B and D Publishing’s scheme of work on A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets, work on topics such as characterisation and punctuating speech and oral and written assignments. The pack is also suitable for home learning. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. A Kestrel for a Knave is set in a coal-mining community in South Yorkshire in the 1960s. It tells the story of one day in the life of Billy Casper, a fifteen year old boy about to leave school. Billy’s life at home with an uncaring mother and bullying older brother is bleak. His experience of school is no brighter. The only bright spot in Billy’s life is his kestrel, Kes. Billy took the young bird from the nest and has trained her. He takes great delight in caring for and training Kes. But… Our Kes resource pack contains 48 pages of worksheets and free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-kestral-for-a-knave-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12226297 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS3 scheme of work on The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets and oral and written assignments suitable for key stage 3 pupils. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. The Machine Gunners is a great little adventure story set in the North East of England during the Second World War. It follows the adventures of a group of school children who find a crashed German plane and take away the machine gun. The police realise that the machine gun has gone from the wreckage and are anxious to find it. Written by Robert Westall, who was himself a boy growing up on Tyneside during the war, the novel gives an interesting and realistic account of what it was like to live in Britain during those years. Our Machine Gunners resource pack contains 48 pages of worksheets covering story, characters, background information, themes and ideas. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-machine-gunners-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12224674 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 PowerPoint scheme of work on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens covers the whole novel in five parts, corresponding with the five staves of the book. This slide pack covering Stave Three contains ample material for detailed study of the text. Differentiated work across the five resource packs covers story, characters, themes, narrative structure, language ideas and revision questions. The slides can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. Also available Stave One: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-one-slide-pack-12405631 Stave Two: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-two-slide-pack-12405633 Stave Four: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-four-slide-pack-12405636 Stave Five: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-five-slide-pack-12405641 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 The work in this resource pack and more is also available as a key stage 4 pdf workbook on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text. A set of free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-resource-pack-sample-pages-11860929 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also B & D Publishing’s resource pack on Charles Dickens, a useful introduction to the work of the author: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-11986419 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel and OCR set text Great Expectations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-12009292 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 PowerPoint scheme of work on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens covers the whole novel in five parts, corresponding with the five staves of the book. This slide pack covering Stave Five contains ample material for detailed study of the text. Differentiated work across the five resource packs covers story, characters, themes, narrative structure, language ideas and revision questions. The slides can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. Also available Stave One: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-one-slide-pack-12405631 Stave Two: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-two-slide-pack-12405633 Stave Three: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-three-slide-pack-12405635 Stave Four: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-four-slide-pack-12405636 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 The work in this resource pack and more is also available as a key stage 4 pdf workbook on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text. A set of free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-resource-pack-sample-pages-11860929 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also B & D Publishing’s resource pack on Charles Dickens, a useful introduction to the work of the author: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-11986419 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel and OCR set text Great Expectations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-12009292 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s KS4 PowerPoint scheme of work on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens covers the whole novel in five parts, corresponding with the five staves of the book. This slide pack covering Stave Four contains ample material for detailed study of the text. Differentiated work across the five resource packs covers story, characters, themes, narrative structure, language ideas and revision questions. The slides can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. Also available Stave One: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-one-slide-pack-12405631 Stave Two: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-two-slide-pack-12405633 Stave Three: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-three-slide-pack-12405635 Stave Five: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-stave-five-slide-pack-12405641 Save money by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12405645 The work in this resource pack and more is also available as a key stage 4 pdf workbook on the AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and Eduqas set text. A set of free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-a-christmas-carol-resource-pack-sample-pages-11860929 For even better value you can purchase the PowerPoint slide packs as a bundle with the pdf workbook: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-scheme-of-work-bundle-12405646 See also B & D Publishing’s resource pack on Charles Dickens, a useful introduction to the work of the author: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/charles-dickens-author-pack-11986419 Also available is a full key stage 4 scheme of work on the AQA, Edexcel and OCR set text Great Expectations: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-great-expectations-scheme-of-work-12009292 See also our Oliver Twist scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oliver-twist-scheme-of-work-11978930 The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s Scheme of Work on Holes by Louis Sachar, suitable for key stage 3 pupils. Holes is a lively and entertaining read. It tells the story of an unlucky teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention centre in a desert in Texas, after being falsely accused of theft. The plot explores the history of the area and how the actions of several characters in the past have affected Stanley’s life in the present. These interconnecting stories touch on themes including racism, homelessness, and illiteracy. This pdf workpack is 44 pages and includes commentary and questions on the novel, work on characters and themes and oral and written assignments. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/holes-scheme-of-work-sample-pack-12460501 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources or would like to provide feedback please leave a review. The regular licence enables you to use this resource with your own students. Copy, edit and provide the material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study/exam revision. The school licence allows you also to share this resource with colleagues at your school.

