This unit contains everything you need to teach Owen Sheer’s Pink Mist at IB level. It includes 22 lessons and worksheets to help guide the students through the text, investigating Sheer’s use of Bristol as a setting, context, dramatic techniques and the use of several narrative viewpoints. It also includes non fiction work on the British Army Recruitment Campaign “This is Confidence”, which serves well as a comparative body of work for their Individual Oral. The page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber Edition. Lesson 1: Introduction to the IB Lesson 2: Pink Mist Research Lesson 3: Army Recruitment Adverts Lesson 4: Mametz Wood Lesson 5: After Before Lesson 6: After Before Revision Lesson 7: Had’s Story Lesson 8: Remains Lesson 9: Taff’s Story Lesson 10: Pink Mist Analysis Lesson 11: Arthur’s Story Lesson 12: Home to Roost Lesson 13: Chapter Presentations Lesson 14: Review Lesson 15: Banksy Lesson 16: Past Paper and Exemplar Lesson 17: Ronn Cobb Cartoons Lesson 18: Army Poster Lesson 19: Adverts Presentation Lesson 20: This is Confidence Lesson 21: Violence Article Lesson 22: Cartoon and UN Leaflet

This unit is designed to approach the AQA GCSE Paper 2 in an original way. It is a journalism unit that teaches the reading and writing skills the students need for Paper 2 without getting bogged down in past papers. It comes fully resourced with articles, discussions, PowerPoints, exemplar answers, readings and reviews. It focuses on more than Paper 2 tests, such as music reviews, reports and website design, so you could skip these lessons if you are pushed for time. Lesson 1: News Values Lesson 2: The Structure of a Newspaper Lesson 3: Website Design Lesson 4: Website Analysis Lesson 5: Analysing Perspective for Q4 Reading Lesson 6: Point of view in ‘Snack Attack’ Lesson 7: Writing a Report Lesson 8: Writing a Film Review Lesson 9: Travel Writing Lesson 10: Planning a Job Application Letter Lesson 11: Writing a Job Application Letter Lesson 12: Identifying Bias Lesson 13: Informal Language for Tabloids Lesson 14: Formal Language for Broadsheets Lesson 15: Analysing Perspective in Jamie’s Dream School Lesson 16: Writing a Music Review Lesson 17: Writing a health Article Lesson 18: Tarot Cards Lesson 19: Writing Original Headlines Lesson 20: Writing to Advise Lesson 21: Influencers and Fame

This unit contains everything you need to teach the Songs of Ourselves anthology and will save you hours of preparation! It is focused on the CIE IGCSE Paper for English Literature. It includes 26 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar essays, context research, mark schemes, quizzes and opportunities for self-assessment. It is extremely thorough and allows the students multiple points for reflection to ensure they are confident of what themes to explore in their exam. Lesson 1: An introduction to poetry Lesson 2: Poetic techniques Lesson 3: Scansion: rhythm, rhyme and meter Lesson 4: Techniques review Lesson 5: Sonnet 18 Lesson 6: Love Armed Lesson 7: A Married State Lesson 8: The Chimney Sweeper Lesson 9: An Essay on Man Lesson 10: Quiz review Lesson 11: Carpet Weavers, Morocco Lesson 12: Before the Sun Lesson 13: Storyteller Lesson 14: Lament Lesson 15: Lament essay Lesson 16: Romantic research Lesson 17: Report to Wordsworth Lesson 18: Quiz review Lesson 19: A Different History Lesson 20: Hunting Snake Lesson 21: Hunting Snake Essay Lesson 22: The Cockroach Lesson 23: Where I Come From Lesson 24: Follower Lesson 25: Quiz review Lesson 26: Revision cards

Do you want to study a novel that teaches students about both the allure and the dangers of gangs? This unit of work works well with mid to high ability Year 8 or 9 students, and could serve as a basic introduction to the American Literature canon. It comes resourced with PowerPoints, worksheets, contextual information, IWB activities, character analysis, opportunities for creative writing and ideas for an assessment. Lesson 1: Gang culture Lesson 2: How Hinton creates character Lesson 3: Hinton’s use of stereotypes Lesson 4: How writers build tension Lesson 5: The Socs and The Greasers Lesson 6: Using inference Lesson 7: Narrative perspective Lesson 8: Robert Frost “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Lesson 9: Analysing the character of Ponyboy Lesson 10: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 11: Dual narratives Lesson 12: Use of foreshadowing to build tension Lesson 13: Building tension in “The Rumble” Lesson 14: Character foils: Jonny and Dally Lesson 15: Analysing the character of Ponyboy Lesson 16: Formal speeches in The Courtroom

