This unit of work has been designed to prepare A-level students for their AQA Paper 2 Unseen Prose exam. The students have to incorporate context into their answers, so the unit contains 13 lessons ranging from Victorian Literature to more modern, multi-cultural texts like White Teeth. Each lesson will take you about an hour to prepare their answer and a further hour to write an essay if you wish to do so. It comes fully resourced with PowerPoint lessons, exemplar essays, guidance on how to write introductions and conclusions, extracts, and examiner advice. The lessons include extracts from: The Heart of Darkness I am Charlotte Simmonds Brick Lane Digging to America White Teeth Gone with the Wind Catcher in the Rye Revolutionary Road Everything I Never Told You Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit I have used this unit with very high achieving A-level students who have gone on to study English Literature at Oxford and Cambridge, so it is definitely targeted towards the top end.

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. This unit of work is specialised to target travel articles and diaries, with both reading and writing skills, and works well with small support groups.

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support with poetry at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes needed, such as writer’s use of language and voice, poetic techniques and rhythm. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Poetic techniques Lesson 2: Synonyms in Autumn by John Keats Lesson 3: Rhythm in Sonny’s Lettah by Linton Kwesi Johnson Lesson 4: Voice in Hitcher by Simon Armitage Lesson 5: Style in Kid by Simon Armitage Lesson 6: Originality in Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3 with Romeo and Juliet. It gives an overview of the skills and themes needed to access Shakespeare. Each unit of work is specialised to target a specific area of the KS3 curriculum such as Shakespearean language and context. Each unit of work comes with 8 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Accessing Shakespeare’s language Lesson 2: Costume design Lesson 3: Plot and key quotes Lesson 4: Exploring parent and child relationships Lesson 5: Writing a magazine article on the Capulet Ball Lesson 6: Evaluating who is to blame Lesson 7: Plot quiz Lesson 8: Grammar

This unit is a great way to teach summary, language and perspective skills at KS4. It is focused on AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2. It prepares students for Q2 summarise the differences, Q3 writer’s use of language and Q4 perspective and point of view. It includes 24 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, exemplar answers, online research and historical articles . Page numbers refer to the Arrow Books edition. Lesson 1: Context research online Lesson 2: C1 Maycomb County Lesson 3: C2 Education Lesson 4: C2 Analysing Miss Caroline Lesson 5: C3 Comparing Atticus’ and Scout’s point of view Lesson 6: The Case of Ruby Bridges Lesson 7: C4 Analysing Atticus Finch Lesson 8: C5 Analysing Miss Maudie Atkinson Lesson 9: C6 Building tension Lesson 10: C7 Scout’s understanding of the world Lesson 11: C8 The Fire Lesson 12 C10 The Rabid Dog Lesson 13: Analysing Miss Dubose Lesson 14: C12 Race relations Lesson 15: C13 Comparing Aunt Alex with Ms Dubose Lesson 16: C15 The Lynch Mob Lesson 17: C16-21 Summarising the trial Lesson 18: C21 The Verdict Lesson 19: C23 Comparing Bob and Atticus Lesson 20: C24 Analysing the Missionary Ladies Lesson 21: C25 Racism and Prejudice Lesson 22: C28 The Attack on Jem and Scout Lesson 23: C29 The Aftermath and Boo Radley Lesson 24: C31 The Ending

Private Peaceful is a fantastic way to teach students about the realties of war, at a time when politicians seek to glorify it. This unit is ideally for Year 7 or mid ability Year 8. 18 lessons covering the whole of the text, focusing on writer’s use of language, how the writer uses structure, character analysis and creative writing opportunities. The unit of work is fully resourced with ppts, contextual information to illuminate understanding of the text, chapter extracts and more. This is perfect for early exam preparation as well as fostering English Literature skills. Page numbers refer to the Harper Collins Edition. Lesson 1: Introduction to WW1 Lesson 2: First day at school Lesson 3: Older brothers Lesson 4: Creating characters Lesson 5: Grandma Wolf Lesson 6: Siblings Lesson 7: Describing a plane crash Lesson 8: Parent-child relationships Lesson 9: Diary Writing Lesson 10: Life in the army Lesson 11: Analysing character motivation Lesson 12: War propaganda Lesson 13: Use of setting Lesson 14: Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen Lesson 15: Describing a gas attack Lesson 16: Letter writing Lesson 17: Assessment Lesson 18: Assessment feedback

