I have been a Teacher of English since 2014 and am currently a Lead Practitioner and examiner. I currently teach English Language and English Literature GCSE and IB. I am starting to develop resources for IB's MYP.
I have been a Teacher of English since 2014 and am currently a Lead Practitioner and examiner. I currently teach English Language and English Literature GCSE and IB. I am starting to develop resources for IB's MYP.
Comprehensive MYP Y3 Unit Plan combines the exploration of the context of the Russian Revolution and Orwell’s novella Animal Farm to encourage students to interrogate the use of propaganda and consider the abuses of power in context and in response to their own perspectives of Global Issues.
The contextual events and novel study lead students to develop their global citizenship and to encourage criticality in response to multi-modal propaganda.
ATLs include multiple perspectives and the milestone assessment is based in criteria BCD, to encourage students to respond to their explorations and share their ideas. This is a challenging unit but is adaptable for all prior attinment students.
This is the first in a selection of resources aimed to guide Y11 students through independent revision practice.
The resource includes multiple clips which guide students through the use of the slides, make the question accessible and model planning and writing processes.
There is a plan included and more opportunities for students to use stimulus pictures to create sophisticated narratives.
This resource can also be used by parents and tutors who wish to support Y11 candidates. It can also be set as home learning on Google Classroom.
This resource is suitable for all grades, especially students wishing to convert from 5-6 to 7, 8 and 9.
This resource is suitable for mid to high attaining candidates.
It uses extracts from the horror novella, Camilla and could be used in conjunction with LGBTQIA+ discussions regarding presentation in literature and the monstrosity of the outsider.
The resource is appropriate as part of a unit of work from the Gothic genre and could support wider readings of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde and Wuthering Heights.
It could be used independently, as a revision resource, homework task or even as cover work for KS4. It may assist with transition from KS4 to KS5.
This 20th Century Source will assist in the preparation for the AQA 2023/24 Examination series.
It can be used by candidates independently, tutors, parents and teachers to provide revision opportunities for the paper.
Teachers may find this useful to set for cover or assessment for learning opportunities.
This 20th Century Source will assist in the preparation for the AQA 2022 Examination series.
It can be used by candidates independently, tutors, parents and teachers to provide revision opportunities for the paper.
Teachers may find this useful to set for cover or assessment for learning opportunities.
A resource that can be used for tuition, revision, cover work and to accompany lessons for the 2022 AQA Language Paper 1.
Resource includes a 20th Century extract and Questions 1-4.
This resource is more appropriate for high attaining students.
It can be used as the basis of a lesson, assessment or home learning activity.
It could also be used by tutors and parents supporting candidates in their revision for Language Paper 1.
This 20th Century Source will assist in the preparation for the AQA 2023 Examination series.
It can be used by candidates independently, tutors, parents and teachers to provide revision opportunities for the paper.
Teachers may find this useful to set for cover or assessment for learning opportunities.
This bundle of MYP Year 2 lessons comes with Knowledge Organiser, Unit Plan (with detailed explanations of Global and Related concepts, Statement of Inquiry,and addresses the Key concept of Identity) Milestone Assessment (for criteria BCD, with task specific clarification) and aspirational GRASP task. The unit is aspirational and looks at The Odyssey through the themes of Xenia and Homeric Heroism.
The elements of analysis of Homer’s Odyssey lead students to produce imaginative writing and permit students with a deficit of cultural capital to engage with Classical literature and ideals in an accessible, yet aspirational way. Lessons are supported with non verbal cues to Learner Profile Attributes connected to the featured task.
The unit consists of 36 hours of lessons, based on a 4 lesson a week and revises the AP sentence types to assist in building SPaG for non fiction and fiction writing.
Despite being classically and contextually challenging, the lessons support students in learning habits that grow their hinterland knowledge and include references to three texts (translated Homer, Robin Lister and Gillian Cross) so that all students may access the story without compromising their enjoyment.
