A full lesson to help secure understanding of the play, including themes and quotations - reference to social class themes. Key Elements: Silent starter: key focus Sheila Birling and quotation explosions to aid understanding. Accompanied by core, extension and challenge tasks. Exam style question: social class system. Quotation hunt activity - identifying: character, action, stage directions and themes. Focus on structural and language methods used by Priestley. Basic example response to exam style question. Help me out slide with key quotations on the social class system to aid lower level ability learner.

A great lesson packed full of ideas and engaging tasks to aid with both descriptive and narrative writing. Addressing key learning outcomes, such as, ‘being able to apply a wide range of effective language techniques’ taking into consideration the importance of SPAG. Key Elements: Overview of Paper 1, Section A and B. Silent Starter (SPAG Focus) Image and sentence starter activities. All Read Round Robin. Examples of descriptive writing with tasks on annotations. Core - Extension - Challenge - Super Challenge tasks. Mix - Pair - Share activity to assess for learning. Self - assessment activities. A Full 13 page PowerPoint.

A fabulous lesson that successfully demonstrates and practises the art of ‘making strange’- a defamiliarisation technique that can be used when writing to describe:characters, locations or settings. Lesson includes: 11 page PowerPoint was or were starter activity explanation of the dfamiliarisation technique and how to apply it, successfully. Check point stop to address misconceptions Defamiliarisation writing tasks x2 visual clips from David Attenborough. Plenary: peer assessment. A really interesting lesson that aids students to think out of the box!

A fully resourced lesson with worksheets attached to aid with guided writing when writing to describe. Includes the following: word association dominoes starter task. reflection on key language features, used for effect. sentence structures re-cap with task. figurative language task with answer sheet. x 2 guided reading activities that focus on: core, extension and challenge skills. final task of completing a story opening. self-assessment plenary activity.

A lesson and resources that focus on the key elements required for exciting writing! Package includes: Settler task - Chernobyl funfair image and task prompts. Recap and reflections on language techniques, notably PEARMS. Application of PEARMS and sensory writing feature tasks using a moden funfair image. Identifying semantic fields. WAGOLL for annotation of PEARMS, other language techniques and sensory descriptions. Includes fairground word bank and success criteria. Self-assessment activity linked to AQA mark scheme.

Informative lesson that focuses on the annotation of a range of quotations - underpinning the various ideas linked to language analysis and the effects on a reader. Highlights the skills required for the exam specification. Key Elements: Silent starter - read the resource provided - summarise writer’s point of view through his use of language. Grid used to capture ideas from Orwell extract ‘Road to Wigan Pier.’ Identification of imagery, adverbials and powerful adjectives - why and how are they effective? What do we think of the writer’s thoughts? Annotation of quotations with reference to techniques - THINK or FEEL - PICTURE or IMAGINE. Your turn tasks ‘analysing the use of language in a text.’ Resources Include: -PowerPoint Reading extract Language analysis grid.

A thorough lesson with resources that explores the understanding of closer reading and how to apply these skills in exam situations. Can be used to suit both lower ability and higher ability students. Activities aid to stretch the idea of implicit meaning and how to dig deep when analysing both word and image. Key Elements: Identifying key details in a text and selecting a range of relevant quotations to support findings. Recall activities from both word and image. (images supplied) Recall activities - closer reading tasks using: Fergal Keane ‘Letter to Daniel’ and Owen Jones ‘There’s More Bleak News for Young People’ 2015. Analysis of word and phrase, using ‘Letter to Daniel.’ Non Fiction ‘comment’ article or ‘opinion’ piece, using Owen Jones extract. Resources include: 15 page Powerpoint Both reading extracts Collection Grids Images for recall tasks

An informative PowerPoint and resources that address subject specific terminology, accurately. Key Elements: Silent Starter Mix and Match - term to definition. Why is analysis of key word and phrase important. Annotation of two texts. Quotation explosions, identifying language and effect. Deliberate language choices task - notably adjectives and adverbials. Example of exam questions ‘How characters use language to express emotion.’ Exam question ‘identifying how language can influence a reader.’ Annotation of extract ‘Why Bother with Breakfast.’ A full PowerPoint and resources provided.

A great introductory lesson to what is non-fiction writing. Can be used at both KS3 and KS4 level. Also, serves as a great revision/recap lesson prior to the exam. Lesson includes: Informative PowerPoint The Guardian Article: Children’s Mental Health: It’s time to put wellbeing on the curriculum. Article analysis grid Modelled answers for analysis grid

A fabulous lesson, that can be used to aid with struggling readers. All reading clinic PowerPoints are created by me, using the successful Toe by Toe reading methods and techniques. Pack Includes: A 13 page PowerPoint. Task 1: Focus on ‘er’ and ‘ing’ endings. Task 2: Putting words into context. Task 3: The two sounds of ‘oo’ Task 4: Putting words into context. Task 5: Real words revisin task. -This pack also contains five activity grids from the Toe by Toe book to aid with the consolidation of learning. Identification of modal verbs in a description slide. There are other lessons in this series that effectively boost struggling readers and aid with literacy skills. Are also extremely effective with dyslexic learners.

