KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring King George VI’s radio broadcast speech As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Lecture speech As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

Lesson exploring Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen. Aimed at year 9

Full SOW aimed at Year 7, exploring Phillip Pullman’s adaptation of Frankenstein

Lessons aimed at year 8 students looking at ‘Animal Poetry’ 5 lessons included: Peacock by Ted Hughes, Hyena by Edwin Mogan, Jaguar by Ted Hughes, The Tyger by William Blake and The Mower by Philip Larkin The Mower lesson does exist purely for a certain class I taught at the time - I told them about the poem and they didn’t believe it exists so I made a lesson on it.

Full lesson on the poem Cafe Royale Aimed at year 12 lessons

100 minute lesson exploring Larkin’s Naturally the Foundation… from Whitsun Weddings For WJEC A/Level

100 minute lesson exploring Larkin’s Self’s the Man from Whitsun Weddings For WJEC A/Level

100 minute lesson focused on AQA Language Paper 1 Question 4 (evaluation) using an extract from The Night Circus

Three poetry lessons aimed at a Year 8 lower ability class. Unit was ‘Animal Poetry’ Poems: The Eagle by Lord Alfred Tennyson, Hyena by Edwin Morgan, Bats by D.H. Lawrence

Scheme of work based on An Inspector Calls for AQA GCSE English Literature The class this SOW was made for consisted of 15 students who were SEN and early stage 1 EAL. I have also included some of the translated resources I have available (Ukrainian, Turkish and some Italian)

Lesson on the context and opening scene of the play Aimed at year 8

KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Michelle Obama’s speech at Maya Angelou’s memorial As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

Lesson aimed at exploring the poem Suicide in the Trenches by Sassoon. Included a second lesson aimed at weaker students. aimed at year 9.

Lesson exploring the poem Snow and Snow by Ted Hughes with a focus on personification Aimed at year 7 but easily adaptable

Lesson exploring Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130. Aimed at Year 7.

KS3 Famous Speeches Lesson focused on exploring Churchill’s ‘Fight on the Beaches’ speech As part of a Famous Speeches unit aimed at year 7

100 minute lesson based on Prayer from Duffy Mean Time

100 minute lesson exploring Larkin’s Love Songs in Age from Whitsun Weddings For WJEC A/Level

Lessons focused on questions 2 (language), 3 (structure), and 4 (evaluation) for AQa English Language Paper 1 using an extract from Blood on Snow