Over 80 extracts to create a culture of reading across the school. All linked to literacy calendar of events, challenges, and celebrations.

A lesson responding to the AQA Rosabel Language Paper Q5 task.

A sequence exploring the Rosabel Paper 1, Section B question, focusing on key areas of development (MA/HA) with WAGOLLs and all prepared resources.

KS3/KS4 MA challenging extract.

Extract work using WOTW and building towards creating an effective science-fiction opening. Edit and tweak depending on prior knowledge of topic as this was week three in a eight week sequence. KS3 MA.

A lesson introducing the character of Sherlock Holmes, building to an analysis question on the initial description of the detective. MA KS3.

A creative writing lesson after looking at Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault as part of the Fantasy genre.

A lesson on Sherlock Holmes to begin a reading of any of Conan Doyle’s stories. A very engaging and discussion-based lesson.

A lesson using Alice in Wonderland as a stimulus to make inferences on more challenging texts. Designed specifically with online learning in mind.

A lesson exploring fairy tale openings through Perrault and Grimm.

A resource to explore COMH by John Agard using evidence-based strategies to engage students in academic reading tasks.

A worksheet to support academic reading of Roylott’s introduction - Sherlock finalising ideas in ‘The Speckled Band’.

An extract from ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’ with accompanying academic reading resource - focusing on pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading. An extract to be used for AQA Language Paper 1, Q1/Q2.

A lesson exploring sensory imagery in travel texts, building towards a crafted paragraph utilising sensory imagery.

A single lesson exploring the poem ‘London’ by William Blake in the Power and Conflict GCSE cluster.

A single lesson using ‘Wuthering Heights’ as a stimulus to understand the difference between tone and mood in Gothic literature.

A LA, heavily-scaffolded lesson exploring the Gothic genre. Fully-resourced.

A LA, heavily-scaffolded lesson exploring the Gothic genre. Fully-resourced.

A MA lesson exploring how to write to persuade.

An easily adaptable resource designed for a HA Year 7 group, could be used for most of KS3 with slight tweaking. Print and cut the resources, stick them around the room or on different tables, giving students time to visit and make comments on each station. Differentiated success criteria. Proved to be very engaging and effective.