Here is a KS3 lesson that includes a lot of differentiation for those mixed ability classes. The lesson looks at an extract from Great Expectations and then the tasks are based around analysing quotations from the extract.

Looking for a complete Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy lesson with presentation and worksheets included, well look no further. In the range of documents above you will find a power point presentation, card sort activity, the poem itself, and two work sheets that are designed to be printed back to back to make a mini booklet for the students to work through during the lesson. Oh and of course there is an example PEE paragraph for the students to refer too as well as a success criteria. This lesson done well can have a great impact on the students and their understanding of this poem.

This film review lesson is a great way to catch the attention of your class when it comes to writing persuasively. It has a colourful display and engaging music at the beginning as well as activities to suit the build up to writing persuasively. Not only do you get a power point that goes through how to write persuasively and then gives the students an extensive writing task, this presentation also comes with a four page booklet to guide each student through the lesson. It has a film review example as well as sentence starters to help them create the perfect film review.

This revision booklet goes through how to answer an exam question on Blood Brothers. It includes paragraph formats, A and C grade model answers, as well as context pages. It also has space for students to do their own character summaries, and select key quotations in preparation for the exam. This booklet is a great resource to give to the students when they are going on study leave as it really guides them through the stages.

This lesson introduces the poem Valentine to the students. It explores the main ideas of love and has a model answer to support the students in their PEE paragraph. This pack also includes a PEE grid, sentence starters, and a lesson plan of the whole lesson.

This poetry lesson introduces poetry through the use of music. Students will have the opportunity to listen to each song and then discuss the lyrics. They will then analyse using the questions on the slide show. Included are the lyrics to all three songs, selected quotations for the teacher to hand around the class for the students to analyse, and an extra resource focusing on the song 'Skyscraper'. (internet connection required for the music)

This assessment planning sheet will help students to select key language techniques from the texts and analyse appropriately, whilst covering all the PEE areas needed. .

This planning sheet should help your class to include all the language techniques and skills they need to create a persuasive article.

This introductory lesson starts with the all important Prologue in Romeo and Juliet. There are several activities that you can do with your students in the power point using the Prologue attachment as well. Then as you continue through the lesson there are PEE structure questions and a model PEE paragraph on the tragedy of the play Romeo and Juliet. In addition, there are some great music links (internet access needed) that will get your students excited and engaged in analysing Romeo and Juliet. I had students from other classes trying to come into my lesson when I played these music gems.

This Shakespeare Research Booklet is a fantastic resource for introducing students into the world of Shakespeare. Every teacher struggles with how to teach the all important context section of the Shakespeare topic, and how to make it actually interesting. Well, here is the way to do it, and all you will need for one to two lessons is either a computer room or a Shakespeare book box from your school library. This booklet will teach the context for you, as it has key questions for the students to research, fun activities to complete, key quotations to understand, and a glossary the students can fill out.

This sentence structure lesson is designed to show students how using a variety of sentences can create a certain effect on the reader. Here I have used 'The Boy' horror movie trailer to create my own descriptive piece of writing which focuses on building an image using descriptive language and a variation of sentences. Once students have read the description and discussed why this description is effective you move on to watching the trailer (access to the internet needed), and then get the students to continue the original description using the success criteria, trailer, their imagination, and the original descriptive piece of writing for aid.

Writing to create an image in the reader's mind is always a difficult one for the students, so here is an introductory lesson that will help them to think about why and who they are writing for. It includes a success criteria and a clip (requires internet access) to help them create an extensive piece of descriptive writing, as well as a starter that should get their creative juices flowing. Happy Writing!

The 'A Christmas Carol planning sheet' guides students through writing a PEE essay based on A Christmas Carol. It has questions and sentence starters to help students understand the sequence of their essay. This can be used for those students just starting to learn about PEE and students who need that extra bit of scaffolding when it comes to the real thing.

PEE preparation power point for A Christmas Carol. This Power point goes very well with 'The Little Book of PEE For A Christmas Carol' as it takes students through the question they will be answering and includes PEE structures, model paragraphs, and a mark scheme (Based on the new 1-9). However it also works as a standalone resource, as it goes through how to pick out key quotations in a text, and leaves the teacher room to analyse them with the students.

Teaching PEE - KS3/KS4 This little book is a step-by-step guide for students to learn how to write Point Evidence Explain paragraphs. What is included: - General PEE structure questions and sentence starters - A Christmas Carol PEE structure questions and sentence starters - A mark scheme based on the new 1-9 mark scale - Three PEE model answers - one grade 4- and one grade 5+ This is a 10 pages guide. Once in their books, this Little Book of PEE can always be referred to as it has general aspects of PEE in it as well. Very effective resource- I and many of my colleagues have used this with students in KS3 and KS4.