Entrance Task: Do-it now Act Two summary fill-the-gaps activity Starter: Evaluating the character of Banquo Main: Analysing extract looking at Banquo's ambitions and suspicions with guided questions for language analysis, Main: Writing an Imessage to Banquo's wife Plenary: Engaging with Scene 2 & 3, Macbeth's plot to kill Banquo and Fleance and looking at Lady Macbeth's changing character.

A nice little lesson looking at Macbeth's changing ambitions. Features a language technique match-up starter with some really ambitious devices. Goes onto look at ambitious adjectives to describe Macbeth's changes, guided annotations of the extract and a WAGOLL/ sentence starters for pupils to look at PETER paragraphs!

A nice lesson where pupils will complete a descriptive writing task based on an image. A match-up language technique starter. A WAGOLL. A nice peer-assessment feature.

An guided analysis of a Harry Potter extract. An engaging match-up starter. PEER paragraphs. A nice way of introducing pupils to the new language paper and explorations in creative reading. (All resources printable from PowerPoint).

A lesson focusing on the plot to kill King Duncan. Features an extract with effective questioning for analysis and annotations and a Jeremy Kyle task.

A poem with guided questions throughout for annotating. Includes a table to practice P.E.T.E paragraphs and a W.A.G.O.L.L. Informative and engaging. Encourages independent learning.

A lesson looking at the language used by Macbeth. Includes: Tension graph and PETER paragraph analysis.

A lesson focusing on Lady Macbeth's persuasion in Act One, Scene Seven. Features: Guided questions, dividing information into motives and evidence and writing a Jeremy Kyle piece of writing to uncover the plot to kill King Duncan.

A lesson looking at the presentation of Lady Macbeth in this extract. Pupils must read through the extract and place four images (milk, raven, blood etc) next to the correct line of the extract. Pupils are then asked to analyse specific quotes, identifying the effect of specific words in visual hexagons. Pupils are then asked to write a P.E.T.E.R paragraph. With a W.A.G.O.L.L and broken down colour-coordinated sentence starters. There are opportunities for challenge throughout and it is a nice activity to encourage pupils to write about context. Plenary: Pupils have to highlight (with different colours) each assessment objective according to GCSE structure.

An engaging lesson looking at the plot and characters in Macbeth. Includes a who would you rather? Starter task to engage pupils in the characterisation. Pupils are given character cards of each character in the play and are asked who they would rather; invite for dinner in their castle, put an evil curse on or behead. They have to write down up to a paragraph for their responses. Additionally, includes a whoosh for pupils to complete a drama activity. Plenary includes revisiting their character choices: have they stayed the same or have they changed?

A Powerpoint looking at picking apart unseen poetry. This poem focuses on love and relationships. I have used the SMILE acronym and focused on structure, meaning, imagery, language and effect on reader. There are guided questions for each subject. I have included an example paragraph activity and exemplar material.

A poem exploring how to analyse poetry using the S.M.I.L.E acronym. Includes: A poetic technique match-up, guided questions, fill the gap activities, exploding quotes examples, a poetry generator with guided questions for analyzing and a PETER paragraph generator.

Two lessons on comparing two unseen poems Including: Poetic techniques match-up Top-tips for poetry success Guided annotations to the poem 'Vultures' with questions Guided annotations to the poem 'Postcard 4' with questions A comparative table with colour-coordinated PETE paragraphs and example paragraphs Self/teacher assessment Assessment Objective checklist featuring WWW and EBI.

A speed dating lesson focusing on some ambitious poetic techniques. Used to engage pupils in devices before we begin to analyse conflict and power. Pupils are each given a poetic device. They become 'experts' in that specific devices and have to explain their technique to the rest of the class during 'speed dating.' In return, their fellow 'expert' will explain their poetic technique. Pupils will fill their answers in on a 'speed-dating' sheet. They will put these skills to use at the end of the lesson by annotating a stanza from 'The Charge of the Light Brigade.' Easily differentiated by challenging more able with adept devices etc. Alternatively, the cards would look nice as part of a dislay.

An outstanding lesson exploring the use of imagery in The Prelude: Stealing the Boat. It also engages pupils in the context of the poem and asks them to engage with the multiple meanings. Pupils are asked to match the images to the lines of poetry. Pupils are then asked to write a P.E.T.E.R paragraph on a specific image using the success criteria and a model paragraph. Plenary can either focus on structure and form. Alternatively, there is the added bonus of a self/ peer/ teacher marking ladder where pupils will focus on the skills they need to develop. My set 3 Y10s really enjoyed it and it gave them a break from the typical annotations. Their work showed evidence of an excellent understanding of the poem.

Practising PETER paragraphs between Ozymandias and London. Includes a table, engaging with comparative connectives and two model P.E.T.ER paragraphs and the P.E.T.E.R acronym success criteria.

A lesson introducing pupils to annotations and Ozymandias. Includes context, guided questions for analysis and annotations and a structure and form plenary that focuses on Romanticism.

A nice flipped learning lesson on My Last Duchess. Suitable for low ability KS4 and engaging pupils in somewhat difficult poem. Poem is set out like a CSI investigation. Pupils have to identify how power is presented in the poem, evidence to support it and techniques to use. In the report, they can either give a brief summary of the poem or writer an analytical paragraph.

A KS3 homework featuring an extract and a mock question two and three (language and structure) question. Differentiated to include sentence starters.