This is another one of the schemes of work created for year 9 that introduces the art of speaking and listening and breaks it down against the AQA criteria - so preparing pupils for when they start to be assessed in year 10.

This is a full essay plan that can be given to pupils in order to support their structuring of an essay comparing Sonnets.

For those educational est. that still use the Optional tests as a way of charting progress, this lesson prepares students for the tests and offers advice on mark schemes etc.

Writing Lessons marriage and Family Lesson 4 Writing Lessons Marriage and Family Lesson This is one of eight lessons on a unit that covers marriage and family and finding a job. The lessons go through whether marriage is relevant and then how to find a job. Part of an adult world Functional skills unit aimed at level 1 and 2 candidates.

Reading Afs lesson that introduces and uses 2 This is one of two lessons that introduce the reading Afs and allow pupils to assess their progress through them- uses articles on the credit crunch as the context for learning so great for PHSE too.

AQA Lang Controlled Assessment Oliver Twist lsn This is a scheme of work that was used for coursework on the old spec. & it can now be adapted é changed for the teaching of Oliver Twist (pre 1914 prose). This was written to gather info. on how the state treated Oliver but can now be used for either identity or family, depending on the year of entry. All lesson powerpoints have been uploaded as separate lessons with the same heading above, so they can be easily searched for and resources that I have, are uploaded with the lessons too for ease of locating.

Holes SOW Lesson PPs to support text; lesson This is one of a series of lessons that i have uploaded to structure the reading of the text Holes - aimed at year 8, the scheme breaks down the chapters / character and themes and prepares students of literature study. made in my PGCE year, so not great but can be adapted and should provoke ideas for lessons, if nothing else.

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 powerpoint Lesson On Starting & Ending Sentences Correctly.

This is one of the many lessons and resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of Macbeth to year 7s working at level 4/5 in English. It's based on an end result of old SATs style type question that can be APP'd. This resource is the start of the play cut into strips - I hand it to pupils at the start of the lesson and get them to see if they can line up in the correct order and read out the scene.

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.

Do We Need ICT Writing To Argue Lesson This is one of a series of 8 lessons that have all been uplaoded on the debate of whether or not we really need ICT - The scheme goes through a series of persuasive techniques - using AFOREST - amd culilates in pupils creating their own argumenet for or against the motion. Aimed at Key stage 3 - year 8.

If you wish to locate all of the full lesson pps in this series, all start with the same heading of 'AQA Scene From a Film'. This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - designed for teaching descriptive skills for the scene from a film task. In this lesson, pupils plan their planning sheets ready to start the asseeement

This is one of a series of lessons that I am stilll creating for my current year 11. It is for the Shakespeare and Poetry Literature assessment. Puils will work entirely in their books during the teaching of the unit, to then plan their essay on the planning sheet. This lesson guides the pupils on what they should be looking at as they watch the film.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded for KS3 pupils that gets them to investigate the use of shock tactics. 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 analyse their first draft and look to improve it.

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.

Printable worksheet handout cardsort activity for students to learn the chronology of events in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

This is one of the many lessons and resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of Macbeth to year 7s working at level 4/5 in English. It's based on an end result of old SATs style type question that can be APP'd. This worksheet is a series of questions that help pupils to write a review of the play.

WJEC Legacy Spec Section B Writing Although this was originally created for the legacy spec teaching of section B foundation, the skills in this PP lesson are still relevant and I am confident that the lesson can be adapted for teaching either the new spec or the writing skills included

This can be used alongside my other resources for the poem Elegy by Tichbourne. It uses all of the opposite ideas in the poem to create a starter where pupils need to match the ideas to become familiar with the poem before reading it.