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 concert reviews and how they are written.

This is one of several lessons that I created when teaching unqualified, so it's not great - but it's certainly a starting point for someone. Lesson covers This Room.

Although aimed at the outgoing spec, this lesson can easily be tweeked to your own specification and it covers the demands and the expectations of the GCSE course for year 10 pupils about to start it.

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 covers contemporray war poems

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 covers the wars of the world.

This sheet allows pupils to track the development of a key character throughout the pay. If you use several for the play, one for each character, pupils can make notes throughout the lesson and keep track of the progress they have made and what they have learnt.

Apprentice Scheme - Analytical Writing - lesson 6 This is one of a series of 6 lessons that are modelled on the Junior Apprentice. Pupils are encouraged to invent their own Ice Cream Product and launch it . They write a pitch for their product which can be assessed - either against FS level 2 criteria in English or NC APP levels. There are 6 lessons altogether - all uploaded separately and then the resources are uploaded as a separate upload together.

This is a fact sheet on the background of the poem Elegy, it can be used in conjunction with the lesson Powerpoint that i have also uploaded.

This is one lesson that I have taken from a whole scheme of lessons. Each poem can be used as an individual lesson, or, if you would like to teach all of the lessons, search for ' Poetry Scheme - 3 Poems - Lesson Miss R' and they should all come up for you to work with. At the end of the unit, there is a reading and writing assessment that involves analysis and creativity too. This lesson supports pupils with their planning so that they can prepare for 'controlled assessment' type conditions. By the end of the year, they will be prepared entirely.

This is one of 6 lessons that i have uploaded with the same title of 'Reading Skills'. This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - designed for getting pupils to look at their own reading skills,

This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - on the skills of writing to describe.

This is a full self contained lesson PP on the topic of fame for pupils to analyse and then write a report on their thoughts.

This is a d=simple slide with apostrophe questions / tasks on that can be added to any lesson - ideal literacy starter.

This is a very high ability worksheet that lists the poetic techniques in the writing and then pupils find the definition to it and an exapmle of it - with examples to support.

This is a full lesson PP based on the book 'Where The Wild Things Were'.

This lesson helps pupils to prepare for an APP reading assessment on the poem in it. Lesson builds on my previous lessons - please look at them for build up and follow on. If you like it, please rate it!

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 music genres with an English slant.

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.

This is one lesson that is part of a series of lessons about the Media and responsible Media. It's a key stage 3 scheme of work delivered in English lessons and the end result is a persuasive speach. All of the lessons are uploaded separately with the resources attached and all have the same title as above for ease of locating.

Manchester Music – Born Of Frustration This is one lesson of several lessons that I have uploaded (with resources if applicable) on music – with a particular context of music from Manchester. 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 the context of the music scene in Manchester