This scheme of work contains everything you need to teach Narrative Writing at KS4 and will save you hours of preparation! It is focused on AQA Paper 1 for English language but can easily be adapted for other purposes. It includes 23 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson ppts, short stories and extracts, IWB interactive resources, quizzes and activities to exploit drama. Each lesson targets a different area of the mark scheme for the students to master. Lesson 1: An introduction into narrative writing with ‘On the Road’ Lesson 2: How to structure a story using a story mountain Lesson 3: How to write an effective opening Lesson 4: Using connectives Lesson 5: Creating characters with depth Lesson 6: Writing about a party Lesson 7: Focus on punctuation in ‘The Hero’ Lesson 8: Avoiding cliche in “The 100% perfect girl” Lesson 9: Using dialogue Lesson 10: Multiple narrative voices in “Not My Best Side” Lesson 11: Writing a story using a unique voice Lesson 12: Structure in ‘The Fugitive’ Lesson 13: A Day in the Life of a Nobody Lesson 14: Writing a personal response Lesson 15: Creating titles Lesson 16: Expanding and planning Lesson 17: Topic sentences Lesson 18: Openings and endings Lesson 19: Endings Lesson 20: Narratives and dialogue Lesson 21: Opening lines Lesson 22: Creating a sense of place Lesson 23: Show don’t tell

This unit contains 20 lessons covering the film ‘Let Him Have It’, focusing on opinion writing, speeches and newspaper articles that discuss capital punishment. It is fully resourced with worksheets, speeches, crime scene sketches and contextual information to illuminate understanding of capital punishment in the 1950s and the Derek Bentley case. This unit of work is an engaging way to prepare for non-fiction writing . It works well in conjunction with the film ‘Let Him Have It’ (1991) . Lesson 1: Attitudes to capital punishment Lesson 2: Crime Lesson 3: A timeline of the warehouse robbery Lesson 4: Witness evidence Lesson 5: Prosecution and defence Lesson 6: Using camera angles Lesson 7: Creating a storyboard Lesson 8: Filming your storyboard Lesson 9: Writing a police report Lesson 10: The Court Case Lesson 11: Bentley’s execution Lesson 12: 1950s culture Lesson 13: Protest songs Lesson 14: Persuasive techniques in a letter Lesson 15: Persuasive techniques in a speech Lesson 16: Creating a protest poster Lesson 17: Writing a defence speech for Craig Lesson 18: Writing a defence speech for Bentley Lesson 19: Planning your assessment speech Lesson 20: Writing your speech

A whole scheme of work dedicated to Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Excellent context work for supporting appreciation of Shakespeare using context. It includes an introduction to the Globe, life for men and women, Shakespeare’s family life, Machiavelli and a Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England. Fully resourced with fun facts, quizzes and creative writing opportunities. Lesson 1: Context Lesson 2: Library and online research Lesson 3:The Globe Lesson 4: The Plays Lesson 5: Shakespearean language Lesson 6: Mid term assessment Lesson 7: Designing a movie trailer Lesson 8: Tudor women Lesson 9: John Shakespeare Lesson 10: Designing a theatre Lesson 11: Staging A1S5 of Romeo and Juliet Lesson 12: Machiavelli Lesson 13: The Taming of the Shrew Lesson 14: The Witches in Macbeth Lesson 15: The Tempest Lesson 16: Love poems and sonnets Lesson 17: Origins of English Lesson 18: Elizabethan beliefs Lesson 19: Planning your assessment Lesson 20: Writing your assessment

