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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
TWENTY lessons AND a detailed scheme of work. A complete A Midsummer Night’s Dream bundle that includes everything you need to teach the text at KS3, including an assessment task, homework tasks, differentiated lessons, models, scaffolds, key quotes and more. Accessible, differentiated and detailed.
Introduction to Shakespeare (Genre and Context)
The Globe Theatre (Context)
The Great Chain of Being (Context)
Act 1 Scene 1 Relationships
Act 1 Scene 1 and Helena
Assessment Preparation
The Mechanicals and Bottom
The Fairies (Act 2 Scene 1)
Titania and Oberon (Act 2 Scene 1)
Oberon, Helena and Demetrius (Act 2 Scene 1)
Puck’s Mischief (Act 2 Scene 2)
Titania and Bottom (Act 3 Scene 1)
Act 3 Scene 2
Hermia, Act 3 Scene 2 and Structure
Act 4 Scene 1
The Theme of Dreams
Writing Your Own Shakespeare Comedy
TWENTY fully differentiated lessons for both KS3 and KS4 students on George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Ideal preparation for students working towards AQA English Literature Paper 2.
Lesson 1: FREE TO DOWNLOAD HERE
We analyze all the major characters introduced in Chapter One and some clues about context and deeper symbolic meaning. Students evaluate how each character is introduced, including Mr Jones, Boxer, Clover, Old Major and more.
Lesson 2: We look at Old Major’s speech to the animals in Chapter 1 and how he uses language to influence the animals into supporting his cause. Additionally, we explore the song Beasts of England and evaluate how it affects the animals on the farm.
Lesson 3: This focuses on the first half of Chapter 2. Students analyze key sections of the chapter to develop an understanding of characters, plot and also historical context. Recently revamped and expanded.
Lesson 4: We create summaries regarding the characters, and how plot and themes are developed in the rest of Chapter 2.
Lesson 5: This lesson focuses on Chapter 3 and supports students in analyzing the behaviour of the pigs around the other animals including Boxer, Squealer, Snowball and Napoleon.
Lesson 6: This lesson focuses on Chapter 4 and supports students in analyzing language and structure.
Lesson 7: We look at the importance of the Windmill in Chapter 5, at what happens between Snowball and Napoleon and how Napoleon uses the puppies to tighten his grip on power.
Lesson 8: Now we focus on Chapter 5 and the opening to Chapter 6. We look closely at the battle between Snowball and Napoleon as well as Squealer’s use of language to appease the animals and their initial anger.
Lesson 9: This lesson focuses on Chapter 6, historical context and creating analytical paragraphs.
Lesson 10: We explore the symbolic significance of the windmill in the text and students develop a more detailed understanding of context.
Lesson 11: We find out how tension is building in Chapter 7, the significance of Mr Whymper and why Snowball is portrayed as to blame for everything or a scapegoat. Additionally, students explode quotes and develop their language analysis skills.
Lesson 12: Recap Animal Farm by George Orwell through an engaging escape room lesson! It is filled with codes, puzzles and activities to get students to revise characters, themes and contexts as they work in groups or ‘escape crews’ to get out of the Windmill! Includes answers for every mystery and puzzle (see the notes attached in the PowerPoint) and is a brilliant way to help students in their learning.
Lesson 13: Animal Farm lesson that focuses on Boxer and how he is presented in Chapter 7 plus earlier parts of the texts. We explore how Napoleon’s trials and executions of many animals mimic those of the Stalin show trials of the 1930s, as well as how the animals react to the death and destruction they witness.
Lesson 14: We explore the cult of personality around Napoleon and how this links into historical context, as well as analysing the key events of the Battle of the Windmill and why the pigs’ discovery of alcohol might be the beginning of the end for the animals on Animal Farm.
Lesson 15: FREE TO DOWNLOAD HERE
Animal Farm lesson that explores how Boxer leaves and what happens to him, how the animals react to this and how they are manipulated by Squealer, and how and why Moses is allowed to stay at the farm despite spreading ideas about Sugarcandy Mountain.
Also includes an escape room revision lesson, knowledge organiser and full scheme of work document!
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Blood Brothers complete scheme of work that includes differentiated lesson packs on Willy Russell’s drama. Includes differentiated worksheets, PowerPoints, engaging and interesting approaches to teaching and learning, models, examples, scaffolds and so much more.
