A persuasive writing lesson based around the issue/topic of gun law. Based on the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at year 9-11 but can be adapted for KS3.

Lesson is aimed at getting students interested in the news by making it fun and interesting. Lesson asks students to think about the way they can access the news and why news is important. Students then watch and discuss the news before writing and presenting their own news report on a current topic. Aimed at KS3 students but can easily be adapted to suit older students. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge.

A lesson based around body image and how expectations of body image have changed over the decades. This lesson looks at barbie dolls and at the representation of people on Love Island and asks students to consider if there is too much pressure on young people to look a certain way.

5 homework sheets aimed at helping students develop their skills in planning an answer for Language Paper 1 Question 5. Each sheet asks students to plan a list of powerful vocabulary (challenge to find synonyms to improve their vocab choices), a list of language devices and a list of the senses. Planning sheets can then be used to write up a full practice answer to Paper 1 Question 5. Please leave a review. I love your feedback :)

A lesson using the poem ‘Still I Rise’ to teach Unseen Poetry. Differentiated tasks.

Lesson aimed at teaching language paper 1, question 5 to GCSE students. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Tasks are timed to help student’s focus and prepare themselves for exam timings.

A card sorting activity using Simpsons images to test students knowledge of the plot. Students should cut the cards out and sort them into the correct order.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson aimed at teaching an introductory module to Chaucer to KS3. Focuses on developing students PEED skills.

A lesson aimed at using AFOREST to write an argument on a popular debate topic. Aimed at KS4 but can easily be adapted. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is created using the TEEP model.

A lesson which looks at life in the trenches for soldiers during WW1. Students are given information about trench life including a diary entry and a poem. Students will write a description based on trench life from the perspective of a soldier during WW1. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.

GCSE Language Paper 2 lesson comparing two non-fiction texts on prisons. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is aimed at teaching questions 1 and 4 on the paper. Sources included.

3 lessons using the short story ‘Vendetta’ to teach language paper 1 skills. Aimed at low-mid ability year 9 class but can be easily adapted for higher ability classes. Includes a copy of the short story.

Lesson is part of a series of lessons teaching OMAM but could work as a stand alone lesson. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson looks at chapter 1 and the relationship between George and Lennie.

Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson includes WAGOLL answers that students can grade using the mark scheme. Lesson is scaffolded to ensure all students can access the lesson and the question. Please leave a review. I’d love to hear your feedback :)

This lesson includes the context of the poem, annotations of the poem and language/structure/form analysis tasks. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at year 9-11 studying GCSE poetry.

Gothic style lesson focusing on Frankenstein’s monster. Includes a starter activity where students create their own monster by each designing a different body part. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at KS3 but can be used for older students. Planned using the TEEP model.

A Christmas creative writing lesson based around describing a Christmas market. Lesson is scaffolded with a video, pictures and planning tasks for students to gather their ideas. WAGOLL answers are included for students to assess/discuss. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. This lesson is aimed at KS3 but can easily be adapted for older year groups.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson involves getting students to think about what a typical gothic monster is, look at extracts and eventually create and write a description of their own monster. Lesson is aimed at KS3 students but can easily be adapted for KS4.

A SPAG help sheet that I designed to put on the front or back cover of students’ books to help them with basic SPAG skills.

5 x ‘5 a day’ starters to re-cap AO’s, exam paper layout, marks, timings etc.