Bring Titanic to life with this introduction to non-fiction texts at middle school. 16 lessons focusing on evaluating non-fiction texts, opinion writing, evaluating a statement and writing a summary. Fully resourced with ppts, contextual information to illuminate understanding and Interactive White Board activities. Lesson 1: an introduction to Titanic Lesson 2: online research Lesson 3: a timeline of the sinking Lesson 4: newspaper articles Lesson 5: a survivor’s account Lesson 6: radio broadcasts Lesson 7: creating Titanic characters Lesson 8: character profiles Lesson 9: grammar Lesson 10: writing a speech Lesson 11: performing a speech Lesson 12: report writing Lesson 13: evaluating blame Lesson 14: the Titanic quiz Lesson 15: poster lesson Lesson 16: descriptive writing

Ideally for Year 8 or low ability Year 9, this unit of work contains 25 lessons covering the whole of the text. It focuses on writer’s use of language, how the writer uses structure, evaluating a statement and creative writing. It comes fully resourced with contextual information, Auschwitz survivor stories, chapter extracts, freeze frame cards and IWB activities. This is perfect to embed the skills needed for GCSE Literature Paper 1 preparation at KS3. Lesson 1: Context Lesson 2: Boyne’s narrative style Lesson 3: Exploring sibling relationships Lesson 4: Descriptive writing Lesson 5: The importance of Bruno’s father Lesson 6: Good and evil Lesson 7: Pavel as a symbol of Jewish struggles Lesson 8: Uniforms Lesson 9: Exploring Lesson 10: Friendships Lesson 11: Bruno and Shmuel Lesson 12: Shmuel’s background Lesson 13: Using inference Lesson 14: Writing a TV script Lesson 15: Lieutenant Kotler Lesson 16: Radicalization and the Hitler Youth Lesson 17: Bruno’s mother Lesson 18: Bruno’s world Lesson 19: Writing the ending Lesson 20: Poetic justice Lesson 21: The end Lesson 22: Interview with John Boyne Lesson 23: Planning your assessment Lesson 24: Writing your assessment Lesson 25: Feedback and improve

Featherboy is a fantastic text to teach KS3 students about bullying, and the unseen struggles others may be going through. This unit is ideally for Year 7 or a lower ability Year 8, and will save you hours of preparation time! It contains 20 lessons covering the whole of the text, focusing on Robert’s journey from zero to hero. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, bullying articles, newspaper templates and opportunities for drama role play. It also has an assessment essay on Robert’s changes with essay frames and quote quests. This is perfect for early English Literature preparation as well as building English writing skills. Each lesson focuses on a different aspect and chapter of the text. Lesson 1: Use of the fairy tale genre in Featherboy Lesson 2: Characterisation Lesson 3: Finding your own narrative voice Lesson 4: Singer’s use of Robert’s imagination Lesson 5: Use of sound Lesson 6: How to build tension Lesson 7: Drama and the hot seat challenge Lesson 8: Community debates Lesson 9: Precepts and life wisdoms Lesson 10: Writing a dramatic monologue Lesson 11: Bullying Lesson 12: Symbolism of The Firebird Lesson 13: Writing a film script Lesson 14: Using the passive voice in reports Lesson 15: Writing a letter Lesson 16: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 17: Analysing Robert Lesson 18: Singer’s narrative style and voice Lesson 19: The Trial of Jonathan Niker Lesson 20: Assessment

This scheme of work is designed as a pathway through the play and an introduction to drama at KS3. It includes 16 lessons that are easy to follow and focus on aspects like staging, character development, creative writing, autism research and more. Page numbers refer to the Metheun Drama edition. Lesson 1: Autism research Lesson 2: Creating Chris’ voice Lesson 3: Metaphorical and literal Lesson 4: Siobhan as the narrator Lesson 5: The detective genre Lesson 6: Perceptions of Chris’ mother Lesson 7: Perceptions of Chris’ father Lesson 8: Stephen’s use of staging Lesson 9: Research on why children run away from home Lesson 10: Eidetic memories Lesson 11: Staging Chris’ journey to London Lesson 12: Judy and Roger Lesson 13: Creating coping strategies Lesson 14: The crime genre Lesson 15: Assessment on Siobhan