I love this module and enjoy the reactions of students to Ancient Greek ideas of society, morality and customs in comparison to their modern world.
Suitable for MYP Years 1 and 2, this cross curricular module introduces students to lesser-known WWI poets and uses their work to build students’ understanding of Interpretivism and encourages them to begin using the ATL criticality. The milestone assessment has been contrived to assess criteria A,B,C and D.
All lessons come with adapted resources for PLA students. The material remains aspirational and relies heavily on the contextual knowledge and skills built across the module. This resource is designed to address the class attainment gap and equip all new students to MYP with the potential to succeed academically.
Students are guided through the development of hinterland knowledge of propaganda, trench life and to explore the motivations of different poets with a reading of their contextual life events and contemporary social constructs. They ask how far the poet’s presentation can be trusted as they analyse their work and begin to write extended essays, sharing their view in response to different poems/
As the module progresses, students are guided through an introduction of the modern art genre, Augmentism and inspect how the Augmentists, Scarlett Raven and Marc Marot use multimodal approaches (including a reliance on performed WW1 poems) to reflect on life for soldiers in WWI.
Students who are surprised by the Augmented Reality aspect of their milestone often speak of it fondly in MYP Y3 graduation and enjoy the blending of art evaluation and critical analysis of the poems they study.
Many teachers comment that this brings new life and a new perspective to WWI poetry and promotes interest in generations who do not access to living history, ‘Lest We Forget’.
This resource is perfect for interview lessons and uses a poem and poet that is easily linked to IB Learner Profiles.
It is a stand alone lesson that could be used for cover work or in preparing for GCSE unseen questions, as well as for MYP Literature and Language.
The lesson can be extended and introduces intertextuality that is accessible to students, as it revolves around references to children’s fiction.
I completely enjoy teaching this lesson and look forward to it as a ‘treat’!
This resource uses source material relating to interesting non-fiction accounts of interesting experiences. This resource links with current events and is designed to be an accessible passage into examining approaches to AQA’s Language Paper 2 Section A.
This resource is curated for disengaged students, who typically do not have the advantage of cultural capital to support their reading of unseen non-fiction texts.
This resource uses source material relating to interesting non-fiction accounts of interesting experiences. This resource links with current events and is designed to be an accessible passage into examining approaches to AQA’s Language Paper 2 Section A.
This resource is curated for PHA students, who typically have the advantage of cultural capital to support their reading of unseen non-fiction texts but need challenging extracts.
This is best suited to Y11 and PHA Y10 candidates.
This resource uses source material relating to interesting non-fiction accounts of interesting experiences. This resource links with tourism and exploration and is designed to be an accessible passage into examining approaches to AQA’s Language Paper 2 Section A.
This resource is curated for disengaged students, who typically do not have the advantage of cultural capital to support their reading of unseen non-fiction texts.
This resource uses source material relating to interesting non-fiction accounts of interesting experiences. This resource links with current events and is designed to be an accessible passage into examining approaches to AQA’s Language Paper 2 Section A.
This resource is curated for disengaged students, who typically do not have the advantage of cultural capital to support their reading of unseen non-fiction texts.
This resource is a tutorial and contains copies of annotated and clean copies of extracts, plans, and the lesson progress in a recording of a live model essay.
This would be appropriate for tutors and teachers to set as home learning to support revising candidates and to assist with examination timing.
A resource that can be used for tuition, revision, cover work and to accompany lessons for the 2022 AQA Language Paper 1.
Resource includes a 20th Century extract and Questions 1-4.
This resource has been designed to be used by the student to use independently while they revise.
It is planned to be a one hour session and includes challenge for students aiming for grades 7-9.
There are supporting videos and accessible video clips that model how to tackle the question.
The source is included in the slides, as is the first paragraph WAGOLL to assist.
The resource can also be used to support parents who wish to gain an understanding of the requirements of the AQA English Language GCSE.
This could also be set as cover on a Google Classroom.