Offering 18 years of English Language and Literature experience with: AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas.
Currently, teaching A Level English Language and GCSE English Language and Literature in an FE setting - providing lessons and training documents aimed at updating pedagogy.
Private tutor and Education Consultant, working with schools and colleges, delivering teaching and learning development sessions.
Lessons created for: Entrance Exams, SATs, GCSE, FS and A Level.
Previous PGCE Mentor.
Offering 18 years of English Language and Literature experience with: AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas.
Currently, teaching A Level English Language and GCSE English Language and Literature in an FE setting - providing lessons and training documents aimed at updating pedagogy.
Private tutor and Education Consultant, working with schools and colleges, delivering teaching and learning development sessions.
Lessons created for: Entrance Exams, SATs, GCSE, FS and A Level.
Previous PGCE Mentor.
An engaging lesson that can be used to introduce key skills required for Paper 2 AQA GCSE English Language. The lesson does give lots of examples and advice and guidance on how to answer: Q1, Q2 and Q4 - focuses on the theme of homelessness.
Pack includes:
11 page PowerPoint packed full of information.
Q1 skim and scan skills with true and false questions.
comparison tasks based on image.
informative visual clip (lasts 10 mins) ‘Simon on the Streets.’ Additional questions to support.
reading skills tasks based on account by ‘Sophie Haydock.’
round robin task based on source A and source B.
summary question WAGOLL
guide on summarising two texts with a framework to support.
stand up-hand up- pair up tasks.
A lesson and resources that focus on the key elements required for exciting writing!
Package includes:
Settler task - Chernobyl funfair image and task prompts.
Recap and reflections on language techniques, notably PEARMS.
Application of PEARMS and sensory writing feature tasks using a moden funfair image.
Identifying semantic fields.
WAGOLL for annotation of PEARMS, other language techniques and sensory descriptions.
Includes fairground word bank and success criteria.
Self-assessment activity linked to AQA mark scheme.
Informative lesson that focuses on the annotation of a range of quotations - underpinning the various ideas linked to language analysis and the effects on a reader. Highlights the skills required for the exam specification.
Key Elements:
Silent starter - read the resource provided - summarise writer’s point of view through his use of language.
Grid used to capture ideas from Orwell extract ‘Road to Wigan Pier.’
Identification of imagery, adverbials and powerful adjectives - why and how are they effective? What do we think of the writer’s thoughts?
Annotation of quotations with reference to techniques - THINK or FEEL - PICTURE or IMAGINE.
Your turn tasks ‘analysing the use of language in a text.’
Resources Include:
-PowerPoint
Reading extract
Language analysis grid.
A thorough lesson with resources that explores the understanding of closer reading and how to apply these skills in exam situations. Can be used to suit both lower ability and higher ability students. Activities aid to stretch the idea of implicit meaning and how to dig deep when analysing both word and image.
Key Elements:
Identifying key details in a text and selecting a range of relevant quotations to support findings.
Recall activities from both word and image. (images supplied)
Recall activities - closer reading tasks using: Fergal Keane ‘Letter to Daniel’
and Owen Jones ‘There’s More Bleak News for Young People’ 2015.
Analysis of word and phrase, using ‘Letter to Daniel.’
Non Fiction ‘comment’ article or ‘opinion’ piece, using Owen Jones extract.
Resources include:
15 page Powerpoint
Both reading extracts
Collection Grids
Images for recall tasks
An informative PowerPoint and resources that address subject specific terminology, accurately.
Key Elements:
Silent Starter Mix and Match - term to definition.
Why is analysis of key word and phrase important.
Annotation of two texts.
Quotation explosions, identifying language and effect.
Deliberate language choices task - notably adjectives and adverbials.
Example of exam questions ‘How characters use language to express emotion.’
Exam question ‘identifying how language can influence a reader.’
Annotation of extract ‘Why Bother with Breakfast.’
A full PowerPoint and resources provided.
A great introductory lesson to what is non-fiction writing. Can be used at both KS3 and KS4 level. Also, serves as a great revision/recap lesson prior to the exam.
Lesson includes:
Informative PowerPoint
The Guardian Article: Children’s Mental Health: It’s time to put wellbeing on the curriculum.
Article analysis grid
Modelled answers for analysis grid
An 18 page 11 Plus lesson that focuses on language used to describe character and setting - notably Scrooge and his counting house.
Lesson Includes:
an informative 18 page PowerPoint
stave 1 extract
finding alternative word tasks
choose a word that suggests tasks
Year 5 and 11 Plus synonym tasks
Year 6 SAT tasks
retrieval and interpretation questions
Big summative question regarding Scrooge and his nephew.
A flexible lesson that can be used for either KS3 or KS4. Features an introduction to Marley’s Ghost and the Ghost of Christmas Past
The lesson includes:
a sixteen page PowerPoint
quizzlet links, allowing studentsto match up words with their definitions or synonyms.
Key vocabulary tasks: pairing up synonyms with answers.
cloze activity
extract from A Christmas Carol
finding evidence tasks - four questions
synonym tasks
comprehension questions on both ghosts.
An interactive session that uses the successful approach of Toe by Toe to aid struggling or weak readers. This session also includes scaffolded activities from the widely acclaimed book to support young readers.
The lesson addresses:
Explicit letter sounding.
Recognising/ understanding and pronunciation of: sh,ch,th,ck,qu.
Blending letters and sounds to form word and phrase.
Task 1: Letter and image sounding task.
Task 2: Guided reading- letter sounds
Task 3: Toe by Toe grid to consolidate learning (pronunciation)
Task 4: As above but with different word and phrase.
