An extract and worksheet looking at The Hunger Games, focusing students on the character and behaviours of Katniss as well as understanding the plot of the novel.

A simple quiz reminding students about the structure of the language exam and refreshing their memory on various techniques

A revision quiz looking at events, characters, themes and quotes to support KS4 students prepare for their GCSEs

A series of lessons designed to guide students through the opening of I am Legend with the questions from P1 Section A included. Also incorporates a question three using the opening of the film. Some nice activities to challenge student and encourage discussion. There is also a MAD time (reflection) lesson following on from Q2. Ideal for KS4 or high ability KS3

A lesson designed for KS4 guiding them through close reading and analysis of the novella. Makes references to AQA Assessment Objectives for Literature. Includes contextual information, language analysis and consideration of key characters and themes.

A lesson guiding students through the understanding and reading of Chapter 4. Uses the AQA GCSE specification as framework for AOs. Includes essay style analysis of language and works to evoke personal responses from students using images as well as the text itself. To make life easy I've included the extract required for the essay style question. Ideal for KS3

An extract and set of questions preparing students for AQA language paper one. There is a detailed and differentiated lesson focusing on Question 2 language skills. Ideal for stretching and challenging students to think outside the box and introduce psychological concepts. Ideal for male KS4 students especially when used in conjunction with film clips. Includes starter questions to help students think about language features and techniques. Possibly useful for mock exams, includes a question 5/section B writing to describe task.

This lesson goes through the contextual information of Thomas Malthus, deserving and undeserving poor and how this influenced Dickens. Includes an assessment style task in the form of extract-whole, in line with the AQA GCSE.

Help your students understand the core ideas of Mr Birling’s beliefs with this selection of resources and full comprehensive lesson. Ideal for KS4 studying for the AQA specification

This fully differentiated lesson guides student through the ending of Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol. It focuses on both the contextual information and language analysis required by the AQA specification. Ideal for students who are building their analytical skills and independence.

Two lessons looking at chapter 8-11 of War Horse. Lesson focuses on Prisoners of War (AO3) and The events of Chapter 10/11 and picking out language features. Homework fits with the new GCSE syllabus of Language Paper 1 section B. Aimed at lower ability Y7s

A selection of resources guiding students through information on science over the centuries, enabling them to form opinions about both human and animal testing. Includes videos, articles and images to help students increase their understanding of the topic and provoke comment and conversation. Finally culminating in written pieces fitting in with the Language Paper 2 Section B style - writing to present a viewpoint.

This lesson uses an extract from The Lord of the Rings and film clips to help students craft an atmospheric description. Heavily scaffolded it provides structure, focus and develops writing skills. Ideal for KS4 or high ability KS3.

This lesson looks at the theme and importance of death in A Christmas Carol. Designed originally for online learning but can be easily adapted to traditional face to face learning for KS4

This lessons takes a multisensory and abstract approach to creative writing. Allowing students to see literary examples of writing and then giving them the tools to create their own piece based on the season of spring. The lesson looks at the symbolism of the seasons, how this can influence our writing. Then gets students to construct their own description using these tools. Ideal for High Ability KS3 or KS4 preparing for GCSE Language Paper 1 Designed to be delivered over 2-3 lessons

A lesson guiding students through the murder of the Macduffs. Includes language analysis, recap of previous scenes, visual quotes, themes and comparison of key events. PPT is designed on a dyslexia friendly back ground in order to allow access by all students. Ideal for GCSE students studying the text for the new AQA specification. Includes an additional creative writing task, allowing student to intrinsically develop their creative writing skills for AQA Lang P2.

Challenge your students with the emotive lesson looking at The Emigree. Perfect for KS4 with opportunities to develop personalised responses and critical thinking. Tailored to the AQA Power and Conflict GCSE Unit

A lesson guiding KS3 students through the reading of an article and using their skills to create an advert for a spy.