A lesson aimed at introducing students to the context of A Christmas Carol. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Independent task is for students to write a diary entry from the perspective of a child in a workhouse.

An introduction to the GCSE play, teaching students the social and historical context of the play. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Students are asked to analyse the soliloquy fromAct 1, Scene 5. Students are given various tasks before answering an exam style question. Lesson covers AO1, AO2 and AO3 and asks students at the end to identify where they have covered each AO in their work.

Includes a range of lessons and resources for a non-fiction scheme of work. All lessons differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Lessons include a range of topics including: Prisons, P.T Barnum, the Death penalty, Live Aid, the news, Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’, Selling houses, gun law and nursing. Lessons cover both the reading and writing sections of the paper. Please leave a review. I would love to hear your feedback :)

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Students are given various tasks before answering an exam style question. Lesson focuses on Act 1, Scene 3 and the impact of the witches prophecies.

Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson is based around the concept of Room 101 with students being asked to think about their pet peeves and eventually work in a group to present a short presentation on why it should be put into room 101.

A lesson taught as part of a unit teaching Of Mice and Men. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at a top-set year 9 class but can easily be adapted for lower ability groups.

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.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at introducing Chaucer to KS3. This lesson focuses on the character of the Cook and looks at cooking in the Middle Ages.

-A lesson made as part of a KS3 unit of work about Chaucer. -Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. -Lesson focuses on AO4 and evaluating the text.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Students look at structural features then use a series of pictures to structure and create their own stories.

Lesson looks at the context of the poem, the language and structure and gets students to analyse key quotations. This lesson also includes annotations of the poem. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson is aimed at GCSE students as part of the Power and Conflict Poetry for GCSE English Literature.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson is aimed at a KS3 class studying The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and gets students to look at how the relationship between Bruno and his father is presented in the chapter. Scaffolded and differentiated tasks throughout the lesson.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Students are given various tasks before answering an exam style question. Lesson focuses on Act 1, Scene 2 and how the character of Macbeth is established as a hero and why this is important.

Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson starter asks students to write down a funny story that is either truth or a lie. The teacher then collects these in and returns to them for the plenary. The main part of the lesson involves students been allocated a topic and having to work with others to gather information about that topic to eventually present their findings.

This powerpoint includes the context of the poem, annotations of the poem, a challenge task grid and language analysis task. Lesson differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is aimed at years 9-11 studying GCSE poetry. Please leave a review, I’d love to know your feedback on the lesson.

Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge. Includes context and language analysis tasks. Includes annotations of the poem. Differentiated language/structure analysis tasks. Please leave a review - i’d love to hear your feedback :)

A lesson teaching the poem ‘Storm on the Island’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Includes context and language analysis tasks.

A lesson teaching the poem ‘The Prelude’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Includes context and language analysis tasks.

A lesson teaching the poem ‘Tissue’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Includes context and language analysis tasks.