These feedback sheets really help students to target areas of weakness without relying on the teacher. Each sheet has been designed for the students to carry out their own corrections once you have given them a target. Each sheet includes an explanation of what the target means, how to achieve it in their own work, a sample paragraph containing a successful example and a list of dos and don’ts. Reading Targets A: how to deepen your explanations B: how to select and use quotes effectively C: how to skillfully embed historical context D: how to comment on language techniques E: how to keep your answer relevant F: how to improve your knowledge of the text G: how to write analytical paragraphs H: how to compare two texts I: how to write an introduction J: how to write a conclusion K: how to plan an essay L: how to annotate an extract M: how to explore different interpretations N: how to analyse form and structure O: how to comment on poet’s use of meter P: how to write a conceptualised response Writing Targets A: using paragraphs and discourse markers B: how to correct your punctuation C: using figurative language D: varying your sentence types E: fixing grammar issues F: appealing to your audience G: focus on purpose H: using the 5 senses I: improving your vocabulary J: correcting your tenses K: how to plan your writing L: how to brainstorm your ideas M: how to structure your writing effectively N: how to begin and end your writing

Everything you need to teach Coraline at KS3. This 16 lesson unit has been designed as a read through the text, with a focus on evaluating a statement, and includes an assessment on how Gaiman creates tension. It is fully resourced with extracts, quizzes, assessments and worksheets. Lesson 1: Gothic Horror Lesson 2: C1 Setting the scene Lesson 3: C2 Foreshadowing Lesson 4: C3 Alternative realities Lesson 5: C4 How Gaiman creates characters Lesson 6: C5 Evaluating Coraline Lesson 7: C6 What is bravery? Lesson 8:C7 Interpreting clues Lesson 9: C8 The children in the mirror Lesson 10: C9 How Gaiman creates mystery Lesson 11: C10 Horror and Mystery Lesson 12: C11 The Final Battle Lesson 13: C12-13 Evaluating the Ending Lesson 14: Planning the assessment Lesson 15: Writing the assessment Lesson 16: The Film

This unit contains everything you need to teach Greta Thunberg Speeches. It works well balanced with with Rime of the Ancient Mariner, so the students can discuss ecological arguments in their Individual Oral. The unit opens with 5 famous speeches so the students can learn and use the required terminology. It is then followed by 7 IB specific lessons, focusing on how to analyse a speech. This unit could also be used for Higher Level Students. Lesson 1: JFK Lesson 2: Leonardo DiCaprio’s speech at the UN Lesson 3: Muhammad Ali Lesson 4: Malala Lesson 5: Emma Watson Lesson 6: Introduction to IB speeches Lesson 7: The World is Waking Up Lesson 8: Act Right Now Lesson 9: A Disarming Case Lesson 10: Global Issues Lesson 11: Our Lives Are In Your Hands Lesson 12: Our House Is On Fire

Everything you need to teach the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Anthology. This unit of work is focused on Paper 1 non-fiction texts . It includes 12 lessons, but the amount of material could easily cover 22 lessons with 2 lessons per extract. It is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar answers, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities for online research. Lesson 1: An introduction to non-fiction reading Lesson 2: The Danger of a Single Story Lesson 3: Passage to Africa Lesson 4: The Explorer’s Daughter Lesson 5: Explorers or boys messing about? Lesson 6: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Lesson 7: Young and Dyslexic? Lesson 8: A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat Lesson 9: Beyond the Sky and Earth Lesson 10: H is for Hawk Lesson 11: Chinese Cinderella Lesson 12: Revision activities

Everything you need to teach non fiction texts at SL or HL. This unit of work is focused on Paper 1 IB for English Language and Literature. It includes 13 lessons and is fully resourced with exemplar answers, past papers, workbooks and key aspects of each genre. Lesson 1: Analysing comics Lesson 2: Analysing graphic novels Lesson 3: Reviewing comics Lesson 4: Graphic novel revision Lesson 5: Analysing ‘The Arrival’ Lesson 6: How Adverts Persuade Us Lesson 7: How To Read a Photograph Lesson 8: Analysing Speeches Lesson 9: Understanding Photographs Lesson 10: Analysing Websites Lesson 11: Fighting Back Past Paper and Exemplar Answer Lesson 12: McDonalds Exemplar and Past Paper Lesson 13: Key Features of the Genre

