These colour sheets can be glued into the front of students’ exercise books at the start of the year and revisited each new term when new, updated versions, can be glued into the exercise books. This is a method for tracking a student’s progress. They’re linked to the new 2 year linear GCSE English Language and Literature courses. It has suggested topics (i.e. programmes of study) on each IEP too if you’re a new HOD and need some guidance.

This year long Programme of Study is based on a study of the new linear GCSE English Course. This long term plan reflects the new GCSE Linear Exam Assessment Objectives. Students will be assessed on: Responding to GCSE fiction and non-fiction text extracts exploring creative writing based upon GCSE literary non-fiction text extracts Exploring Shakespearean tragedy: the study ofeither Macbeth or Merchant of Venice Exploring contemporary poetry: contemporary poetry (AQA Anthology) The study of the 19th century novel - the teacher’s choice Exploring and developing a viewpoint A mock GCSE summer exams It also includes: activity suggestions lesson content suggestions exam structures a map of the assessment objectives for the whole year links to AQA’s GCSE exam frame and criteria It is ideal for new HoD, departments without a HoD, or HoDs who are seeking a fresh perspective or Programme of Study. Enjoy!

Just add your name and remove the blank line, print it onto coloured card, date and sign and it’s ready to go!

Just add your name and remove the blank line, print it onto coloured card, date and sign and it’s ready to go!

Really useful when extending students’ thoughts about a subject and equally good during observations when you need to show you’re extending students’ thinking by analysing more deeply. For the mobile: print it off in colour, cut up, attach the image of the brain at the top of the mobile, hole punch the question tags and attach them to their specific red banner. Or just use it for a display that is near your board so you can refer to it repeatedly in lessons. Suitable for all year groups and all curriculum areas.

This booklet accompanies the Detective Fiction SOW on my page. It contains extracts to be read in lessons and HW tasks for the SOW

This resource is for a KS4 or a KS3 class. The ppt contains: A starter A plenary All learning activities A HW task Please note you will need to google a copy of the poem.

You can use this former AQA poem ‘Brothers’ as an unseen poem. The ppt includes all the resources and tasks needed for the whole lesson. This lesson can be used with KS3 or KS4 as its premise requires students to dig deeper into a poem, identify and analyse the impact of poetic devices etc. The resource includes: starter plenary all lesson activities (i.e. poetry analysis and writing tasks that could lead to essay writing) Please note: you will need to download a copy of the poem off the internet for the lesson

Here are 20 tried and tested starters, plenaries and mini-plenaries that are ready to go. Please note they are suitable for any curriculum area at Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four and even Primary School lessons . All you have to do is transfer them to your own Powerpoint or IWB presentations. Some need you to add a statement to one or two, or add the heading of your lesson or the date.

This is a good poem to teach to a GCSE group or an advanced KS3 class. The resource includes: A starter and a plenary Lesson activities 2 HW tasks Please note, you will need to google a copy of the poem

This resource is for GCSE students or an advanced KS3 group The ppt contains: A starter All activities - including differentiated tasks A plenary and a fun post lesson game Please note, you will need to google a copy of the poem.

This resource is for KS4 or an advanced KS3 class as this ppt contains some challenging ideas. The resource includes: starter plenary all lesson activities (i.e. poetry analysis sheet and questions) HW task

This is 2 lessons - one for learning and preparation and one for writing practice using the genre. The lesson is for KS3 or KS4. It’s differentiated and features annotated deconstructions of the genre and persuasive techniques. The lesson includes: a starter (bingo) a plenary 2 models from travel agents writing criteria a HW task

This ppt includes the 20 topics based on the novel “Private and Peaceful”. It is a SOW suitable for KS3 (or an advanced KS2 group) Each topic contains: lesson notes on the slides starters plenaries extracts from the novel with directed reading tasks WW1 poetry WW1 letters and recruitment posters comprehension writing tasks (PEE) Imaginative writing tasks Group work, paired work and individual tasks Enjoy!

This is a very useful resource for building up your students’ poetry analysis skills. It can be used in the following ways: group work (cover work) group work leading to a group presentation of an unseen poem Individual preparation for a timed essay Homework Class discussion It is suitable for KS3 and KS4.

This resource is to aide and reduce your marking and improve your communication with pupils about their progress. They’re pupil friendly sheets that also contain an area where students can respond to the teacher’s marking to develop clarity between teacher feedback and student progress. The assessment/criteria sheets focus on the following topics: Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four Criteria sheets for: Shakespeare, 19th Century novel (the criteria can be adapted for any novel), Modern Drama (any play) Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four Criteria sheets for: Writing to Argue/Persuade Self Assessment Criteria and Writing to Describe Self Assessment Criteria Key Stage Four Criteria sheets for: AQA GCSE English Language section A Q1-2, AQA GCSE English Language section A Q3-4, AQA GCSE English Literature: ‘The Merchant of Venice’, AQA GCSE English Literature: ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ and AQA Modern Drama( English Literature): ‘Blood Brothers’ I hope they help!

The stickers are for the front of students’ exercise books. This resource is used for displaying a student’s success (good explicit displays for Ofsted and Dept reviews) recording each year group’s success. You record the student’s GCSE target and record their achievement throughout each SOW to display their progress. Each year group’s topics (featured on the stickers) are as follows: 7 Gothic Literature / Detective Fiction Creative Writing Poetry – ‘Poems from Other Cultures’ or pre-2015 AQA anthology Shakespeare – ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Non-fiction – Language paper 1 & 2 section A practice Summer revision and exams 8 Poetry – ‘Reflections’ anthology 19thCentury novel – ‘A Christmas Carol’ Modern Drama – teacher’s choice Non-fiction Study – (autobiographies & travel writing & teachers choice of topic based on current affairs) Shakespeare – ‘Hamlet’ Summer revision and exams 9 Creative writing (exploring viewpoints) in Victorian short stories Shakespeare – ‘Othello’ Contemporary poetry – AQA anthology (pre 2015) 19th Century novel – ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Language paper 1 & 2 section A – practice questions Summer revision and exams 10 Creative writing (creating a viewpoint) Shakespeare – ‘Merchant of Venice’ Contemporary poetry (current AQA anthology) 19th Century novel – ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ Language paper 1 & 2 section A – practice questions Summer revision and exams I hope it helps!

This a plenary (or a mini plenary) that encourages students to think about how they have progressed and the key learning moments in the lesson

What is this resource? It layouts our explicitly the literacy skills that are acquired across the curriculum Who is it for? All teachers, TAs, SMT Curriculum links? Whole School Literacy Programmes and Literacy Support Sessions

Language analysis read the notes under the slides for instructions - if needed