This lesson includes a range of tasks to engage students, including information on context and interpretations of the poem. The lesson includes extension activities, grading criteria and DIRT tasks. This is a really effective lesson to use when studying poetry at KS3 level to gently introduce students to the strengthened demands of the GCSE (9-1) syllabus.

This resource is designed to take GCSE students through a detailed analysis of William Wordsworth’s poem in line with the new GCSE (9-1) specifications. It covers context, form, language and structure. This lesson incorporates a number of differentiated activities, in particular stretch and challenge, for the very top end using the Venus and Adonis Myth to secure a grade 8/9.

This assembly uses humour to appeal to secondary age students and reiterate that Christmas does not have to mean not looking at your study books for 2-3 weeks. This assembly is one that stays in students’ memories and resonates with them for a long time afterwards. The resource comes with a complete script and the powerpoint is fully animated to ensure that the visuals match the presentation. This is an assembly that my students loved and laughed about for a long time after first presenting this. WARNING: DO NOT SHOW THIS TO ANY YEAR GROUP WHO MIGHT STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA! :-)

Following the success of my first collection of 19th century non fiction extracts, here is a further collection with 6 more extracts for practice analysis.

This new bundle/resource includes a range of current quizzes and a newly designed scorecard to enable this to be used over a number of sittings/half term and ensures a sense of competition between students is upheld.

This powerpoint offers a range of statistics making road safety relevant to the young driver, it offers advice and leaves students with something to think about.

A complete analysis of language, form and structure including indications for content according to grades and challenge tasks. This lesson is engaging, whilst also developing inquiry and independent learners. This is everything you need to teach this poem.

This resource is a domino game with the narrative devices introduced at KS5, this is an engaging yet challenging way of getting students to identify what they do/don't know. This can be run as either a whole class game or print a set for each student and race to first completed (the method I prefer!).

This lesson offers a route through this poem, exploring context, form, language and structure whilst also nurturing independence through guided activities.

These resources consider the context, form, language and structure in this poem through activities, discussion, note taking and creative activities. This resource includes an assessment proforma to evidence progression of learning and to help students identify key aspects of the text ready for revision nearer to their GCSE exams.

This lesson takes you through the links between Marilyn Monroe and this play text ensuring that students can discuss this in the context of the themes that this play throws up. This lesson draws on engaging activities, such as quote finds, parallel timelines, research tasks and a quiz that demands higher level thinking. Literary terminology is encouraged throughout to ensure students familiarise with this during teaching.

This worksheet is designed for parents. students, teachers and supply staff as a self contained activity to help students improve their creative writing. The worksheet includes exemplar opening and closing lines, challenge activities, editing and redrafting directives and exam style questions. A marking service is available at a small charge, follow me on Twitter @jomarsh1 and message me for further details on how to submit drafts.

This resource offers a range of engaging and differentiated tasks on this text to support comprehension, thematic and character studies. Teacher instruction for a mathematically relevant activity is included in the powerpoint and ensures that numeracy is included within the lesson. This resource forms part of a collection of resources and can be bought individually and as part of a bundle (at a significantly discounted price) from my TES shop @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/joannammarsh If interested in further resources please follow me here and on Twitter @jomarsh1

This bundle includes a Banner for your classroom, a powerpoint game of PictoWord, a Christmas Wordsearch, a Christmas Mad Lib activity and a Word Ladder Activity. There is something for everyone here, including some challenges for those most able students. These are great literacy based quizzes to end the term with that will keep your students focused until the very end. This bundle is easily one full lesson if not a little more and would suit a range of year groups at secondary level. Merry Christmas!

This quiz traverses a range of cross curricular topics including Literature, Art, Dance, Music and Media and contains a variety of question types suited to all KS3/4 students including extension bonus questions. Enjoy!! Mwahahahahahahahaha...

Is Curley's Wife really that bad? This lesson includes some outstanding resources that use differentiated questioning and focus to meet the needs of ALL learners. The activity worksheets are classified in target grades so that you can group students according to ability and includes a 'Magpie' activity for your very most able. This lesson draws on a range of pedagogical practices in order to achieve outstanding progress for ALL. If you like this resource and want more on OMAM follow me here and on Twitter @jomarsh1.

This resource includes fully differentiated activities to support close textual analysis of an extract, an engaging Newspaper Report activity and links between this and previous chapters alongside a close focus on the use of pathetic fallacy. Language, structure and motifs are considered at different points in this lesson. Group work is used. SMSC is evident. This is a well rounded lesson that will nurture a real love of English and this text. This resource is also available as part of a bundle at a discounted price, follow my on Twitter @jomarsh1 or here for further resources on this text.