This sequence of lessons could last between three and five lessons depending on ability. It is easily adaptable, but is full of challenging and creative tasks to stretch and support a range of abilities. A great introduction to poetry and techniques, showing students how to annotate and structure a response also. It also analyses Still I Rise in great detail. This sequence has a lot of scaffolding, which can easily be removed for higher ability.

A two/three part lesson which has really helped my 7s/8s improve their writing style. It is based on science-fiction, but can easily be adapted for a range of literature or schemes of work. Is based on the PETER structure, but it could be adapted to whichever acronym you use.

A bundle of engaging knowledge recall starters for a study of ‘An Inspector Calls’. Recall explores: Language Paper 1 Language Paper 2 An Inspector Calls A Christmas Carol Power and Conflict: War Poems Tier 2/3 Language

Evidence-informed research guides to develop staff understanding of reading fluency.

A collection of academic reading material from the first ten chapters of ‘Oliver Twist’.

A double lesson exploring Gothic settings with a focus on ‘The Little Stranger’ and ‘Rebecca’. All resources are included in the PowerPoint and formatted for books.

A Fantasy fiction lesson exploring the appearance of Gollum to develop annotation and inference skills.

A unit of work exploring ‘Ghost Stories’ and tackling reading skills for individual classes/students. This booklet has room to develop ideas, challenge, and differentiate tasks (we do this based on Accelerated Reader data). Through these lessons, students develop: annotation skills, comprehension skills, decoding, tackling tier-2 language, and many other skills. The final task is a competition where students create and perform their own ghost story based on the extracts and short stories they have read each week.

A collection of over 20 ‘Knowledge Recall Starters’ for KS4 studies.

A creative writing lesson based on the video game/HBO series ‘The Last of Us’.

A reading and writing lesson/mini-sequence based on the events of this chapter of ‘The Giver’. All resources formatted on the final slide.

A reading and writing lesson/mini-sequence based on the events of this chapter of ‘The Giver’. All resources formatted on the final slide.

A reading and writing lesson/mini-sequence based on the events of this chapter of ‘The Giver’. All resources formatted on the final slide.

A reading and writing lesson/mini-sequence based on the events of this chapter of ‘The Giver’. All resources formatted on the final slide.

A sequence of lessons and supporting resources to teach students how to write from their perspective of a character(Jonas) in a novel.

A full lesson exploring how to approach analysis questions on the Spirits in A Christmas Carol. The lesson consolidates knowledge and then encourages students to analyse key scenes.

A simple, yet effective, coded marking system for identifying high-frequency literacy errors across the school.