SATs-style fiction reading paper, with comprehension questions that assess inference, definition, prediction and retrieval skills. The extract is chapter 3 of The Coral Island. This is a challenging paper and ideal for students performing at above expected standard.

This resource is a tutorial and contains copies of annotated and clean copies of extracts, plans, and the lesson progress in a recording of a live model essay. This would be appropriate for tutors and teachers to set as home learning to support revising candidates and to assist with examination timing.

Complete resource lesson with extract, model answer and links to supporting clip of annotation and answer, to time.

AQA Languge Paper 1 and Language Paper 2 extracts and lessons to support a KS4 reading of A Christmas Carol. These lessons get gradually more challenging and implicitly support AO3 for the novella. The SOW stretches over 6 weeks and includes 2x one hour lessons per week. This resource contains Week 1

This resource is perfect for interview lessons and uses a poem and poet that is easily linked to IB Learner Profiles. It is a stand alone lesson that could be used for cover work or in preparing for GCSE unseen questions, as well as for MYP Literature and Language. The lesson can be extended and introduces intertextuality that is accessible to students, as it revolves around references to children’s fiction. I completely enjoy teaching this lesson and look forward to it as a ‘treat’!

Fiction reading paper, with retrieval, inference, definition and prediction questions, using a Wind in the Willows extract. Extract and questions only.

This resource contains extracts and analysis focus to develop students’ hinterland knowledge around their AQA Literature reading of Blood Brothers.

This selection contains retrieval and inference questions based on the extract from Barrie’s Peter Pan. Inference and retrieval questions can be cut out and slipped under a Monopoly Junior-style board, to engage the children in reading skills, prior to giving them the assessment. My year 6 intervention group love this activity and don’t notice that they are working!

This selection contains retrieval and inference questions based on the extract from Nesbitt’s The Railway Children.

This resource is the second week, looking at AQA Lanuage Lessons. This comprises 2x one hour lessons which adds to students’ hinterland knowledge of AO3 for A Christmas Carol.

This installment is the fifth week of AQA Language Lessons supporting students hinterland knowledge of AO3 Blood Brothers. This lesson looks at riots.

Extract from What Katie Did, with accompanying fiction reading-style questions.

Lesson objectives: To investigate the poet’s intended message to the reader. To consider the connotations of form, structure and language in ‘Hitcher’. To reflect upon emergent themes in the poem. Powerpoint for the lesson, with worksheets for pupils.

This selection contains retrieval and inference questions based on the extract from P. L. Travers’ Mary Poppins. Inference and retrieval questions can be cut out and slipped under a Monopoly Junior-style board, to engage the children in reading skills, prior to giving them the assessment. My year 6 intervention group love this activity and don’t notice that they are working! No Mark scheme provided.

A lesson for mixed ability GCSE poetry, viewing The Hero as an unseen poem. This lesson would work well as an introduction to WW1 poetry, unseen poetry or as a poetry analysis lesson. The lesson takes the context of the poem into consideration.

A lesson, with worksheet, for a high ability year 8 class (mixed ability) introducing the characters of George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men.

This is the third week of AQA Language Lessons to support students hinterland knowledge of AO3 Blood Brothers. This week includes and Assessment for LP1.

A collection of taster activities in a carousel lesson, looking at theme, staging, music, use of props and context. You will need to assemble a selection of props for one of the stations and add your own review access page- I used Padlet.

This lesson is for mixed ability AS Level. It begins to examine Duffy’s The Map Woman, with tasks considering emerging theme, employment of poetic techniques and language analysis. The lesson encourages co-operative learning and group discussion. I also used a roll of wallpaper, with a silhouette of ‘the map woman’ for students to label.

This is the final set of lessons accompanying AQAs Blod Brothers to support students’ hinterland knowledge and AO3. This last installment contains a source and questions for Section A and a lesson on creative and descriptive writing for Section B.