Unit of work focusing on the play “Honey Spot” by Jack Davis.

Four lesson “Fahrenheit 451” novel study focusing on themes, characters, symbolism and irony.

Two lesson series on a BBC news article and an article from The Day concerning ‘fast fashion’.

Single lesson study of “Black Anzac” by Uncle Cecil Fisher focusing on analysis and context development of Indigenous viewpoints in poetry.

20 Lesson unit of work focusing on the Shakespearian play “As You Like It” with links to the 2010 Globe Theatre recording of the play. Resources are included to support this unit of study which covers all scenes in the play with a variety of creative and analytical tasks.

An eight week unit plan for the novel “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman

Two lesson series on Logos, Ethos and Pathos centred around a speech from Bill Gates in 2015 warning about future pandemics.

War Girls by Jessie Pope Two period lesson focusing on the context of the poem as well as the poet and her works.

A unit of work, for OneNote, in which students complete activities designed around improving their spelling. Note: This is a zip file containing a OneNote section - individual lessons are found within as well as related resources. Year 8 and 7 focused, with resources which allow for pre and post testing using Naplan words from past papers. Additonal resources can be found for each lesson with four lessons for both Year 7 and Year 8. Additonal spelling resources included, e.g. a Spelling Bee and a worksheet designed to review words that are identified from testing.

Fortnightly Spelling Bee powerpoint based on word list from UK National curriculum. Half term review opportunities built in for use in the classroom.

Blogging study focusing on the topic of sustainability via an annotated sample from ‘Climate Conscious’ blog.

Introductory study focusing on slam poetry through a study of Alice Eather’s poem “The Word” & Luka Lesson’s work “Please resist me”.

Analysis lesson of the speech delivered by Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of President Biden title “The Hill We Climb”.

Study of authority techniques and their use in news articles as well as blogging. Centred around the theme of sustainability with related support documents linked to sustainable development and the Great Barrier Reef.