Attached is a PowerPoint lesson that could stretch over 3 hours depending on the ability of your group. It goes over the first ideas of the poem, has an author study sheet, includes a terminology recap, questions for zoomed in parts of the poem and then a discussion about how it compares with other poems. It took one of my lower ability groups just shy of 3 lessons and that includes a live modelled annotated poem from me. They did enjoy it and said it helped them break it down.

An updated version of the Literacy booklet - lots of activities within the booklet to assist students with literacy. These I have used for a couple of years now to support students in what they should be doing day-to-day. They can be used stand alone, to support lessons or as a small task to break lessons up. Pages 3-4: Capital letters Pages 5: Using full stops Pages 6-7: Capital letters and full stops Pages 8-9: Nouns Pages 10-11: Adjectives Page 12: Verbs Page 13: Improving your vocabulary Page 14: Self-assessment after using the booklet

This resource was created and used in conjunction with the ‘normal’ ACC scheme of learning. Prior to this lesson I had created a list of standard questions and we were practicing using academic verbs, we had also quote exploded some quotes to do with Jacob Marley from Stave 1 and they knew this was going to be their assessment. This is for quite early on in the ACC scheme for students to practice a mini exam so they know what to expect.

An introduction lesson into explicit and implicit information for the Edexcel GCSE. Written for a set 4 group with a plenary of A Christmas Carol revision at the end.

A quick literacy task on finding information on Jewell Parker Rhodes - author of Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother.