Travel Writing lesson based on looking at conventions of humourous travel writing and a focus on an extract from Karl Pilkington’s An Idiot Abroad.

A lesson focused on the setting of Shakespeare’ s Much Ado about Nothing enabling students to create a piece of imaginative writing about it.

PowerPoint includes help for Romeo and Juliet and An Inspector Calls: Quotations Sample answers Links to context and critical details Links to Edexcel exam questions Links to themes Helpsheet to handout to students also attached to aid revision.

Help sheet to aid students with their revision of Romeo and Juliet and An Inspector Calls in their GCSE Edexcel English Literature Paper 1.

Editable awards for students for their contribution to the English department.

Timed marketplace activity Differentiated so that HA students will act as the ‘experts’ selling information and other students learn from them and each other as they visit each ‘market stall’/table. Each market trader has a sheet with information on their specific character - they will be challenged through understanding Shakespeare’s intentions. Dubai inspired marketplace/Souk as that is where I was teaching when I created the PowerPoint. Roles give to students in the form of Dirhams - great fun as the students take it really seriously as it looks like real money. Speaking and listening skills enhanced. Numeracy addressed through presentation evaluation. Student-led learning. PEEL activity then as the last task to bring together all the research.

Detailed lesson for GCSE poetry - Owen Sheers Quotation explosions designed to help PEEL analysis paragraphs Fun SALSA station exercise including Latin music. Group work activity. SALSA stations: Structure, attitude, language, subject, ambiguity. Differentiated Station sheet for each student. SALSA roles for each student for differentiation

Suitable for Year 7-11. Creative writing lesson on improving writing skills. Helpful for improving GCSE imaginative writing skills. Fun and interesting lesson based on Gothic literature. Differentiation included within writing task. Worksheet for each student included at the end of the PowerPoint, closely linked to improving and enhancing writing skills.

Year 7-11 Creative writing station activity. Graded Outstanding lesson. Challenge activities at every table for differentiation. Could be used when studying The Many Worlds of Albie Bright or as a stand alone lesson for improving creative writing skills. Timers and timed slides used for seamless lesson flow. Student led learning. Kinesthetic activities. Numeracy through scrabble activity. Each student needs a ‘station sheet’ as they travel around to the different groups. **Station 1: **Creative writing creations. Using the formula for varied language and structural techniques to help write a great descriptive passage as a group. Students will need markers and A3 sheets. Evaluate these at the end of the lesson and ask students to discuss the grade they would receive and why based on their gained knowledge of the marking criteria in station 2 Station 2: Evaluating creative writing examples. 2 student examples. Identifying the grade and Mark. Give a WWW and EBI Print out the marking criteria you use in your marking here and let the students work out how to grade it. **Station 3: **Print out the front cover of the book for this station, Connotation Scrabble. List your best words and add up the total score. Numeracy. **Station 4: **Creative character word search. Resource for this included in the PowerPoint. Station 5: Mix and match story. Print out the story and cut out the lines. Mix up and put into a plastic wallet for each group to decide the order at their tables. Work together as a team to create a good story from the different sentences.

Suitable for Year 7-11. Creative writing lesson on improving writing skills. Helpful for improving GCSE imaginative writing skills. Fun and interesting lesson based on the meeting of Count Olaf in A series of Unfortunate events. Differentiation included within writing task. Worksheet for each student included at the end of the PowerPoint, closely linked to improving and enhancing writing skills.

Step by step guide to enhancing imaginative writing for Year 10 and 11 imaginative writing. Helpful skills for GCSE. Instructions for the difference between varying sentence starters, different sentence structure to apply to your work, different sentence types, using advanced punctuation and using different language features. Instructions on how to structure paragraphs effectively and add connectives, TipTops paragraphs and proofread for ensure better marks.

Edexel Paper 1 helpsheet for language and structure question. Step by step guide to using PEEL for Year 10 and 11 Literature English analysis. Helpful skills for GCSE. Instructions for the difference between language and structural features and example paragraph with clear instructions to help with construction of these feared paragraphs! :) Instructions for keyword connotation analysis included, effects of techniques and effect on the reader. Sample paragraph for Romeo and Juliet included.

Step by step guide to using PEEL for Year 10 Language English analysis. Helpful skills for GCSE. Instructions for the difference between language and structural features and example paragraph with clear instructions to help with construction of these feared paragraphs! :) Instructions for keyword connotation analysis included, effects of techniques and effect on the reader.

Year 7-9 Albie Bright Unit of work. PEEL activities, creative writing, language and structural help. SPAG activities, peer assess help. Role play activities.

Step by step guide to using PEEL for Year 9 English analysis. Helpful skills for GCSE. Instructions for the difference between language and structural features and example paragraph with clear instructions to help with construction of these feared paragraphs! :) Instructions for keyword connotation analysis included, effects of techniques and effect on the reader. Sample paragraph for analysis Of Mice and Men.

Step by step guide to using PEEL for Year 7 English analysis. Helpful skills for GCSE. Instructions for the difference between language and structural features and example paragraph with clear instructions to help with construction of these feared paragraphs! :) Instructions for keyword connotation analysis included, effects of techniques and effect on the reader.

Used in English Year 7, 8 and 9 lessons. Used as an introduction to the Chocolate project, this lesson can be used as a challenging stand alone lesson for presentation and advertising skills. Visual timers included on slides to help push on learning Station activities Differentiated for a Challenge + group. Presentation skills Student-led learning Numeracy involved in the evaluation of other students’ presentations. Fun and dynamic activities VAK videos included on the history of chocolate and other popular advertisements to inspire students. AFORESTPIE persuasive techniques Enhances speaking and listening skills Station activity sheets included in powerpoint. Each student has a station sheets (slide 20) to ensure inclusion of each student. Each group gets a different chocolate bar to sell (slides 14-19) - harder chocolate bars given to higher ability groups for differentiation

Edexcel A-Level resources for A Single Man. Includes: PowerPoints to use to help improve exam techniiques Example essays Mock and exam preparation revision resources Summaries of each book Top quotations for revision for each book