This Midsummer Night’s Dream unit is lots of fun and fantastic for stretching high ability KS3 students. It contains 18 lessons, focusing on the playwright’s use of language, how the playwright uses dramatic devices, creative writing and the effect of staging. It comes fully resourced with PowerPoints, contextual information to illuminate understanding of the text, extracts and IWB activities. The page numbers refer to the Cambridge School Shakespeare edition. The unit includes: Lesson 1: Elizabethan context Lesson 2: Online research Lesson 3: The Globe Lesson 4: The Characters Lesson 5: The language Lesson 6: Plot and Characters Lesson 7: Act out the play Lesson 8: Set design in A1S1 Lesson 9: Creating characters in A1S2 Lesson 10: Exploring fairies in A2S1 Lesson 11: Oberon and Titania in A2S1 Lesson 12: Persuasive language in A2S1 Lesson 13: Shakespeare’s language Lesson 14: Writing spells in A2S2 Lesson 15: Insults in A3S2 Lesson 16: Analysing character in A4S1 Lesson 17: Themes review at the end Lesson 18: Blockbuster revision

This unit contains everything you need to teach Othello at KS5, and will save you hours of preparation time! It includes 26 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes and opportunities for extract analysis. The page numbers refer to the Cambridge School Shakespeare edition. This unit of work has been designed for the AQA A-level course but is adaptable to fit other exam board specifications. Lesson 1: Plot overview and key lines Lesson 2: Shakespearean language and use of sounds Lesson 3: Context reading and application Lesson 4: Iago, Roderigo and Brabantio in A1S1 Lesson 5: Impressions of Othello in A1S1 Lesson 6: Challenging stereotypes in A1S2 Lesson 7: Othello’s use of verse and prose in A1S3 Lesson 8: Focus on Iago in A1S3 Lesson 9: The importance of Cyprus as a setting Lesson 10: Iago in A2S1 Lesson 11: Cassio in A2S3 Lesson 12: Shakespeare’s use of body language in A2S3 Lesson 13: Analysing Cassio’s actions in A3S1 Lesson 14: Iago’s tactics in A3S3 Lesson 15: Focus on essay writing Lesson 16: Analyse how and why Othello has changed Lesson 17: Comparing Bianca, Desdemona and Emilia Lesson 18: Iago’s use of manipulation in A4S1 Lesson 19: Othello and colour prejudice - GK Hunter Lesson 20: Desdemona’s plea in A4S2 Lesson 21: Extract to essay in A4S2 Lesson 22: The willow scene in A4S3 Lesson 23: Street fight in A5S1 Lesson 24:Desdemona’s death in A5S2 Lesson 25: Essay marking Lesson 26: Poetic justice in A5S2

If your students find Shakespeare dull and inaccessible, this is the unit for you. The lessons are focused on staging a shipwreck, costume, props, bringing the play to life and contextually understanding Elizabethan views of slavery, love, revenge and violence. This scheme of work designed as a way into Shakespeare at KS3. It includes opportunities for online research and extract analysis from the most popular plays. It is fully resourced with fun facts, quizzes and creative writing lessons. It also works well with Roland Emmerich’s 2012 ‘Anonymous’ , as the plays studied match the plays performed in the film, allowing the students to see the words come to life on the stage. Lesson 1: Othello Lesson 2: Othello feedback Lesson 3: Romeo and Juliet Lesson 4: Agony Aunt writing for Juliet Lesson 5: Romeo and Juliet movie analysis Lesson 6: Anthony and Cleopatra Lesson 7: Sonnet 130 Lesson 8: Macbeth witches Lesson 9: Iago Lesson 10: Midsummer Night’s Dream Lesson 11: Midsummer Night’s Dream Lesson 12: Hamlet Lesson 13: Richard III Lesson 14: The Tempest Lesson 15: Caliban Lesson 16: Staging Lesson 17: Henry V Lesson 18: King Lear plot Lesson 19: King Lear A1S1 Lesson 20: Midsummer Night’s Epilogue