This unit contains everything you need to teach Chronicle at IB level. It includes 22 lessons to help guide the students through the text, investigating Marquez’s use of magical realism and the detective genre. It ends with essay planning lessons to help them link the themes to other IB texts, and begin to consider a topic for their extended essays and oral presentations. Page numbers refer to the Penguin Books edition. Lesson 1: Designing context presentations Lesson 2: Sharing context with the group Lesson 3: Marquez’s style Lesson 4: Attitudes to the murder Lesson 5: Chapter 1 Review Lesson 6: Bayardo and Angela Lesson 7: Attitudes to marriage Lesson 8: Angela Vicario Lesson 9: Honour Lesson 10: The Vicario Brothers Lesson 11: Men and Women Lesson 12: Heroes and Villains Lesson 13: Who is the victim? Lesson 14: The Detective Genre Lesson 15: Reader suspicions Lesson 16: The end Lesson 17: Chapter 4-5 Review Lesson 18: The Trial of Santiago Nasar Lesson 19: Character Reviews Lesson 20: Overall text revision Lesson 21: Choose your activity Lesson 22: Class presentations on themes and links

This unit contains everything you need to teach Rime of the Ancient Mariner at IB Standard or Higher level, but it could easily be adapted for GCSE and A-level. It includes 16 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual research, poetic devices revision, gothic extracts, Romantic research and vocabulary support. Lesson 1: Gothic and Romantic Lesson 2: Poetic rhyme, rhythm and meter Lesson 3: Poetic devices research Lesson 4: The Plot Lesson 5: Part 1 Lesson 6: Part 1 Revision Lesson 7: Part 2 Lesson 8: Part 3 Lesson 9: Part 4 Lesson 10: Part 5 Lesson 11: Part 6 Lesson 12: Part 7 Lesson 13: Parallel Research Lesson 14: Themes and Symbols Lesson 15: Links to crime genre Lesson 16: Exam questions to plan

This unit contains everything you need to teach Paper 1 reading at IGCSE. This unit of work teaches the students how to answer questions on the writer’s thoughts and feelings, describing events, perspective and writer’s use of language and structure . It includes 16 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, newspaper articles, speeches, autobiographies, travel writing and two past papers for practice. Lesson 1: Introduction to non-fiction reading Lesson 2: Perspective Lesson 3: Thoughts and feelings Lesson 4: Perspective Lesson 5: Gervase Finn Lesson 6: Language Lesson 7: Structure Lesson 8: Thoughts and feelings Lesson 9: Language and structure Lesson 10: Perspective Lesson 11: Boomers vs Millennials Lesson 12: Analysing JFK’s speech Lesson 13: Leonardo DiCaprio’s UN Speech Lesson 14: Muhammad Ali’s speech Lesson 15: Malala Yousafzai’s speech Lesson 16: Emma Watson’s speech on equality

This unit contains everything you need to teach transactional writing (letters, speeches, articles, essays, reviews and leaflets) at IGCSE. This unit of work is focused on Pearson Edexcel Paper 1 for English language and teaches the students how to argue, advise and persuade. It includes 25 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson Powerpoints, exemplar answers, newspaper articles, leaflets, essays, reviews and speeches. Lesson 1: Introduction to transactional writing Lesson 2: Coronavirus response Lesson 3: How to counter-argue Lesson 4: Tough love Lesson 5: Raising children Lesson 6: Travel Writing Lesson 7: Charity speech Lesson 8: Letter of application Lesson 9: Write your letter of application Lesson 10: Technology Lesson 11: Fame Lesson 12: English teacher application Lesson 13: Health leaflet Lesson 14: Mobile phones Lesson 15: Parents are over-protective Lesson 16: Who would you vote for? Lesson 17: Film censorship essay Lesson 18: Writing your essay Lesson 19: Protecting the countryside Lesson 20: Virgin Atlantic complaint letter Lesson 21: Meghan and Harry Lesson 22: Writing your opinion Lesson 23: Foreign holidays Lesson 24: Writing a film review Lesson 25: Writing a book review

