Four introductory lessons to GOTHIC FICTION culminating in a creative writing task. Based around 'The Red Room' by HG Wells. Includes... - Differentiated comprehension questions - Tension Table - Questions based on creating tension - Full text of 'The Red Room' - Extract from 'Jane Eyre'. - Creative writing task

Five PPTs and resources to teach descriptive writing to KS4 students. Includes examples of descriptive writing marked by the exam boards. Also includes easy-to-mark feedback sheet using WWW, EBI and NTT

Lessons for KS4 on a variety of poems for the UNSEEN POETRY section of GCSE English Literature. Single poems include... - i wanna be yours by John Cooper Clarke - Funeral Blues by WH Auden - Bluebird by Charles Bukowski There are also pairs of poems for students to practise their comparison skills.

PPT presentation to aid students in their understanding of 'i wanna be yours' by John Cooper Clarke. 2 hours worth of lesson time.

PPT presentation and activity for 'The Manhunt' by Simon Armitage. Includes... - Discussion questions - Quote searching activity - Links to video clips - Essay/ exam question - Example paragraph

Two lessons on 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning. - Differentiated questioning - Newspaper template - 2 x PPTs with LOs - Detailed and comprehensive lesson plan

EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature Exam 1ET0/02 Woman Work by Maya Angelou and* I Had Rather Be A Woman* by Daphne Schiller Includes… Exam style layout of the poems. I have kept the layout exactly like the exam paper to help students become familiar with it. Practice question-** SET UP TO BE PRINTED ON A3 PAPER!** Mark scheme Feedback form, including estimated grade boundaries ** PLEASE SEE MY SHOP FOR MORE EDEXCEL RESOURCES, INCLUDING MORE UNSEEN POETRY**

Originally created for a high ability Y9 class, but could easily be used with KS4. 1 HOUR LESSON Focused on the risks Romeo and Juliet are taking during the famous balcony scene. Students re-enact the scene, trying to make it as realistic as possible, before answering the key question. Includes… Beautiful PPT Learning objectives All resources needed Scaffolded help for LAPs Starter, main and plenary PART OF A WHOLE SoW- SEE MY SHOP FOR THE OTHER LESSONS.

EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature Exam 1ET0/02 A London Thoroughfare by Amy Lowell andFrost Fair by Rowyda Amin Includes… Exam style layout of the poems. I have kept the layout exactly like the exam paper to help students become familiar with it. Practice question CREATED TO BE PRINTED ON A3 PAPER Mark scheme Feedback form, including estimated grade boundaries ** PLEASE SEE MY SHOP FOR MORE EDEXCEL RESOURCES, INCLUDING MORE UNSEEN POETRY**

EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature Exam 1ET0/02 An Aviary of Small Birds by Karen McCarthy Woolf andMother o’Mine by Rudyard Kipling Includes… Exam style layout of the poems. I have kept the layout exactly like the exam paper to help students become familiar with it. Practice question CREATED TO BE PRINTED ON A3 PAPER Mark scheme Feedback form, including estimated grade boundaries ** PLEASE SEE MY SHOP FOR MORE EDEXCEL RESOURCES, INCLUDING MORE UNSEEN POETRY**

EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature Exam 1ET0/02 In the Basement of the Goodwill Store by Ted Kooser andYew Tree Guesthouse by Phoebe Hesketh Includes… Exam style layout of the poems. I have kept the layout exactly like the exam paper to help students become familiar with it. Practice question CREATED TO BE PRINTED ON A3 PAPER Mark scheme Feedback form, including estimated grade boundaries ** PLEASE SEE MY SHOP FOR MORE EDEXCEL RESOURCES, INCLUDING MORE UNSEEN POETRY**

Suitable for KS3 or low ability KS4. 1 hour lesson. To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on 23rd April, why not have a special lesson? Students learn about Shakespeare’s sonnets and then write their own to celebrate the Bard’s birthday. Includes… Beautiful PowerPoint Learning objectives Starter, main and plenary All resources needed PLEASE SEE MY SHOP FOR MORE GREAT RESOURCES

Suitable for KS3 or low ability KS4. 1 hour lesson. To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on 23rd April, why not have a special lesson? Students research Shakespeare’s plays and then use this to help design him a birthday cake! Includes… Beautiful PowerPoint Learning objectives Starter, main and plenary Homework task All resources needed PLEASE SEE MY SHOP FOR MORE GREAT RESOURCES

Suitable for KS3 or low ability KS4. 1 hour lesson. To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on 23rd April, why not have a special lesson? Students learn about words that Shakespeare invented and then make up their own words to play a version of ‘Call My Bluff’. Includes… Beautiful PowerPoint Learning objectives Starter, main and plenary Entry slide and Exit ticket Examples All resources needed PLEASE SEE MY SHOP FOR MORE GREAT RESOURCES

ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR A Y9 CLASS STARTING EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE. Pre-reading lesson for ‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill. Student begin to consider what is meant by the Gothic and create a piece of descriptive writing in the Gothic style. PPT and feedback sheet included.

ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR A Y9 CLASS STARTING EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE. Two lessons where students read Chapter 1 and 2 of ‘The Woman in Black’ Annotate their books focusing on pathetic fallacy and foreshadowing Extract quotes about Mrs Drablow Add inferences to their quotes PAGE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE PENGUIN VINTAGE PUBLICATION SHOWN IN COVER PICTURE.

ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR A Y9 CLASS STARTING EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE. Students read Chapter 4 of ‘The Woman in Black’ and create PEE paragraphs discussing how Hill creates tension in the chapter. Included… PPT presentation Example paragraph Feedback sheet LAP helpsheet PAGE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE PENGUIN VINTAGE PUBLICATION SHOWN IN COVER PICTURE.

ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR A Y9 CLASS STARTING EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE. Dear Mr Bentley… Students read Chapter 7 of ‘The Woman in Black’ and recreate the letter which Arthur sends to Mr Bentley. PAGE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE PENGUIN VINTAGE PUBLICATION SHOWN IN COVER PICTURE.

ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR A Y9 CLASS STARTING EDEXCEL GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE. Students read Chapter 5 of ‘The Woman in Black’ and practise their quote extraction and inference skills focusing on the the setting around Eel Marsh House. PAGE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE PENGUIN VINTAGE PUBLICATION SHOWN IN COVER PICTURE.