PowerPoint and Worksheet exploring the use of emotive language in newspapers. The lesson begins with students discussing what they think emotive language is/where it might be used. Then a series of newspaper titles are shown where the students raise their hands whenever they hear an emotive word. This then leads in to a task where the students have to re-write news headlines so that they are as emotive as possible before analysing an emotive newspaper article. Timers are built in to the PowerPoint.

A ‘pub quiz’ based on Macbeth. Five rounds of Shakespeare fun! Name the Mac Name the Shakespeare play Shakespearean song lyrics - worksheet included Name the character from the play Music round - the song links should take you to a cropped version - each is about 30 seconds long. All the answers are on the PPT. Enjoy!

Exploring persuasive language through the theme of social media. Includes PowerPoint with built in timers and worksheet. Students complete a gap fill exercise before identifying techniques and developing arguments for/against social media having a legal age limit of eighteen. The images work as stimulus for the arguments and move on automatically. Great for introducing the topic or revision.

A Presentation and worksheet to encourage depth of analysis. Students work through each stage (Connotations -> Implied -> Techniques -> Effect -> Alternative Meanings) before writing about the quote. This worked really well with both higher and lower ability classes and analysis was much improved.

A lesson that explores the connotations of words in order to develop analysis. It features: - A dictionary starter - An introduction to connotations - A connotation race where students have to sort the pairs of words into positive/negative columns - An extract from War Horse (this could be easily changed) - A WAGOLL of a quote explosion following a series of steps - A quote explosion worksheet with quote - A blank quote explosion worksheet - Exit ticket

A sheet that has character profiles for the main characters in The Tempest. Useful for revision or as a reference for initial teaching.

An entry and exit ticket that looks like a boarding pass. This really excited and engaged my year 7 class during a Travel Writing unit. The blank spaces at the top and bottom can be used to fit a school logo. I made the gate number my room number and the flight time the lesson start time.

A full lesson (or two) based on creating a persuasive argument. My students absolutely loved this lesson! The theme of the lesson is Titanic. Students begin by analysing an advert for the Titanic and adding a persuasive sentence. Then, they are handed a luggage tag with a profile of an actual passenger from the Titanic. The '-' after the passenger name means that the real passenger died on the Titanic. They must write a persuasive argument in order to gain one of the last available lifeboat seats. I then got them to peer assess in pairs and groups and nominate a winner from each group. These then presented to the class who used the peer assessment grid to identify who had managed to use the most techniques. PowerPoint (including built in timers), advert, luggage tags and peer assessment grid included.

All the resources needed to create An Inspector Class Murder Mystery/Cluedo display! I added quotes to each character as we read the play.

A fully resourced lesson covering planning and using a counter-argument to strengthen your own argument. There is a paper starter, planning sheet and three examples of using a counter-argument (one good, one bad, one middle).

I have used this 9 lesson scheme with both top set Year 8 and GCSE classes. There is an introduction to Ethos, Pathos and Logos, different types of repetition and rhetorical questions. It is fully resourced with all worksheets, hint sheets and Do Now activities included.

A fully resourced lesson for Language Paper 2 Q5 on the theme of homelessness.

PPT/Lesson that explores Dharker's Tissue. My classes found it easier to access when confronted with a couple of lines at a time. The lines show up, then interesting sections are highlighted in red and finally arrows and boxes with annotations appear. Fantastic for initial teaching or as a revision resource.

Analysis of non-fiction article, 'Explorers, or Boys Messing About?'. All important aspects of the text are highlighted in red with an arrow explaining the technique/feature that appears when you click. The in-depth analysis really helped my students analyse non-fiction texts.

A fully resourced lesson on Q1 and Q2 of the Language Paper 2 on the theme of homelessness.

A lesson analysing the soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 5. Includes pair work.

A worksheet and PowerPoint where students have to translate the Shakespearean language and work out the modern day songs. Perfect for introducing a Shakespeare text or as a starter/plenary. This never fails to engage students! I tend to award a point each for translation, song title and artist. The audio is contained in the PowerPoint.

A presentation that explores AFOREST features. Useful as an introduction to a topic or for revision.

Blank Facebook profiles for students to complete. My class really loved doing this!

PPT/Lesson that explores Garland's Kamikaze. My classes found it easier to access when confronted with a couple of lines at a time. The lines show up, then interesting sections are highlighted in red and finally arrows and boxes with annotations appear. Fantastic for initial teaching or as a revision resource.