This is a full day session that I have put together aimed at D/C borderline students to help them to get top of Band 3 answers in the AQA Language exam. I was teaching a class of Pupil Premium boys, so the sessions are chunked, repetitive and feature really clear structures and methods to help the boys to see the clarity of how to tackle the paper with competitions and cooperative learning to boot!

Titanic SOW for Level 2/3 pupils(in KS3) lesson This is one full lesson plan with the pp and resources (if I made them) that is part of a full scheme of work that I have uploaded. There are 18 lessons altoghter and they have all been uploaded separately. In some cases, there is only a lesson plan as I've planned it but not made all the PPs. I will add PPs as I create them. Aimed at year 7 who are below level 4 and utilises lots of Kagan practice.

Horror Writing Scheme Full lessons & Resources. This scheme of work consists of 8 taught lessons that I have uploaded under the same title as lessons 1-8. All of the resources required for each lesson are uploaded alongside the lesson for ease of finding. These lessons are aimed at C grade writers and are ideal fo year 9 writers too (level 5 and above). Based on Urban Myth inspiration, the scheme goes through the planning stages into completion and writing.

Full lesson Courtly Love Tradition This is a full lesson PP on the Courtly Love Tradition. It’s only a starting point as I used it when I was unqualified some years ago but gives some basic information and can be adapted.

A very basic starter for a lesson - pupils put in the punctuation before using the sentences tow rite about their own weekend.

English Functional Skills Lesson 4 Level 1 and 2 These are lessons that are aimed at NC level 5 /6 / GCSE D/C learners who are trying to get Level 1 / 2 in Functional Skills English. I will uploaded as many lessons as I can find. I certainly have the first 4 of this unti that encorporates a little Maths but predominantly English. These lessons look at the notion of family and marriage and whether or not marriage is still relevant.

Skelling Lessons I have uploaded a series of lessons on Skelling that are in no particular order as it is 4 years since I taught it and they haven't been particularly well ordered...The lessons lead to a reading assessment on the character of Michael and how he changes. I will also upload the essay plan.

Year 8 mixed ability writing frame for the poem The Eagle

This is one of serveral lessons that i have uploaded from this year 9 scheme. The premise of our year 9 curriculum is that we start to get pupils used to the GCSE controlled assessment model by teaching them the skills that they need to pass Lang and Lit. This scheme covers Media and Non Fiction and More… this lesson can be taught alone or with the others. In this lesson helps pupils to break downt he use of persuasive techniques.

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 di More…scursive 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 covers analysis of bias.

This is one of a full unit of lessons that I have uploaded with their resources. You can teach the lessons by themselves and without the others, or feel free to use them all. If you type 'spoken language study Miss R' into a resources search at the top of the screen, they will all come up in a list. This one is a lesson that helps the pupils understand how to write about spoken language.

This is one of serveral lessons that i have uploaded from this year 9 scheme. The premise of our year 9 curriculum is that we start to get pupils used to the GCSE controlled assessment model by teaching them the skills that they need to pass Lang and Lit. This scheme covers Media and Non Fiction and More… this lesson can be taught alone or with the others. In this lesson, pupils analyse the use of colour in relations to texts.

This is a sheet that pupils use to peer assess descriptive work.

These are a mini scheme of lessons that are designed to get low ability secondary pupils to engage with the basics by setting up their own Game show. Each week the pupils become more competent at each area and they design their own rounds in a quiz. In the last lesson, the pupils host the quiz with other pupils of the same age. Great for raising self esteem as well. As, when they host, they are great!

A lesson that structures peer evaluation and supports pupils by showing what to do - with examples on the lesson.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded on the novel Holes by Louis Sacher, 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 summarise key events in the novel to show their understanding.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded on the novel Holes by Louis Sacher, 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 covers the reading of chapters 1-4

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded on the novel Holes by Louis Sacher, 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 covers extracting info from the text.

This is one of the literacy starters that can be sed in lessons.

This worksheet helps pupils to analyse the use of verbs in the novel extract.