Luckily, we will never be in the position again where I have to teach 2 specifications at the same time to the same class. However, this is the scheme that I created last year when this was the approach adopted by the Head. Although these lessons are aimed at both specs, the full scheme is more IGCSE skills and texts than the AQA. My AQA scheme will be uploaded as a separate entity. 2 of these texts, I've uploaded before but the whole scheme makes sense when uploaded together. Remaining lessons are uploaded separately.

Intro To Shakespeare Full Scheme Of Work This is a full scheme of work aimed at Year 7 for introducing Shakespeare's plays and Macbeth in particular. I have also uploaded all of the resources in one upload as well as the pps separately.

This full and detailed lesson (designed for a whole day of teaching) takes the two poems, breaks them down and encourages pupils to analyse them and write about them. Then compare them.

This is a full powerpoint lessons, ready to teach but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context. This lesson covers the order and skills of writing discursive essays within the context of the existance of Nessy

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 what sensationalism is and how it is designed to effect the reader.

This is one of the designs of praise postcards used to send out to parents of pupils when they have done well in English.

This is a full lesson PP with resources to explore the poem 'Nettles' - Outstanding lesson Obs was given for this by OfSted.

Plot Sort Exercise Of Mice and Men This is a sheet with the plot in the wrong order for pupils to cut out and order the events. Good lesson starter / revision exercise.

This is one of a series of lessons/ activities / worksheets that I am uploading on the old AQA anthology poems. The lessons obviously have a comparative strand running through them and there are lessons for all of the poems from Cluster 1 and 2 uploaded as well as lessons that compare two poems or teach how to analyse them / compare them. Obviously no use for the old spec, but entirwely useful for the poetry comparison piece of controlled assesment in the new AQA spec.

This complete lesson powerpoint covers Act 1.iii and encourages empathy towards characters in Shakespeare's Macbeth. This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded on Macbeth, ready to teach with it&'s resources. 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.

The Crucible – Elizabeth & John Proctor This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded on the Crucible. The lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to deliver – but you may wish to update them for your own context. This lesson has lesson objectives of: To be able to explore how tension and conflict are created through language, structure and form. To develop understanding of how the social and historical context impacts on Act 2.

This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - designed to teach the poem - resources attached too.

This is a full lesson PP on maiing leaflets with the L/O as: To be able to use presentational and linguistic devices to convey information clearly.

A qucik starter to get pupils practising this homophone.

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 The Hound Of The Baskeervilles

This is a sheet that gets pupils to think about the changes that they would make to a fairytale in order to rewrite it.

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 analysis of the tension points in 'In The Nursery'

This is a full powerpoint lessons, ready to teach but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context. This lesson covers the existance of Nessy and covers analysis of texts.

This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - on writing to argue

This is one of the homework booklets that we've created for pupils in school. The year and level is indicated in the title. It covers essential English skills.