This unit has everything you need to teach ‘The Woman in Black’ at KS3. It is a fantastic gothic horror novel, and the children are genuinely enthralled by this novel as the secrets are revealed, complimented by the movie with Daniel Radcliffe as an end of unit treat! This unit of work includes 18 lessons and comes with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar paragraphs, activities to exploit drama, extracts from the text and opportunities for creative writing. Page numbers refer to the 1998 Vintage edition. Lesson 1: The gothic genre Lesson 2: Creating a gothic atmosphere Lesson 3: How Susan Hill uses pathetic fallacy Lesson 4: Tracking Arthur’s progress north Lesson 5: Creating mystery and expectation Lesson 6: Character reactions Lesson 7: Leaving clues Lesson 8: Creative Writing Lesson 9: Writing a formal letter Lesson 10: Hiding secrets Lesson 11: How Susan Hill creates tension Lesson 12: Using rhetorical devices Lesson 13: Using clues to form predictions Lesson 14: The letters Lesson 15: The Ending Lesson 16: Prepare your assessment Lesson 17: Write your assessment Lesson 18: Feedback and improvement There is an opportunity to assess the students’ progress at the end of the novel in an essay on how Susan Hill creates a sense of mystery.

This unit is ideal as an introduction to non-fiction texts at KS3. It has 18 lessons focusing on evaluating non-fiction texts, opinion writing, describing travel destinations, writing a letter of complaint and more. It comes fully resourced with PowerPoints, travel guide extracts, example answers and newspaper articles. Lesson 1: Introduction to travel writing Lesson 2: The Road to Manali by Melissa Bell Lesson 3: The Red Dust Lesson 4: Describing Antarctica Lesson 5: Writing a speech to reduce tourism Lesson 6: Pole to Pole by Michael Palin Lesson 7: Narrative tenses in The Beach Lesson 8-9: Designing a travel advert Lesson 10: Designing the ultimate trip Lesson 11: Describing holidays Lesson 12: Holiday web quest Lesson 13: Holiday narrative writing Lesson 14-15: Holidays from hell Lesson 16: Designing a promotional video Lesson 17: Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks Lesson 18: Travel TV Shows

This unit contains everything you need to teach Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan at KS3. This is a sequence of 21 Cirque du Freak lessons that aid KS3 students in developing their understanding of plot, character, language and structure through studying Darren Shan’s text. The unit of work includes: Lesson 1: Narrative Hooks Lesson 2: Initial impressions of Darren Lesson 3: Analysing characters Lesson 4: Comparing the boys Lesson 5: Describing setting Lesson 6: The Freakshow Lesson 7: Language to describe the snake Lesson 8: Vampire webquest Lesson 9: Steve and friendship Lesson 10: Forming a plan Lesson 11: The relationship between Steve and Darren Lesson 12: Building tension Lesson 13: Analysing Mr Crepsley Lesson 14: Writing a letter of application Lesson 15: Designing a vampire Lesson 16: Writing effective endings Lesson 17: Assessment Planning on Steve Lesson 18: Writing your assessment Lesson 19: Assessment feedback Lesson 20: Designing a front cover Lesson 21: The film The unit ends with an assessment that evaluates the character of Steve Leonard. It is supported with a feedback sheet, writing frames and exemplar answers to mark afterwards.

This unit of work is designed as a pathway through the text Wild Boy at KS3. The unit contains 21 lessons and looks at areas such as plot structure, character relationships, aspects of a detective novel, the author’s use of pathetic fallacy and more. It is fully resourced with an extract assessment, descriptive language worksheets, plot quizzes, contextual information and assessment writing frames. Page numbers refer to the Walker Books edition. Lesson 1: The Prologue Lesson 2: The Circus: setting the scene Lesson 3: Fairground characters Lesson 4: Clarissa Everett Lesson 5: The author’s use of animal imagery Lesson 6: Creating mystery Lesson 7: Character foils: Clarissa and Wild Boy Lesson 8: Escape through the sewers Lesson 9: Designing a WANTED poster Lesson 10: Use of pathetic fallacy Lesson 11: Analysing the murder scene Lesson 12: Discovering the hidden room Lesson 13: A Victorian Workhouse Lesson 14: The Church Lesson 15: How the writer builds tension Lesson 16: The Machine Lesson 17: Circular Structure Lesson 18: The Suspects Lesson 19: The Finale Lesson 20: Planning your assessment Lesson 21: Writing your assessment

This unit is designed to give Year 9 students an introduction to Charles Dickens and other Victorian Writers at KS3. It includes extracts from Dombey and Son, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and more. This is perfect for introducing KS3 students to the skills they will need for their GCSE course and the context for Victorian Literature. The 14 lessons are fully resourced with extracts, contextual information, quizzes, gap fills and exemplar answers. Lesson 1: The plot of Dombey and Son Lesson 2: Analysing an extract Lesson 3: Formative assessment Lesson 4: Language to describe Victorian London Lesson 5: The Dining Hall in Oliver Twist Lesson 6: Victorian Women Lesson 7: Lowood in Jane Eyre Lesson 8: Miss Temple from Jane Eyre Lesson 9: Mr Creakle from David Copperfield Lesson 10: Describing characters Lesson 11: Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights Lesson 12: Comparing childhoods in Wuthering Heights and David Copperfield Lesson 13: Comparing teachers in Jane Eyre and David Copperfield Lesson 14: Assessment

