A full lesson including links to articles and discussion topics on armed police in America, discussing the morality of this and crime in general. I used to link to The Hunger Games, however it also worked well with Stone Cold, Ruby in the Smoke and other crime novels. Uses speaking and listening skills, reasoning ability and teamwork.

A Philosophy for Children, P4C lesson based on Ruby Bridges and the civil rights movement in America. A discussion based lesson on whether one person can truly make a difference.

An exciting lesson encouraging students to write a narrative as if they are travelling through space. Whole lesson planned and resourced within powerpoint. SC and LOs included.

A fun and engaging P4C lesson discussing the hunting of animals, with a simple newspaper article as stimulus. A good article to analyse for non-fiction text alongside novels as well. A great way to get students talking. The entire lesson is planned with resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria. Good for encouraging communication, justification of ideas and listening skills. Students really enjoy P4C and it is structured in a way that means all children can achieve.

A fun display, with useful miniature versions for students to stick in books, to help pupils understand how to write a perfect PEE, and what has to be included! Year 7 students love the tagline and have been saying it to one another. A very successful resource :)

A fun bunting set displaying an A-Z selection of synonyms for the word said

A fun lesson that can also be used as a display for Halloween with students practicing and improving their vocabulary

A useful worksheet for students to detail their initial thoughts at the beginning of the session, before then readdressing the same question at the end and altering their thoughts if their opinion has changed.

A fun, colourful and easily understood display engaging students in each of Shakespeare's major works and what they are about. A good way to encourage students to learn beyond the classroom, and hopefully a way of getting them thinking!

A fun set of printable emoji reward cards. They can easily be made into stickers and given to students, be used as postcards for students to take home or be put stuck in their books next to a piece of work. Smaller sizes are made and on the sheet for you to choose.

A fun lesson with four posters for year 7 students to create, before presenting to their groups to share their favourite book, film, album and person.

A colourful and engaging display improving vocabulary of every day words that are used too much.

A fun and creative lesson allowing low ability students to access important quotes relating to Lady Macbeth. An outstanding lesson with a wide range of tasks to ensure understanding. This lesson was used with a low ability set and all students were able to analyse the quotes given. Differentiated materials are included. All learning objectives, success criteria, timers and resources are included in the lesson.

An easily printed revision help sheet for students who are studying Macbeth, A Christmas Carol and Blood Brothers. Three separate sheets to help them explore different themes or characters, including a range of quotations to use within their essay. Macbeth- changing character of Macbeth ACC - The theme of family in A Christmas Carol Blood Brothers - The theme of Class in Blood Brothers.

A PDF resource for teachers with annotated notes on nine of the poems included in the EDUQAS poetry anthology. Poems annotated are: The Soldier by Rupert Brook As Imperceptibly as Grief by Emily Dickinson Living Space by Imitiaz Dharker Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) London by William Blake She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron Cozy Apologia by Rita Dove. Language, tone form and imagery are all analysed and annotated for, as well as references to other texts that can link to help lesson planning. This links well to the scheme of work also available in my shop.

To assist students with exam practice, exam writing style and 20th Century fiction I have created an exam style paper for Eduqas English Language Component 1 using Toni Morisson's Beloved. Component 1 consists of: Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.

A fun and interactive lesson teaching students how to use similes and metaphors. Whiteboard games, writing tasks and quick fire questions ensure your students understand how to use a simile and a metaphor, and why they are important. A useful one off lesson to ensure key skills are understood and secure. A writing task and differentiated levels are present throughout lesson.

This powerpoint has been created to encourage confidence in unseen poetry, and to teach students how to analyse and plan for the WJEC/EDUQAS unseen poetry question timings. The first five slides are resources for the class. Slide 1 - a breakdown of each unseen poetry question - colour coded - to explain expectations from examiner, timings, what the question is asking you to do. Slide 2 - a reminder bookmark to give students to take home to practise with at home. It has 8 key questions students should ask themselves to ensure clear and detailed answers when responding. Slide 3 - The first poem handout with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. Slide 4 - The second poem handout - this one has the original poem and the poem they have to compare it with on- with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. I normally print slide 3 and 4 back to back Slide 5 - an optional print out slide with a breakdown of what to write in each paragraph, as well as possible sentence starters/cloze paragraphs to use. This masterclass uses the poems ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep’ by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Slides 6,7,8 and 9 talk you and the class through how to quickly annotate with timers to keep the pace. The poem analysis is broken down into sections with written prompts to show on the board. I have done this masterclass with all of the year 11 classes in my school (other than the weakest ability who weren’t sitting literature) and an overwhelming majority requested a second masterclass as they found it so helpful. I will upload the second masterclass to TES as well- it is the same format but different poems. The format of the slides is really easy to edit, so you can use this repeatedly and just change the poems in the middle.

A fun and interactive lesson teaching students how to use commas. Interactive games using the internet and various sites, as well as whiteboard games, writing tasks and quick fire questions ensure your students understand how to use a comma, and why it is important. A useful one off lesson to ensure key skills are understood and secure. A writing task and differentiated levels are present throughout lesson.

This workbook has been created for A and AS Level students to guide them through the text whilst remotely learning. The booklet consists of: A transcript of an interview with Ray Bradbury A summary of the novel, and some questions to answer Social and historical context + knowledge checker Information about the Atomic bomb + a research task A timeline of events in the book Plot Summary of The Hearth and the Salamander + questions Multiple choice quiz on that section Plot Summary of The Sieve and the Sand + questions Multiple choice quiz on that section Plot Summary of Burning Bright + questions Multiple choice quiz on that section A plot diagram Symbols grid work task Themes grid work task Fun facts / things you didn’t know about the novel Suggested further reading