Do you find it difficult to engage teenagers, especially boys, with creative writing and story telling? This unit includes everything you need to teach Fantasy Writing at KS3 . It includes 10 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, exemplar paragraphs, IWB resources and extracts. This unit works well with boy heavy groups who are interested in fantasy worlds and science fiction such as Lord of the Rings and A Game of Thrones. Lesson 1: Verb-Noun collocations in Lord of the Rings Lesson 2: How fantasy writers create characters Lesson 3: Describing a market in Game of Thrones Lesson 4: Structuring a story in an enchanted forest Lesson 5: How George RR Martin uses language Lesson 6: How George RR Martin uses structure Lesson 7: Designing a presentation Lesson 8: Describing an alien planet in Star Wars Lesson 9: How to describe a castle Lesson 10: The Weird Sisters in Macbeth

This unit of work is focused on short stories with original endings. The students analyze these stories, then have an opportunity to analyse an original ending in their final assessment. The unit of work contains 14 lessons and is mainly focused on how a story is structured and uses foreshadowing to lead the reader towards the ending. Lesson 1-3: The Landlady by Roald Dahl Lesson 4: The Raven by Edgar Alan Poe Lesson 5: Analysing structure in The Raven Lesson 6: An introduction to Sherlock Holmes Lesson 7-9: The Case of the Engineer’s Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle Lesson 10: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Lesson 11-13: The Cone by HG Wells Lesson 14: Structure in The Cone There is also an opportunity for a KS3 SATS style exam to analyse structure in ‘Pick Your Poison’.

This scheme of work contains everything you need to teach Narrative Writing at KS3. This unit of work is great preparation for AQA Paper 1 for English language. It includes 13 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson ppts, exemplar paragraphs, IWB interactive resources, activities to exploit drama, media activities and fun ways to engage the students using horror writing. Lesson 1: How to create tension in your writing Lesson 2: Using camera angles Lesson 3: Filming your Sandman Lesson 4: Designing a storyboard Lesson 5: Narrating over the Sandman Lesson 6: Planning and structure Lesson 7: Editing, extending and improving Lesson 8: Focus on grammar Lesson 9: Focus on sentence structure Lesson 10: Planning your story Lesson 11: Writing your story Lesson 12: Less is more - being concise Lesson 13: Designing a Sandman poster

This unit contains everything you need to teach Jekyll and Hyde at KS4 and will save your hours of preparation! It is focused on AQA Paper 1 for English Literature. It includes 21 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities for online research. Lesson 1: The importance of context Lesson 2: An introduction to Jekyll and Hyde Lesson 3: Victorian Britain Lesson 4: Acting out the plot Lesson 5: The importance of the opening Lesson 6: Impressions of Mr Hyde Lesson 7: Exploring Mr Utterson Lesson 8: How the writer creates mood and atmosphere Lesson 9: Mr Utterson’s Dream Lesson 10: Analyzing Jekyll’s state of mind Lesson 11: Comparing Hyde and Jack the Ripper Lesson 12: The murder of Danvers Carew Lesson 13: Good and Evil Lesson 14: Symbolism Lesson 15: The two sides of Mr Utterson Lesson 16: Repression Lesson 17: Society Lesson 18: Narrative viewpoint Lesson 19: The ending Lesson 20: The structure of the novel Lesson 21: Comic strip revision