This unit contains everything you need to teach dystopian Fiction at KS3 in an engaging and dynamic way. It includes 9 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, extracts, short stories, quizzes and assessment opportunities. This unit works well with a boy heavy group interested in texts like Brave New World, Hunger Games and War of the Worlds. There is an assessment opportunity at the end of the unit for the students to analyse an extract from Children of Men. This is supported with essay frames and exemplar answers. Lesson 1: Dystopias in Literature Lesson 2: Comparing dystopian worlds Lesson 3: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Lesson 4: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Colins Lesson 5: The Red Weed from War of the Worlds Lesson 6: 1984 by George Orwell Lesson 7: Assessment: Children of Men by PD James Lesson 8:Writing your assessment Lesson 9: Assessment feedback Lesson 10: Dystopia quiz

This unit contains everything you need to teach Rime of the Ancient Mariner at IB Standard or Higher level, but it could easily be adapted for GCSE and A-level. It includes 16 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual research, poetic devices revision, gothic extracts, Romantic research and vocabulary support. Lesson 1: Gothic and Romantic Lesson 2: Poetic rhyme, rhythm and meter Lesson 3: Poetic devices research Lesson 4: The Plot Lesson 5: Part 1 Lesson 6: Part 1 Revision Lesson 7: Part 2 Lesson 8: Part 3 Lesson 9: Part 4 Lesson 10: Part 5 Lesson 11: Part 6 Lesson 12: Part 7 Lesson 13: Parallel Research Lesson 14: Themes and Symbols Lesson 15: Links to crime genre Lesson 16: Exam questions to plan

Are you a TEFL teacher with an elementary level class? Or maybe your students have EFL needs? If so these resources should be helpful. There are around 46 worksheets covering basic grammar and speaking, as well as mid-unit and end of unit tests. They are not stand alone lessons, but could serve as effective support for students struggling with their English in the classroom. There are a number of speaking, grammar and writing activities based around: adverbs of frequency articles classroom language comparative adjectives superlative adjectives daily routines family jobs present simple past simple present continuous prepositions holidays transport

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3. Each unit of work is specialised to target a specific area of the KS3 curriculum such as writing to persuade, advise and argue. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Creating characters with depth Lesson 2: Writing to argue Lesson 3: Writing a film review Lesson 4: Writing a letter of complaint Lesson 5: How to structure a story Lesson 6: Writing to advise

This Literacy Support unit has been created to support students’ spelling and grammar at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills needed to be successful at KS3. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Using capital letters Lesson 2: Writing a summary Lesson 3: Improving your vocabulary Lesson 4: Similes and metaphors Lesson 5: Using persuasive devices Lesson 6: Writing to argue

This scheme of work is designed as a pathway through the play and an introduction to drama at KS3. It includes 12 lessons that are easy to follow and focus on aspects like staging, character development, creative writing, the history of the holocaust and more. Lesson 1: elements of a fable and context Lesson 2: narrative voice Lesson 3: descriptive techniques Lesson 4: vague language and inference Lesson 5: reading between the lines Lesson 6: character analysis of Pavel Lesson 7: comparing Bruno and Shmuel Lesson 8: writing analytical paragraphs Lesson 9: Comparing Lieutenant Kotler with Nazi Germany ideology Lesson 10: Discussing the message of the novel Lesson 11: Designing a book cover Lesson 12: Analysing Jackson’s use of staging

Do you want to teach a play that will demystify the language of love and relationships? This unit of work is fantastic for stretching high ability KS3 students. 18 lessons covering the whole of the play, focusing on playwright’s use of language, how the playwright uses structure, creative writing and the effect of staging. It comes fully resourced with PowerPoints, contextual information to illuminate understanding of the text, chapter extracts and IWB activities. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge School Shakespeare Edition. Lesson 1: Elizabethan context quizzes Lesson 2: Shakespearean language Lesson 3: the theatre Lesson 4: act out the play Lesson 5: the soldiers return in A1S1 Lesson 6: the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick in A1S1 Lesson 7: Don John in A1S3 Lesson 8: the masked ball in A2S1 Lesson 9: deception in A2S1 Lesson 10: focus on the villain in A2S2 Lesson 11: focus on Benedick in A2S3 Lesson 12: appearance and reality in A2S3 Lesson 13: review of Acts 1-2 Lesson 14: Beatrice is tricked in A3S1 Lesson 15: Claudio is tricked in A3S2 Lesson 16: the marriage in A4S1 Lesson 17: Beatrice and Benedick in A4S1 Lesson 18: Leanato and Antonio in A5S1 Lesson 19: the ending

