This is one of 11 lessons that combine to make a full scheme of work. The lessons are designed for teaching when the pupils first join secondary school and they are based on their early experiences of school. I have uploaded all lessons with the same title above and each has a PP (if I made it) and the resources with it. In the odd case, it will just be a lesson plan. Lesson 1 has a scheme overview attached for all lessons. You will want to adapt for your own school.

Gruffolo Full SOW Kagan techniques Lesson PP This is one of 6 lessons that I have uploaded. I have uploaded each lesson with the appropriate resources. The full scheme was judged as Outstanding by OFSTED and I use it with level 3/4 writers. Designed to introduce Kagan structures and cooperative learning, the lessons use the context of the Gruffalo to get pupils to write their won story to Primary School Pupils. Pupils love this work!

This is one of several resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of Pre1914 poetry. This is taught to develop pupils comparing skills and would be relevant to the AQA new specification for language and poetry. This particular resource is a starter. Cut up the strips with the definition of one on and the title of another, pupils then have to find their definition to form a line across the classroom.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded for KS3 pupils that gets them to investigate the use of persuasive technuiques. The lesson is ready to teach with it's resources (if aplicable). Although, you will wish to adapt and differentiate for your own class. They can be taught together to reach an assessment outcome, but all are suitable as standalone exploratory lessons. This lesson gets pupils to llok at the construction of an argument.

A handy handout to give to pupils that details everything they need to know about sonnets.

A whole class set to help pupils to create sentences with adverbial clauses.

This is a full lesson PP that uses the Media Coverage of the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' as stimulus for comparing bias in the Media.

This is 1 of 8 similar exercises that i have uploaded. There is a job description and an application form. Pupils have to read the job description and then apply the necessary details required to the application form writing. It tests reading for meaning and writing skills at functional skills level 1. This role od for an admin director.

This is a full lesson PP that structures the comparison of the film of Holes to the novel.

This is a sheet - that can easily be adapted for any speaking and listening activity at Key Stage 3 - that gets pupils to analyse their own performance.

A full lesson with all resources about the monster - encouraging us to analyse him.

After teaching Film reviews, this is a tutorial that pupils can use to remind them of the ingredients prior to creating their own.

Really simple starter activity for the study of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare- There are 3 quotations ('quotes') for pupils to turn into PEE chains.

This is a full lesson PP - ready to teach - although you may wish to change / differentiate to your own context on the above named topic. This lesson is one of serveral that create a scheme of lessons about Victorian Crime but all can operate as standalone lessons and I have uploaded them all with the same title stem for ease of finding. This lesson covers Victioan Etiquette.

Some instructions on a series of activites that can be used to imporve speaking and listening warm ups.

Activity aimed at year 7s as a lesson starter to match the simle start to the end.

Rime Of the Ancient Mariner full PP lesson This is one of nine lessons that form the analysis of the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. The lessons are aimed at Key Stage 3 and have a variety of tasks in them to help support pupils in accessing the poem. They culminate in a reading assessment that is uploaded as lesson 9 and can be App'd.

This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded to support the reading of Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - this one is a reading assessment based on the text for level 3/4 readers.

These are a series of tasks set up for pupils to complete and then present back to the rest of the class.

Non Fiction Writing – comment on language This is one lesson of 15 that I have uploaded (with resources if applicable) on non fiction texts and analysis for year 7 pupils. All of the lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to teach, although you may wish to adopt them for your own context. This full lesson covers how to explain and comment on writer’s choice of language