Task 5: Pronunciation grid from Toe by Toe.
The lesson can be used for short sharp intervention or to address pronunciation difficulties.
A fabulous lesson, that can be used to aid with struggling readers. All reading clinic PowerPoints are created by me, using the successful Toe by Toe reading methods and techniques.
Pack Includes:
A 13 page PowerPoint.
Task 1: Focus on ‘er’ and ‘ing’ endings.
Task 2: Putting words into context.
Task 3: The two sounds of ‘oo’
Task 4: Putting words into context.
Task 5: Real words revisin task.
-This pack also contains five activity grids from the Toe by Toe book to aid with the consolidation of learning.
Identification of modal verbs in a description slide.
There are other lessons in this series that effectively boost struggling readers and aid with literacy skills. Are also extremely effective with dyslexic learners.
A really fun and interactive lesson - perfect for either KS2 or KS3. The pack consists of a full lesson with PowerPoint and resources to support the different activities, promoting paired and group work, using chatter boxes to consolidate learning.
The learning, specifically focuses on the identification of : word class/language features and devices used for effect in two different extracts - ‘James and the Giant Peach’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’
Key Learning Question:
‘Can I identify a variety of language devices/word classes in a text?’
Lesson Includes:
Starter activity; nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Guided reading task.
Challenge task: 4,3,2,1 adjectives, similes, alliterations and metaphors.
Find four things activity (information retrieval tasks) using ‘James and the Giant Peach’ extract
Find four things (information retrieval tasks) using ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ Extract included in PowerPoint.
Mini plenary (4 top tips)
Comprehension task
Word class task.
Chatter box task with intructions and template.
A simple card matching activity that can be utilised with both KS2 and KS3.
Can be used as a reflection/ retrieval task from a previous lesson or as a starter task for a new lesson.
Helps to build peer buddy relationships when working together to sort the features.
Can build on the session by asking students to then create sentences, using the devices featured in the match up activity - peer buddies can then guess the feature used :)
A really fun and engaging lesson that focuses on writing to describe.
Learning Question: How do I communicate an image through written text?
Includes a 9 page PowerPoint, images and prompts.
Encourages- Think-Pair-Share and partnered work.
Paper 1: Fiction - language focus.
A ten page PowerPoint aimed at close language focus.
using extracts from:
Charles Dickens ‘Great Expectations’
Bram Stoker ‘Dracula’
Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’
John Steinbeck ‘The Pearl’
JRR Tolkein ‘The Hobbit’
Ian McEwan ‘Enduring Love’
AC Doyle ‘The Hound of The Baskervilles’
Ray Bradbury ‘A Sound of Thunder’
Harper Lee 'To Kill a Mockingbird
Roald Dahl ‘The Landlady’
Addressing the four questions:
Three details you have identified
What? (is the point the writer is trying to make?)
How? (what method or technique does the writer employ?)
Why? (what impressions is the writer trying to convey?)
What do we think?
What do we feel?
A 12 page PowerPoint that explores: character, action, setting and theme. Additionally, textual references and context.
Includes the following:
-Romeo and Juliet clock resource
12 page PowerPoint.
Lesson addresses key exam style questions, such as: ‘How does Shakespeare present attitudes toward death?’ ‘How does Shakespeare present the idea of fate?’ With many more…
Includes four separate extracts
A great pack to introduce key themes and ideas or can be used as a revision resource.
A great resource to use as a starter task or to consolidate understanding of subordinate clauses.
Resource explains what subordinate clauses are with four tasks - answers are also included.
A pack that can be used over two, one hour sessions. An action packed lesson that identifies the benefits of learning how to write a counter argument the right way, demonstrating how to be a fair and objective writer - taking students through creating effective plans for successful counter arguments.
The pack includes:
A 10 page PowerPoint with annotated notes
Sentences for effect worksheet
‘Sugar, So Sweet.’ article
Three student example counter arguments
A planning guide
A resource of example topics for students to use
Hints sheet
Plenary task: ‘what advice would you give to students?’
A fabulous resource that can be utilised by parent, teachers and students to aid with CEM style 11 Plus English Language assessments/exams.
a comprehensive 22 page PowerPoint that will maximise student potential and their understanding of common questions in CEM style exams with a particular focus on shuffled sentences.
shuffled senteces are sentences out of sequence, usually along with a superfluous word. Students are asked to identify the surplus word that does not fit the sentence.
This amazing guide offers a staged approach to support children’s confidence and success with CEM style questions.
Each stage in this guide is designed to break down specific areas of grammar that are implicitly tested.
The guide contains 88 example exercises complete with answers.
-A fabulous resource that will help you and your students to plan for success.
A 34 page PowerPoint with resources that addresses all Section A reading questions on the Paper 1 English Language exam. This package can easily be split into two, one hour lessons.
Includes the following:
34 page Powerpoint
Reading resource with exam style questions linked to the PowerPoint
A step by step approach wit teacher tips and guidance when answering each specific question on the paper.
Extract ’ The Landlady’ by Roald Dahl
This bundle can be used as either an introduction to the AQA paper or as a refresher. Students can also watch the televised version from ‘Tales of the Unexpected.’ It’s a great watch!!
A 22 page PowerPoint that explores the differences between broadsheet and tabloid newspapers - focusing on layout and structure, Leans towards the skills required for Paper 2: question 5.
Comes complete with a sample structure grid to write a paired plan when answering the question.
Additionally, provides teacher top tips for answering the question with time management strategies when referring to the exam.
A great lesson to introduce the art of structuring non-fiction writing or can be used to re-cap and reflect on skills required prior to the exam.