This unit is ideal as an introduction to non-fiction texts and multi-media at middle school. It contains 17 lessons focusing on newspaper bias, presenting a radio report, website design, opinion pieces, film reviews and the register of broadsheets and tabloids. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, newspaper articles, reviews and exemplar answers to stretch the top end. The unit includes: Lesson 1: News values Lesson 2: The structure of a newspaper Lesson 3: Analysing website design Lesson 4: Online website analysis Lesson 5: Radio broadcasts Lesson 6: Snack Attack perspective Lesson 7: Writing a formal report Lesson 8: Writing a film review Lesson 9: Travel writing Lesson 10: Writing a job application letter Lesson 11: Writing Horoscopes Lesson 12: Identifying bias Lesson 13: Tabloid vs Broadsheet Lesson 14: Headlines Lesson 15: Jamie’s Dream School Lesson 16: Writing a music review Lesson 17: Writing a speech on technology

This unit is ideal as an introduction to how the writer creates setting at KS3 and will save you hours of preparation time! It has 13 lessons focusing on how a writer creates a setting, characters, mood and atmosphere. This unit extends into creative writing so the students can create their own settings and characters. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, dramatic activities and quizzes. This is perfect for early GCSE preparation on writing to describe. Lesson 1: describing workhouse in Oliver Twist Lesson 2: analysing the workhouse Lesson 3-5: Monkey’s Paw by WW Jacobs Lesson 6: act out Monkey’s Paw and write your own story Lesson 7: describing Dracula’s castle Lesson 8: describing Frankenstein’s laboratory Lesson 9: writing a London ghost tour Lesson 10: the legend of Jack the Ripper Lesson 11: analysing and evaluating the suspects Lesson 12: Dracula assessment Lesson 13: assessment feedback

This unit contains everything you need to teach myths and legends at KS3, and it will save you hours of preparation! This unit of work includes 10 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar answers, quizzes and the classical stories. The unit includes: Lesson 1: Online research of classic fables Lesson 2: Echo and Narcissus Lesson 3: The Illiad Lesson 4: The Odyssey Lesson 5: Theseus and The Minotaur Lesson 6: King Midas Lesson 7: Arachne and much more…

Are you looking for an original way to hook visual learners into creative writing? This unit of work contains everything you need to teach Descriptive Writing at KS3 and is fantastic early preparation for English language descriptive writing. It includes 13 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar answers, IWB interactive resources, intriguing pictures, activities to exploit drama and poems. It uses classic art as inspiration, such as Bird in an Air Pump, Thomas Chatterton and The Lady of Shalott. Lesson 1: Bird in an Air Pump by Joseph Wright Lesson 2: Chatterton by Henry Wallis Lesson 3-4: The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse Lesson 5: Voice in Not My Best Side by UA Fanthorpe Lesson 6: Original Writing Lesson 7: How to create original characters Lesson 8: Describing alien planets in Star Wars Lesson 9: Describing The Iron Islands in Game of Thrones Lesson 10: Narrative Viewpoint in Assassin’s Creed Lesson 11: Planning your assessment on ‘The Scream’ Lesson 12: Writing your assessment Lesson 13: Assessment feedback

Are you looking for a fresh and creative way to teach Romeo and Juliet? I recently studied for my Certificate for Teaching Shakespeare at the RSC in Stratford and it has revolutionized the way I teach the bard. This unit contains everything you need to teach Romeo and Juliet at KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills, analyzing extracts for English Literature and bringing the play to life. It includes 31 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extract analysis and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge Shakespeare edition. Each lesson is focused on a scene from the play, so you can easily cut this unit down to focus specifically on a key scene and a theme from the play. I have designed this unit to make it relevant to teenage audiences, so we look at themes like: the role of women, both then and now expectations of masculinity in men the role of the theatre why set it in Verona? toxic masculinity in Act 1 Scene 1 the role of a father suppression and rebellion violence role models and much more…