A copy of the inspector’s final speech in J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. Contains key questions for students to answer. It is designed to guide students’ own annotations of the speech.

A variety of exercises to consolidate students’ understanding of Act 4, Scene 1. A teacher version which includes the answers is also included.

A GCSE lesson scaffolding an essay on the supernatural in Macbeth. It includes a detailed model introduction, body paragraph and conclusion.

A Scheme of Work studying Steven Spielberg’s film ‘Minority Report’. This was taught to a middle-ability Year 10 group. Things covered include: -Understanding of plot, -Understanding of character, -Analysis of individual scenes including mise-en-scene, costume, lighting, camera angles and shots, -A model essay, -A scaffolded coursework essay outline -Teacher versions of student sheets.

A PowerPoint that contains a creative writing task (and model paragraph) on the moment that Mr Birling sacks Eva.

A lesson for just after the Inspector leaves: -A dictionary race of key contextual terms -Reading -A brief timeline of Eva’s life -A differentiated copy of the Inspector’s speech. -Finally a creative writing exercise based on his speech.

A fun, informative follow-me game. It should be used as a revision tool when students have finished or are revising J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’.

A detailed lesson that guides students through writing an essay on Act 1 of ‘Macbeth’. It is an extract-question, focusing on when Macbeth considers murdering Duncan. It provides a step-by-step guide to answering the question. This includes: -A detailed PowerPoint -A detailed worksheet to scaffold students’ work. -A differentiated version of the above worksheet. -A “step by step” overview sheet that could be adapted to different essays.

A fully-resourced ‘Romeo and Juliet’ scheme of work for Year 9 (although easily adapted for a high ability Year 8 group).n The scheme includes: A powerpoint for each key section of the play. A variety of activities including: reading and analytical work; creative writing tasks; drama; group and individual tasks; annotating, etc. Model paragraphs (on slides). (NOTE: -The page references are in accordance with the Oxford School Shakespeare Edition. -The film is the 1968 version. -This is a Key Stage 3 SOW, not for KS4.)

This was designed for a 2.5 hour revision session on the creative writing sections (Question 5s) of the AQA English Language papers.

A brilliant revision resource for students studying J.B. Priestley’s “An Inspector Calls”. It allows students to revise via character and theme, with all their useful notes in one place.

A completed character-theme table for Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’. It’s an excellent revision resource which can be adapted as a classroom activity (for students to complete) or provided to students to prepare for their examination.

A PowerPoint containing annotations for Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ (It is to be used for the Power and Conflict GCSE Anthology.)

A complete lesson pitched at a Yr 8 or Yr 9 class. It could be used for lower ability Yr 10 also. It begins with revision of language features, tasks are differentiated and there is a body paragraph also.

A complete model essay comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘Extract From the Prelude’. The topic is the power of nature. It’s on Word so you can edit as you wish.

A straightforward Scheme of Work for a mixed-ability Year 10 group. It contains a variety of activities that go through each section of Rattigan’s play.

A detailed PowerPoint to prepare students for a question on morality in Act 1. The resource include 2 versions of student planning sheets and a model introduction, body paragraph and conclusion.

An A3 sheet designed for students to annotate and analyse Old Major’s speech.

A cloze activity (and answer sheet) designed to provide an overview of the Enlightenment. It was made to assist the teaching of Blake’s ‘London’.

A lesson designed for the section when the audience discover Mrs Birling’s involvement with Eva Smith. Students are given significant extracts to annotate and key questions for each extract are posed on the board.