Context introduction
Act 1 introduction of Mrs Johnstone
Act 1 introduction of Mrs Lyons
Act 1 Mrs Johnstone and debt
Act 1 Mrs Lyons’ jealously and Mickey and Edward introduced
Act 1 The Lyons Family
Act 1 Class and The Policeman
End of Act 1
Act 2 Beginning
Act 2 Fate and Tension
Act 2 Foreshadowing
Act 2 Unemployment
The End
Escape Room revision lesson
A perfect bundle for AQA English Literature Paper 2 and for other exam boards including Edexcel, EDUQAS, WJEC, OCR and more.
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TWENTY UNSEEN POETRY RESOURCES. fully differentiated and resourced lessons from a TES Award nominated author that help to prepare students studying AQA English Literature to prepare for the ‘Unseen Poetry’ sections in AQA English Literature Paper 2. All lessons are also easily adaptable for KS3 students, too.
NEW - Includes a very detailed knowledge organiser! Perfect for revision.
Travel Writing complete scheme that includes 19 lessons over 18 resource packs AND a full scheme of work document. Covers areas of reading and writing for KS3 English students in preparation for English Language Paper 2.
Introduction to Travel Writing
Writing to Describe
Upgrading Vocabulary
Writing to Persuade
Writing Persuasive Articles
Punctuation Workshop
Letter Writing
Travel Blogs
Travel Blog Editing and Redrafting Skills
Review Writing
Leaflet Writing lesson with modelled example
Letter Writing focusing on Sentence Openers
Christmas Writing to Explain
Assessment Review lesson
Travel Blog Language Analysis lesson
Six Week Homework Pack
Scheme of Work Document
Ideal lessons for KS3 students looking at purpose, audience, form, genre, conventions, different types of nonfiction writing and more.
Gothic Horror lessons that cover setting, characters, plot devices, genre conventions and more. A complete unit that can be used for KS3 students or that can be adapted for GCSE texts like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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A Christmas Carol revision package
Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package
Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package
Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package
Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package
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Creative writing complete scheme of work pack. Designed for KS3 students but easily adaptable for GCSE English Language students, the pack includes resources on both narrative and descriptive writing.
Includes:
Creative writing introduction
Characters - developing mystery and mysterious figures focused on The Signal-Man
Plot development and structure lesson around The Signalman
Structure and endings lesson exploring The Signalman and other examples
Speech punctuation and character development lesson
Themes and motifs lesson
Genre lesson exploring westerns, their conventions and how students can adapt genre themselves
Setting and descriptive writing lesson, exploring structure and vocabulary
Vocabulary improvement lesson with a focus on character
Pathetic fallacy and personification
Short story analysis - plot, structure, narrative voice
Short story structure analysis
Creative writing punctuation workshop with differentiated worksheets
Assessment planning lesson
Assessment review lesson
Short story analysis of language - Desiree’s Baby
Short story analysis - structure
Six week homework pack
Six week scheme of work document
A nonfiction reading and writing pack for English KS3 students and adaptable for KS4. This is a complete scheme of work that includes differentiated activities throughout, modelled examples, scaffolds, sentence starters, example paragraphs, six weeks of homework activities (all differentiated) and so much more. Useful for AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A exam preparation. Currently includes:
Non-fiction introduction (text types, purpose, audience)
Creating newspaper articles
Writing to advise and leaflet lesson
Comparing nonfiction texts lesson (journals, articles)
Language and tone lesson exploring language techniques
Summary lesson (includes model example and writing frame)
Language analysis lesson exploring language techniques
Malala Yousafzai speech analysis lesson (model and scaffold included)
Comparing speeches lesson (Q4)
Q4 comparing texts lesson on two speeches with models and scaffolds
Opening nonfiction
Inference and Implication lesson, useful for Q1 - Q4 of Paper 2.
Analysing a letter lesson, with Q1 style task and extensive notes.
Language analysis lesson with sentence scaffolds
Comparing texts (Q4)
Assessment and run through resource (Paper 2)
Non-fiction escape room
Assessment review lesson (including indicative content)
English homework activities for six weeks
Scheme of work document
Much Ado About Nothing bundle for six weeks that includes:
Shakespeare introduction lesson
Globe Theatre context lesson
Much Ado About Nothing introduction (Act 1 Scene 1)
Benedick and Beatrice lesson
Don John and genre lesson
Marriage and context in Act 2 Scene 1
Gender and the patriarchal society in Act 1 and Act 2
Deception and trickery in Act 2 Scene 2 and Scene 3
Act 3 Scene 1 and Beatrice’s transformation
Act 3 Scene 2 and Scene 3 - Dogberry
Act 3 Scene 3 and Scene 4 - Structure
Dogberry and Act 4 Scene 1
Themes - Honour and Family
Act 5 Scene 1 - Leonato and Language
Conflict in Act 5 Scene 1
Don Pedro and Claudio learn the truth in Act 5 Scene 1
Much Ado Act 5 Scene 3 - ending and genre
June 2019 assessment preparation lesson
Homework pack
Scheme of work document
FIFTEEN fully differentiated lessons and revision guides to help prepare GCSE students analysing the text for new spec GCSEs. Ideal preparation for those studying The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for AQA English Literature Paper 1.
