This is a full lesson PP to encourage classmates to get to know each other and work as a team.

Taken from AQA GCSE exam previous teaching, this is one of a series of lessons that I have uploaded on all of the poems from the anthology. The anthology may no longer exist in it's current form, but the poem is still valid for study and the lesson is self contained for leading analysis of the poem.

Taken from AQA GCSE exam previous teaching, this is one of a series of lessons that I have uploaded on all of the poems from the anthology. The anthology may no longer exist in it's current form, but the poem is still valid for study and the lesson is self contained for leading analysis of the poem.

These are two lessons that are tied to the AQA specification for English Lit and the Relationship cluster - quite basic but a starting point for how to attempt questions. They don't have to be taught together.

This is one of many lessons and resources that I have uploaded on Russel's Blood Brothers for the AQA Lit specification. This is a full lesson that shows pupils how to tackle the question: At the beginning of the play, the Narrator introduces Mrs Johnstone as the mother so cruel. How does the play go on to create sympathy for Mrs Johnstone? Also includes a WWTBAM starter to get the lesson going.

This is a lesson starter to get pupils to read the front covers of books.

These are a full set of lessons and resources that I have used to teach Miller's A View From A bridge. All resources are uploaded with the same titel for ease of searching and have been saved under the play name.

This is one of several revision lessons that I created for the novel, in readiness for the AQA lit exam last summer. This one covers revsing the plot and the themes

This is basically a couple of pp slides with a link to an interactive tour of the Globe theatre. Great for contextualising Shakespeare.

English Lessons Selling Houses Lesson 1 This is one of 9 lessons that have all been uploaded with their resources that use the business of selling houses to analyse writing and create writing. Reading AFs and FS indicators are used. Aimed at level English FS level 1 and 2

This is a scheme of work that I have revisited and updated for 2012, to include all APP frameworks, persuasive techniques and analysis of the Death Penalty. The scheme looks at murderers and results in a question about whether or not we should bring back the death penalty. Pupils end by writing a discursive essay, as if they are under controlled assessment conditions, as I am trying to prepare year 9 for their GCSE years. If you want every lesson, type in '2012 Death Penalty Lesson Miss R' and they should come up in a list. This one introduces the unit.

This is a kinaesthetic lesson for upgrading work - model how to do it, then pupils have a go with their own 1st drafts.

Lesson Powerpoint on love triangles in Twelfth Night is a total entity and it has been uploaded with all of its resources for that lesson beside it. All lessons have been saved with the same title to make it easier to search for them. Twelfth Night SOW KS3 Full Lesson Powerpoint This is one lesson of 9 that I have uploaded in order and they go together to form a scheme of work.

L/O: To investigate how and why first impressions count in a play. To use the skills of inference and deduction to inform reading.

I have uploaded 20 lessons in this series in total - each with it's own resources where relevant. Each lesson Powerpoint can be taught as a standalone lesson, or used within the series. These are brand new lessons and they structure the reading of the novel, whilst analysing it. Designed for AQA Literacy specification. This lesson covers how to analyse the novel so far and how to write PEA chains.

This is a full lesson Powerpoint with a series of interactive tasks that helps pupils to learn about explanation writing.

These are a full set of lessons and resources that I have used to teach Miller's A View From A bridge. All resources are uploaded with the same titel for ease of searching and have been saved under the play name.

I have uploaded 20 lessons in this series in total - each with it's own resources where relevant. Each lesson Powerpoint can be taught as a standalone lesson, or used within the series. These are brand new lessons and they structure the reading of the novel, whilst analysing it. Designed for AQA Literacy specification. This lesson gets the pupils to have a go at an essay quetsion under timed conditions - as practise for the exam.

These are the second half of the lessons of a scheme of work that I created last year for DNA by Dennis Kelly. It is aimed at a year 9 class, as the idea is that I am starting to prepare them for GCSE Literature. Therefore, the scheme is a mix of analysis and playing with the text too. I've used a variety of ideas to teach it. All lessons are complete lessons in themselves with the resource at the end of the powerpoint, so they are all embedded. You may wish to adapt / cut apart and mix them up.

This Macbeth lesson is ready to teach with its resources, although, you may wish to adapt and differentiate for your class. This powerpoint covers the levels of power in the play.