Thinking mats to help students learn new vocabulary. 30 page booklet suitable for starters / homework.

Lesson on Gerald Croft. Focus on ‘We’re respectable citizens not dangerous criminals’. Link to Harvey Weinstein / exploitation of power in 2018. Worksheets included.

A starter for every lesson plus some blank templates for students to create their own quizzes. Each starter has a question about the language papers and the different literature texts to encourage continual revision. An Inspector Calls Macbeth A Christmas Carol Relationships Can be edited

Lesson on Gerald’s key quotes with links to Harvey Weinstein to help students understand context / theme of power etc. Includes worksheets.

PPT to help students compare and contrast print adverts with moving image adverts – includes posters and television campaigns from Cancer research and NSPCC as well as a writing scaffold and worksheets to show progress across the lesson. Supports analysis of advertising.

A Powerpoint to help students analyse the Biden speech, picking out rhetorical devices and discussing their effects. Includes an extension to write up the analysis or write their own speech. Could be used in KS or as GCSE prep. Works for home learning.

A simple overview of what to do for each question

FULLY RESOURCED 26+ lessons with accompanying booklets. Inference and analysis skills are developed through oracy tasks and creative tasks before introducing essay writing skills. There is work on academic writing skills and a specific focus on tier two vocabulary. This was designed for low ability year 9 students in preparation for GCSE. However, it would work well with GCSE students or other year groups.

Used with very low ability KS4 / low and middle ability KS3

A simple powerpoint to scaffold teaching of Stave 1

Lesson on Scrooge's transformation

15 thinking mats to develop vocabulary for the study of Romeo and Juliet

A lesson exploring characterisation and how we can apply Freud’s theory of the id, ego and superego to Jack, Ralph and Piggy. Worksheets included.

7 PowerPoints following the same format. All adaptable. Can be used as whole lessons in school, homework tasks or for home learning. Suitable for KS3 - 4 or as GCSE prep. Slide one: Learning objective / overview of tasks Slide two: Find definitions of new vocabulary Slides three - six: Literacy challenges such as how to use a semi-colon Slide seven: Produce a piece of writing using the new vocabulary and skills. Pupils are given an image to use as stimuli in the style of AQA GCSE English Language. Slide eight: Review work / set targets

91 page PPT on prefixes and suffixes plus three worksheets

A worksheet with paintings to inspire a piece of creative writing - suitable for classwork or homework. Includes a checklist / success criteria. Can be edited. (Fiction - can be linked to AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5)

A series of resources (4 lessons) to ease pupils into Paper 2 teaching. Includes two articles - one is a recount about the Rio Carnival and the other is an article about the impact of the Rio Olympics. Includes opportunities for Global Learning. 5 example exam questions for the AQA exam and worksheets to help scaffold answers. I’ve used this with Year 8 mixed ability, very low ability Year 11 and top set Year 11. All engaged with the articles.

A booklet that can be adapted easily. Supports vocabulary development and use of subject terminology in preparation for studying poetry.

A PPT with an example answer to improve. Includes slides on vocabulary and links to the AQA mark scheme. Focus is on Sheila, Mr Birling and social responsibility.