This bundle covers the ENTIRE novel and is perfect for taking your students through all the major plot events, key themes and character analysis. It also includes a differentiated 1 hour revision lesson.
Keep checking your downloads as I will be adding more and more resources to this bundle!
Our Day Out by Willy Russell complete scheme of work for KS3 English students that focuses on English Literature reading skills and literary analysis, useful in preparing students for GCSE English Literature exams, including on the modern text and modern drama.
Currently includes:
Our Day Out introduction lesson
Language analysis - Mrs Kay
Our Day Out context resources
Perspectives and attitudes lesson
Comparing characters, stage directions
Briggs changes and the zoo
Briggs language analysis and conversation with Mrs Kay
Mrs Kay lesson on the students’ futures and context
Tension lesson around Scene 35 (Carol and the cliff)
Ending lesson that explores different ways of ending a play
Structure across the play lesson
Themes revision lesson
13 and 14) Model essay and assessment preparation
Homework pack for six weeks with differentiated activities
Escape room for revision
Creative writing resources
Scheme of work document
AQA Literature New Spec Poetry Paper 2 GCSE COMPLETE bundle (16x 1 hour lessons, with differentiated tasks throughout using the new GCSE numbering system).
This bundle is designed for the New Spec AQA Literature Paper 2 Poetry.
Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lessons, with worksheets where applicable.
Suitable for KS4 or adapted for KS3
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above.
Includes resources on:
Love’s Philosophy
Porphyria’s Lover
When We Two Parted
Winter Swans
Sonnet 29
Neutral Tones
Letters from Yorkshire
The Farmer’s Bride
Walking Away
Eden Rock
Follower
Mother any distance
Before You Were Mine
Singh Song
Climbing My Grandfather
Knowledge organiser
Comparing poems lesson
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Worlds and Lives pack for the new AQA poetry anthology. Currently includes:
Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth
England in 1819 - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shall earth no more inspire thee - Emily Bronte
In a London Drawingroom - George Eliot
On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 - James Berry
Name Journeys by Raman Mundair
pot by Shamshad Khan
A Wider View - Seni Seneviratne
Homing - Liz Berry
A Century Later - Imtiaz Dharker
The Jewellery Maker Louisa Adjoa Parker
With Birds You’re Never Lonely - Raymond Antrobus
A Portable Paradise - Roger Robinson
Like an Heiress - Grace Nichols
Thirteen - Caleb Femi
Comparing poems lesson
Scheme of Work document
Othello complete scheme of work that includes 15 lesson packs, a six week homework pack with differentiated activities, an escape room for revision and an assessment and planning resource.
Perfect for KS3 English study but easily adaptable for other age groups. Includes differentiated activities, engaging resources and extensive teacher and student notes.
Shakespeare Introduction (Comedy, History, Tragedy)
Othello Introduction (Act 1 Scene 1)
Brabantio, Iago and Roderigo language and context
Desdemona lesson on first meeting her
Language analysis and analytical paragraphs
Iago’s soliloquy analysis and context
Dramatic irony lesson
Iago’s soliloquies and plans
Act 3 lesson exploring language
Act 3 Scene 3 lesson looking at how Othello is manipulated
Act 4 lesson exploring character
Desdemona lesson on Act 4 Scene 3
Act 4 and 5 lesson exploring foreshadowing and imagery
Ending lesson focusing on the end of the play and tragedy as a genre
Writing your own Shakespearean tragedy lesson
Six week homework pack
Assessment and planning resource
Escape room for recapping plot, characters, context and themes
Scheme of work document
Richard III complete scheme of work which includes differentiated and resourced lessons to aid students as they analyse and interpret the fascinating William Shakespeare history play that is Richard III.