B and D Publishing’s Twelfth Night Act 1 slide pack. This series of lessons covers all of the scenes in Act 1, with commentary on the text, language notes and differentiated work on character, themes and imagery. Also available: Act 2: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-scheme-of-work-act-2-12481223 Act 3: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-scheme-of-work-act-3-12481235 Act 4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-scheme-of-work-act-4-12481240 Act 5: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-scheme-of-work-act-5-12481245 Save by purchasing the bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-powerpoint-scheme-of-work-12481285 Many of the exercises in the PowerPoint packs can also be found in our full key stage 4 scheme of worksheets on the Edexcel set text. This pack consists of 52 pdf pages and sample pages are available for free download here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-11880359 For even better value, the slides can also be purchased as a bundle with the full scheme of worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-powerpoint-and-pdf-scheme-of-work-bundle-12481294 KS4 Shakespeare resource packs contain scene by scene notes on all aspects of the play, story summaries and differentiated worksheets. Areas typically covered include: character, themes, imagery, language, cloze passages, revision questions, written and oral assignments and quiz pages. The workbooks can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. All our key stage 4 Shakespeare packs are suitably rigorous to provide a good starting point for A-level study. KS4 Shakespeare schemes of work are also available for the following plays: Othello; Macbeth; The Merchant of Venice; Romeo and Juliet; The Tempest; Julius Caesar; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Henry V; Richard III. See also the KS3 full scheme of work, Starting Twelfth Night. This includes simple worksheets dealing with the main elements of the story. There are extracts from key scenes in Shakespeare’s English for pupils to read and act out in small groups and notes for the director to help students understand the situation and the feelings and motivations of the characters: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/starting-twelfth-night-ks3-scheme-of-work-12053004 Also available is the Twelfth Night ‘In Focus’ pack of classroom display materials and worksheets, perfect for KS3 pupils or as a quick revision resource for KS4: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelfth-night-in-focus-10-lesson-poster-and-worksheet-pack-ks3-12039865 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s Starting Macbeth Scheme of Work, a short, simple introduction to the play for KS3. Thirty simple worksheets deal with the main elements of the story. There are extracts from key scenes in Shakespeare’s English for pupils to read and act out in small groups and notes for the director to help students understand the situation and the feelings and motivations of the characters. The pack can also be used by pupils for revision and home learning. The scheme of work is 51 pages and free sample pages are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/starting-macbeth-ks3-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12044686 The resource would also make a useful, quick revision resource at KS4. But for an in-depth analysis see our KS4 Macbeth scheme of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-ks4-scheme-of-work-11860607 PowerPoint versions of many of the activities from the KS4 SoW are also available, with commentary on the text, examination of key soliloquies, language notes and differentiated work on character, themes and imagery: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-macbeth-powerpoint-lesson-bundle-12026188 A slide pack focusing on the scenes in which The Witches appear is also available for free download: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-macbeth-the-witches-slide-pack-17-slides-12009565 KS4 Shakespeare SoWs are also available for the following plays: Othello; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing; Julius Caesar; The Merchant of Venice; Twelfth Night; The Tempest; Henry V. These include scene by scene notes, story summaries and differentiated worksheets. The workbooks can also be used by pupils for home learning and GCSE exam revision. See also the KS3 scheme of work Introducing Shakespeare. This useful resource introduces pupils to Shakespeare’s England and theatre with worksheets on Elizabeth I; Elizabethan clothes, homes, food, festivals and life; Shakespeare’s home and family etc. The pack includes a simple model of the Globe theatre for pupils to make: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-introducing-shakespeare-scheme-of-work-11889714 Also available is the ‘In Focus’ series of classroom display materials and worksheets for KS3 for the following plays: Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest; Henry V; Twelfth Night; Richard III. The Starting Shakespeare series also includes: The Merchant of Venice; Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest; Henry V; Julius Caesar; Much Ado About Nothing; Richard III. Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.

B and D Publishing’s scheme of work on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, suitable for KS4 and above. This resource pack contains the full 1834 text with Coleridge’s marginal gloss. It is illustrated with engravings by Gustave Doré and others. It has worksheets and ample notes to enrich the study of this important poem. The pack can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning. The pack is 52 pages and free sample pages are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12092012 See also our Language for Literature resource packs. Pupils need to talk and write about many aspects of the texts they use. To do this well they need to be familiar with the major technical terms. B & D Publishing’s two Language for Literature schemes of work spanning key stages 3 and 4 give pupils a sound understanding of many literary terms. The literary terms covered include Acrostics, Alliteration, Anecdote, Clerihew, Epic, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Myth, The Ballad, Fable, Assonance, Autobiography, Cinquain, Cliché, Elegy, Haiku, Ambiguity, Rhyme, Rhythm, Kenning, Legend, Ode, Parable, Parody, Personification, Sonnet, Limerick, Soliloquy, Pun, Spoonerisms, Dialect, Dialogue, Epitaph, Onomatopoeia, Proof Reading, Proverbs, Riddles, Anachronism, Allegory, Diaries and Journals, Dramatic Irony, Hyperbole and much more. Language for Literature Series One (KS3) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-series-one-scheme-of-work-11911638 Language for Literature Series Two (KS4) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-series-two-scheme-of-work-11911644 For even better value a KS3 and KS4 Language for Literature & Forty Favourite Poems Bundle is also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/language-for-literature-and-poetry-bundle-ks3-and-ks4-11930332 B and D Publishing’s Forty Favourite Poems Series One and Two poetry resource packs each contain 40 poems that are essential reading for all lovers of English literature, by poets including Blake, Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Keats, Emily Bronte and more. Series One is suitable for KS3 pupils and Series Two for students working at KS4 and beyond. The copyright free text plus work on each poem is provided. Forty Favourite Poems Series One (KS3) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-forty-favourite-poems-series-one-scheme-of-work-11904418 Forty Favourite Poems Series Two (KS4) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-forty-favourite-poems-series-two-scheme-of-work-11902267 Visit our Shop for more high quality English resources and to download free samples of all of our schemes of work, including our extensive collection of Shakespeare resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/BandDPublishing If you like our resources please leave a review.