This scheme of work contains everything you need to teach Imaginative Writing at IGCSE and will save you hours of preparation! It is focused on Paper 3 coursework, but can easily be adapted for Paper 2 exam preparation. It includes 24 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, short stories and extracts, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, writing checklists and activities to exploit drama. Each lesson targets a different area of the mark scheme for the students to master. Lesson 1: An introduction into imaginative writing Lesson 2: How to structure a story using a story mountain Lesson 3: How to write an effective opening Lesson 4: Using connectives Lesson 5: Creating characters with depth Lesson 6: Writing about a party Lesson 7: Focus on punctuation in ‘The Hero’ Lesson 8: Avoiding cliche in “The 100% perfect girl” Lesson 9: Using dialogue Lesson 10: Multiple narrative voices in “Not My Best Side” Lesson 11: Writing a story using a unique voice Lesson 12: Structure in ‘The Fugitive’ Lesson 13: A Day in the Life of a Nobody Lesson 14: Writing a personal response Lesson 15: Creating titles Lesson 16: Expanding and planning Lesson 17: Topic sentences Lesson 18: Openings and endings Lesson 19: Endings Lesson 20: Narratives and dialogue Lesson 21: Opening lines Lesson 22: Creating a sense of place Lesson 23: Show don’t tell Lesson 24: Narrative Tenses in The Beach

This unit contains everything you need to teach Midsummer Night’s Dream at KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills, analyzing extracts for English Literature and bringing the play to life. It includes over 25 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extract analysis and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge Shakespeare edition. Each lesson is focused on a scene from the play, so you can easily cut this unit down to focus specifically on a key scene and a theme from the play. Lesson 1: Context Lesson 2: Online research Lesson 3: The Globe Lesson 4: Character research Lesson 5: Language Lesson 6: Plot and characters Lesson 7: Act out the play Lesson 8: A1S1 Theseus and Hippolyta Lesson 9: A1S2 The Mechanicals Lesson 10: A2S1 Puck Lesson 11: A2S1 Oberon and Titania Lesson 12: A2S1 Demetrius and Hermia Lesson 13: Language Lesson 14: A2S2 The love potion Lesson 15: A3S1 The rehearsal Lesson 16: A3S1 Bottom and Titania Lesson 17: A3S2 Oberon and Puck Lesson 18: A3S2 The lovers Lesson 19: A3S2 Young love Lesson 20: A4S1 Bottom Lesson 21: A4S1 Explanations Lesson 22: A5S1 The play Lesson 23 A5S1 The end Lesson 24: Blockbusters review game Lesson 25: Revision cards

This unit is a great way to teach summary, language and perspective skills at KS4. It is focused on AQA English Language GCSE Paper 2. It prepares students for Q2 summarise the differences, Q3 writer’s use of language and Q4 perspective and point of view. It includes 24 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, exemplar answers, online research and historical articles . Page numbers refer to the Arrow Books edition. Lesson 1: Context research online Lesson 2: C1 Maycomb County Lesson 3: C2 Education Lesson 4: C2 Analysing Miss Caroline Lesson 5: C3 Comparing Atticus’ and Scout’s point of view Lesson 6: The Case of Ruby Bridges Lesson 7: C4 Analysing Atticus Finch Lesson 8: C5 Analysing Miss Maudie Atkinson Lesson 9: C6 Building tension Lesson 10: C7 Scout’s understanding of the world Lesson 11: C8 The Fire Lesson 12 C10 The Rabid Dog Lesson 13: Analysing Miss Dubose Lesson 14: C12 Race relations Lesson 15: C13 Comparing Aunt Alex with Ms Dubose Lesson 16: C15 The Lynch Mob Lesson 17: C16-21 Summarising the trial Lesson 18: C21 The Verdict Lesson 19: C23 Comparing Bob and Atticus Lesson 20: C24 Analysing the Missionary Ladies Lesson 21: C25 Racism and Prejudice Lesson 22: C28 The Attack on Jem and Scout Lesson 23: C29 The Aftermath and Boo Radley Lesson 24: C31 The Ending