Order of lessons:
Shakespeare Intro
Globe Context
Richard Introduction
Act 1 Scene 1
Act 1 Scene 2
Act 1 Scene 4
Act 2 Scene 4 (Machiavelli)
Act 3 Scene 1
Act 3 Scene 3
Act 3 Scene 4
Act 3 Scene 5
Act 3 Scene 5 (Deceiving The Mayor)
Act 3 Scene 7
Act 4 Scene 1 and Act 4 Scene 2 (Language Techniques)
Act 4 Scene 3 (Buckingham)
Act 4 Scene 4 (Queen Elizabeth)
Act 5 Scenes 1, 2, 3 (The End)
Act 5 Scenes 4, 5 (Final Scenes)
Assessment lesson
Full and free SOW document
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War poetry English scheme of work that includes fully differentiated lessons, PowerPoints, worksheets and activities. Includes the following lessons:
War Poetry Introduction - For The Fallen
Remembrance Day Descriptive Writing
The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
The Manhunt by Simon Armitage
The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
At The Bomb Testing Site by William Stafford (Focus on structure)
The Hero by Siegfried Sassoon
War Girls by Jessie Pope
Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon
Language techniques - To His Love
Model Essay lesson
Sorrow of Sarajevo language lesson
Full scheme of work document for six weeks
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding pack containing the following lessons so far:
Introduction to the text
The Conch
Chapter 2 character analysis and key quotes lesson
Chapter 3 language analysis and creating analytical paragraphs
Jack character analysis in Chapter 3
Simon, Roger, Jack analysis
Conflicts in Chapter 4
Beast from Water Chapter 5 lesson
Chapter 6 lesson
Chapter 6 and 7 lesson
Chapter 7 and 8 lesson
Chapter 8 and 9 lesson
Chapter 9 and 10 lesson
Chapter 10 and 11 lesson
Ending of the novel
Escape room for revision
Context lesson
Exam prep lesson for May 2019 answer
Six week homework pack - differentiated
Differentiated scheme of work document
More to come!
Shakespeare introduction unit for KS3. It covers extracts from multiple plays including Henry V, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest.
It includes:
Shakespeare introduction lesson
Globe Theatre and context
Henry V ‘once more unto the breach’ speech lesson
Henry V, Richard III and Shakespearean heroes
Richard III Act 1 Scene 1 language analysis and paragraph lesson
Richard III Act 1 Scene 2 character analysis
Othello - Iago as a villain. Language analysis
Othello - Act 1 Scene 1 ending. Marriage in Elizabethan times (patriarchal context)
Othello - Othello as hero, Iago as villain
Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Structure
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Helena (analytical paragraphs)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream assessment preparation lesson
The Tempest introduction
The Tempest Prospero lesson (character analysis)
The Tempest Caliban (character/language analysis)
Shakespeare assessment review
The Tempest Ferdinand lesson (asides, structure analysis)
Full SOW document
Myths and Legends English KS3 complete lessons pack that includes 19+ resource packs, all with differentiated activities, worksheets, video clips, engaging approaches to language, structure, organisation, vocabulary, characters, genre, language analysis, settings and many more aspects of narrative writing and descriptive writing and language analysis.
Includes:
Myths and Legends introduction lesson that looks at characters
Robin Hood extract language analysis lesson
Monsters and descriptive writing
Boudica lesson on legend key themes
Minotaur lesson looking at improving vocabulary for descriptive writing
Icarus and Daedalus lesson on language analysis
Settings lesson that explores building description for atmosphere and tone
Odysseus and Cyclops lesson on using evidence in analytical paragraphs
Structure lesson exploring the 12 steps of the Hero’s Journey
Aborigine stories and Dreamtime language analysis lesson
Hindu story, empathy and sympathy lesson
Commas and punctuation recap lesson
Knowledge organiser
Six weeks’ worth of homework activities
Beginning and ending narratives
Assessment planning
Spoken Language lesson
Assessment review lesson
Escape room for recapping and revision
Scheme of work document
Includes differentiated activities, engaging activities, worksheets, scaffolds, models and examples, perfect for KS3 English and those students approaching English Language Paper 1.
The Tempest complete scheme of work pack
1 - Shakespeare introduction
2 - Globe Theatre and context
3 - The Tempest Act 1 Scene 1 and context (Native Americans, Caribbean, colonies)
4 - Prospero and Miranda (Act 1 Scene 2)
5 - Caliban
6 - Ferdinand and Prospero’s asides
7 - Antonio and Sebastian
8 - Genre
9 - Caliban and Language (Miranda and Ferdinand)
10 - Act 3 Scene 3 - postcolonialism
11 - Act 4 Scene 1 - marriage, patriarchal society, language
12 - Act 5 Scene 1 lesson on Prospero and his changing thoughts
13 - The ending of The Tempest
14 - Escape Room
15 - Writing your own Shakespeare comedy
16 - Six week homework pack
17 - Scheme of work document