A “gift guide” for Christmas reading. Suggested books to buy or borrow this Christmas for students aged 11-15.

Display with author drawings and names.

Lesson slides and resources for 24 lessons on ‘Tuck Everlasting’ by Natalie Babbit. No explicit SOW attached but slides are self-explanatory. We used an online version of the full text to teach this: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZWhvcm5ldHMub3JnfGVmbXMtbGFuZ3VhZ2UtYXJ0c3xneDo0YmRkZjY2MDAxMTIwY2Vh

KS3 Scheme of Work that focused on analysing poetry (using ARTWARS). Have tried to include mostly protest poems but there are some lighthearted bits in there too.

A series of unseen poetry type questions using song lyrics.

Booklet Lessons SoW (very basic) For KS3 study of Blood Brothers

A revision quiz for the AQA Power and Conflict Anthology. Five rounds: Pictures, quotes, devices, definitions and misc!

A Grade 9 exam answer for a theme question on improving society.

An entire unit of lessons for ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins. Includes a study of dystopian fiction alongside an extract-based study of the text.

A virtual school trip that takes students to areas relevant to the context of the AQA Literature texts. Includes: Power and Conflict Poetry, Macbeth, Jekyll and Hyde and An Inspector Calls.

A virtual school trip I put together for my classes and thought might be useful for others asked to do the same. Covers various literary locations- Harry Potter tour/ Hunger Games Capitol etc.

Unit of work aimed at developing public speaking skills and also analysis skills for non-fiction texts. Focuses on the Spoken Language element of the GCSE too. Lots of standalone lessons.

Giant monopoly board -style display with the opening lines to several ‘classic’ texts featured. In my classroom I used the title ‘Avoid Monotony with Wider Reading’ and so have included the Monopoly logo altered to say Monotony instead!

This is a sheet I have laminated and stuck onto every desk in my classroom to help support students. It includes sentence starters for PETER paragraphs, DA FOREST I and how to approach a non-fiction text. Also some punctuation guidance.

This is a very simplified version of the plot of ‘Great Expectations’ in a board game format. We printed onto A3 paper and had on the floor down the English corridor for an open evening. There are enough blank squares to fill the gaps inbetween each ‘event’.

This is a quick and easy way to allow students to further understand the feedback you give them and use it to help themselves progress in English. Mark a piece of work in books by sticking in the strip and ticking areas for improvement. Students can act on the feedback by a) Scanning the QR code at the bottom of the strip and finding the lesson. b) Scanning the QR code on the main display that will take them straight to their given feedback lesson. Students complete a mini lesson on the feedback website (either as a DIRT task or homework activity). This is then handed in to you as proof of their responding to feedback. Lessons currently available on the following: PETER paragraphs, ART WARS for poetry, how to avoid storytelling, context, capital letters, subject terminology, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, brackets, speech, commas, spelling errors, they’re/their/there, you’re/your, lost focus on the question, embedding quotes and sentence types. Lessons include comprehension tasks, videos, blog posts, worksheets etc. (There is a form to submit completed tasks at the end of each but this will send work to me so please ask for it to be submitted in class!) ** In addition to the feedback lessons, the website provides access to: ** -Past papers -Sample answers -Revision resources -Walking talking mock videos -A podcast based on the AQA Power and Conflict poems and more… This resource includes: Access to a feedback website with 20 mini lessons to be completed on key areas of development in secondary English. 20 posters with the areas of development (QR codes on the posters will take students directly to the specified lesson on the website I have created). Two posters to display in classrooms which explain how to use the QR code system and also offer alternate suggestions for students without data/ phones/ internet. ‘Help Yourselves’ title font and images for the display. Marking tick-slips that fit into the margin of books and correspond to the online lessons. This is based on the UK but content is mostly universal. Pages such as the context page may not be as useful for those not studying with AQA as it will focus on Macebth, A Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls (will be updated with context for Jekyll and Hyde shortly.)

A critical anthology including articles/essays for all 15 poems from the Power and Conflict anthology. Aimed at HAP.

Challenge cards to fit in with most lessons for students who have finished early or need an extra task!

A set of 14 printable posters featuring a range of language devices. PDF so can be printed to any size.

Posters of language devices with a pineapple design. Great for classroom display.