If you are teaching Frankenstein, this unit contains everything you need to allow students to connect a 19th century Romantic novel with the great issues of today, such as the environment, artificial intelligence and what makes us human. This unit has everything you need to teach Frankenstein at KS3. It contains 25 lessons that take you through the text using differentiated extracts. It is fully resourced with context readings, theme discussions, extract analysis, persuasive writing opportunities, online research on The Romantics, critical articles and opportunities to practice extract into essay writing. Please note this unit does not look at the whole text, it analyses key extracts from the novel. Lesson 1: an introduction to plot and context Lesson 2: Walton’s letters Lesson 3: C1 Victor and Elizabeth Lesson 4: C4 University Life Lesson 5: C5 The Creature Lesson 6: C6 Elizabeth’s letter Lesson 7: C7 Child killers Lesson 8: The Trial of Justine Lesson 9: C8 The Gothic and The Romantic Lesson 10: Romantic Research Lesson 11: C10 The Ice Field Lesson 12: C11 The Creature’s Tale Lesson 13: C15 The Importance of Appearances Lesson 14: C16 Revenge Lesson 15: C17 The Bride of Frankenstein Lesson 16: C19 The Orkney Islands Lesson 17: C20 The Dangers of Science Lesson 18: Who is the real monster? Lesson 19: C23 Elizabeth Lesson 20: C24 The End Lesson 21: Extract analysis on ‘Regret’ Lesson 22: Walton’s Letters Lesson 23: The Trial of Victor Frankenstein Lesson 24: End of unit quiz

Everything you need to revise Jane Eyre at KS5. This unit includes 8 revision lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, extracts and critical articles. The lessons cover character and theme questions. Page numbers refer to the World Classics edition. Lesson 1: Oppression Lesson 2: Essay Writing Lesson 3: Religion Lesson 4: Integrating context Lesson 5: Integrating critics Lesson 6: Love Lesson 7: Freedom Lesson 8: Essay feedback

This unit of work is designed as a pathway through the text Wild Boy at KS3. The unit contains 21 lessons and looks at areas such as plot structure, character relationships, aspects of a detective novel, the author’s use of pathetic fallacy and more. It is fully resourced with an extract assessment, descriptive language worksheets, plot quizzes, contextual information and assessment writing frames. Page numbers refer to the Walker Books edition. Lesson 1: The Prologue Lesson 2: The Circus: setting the scene Lesson 3: Fairground characters Lesson 4: Clarissa Everett Lesson 5: The author’s use of animal imagery Lesson 6: Creating mystery Lesson 7: Character foils: Clarissa and Wild Boy Lesson 8: Escape through the sewers Lesson 9: Designing a WANTED poster Lesson 10: Use of pathetic fallacy Lesson 11: Analysing the murder scene Lesson 12: Discovering the hidden room Lesson 13: A Victorian Workhouse Lesson 14: The Church Lesson 15: How the writer builds tension Lesson 16: The Machine Lesson 17: Circular Structure Lesson 18: The Suspects Lesson 19: The Finale Lesson 20: Planning your assessment Lesson 21: Writing your assessment

This Unit of Work has been designed as a way through the novel ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. It contains 19 lessons and is designed to exploit areas like descriptive writing, writing a summary, analyzing characters, constructing the plot, the format of a letter, how writers build tension and designing a film storyboard. It also contains two assessment opportunities on Stanley Yelnats and the significance of the title. The page numbers refer to the Bloomsbury edition. Lesson 1: An introduction to Holes Lesson 2: Chapters 1-3: Camp Green Lake Lesson 3: Chapters 4-6: Impressions of Stanley Yelnats Lesson 4: Chapters 7-9: Use of flashback in literature Lesson 5: Creating a factfile Lesson 6: Survival guide poster and plot quiz Lesson 7: Chapters 10-12: Writing a letter home Lesson 8: Chapters 13-15: The Warden Lesson 9: Chapters 16-18: Kate Barlow’s lipstick Lesson 10: Chapters 19-21: Building tension Lesson 11: Chapters 22-24: Using flashbacks Lesson 12: Chapters 25-28: Kissin’ Kate Barlow Lesson 13: Chapters 29-30: Using pathetic fallacy Lesson 14: Chapters 31-33: Zero’s escape Lesson 15: Chapters 34-36: Comparing Stanley and Zero Lesson 16: Chapters 37-39: Climbing Big Thumb Lesson 17: Chapters 40-43: Formulating an escape plan Lesson 18: Chapters 44- 47: Buried treasure Lesson 19: Chapters 48-50: The End