Oliver Twist Lesson PP How the Poor Are Treated This lesson introduces the criteria for AQA English Teading and introduces the topic of Oliver Twist – pupils watch the film to get an idea of Oliver’s journey through life before they start to analyse the text.

Selling Ice Cream – Team Work This is a full self contained lesson plan that can be used on it’s own or can be taught as a full scheme of work alongside the other 6 that I have uploaded. All lessons start with the name Selling Ice Cream for ease of finding. In this lesson, the L/Os are: To continue to identify the ingredients of a successful pitch To be able to work as a team to reach a group consensus.

This is one of a series of lessons and resources that I have uploaded on the poem The Laboratory . I created them in my PGCE year, so they are in no way the finished article but they are a definite starting point for ideas and activities for teaching it. This particular resource is a quiz with 9 key words for themes / techniques in the poem - good as a plenary after teaching them or as a starter to check understanding of each prior to building on them in the poem.

Improve proof reading, punctuation, and essay skills when writing about Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Includes kinaesthetic learning techniques.

This full lesson PP would be used with the self evaluation log that I uploaded some weeks ago to help pupils work out how to fill it in - so that you can model and show them step by step.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded for key Stage 3 pupils. The lessons are skills based and all cover war texts - from a variety of different wars. The lessons are contextualised in terms of the war period that the text originates from. The lesson is ready to teach, although you will wish to adapt and differentiate. The other lessons can be used alongside it,, but all are suitable as standalone lessons. This lesson gets pupisl to write from the persepctive of a soldier.

This is a full lesson powerpoint that is ready to teach on the novel Stone Cold. I have uploaded several other lessons that you could use in conjunction with it, but all are good to teach by themselves. This particular lesson covers predicting what will happen to Link and Ginger

This is part of a full scheme of work - all powerpoints and resources have been uploaded. Powerpoints are all separate uploads, saved by lesson numbers 1,2,3 etc. There are 9 lessons in total. Also uploaded as part of this section are resources. All lessons are saved under 'Nobody Has a Private Life'. This scheme is quite old, and will need some adapting as it was written in my PGCE year. However, it's a good starting point and pupils have very much enjoyed it over the years. Also has strong citizenship links!

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded on Media and Non Fiction Texts, ready to teach with it's resources. The lessons are contextualised in the remit of 'making a band'. 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 one covers how to create a brand.

This is a full lesson PP ready to teach, although you will want to adopt it for your own context. The L/O is: To understand how to respond to and explore a visual text. I have also uploaded another lesson that coincides with this one and I have a reading assessment lesson that builds on it.

Writing to persuade - Selling The School lesson. This is one lesson with resources from a scheme of work that I've delivered about informative and persuasive writing. The theme was advterising and selling the school. The lessons obviously have context specific images and detail and you will want to change these for your own delivery but there are a variety of tasks involved that hit all different types of writing and the pupils really like the real life context. This is 1 lesson of 10 that i've uploaded - each as a separate upload with resources attached as all can be taught standalone too.

These are a series of Urban Myths that can be used to whet the appetites of GCSE writers - often used to write around if students are struggling with a plot.

This is part of a full scheme of work - all powerpoints and resources have been uploaded. Powerpoints are all separate uploads, saved by lesson numbers 1,2,3 etc. There are 9 lessons in total. Also uploaded as part of this section are resources. All lessons are saved under 'Nobody Has a Private Life'. This scheme is quite old, and will need some adapting as it was written in my PGCE year. However, it's a good starting point and pupils have very much enjoyed it over the years. Also has strong citizenship links!

12th Night Full lesson and Resources lesson I have uploaded all 10 lessons of this scheme that leads to an analytical essay on the characters of 12th Night. There are poerpoints and resources for each lesson and there are 10 lessons altogether - llok for them by number if you would like to follow and adapt the scheme for yourself. Taught to Year 8 level 4/5

This is part of a full scheme of work - all powerpoints and resources have been uploaded. Powerpoints are all separate uploads, saved by lesson numbers 1,2,3 etc. There are 9 lessons in total. Also uploaded as part of this section are resources. All lessons are saved under 'Nobody Has a Private Life'. This scheme is quite old, and will need some adapting as it was written in my PGCE year. However, it's a good starting point and pupils have very much enjoyed it over the years. Also has strong citizenship links!

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.

Great for getting brains warmed up - 'Find Words' starter. A quick whole class settler that gets pupils to compete to make as many words as they can.

For those schools who are still using the optional tests to test pupils throughout key stage 3, these are a seies of lessons that I have uploaded - with the same heading for ease of searching - that cover how to tackle them and how to succeed in both reading and writing. Can easily be adapted to your own context or the lessons can be used for other elements - ie. the generic skills that are covered.

This is a full lesson PP that is part of a full scheme - the other lessons have also been uploaded. It utilises the Amnesty information / website and videos on Child soldiers so has a strong Citezenship slant... the outcome, after the full series of lessons is a piece of narrative writing.

This is one lesson powerpoint in full from the full scheme of work that has been written. Also uploaded is the full scheme of work with the resources as well as one by one lesson Powerpoints for the scheme, that have all been uploaded separately as 'Death penalty Writing Scheme lesson 1' etc, Written in my NQT year, it will need some updating to include APP criteria and AFL, but it appeals to all learners and has been very very popular over the years; a great starting point and it includes many citizenship strands. Enjoy!