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KS3 Poetry: Animal Poetry
Lessons aimed at year 8 students looking at ‘Animal Poetry’
5 lessons included: Peacock by Ted Hughes, Hyena by Edwin Mogan, Jaguar by Ted Hughes, The Tyger by William Blake and The Mower by Philip Larkin
The Mower lesson does exist purely for a certain class I taught at the time - I told them about the poem and they didn’t believe it exists so I made a lesson on it.
KS3 Famous Speeches: Barak Obama
Lesson focused on exploring Obama’s ‘Yes, We Can’ speech
As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7
The Handmaid's Tale SOW
100 minute lessons for Edexcel 9ET0 English Literature A/Level
Includes PPT lessons on all chapters in depth
Wider readings and homeworks
KS3 Famous Speeches: Shakespeare (Henry V)
KS3 Famous Speeches
Lesson focused on exploring Shakespeare speech from Henry V
As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7
Crossing the Line Literacy Scheme of Work
Scheme of work designed to promote reading for pleasure and literacy
Uses the 2023 poetry novel ‘Crossing the Line’ by Tia Fisher.
The novel was chosen for it’s topic of county lines and does cover a number of sensitive issues for students to explore.
Please not the SOW planning document which includes an overview of chapters and what issues may be covered for teachers to b aware of.
This was designed for Year 9 due to the nature of the novel.
AQA English Language Paper 1: Q4 The Night Circus
100 minute lesson focused on AQA Language Paper 1 Question 4 (evaluation) using an extract from The Night Circus
KS3 Low Ability Poetry Lessons x3
Three poetry lessons aimed at a Year 8 lower ability class. Unit was ‘Animal Poetry’
Poems: The Eagle by Lord Alfred Tennyson, Hyena by Edwin Morgan, Bats by D.H. Lawrence
Hunger Games Scheme English and Literacy
Full scheme of work to accompany reading The Hunger Games
Aimed at KS3 was used as part English lessons and part literacy lessons in order to promote reading for pleasure
Can easily be adapted
29 lessons, all needed worksheets included and SOW notes as a guide
Each lesson has page numbers (used Scholastic:2021 edition), recap questions, retrieval questions and plenary.
Files uploaded as x3 zip folder due to number of lessons. Split into the three parts of the novel.
AQA English Language Paper 2 - Climate Change
Lesson exploring questions 3 and 4 of AQA Language Paper 2.
Q5 task included (1 slide)
Source A: David Attenborough COP26 Climate Summit Glasgow Speech Transcript
Source B: Speech - Climate change: too true to be good. Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency Royal Society of Arts, 24 September 2018
Duffy Mean Time: Litany
100 minute lesson on Litany from Duffy Mean Time
KS3 Poetry - The Moth's Plea
Lesson aimed at year 7
Duffy Mean Time: Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team
Full lesson on the poem Captain from Duffy’s Mean Time
100 minute lesson
KS3 Famous Speeches: George VI
KS3 Famous Speeches
Lesson focused on exploring King George VI’s radio broadcast speech
As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7
Duffy Mean Time: First Love
100 minute lesson focused on First Love from Duffy Mean Time
AQA English Language Paper 1: Q2 Company of Wolves
100 minute lesson focused on language analysis
Female Literature Booklet
Booklet including various extracts (1 poem, biographical extracts and articles) surrounding female figures. Made to accompany a SOW titled ‘Women Who Changed The World’
KS3: Of Mice and Men Low Ability
SOW designed for a class of year 9 students which included multiple ECHP, SEN, EAL students who had issues with information retention and recall.
Lessons are 100 minutes long.
KS3 Famous Speeches: Emmeline Pankhurst
KS3 Famous Speeches
Lesson focused on exploring Emmeline Pankhurst’s ‘Freedom or Death’ speech
As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7
KS3 Famous Speeches: Malala Yousafzai
KS3 Famous Speeches
Lesson focused on exploring Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Lecture speech
As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7
GCSE Literature Quote Posters
Quote posters for Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls, Love and Relationships poetry, Jekyll and Hyde