A really fun and interactive lesson - perfect for either KS2 or KS3. The pack consists of a full lesson with PowerPoint and resources to support the different activities, promoting paired and group work, using chatter boxes to consolidate learning. The learning, specifically focuses on the identification of : word class/language features and devices used for effect in two different extracts - ‘James and the Giant Peach’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ Key Learning Question: ‘Can I identify a variety of language devices/word classes in a text?’ Lesson Includes: Starter activity; nouns, verbs and adjectives. Guided reading task. Challenge task: 4,3,2,1 adjectives, similes, alliterations and metaphors. Find four things activity (information retrieval tasks) using ‘James and the Giant Peach’ extract Find four things (information retrieval tasks) using ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ Extract included in PowerPoint. Mini plenary (4 top tips) Comprehension task Word class task. Chatter box task with intructions and template.

A simple card matching activity that can be utilised with both KS2 and KS3. Can be used as a reflection/ retrieval task from a previous lesson or as a starter task for a new lesson. Helps to build peer buddy relationships when working together to sort the features. Can build on the session by asking students to then create sentences, using the devices featured in the match up activity - peer buddies can then guess the feature used :)

A really fun and engaging lesson that focuses on writing to describe. Learning Question: How do I communicate an image through written text? Includes a 9 page PowerPoint, images and prompts. Encourages- Think-Pair-Share and partnered work.

Paper 1: Fiction - language focus. A ten page PowerPoint aimed at close language focus. using extracts from: Charles Dickens ‘Great Expectations’ Bram Stoker ‘Dracula’ Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ John Steinbeck ‘The Pearl’ JRR Tolkein ‘The Hobbit’ Ian McEwan ‘Enduring Love’ AC Doyle ‘The Hound of The Baskervilles’ Ray Bradbury ‘A Sound of Thunder’ Harper Lee 'To Kill a Mockingbird Roald Dahl ‘The Landlady’ Addressing the four questions: Three details you have identified What? (is the point the writer is trying to make?) How? (what method or technique does the writer employ?) Why? (what impressions is the writer trying to convey?) What do we think? What do we feel?

A 12 page PowerPoint that explores: character, action, setting and theme. Additionally, textual references and context. Includes the following: -Romeo and Juliet clock resource 12 page PowerPoint. Lesson addresses key exam style questions, such as: ‘How does Shakespeare present attitudes toward death?’ ‘How does Shakespeare present the idea of fate?’ With many more… Includes four separate extracts A great pack to introduce key themes and ideas or can be used as a revision resource.

A great resource to use as a starter task or to consolidate understanding of subordinate clauses. Resource explains what subordinate clauses are with four tasks - answers are also included.

A pack that can be used over two, one hour sessions. An action packed lesson that identifies the benefits of learning how to write a counter argument the right way, demonstrating how to be a fair and objective writer - taking students through creating effective plans for successful counter arguments. The pack includes: A 10 page PowerPoint with annotated notes Sentences for effect worksheet ‘Sugar, So Sweet.’ article Three student example counter arguments A planning guide A resource of example topics for students to use Hints sheet Plenary task: ‘what advice would you give to students?’

A fabulous resource that can be utilised by parent, teachers and students to aid with CEM style 11 Plus English Language assessments/exams. a comprehensive 22 page PowerPoint that will maximise student potential and their understanding of common questions in CEM style exams with a particular focus on shuffled sentences. shuffled senteces are sentences out of sequence, usually along with a superfluous word. Students are asked to identify the surplus word that does not fit the sentence. This amazing guide offers a staged approach to support children’s confidence and success with CEM style questions. Each stage in this guide is designed to break down specific areas of grammar that are implicitly tested. The guide contains 88 example exercises complete with answers. -A fabulous resource that will help you and your students to plan for success.

A 22 page PowerPoint that explores the differences between broadsheet and tabloid newspapers - focusing on layout and structure, Leans towards the skills required for Paper 2: question 5. Comes complete with a sample structure grid to write a paired plan when answering the question. Additionally, provides teacher top tips for answering the question with time management strategies when referring to the exam. A great lesson to introduce the art of structuring non-fiction writing or can be used to re-cap and reflect on skills required prior to the exam.

Resource includes: Summary of the poem. Contextual information provided. A list of questions to aid with analysis and annotation of the poem. A great introduction to the poem or can be used as an informative revision tool.