stuff it.

A selection of unseen poems from a range of poets including Ted Hughes, Maya Angelou, Tony Harrison, Gillian Clarke, Philip Larkin and others. There is a pupil booklet with activities for each poem as well as a strategy for overall study. The poems are accompanied by a powerpoint including each poem.

This scheme took me about two months solid to write and it’s brilliant. Really.

6 weeks’ work with PPTs and Worksheets - works as an introduction to Gothic Literature. Could be used for a very able Y7 group, a mixed ability Y8 or a reluctant Y9 group as an introduction to the more challenging vocabulary and syntax of Dickens and Stevenson.

A complete unit of work giving pupils practical experience of the knowledge and skills necessary for the new spec AQA English Language Paper 1.

5 weeks’ worth of lessons to teach this much loved but under represented play - annoys me that Inspector Calls tends to pip it, which is why I’ve included the High Prior Attainment work and RAG most of the lessons. I teach AQA but the specification has changed about a billion times in the last six seconds, so most of the work is as generic as possible; I don’t go for teaching to the exam, I teach the play. It’s what we’re paid for. Passing the exam is the pupils’ job. Enjoy :-)

For each lesson there is a Powerpoint presentation and a differentiated close-reading Microsoft Word worksheet, plus a range of non-fiction activities designed to address the book’s historical context. This unit allows the teacher to study the book closely in parallel with class reading; it introduces the sensitive and complex subject matter incrementally, allowing Y7s or Y8s enough time and opportunity to best appreciate the shock of the book’s final event .

This is pretty much my most popular resource; I use it with all abilities, there’s loads to do and some of it admittedly is in my style, but you can do what you like with it - you’re buying it:-)

This is a fully comprehensive scheme of work with a powerpoint and differentiated worksheet for each chapter, so you can make it last as long as you like. It’s a very difficult text to teach lower down so I’ve taken great care examining the range of challenging ideas within while keeping the lessons active and full of opportunities for discussion and creative writing as well as close textual analysis and assessments.