This unit is a great way to teach AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 . This unit of work is focused on Heroes by Robert Cormier. The students are given repeated practice of questions 1-4 through a literature text. The main focus is Q2 writer’s use of language, Q3 writer’s use of structure and Q4 evaluation of a statement. It includes 23 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, exemplar answers, quizzes, extracts and opportunities to exploit online research. This would suit a lower group who are aiming for G4 G5 or G6. Page numbers refer to the Puffin Books Edition. Lesson 1: WW2 context and Frenchtown Lesson 2: Writer’s use of language with Francis Cassavant Lesson 3: Using flashbacks Lesson 4: Evaluating how the writer uses flashbacks Lesson 5: Structure in Francis’ memories Lesson 6: Language to describe WW2 veterans Lesson 7: Describing the Rec Centre Lesson 8: Language to describe Larry LaSalle Lesson 9: Mood and atmosphere Lesson 10: Language to describe a sports story Lesson 11: Flashbacks and memories Lesson 12: The effect of Pearl Harbour Lesson 13: Creating expectation Lesson 14: Writer’s use of contrast Lesson 15: Evaluating Larry LaSalle Lesson 16: Creating sympathy for Francis Lesson 17: Writer’s use of grammar Lesson 18: Planning a story Lesson 19: Structure in chapter 14 Lesson 20: Language in chapter 14 Lesson 21: Creative Writing Lesson 22: The Ending Lesson 23: Evaluating the ending

Are you looking for a fresh and creative way to teach Macbeth? To enlighten students on the human condition, power and corruption? 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 Macbeth at KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills, analyzing extracts for English Literature and bringing the play to life. It includes 30 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. Lesson 1: Context Lesson 2: Shakespearean language Lesson 3: The plot Lesson 4: The characters Lesson 5: A1S1 The witches Lesson 6: Is Macbeth a hero in A1S2? Lesson 7: A1S3 The Witches’ prophecies Lesson 8: A1S5 Lady Macbeth Lesson 9: A1S7 Macbeth’s soliloquy Lesson 10: Act 1 Review Lesson 11: A2S1 Soliloquys Lesson 12: A2S2 Comparing The Macbeths Lesson 13: A2S3 Staging Duncan’s murder Lesson 14: A2S4 Nature and Divine Right to rule Lesson 15: Act 2 Review Lesson 16: A3S1 Banquo’s murder Lesson 17: A3S2 The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Lesson 18: A3S3 Banquo’s death speech Lesson 19: A3S4 The banquet Lesson 20: A3S6 Lennox’s suspicions Lesson 21: Act 3 Review Lesson 22: A4S1 The Witches Lesson 23: A4S2 The murder of the MacDuffs Lesson 24: Comparing Macbeth and MacDuff Lesson 25: Macduff’s reaction Lesson 26: A5S1 Lady Macbeth’s madness Lesson 27: A5S3 Macbeth reclaims his heroism Lesson 28: A5S5 The death of Lady Macbeth Lesson 29: A5S8 Good vs Evil Lesson 30: Act 5 Review

Do you need a way for students to engage with the big questions of today, such as what brings us true happiness in a world obsessed with money and status? This unit contains everything you need to teach A Christmas Carol at KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills for English Literature, as well as the ability to analyze, evaluate and apply context to your writing. It includes 24 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities to exploit online research. Page numbers refer to the Scholastic Classics Edition. Lesson 1: Character and plot overview Lesson 2: A Victorian Christmas Lesson 3: Context presentations Lesson 4: Performing the play Lesson 5: Our first impressions of Scrooge Lesson 6: Victorian attitudes to the poor Lesson 7: Marley’s ghost Lesson 8: Marley and Scrooge Lesson 9: The Ghost of Christmas Past Lesson 10: Scrooge’s childhood Lesson 11: Victorian employers Lesson 12: Victorian women Lesson 13: The Ghost of Christmas Present Lesson 14: The Cratchits Lesson 15: The struggles of the poor Lesson 16: The lessons Scrooge learns Lesson 17: Ignorance and Want Lesson 18: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Lesson 19: Old Joe’s Shop Lesson 20: Scrooge’s death Lesson 21: Pathetic fallacy Lesson 22: Cyclical structure Lesson 23: Creating character profiles Lesson 24: Writing your own quiz There are also several options for assessment, including how Scrooge changes and the struggles of the poor.