5 different whole-class feedback sheets.

A booklet comprising of a series of tasks and exam strategies to develop the quality of response to the essay question around the portrayal of change in ‘A Christmas Carol’.

Through the use of the short story ‘The Bridge’, students will explore the theme of guilt in ‘An Inspector Calls’.

A six-week weekly study of key extracts from ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Each week, students explore a different extract from the play and complete a close reading. Teachers have space to differentiate tasks and select work appropriate for their group. These booklets are used for the whole-class, but with intervention students identified for support by Accelerated Reader. Easily adapted for any age or ability.

A sequence exploring the role of Jacobean women, linking this to ‘Macbeth’, and exploring the wider theme of masculinity in society and the play as a whole.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem, ‘Poppies’, by Jane Weir through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A collection of LA reading comprehension activities based on superhero biographies.

A single lesson exploring structure through multi-media (a clip of the water scene in Jaws) to track the events and focus of the audience. This is then developed into the text version and how to track structure in this.

A lesson exploring narrative structure through the study of ‘Up’ as a stimulus, building towards crafting a narrative ghost story opening.

Lesson Ten: Allegories Students will explore allegories in fairy tales. For LA students, this can be supported with Aesop’s fables. Students will explore an article exploring why fairy tales are used to challenge issues in society. Lesson Eleven: Personification and Symbolism Continuing to unlock deeper meanings in fairy tales, students will explore the use of challenging devices. This lesson will explore ‘The Snow Queen’, where students will identify, analyse, and evaluate (HA) the use of personification and symbolism. Lesson Twelve: Subverting Fairy Tales For this lesson, students should compare an original fairy tale with The Brothers Grimm version (e.g., Cinderella and Aschenputtel). After comparing the two and identifying differences, students will practise how they can subvert a traditional fairy tale (Three Little Pigs) with class modelling. Weekly Overview: To develop their ability to craft allegorical and sophisticated subverted fairy tales, students will explore HA techniques to develop their understanding of deeper meaning in literature.

Lesson Thirteen: Vladimir Propp and Crafting Characters (Exposition) Students will be introduced to Propp characters and identifying these in fairy tales. Students will differentiate between heroes and villains. Lesson Fourteen: Linear/Circular Narratives and Crafting Settings (Exposition) This lesson, students will explore linear and circular narratives, including a close reading of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. Students will then begin to plan how they can subvert narrative structures in their assessment next week. Lesson Fifteen: Advanced Features Continuing to explore crafting of narrative, students will explore how they can build better sentences, utilise a range of punctuation, craft their vocabulary choices for effect, and incorporate high-level features in their writing.

A lesson analysing the structure of ‘The Lovely Bones’ (AQA P1,Q3).

A single lesson exploring P1, Q5, the mark scheme, using a WAGOLL, evaluating against the mark scheme, and crafting a response for peer-assessment.

A single lesson exploring how to craft meaningful descriptions for AQA Langugae Paper 1, Section B.

A 3 part lesson which builds the necessary skills to push for higher marks designed for language paper 1, question 5. However, differentiated versions have been used with a variety of ages and abilities with much success also. This resource is designed to respond to an assessment for a Year 9 class, but is easily edited to match the needs of the class. Lesson one focus: structuring a response, lesson 2: some elements of linguistic devices and advanced vocabulary, and then concluded with the production of a Section B response. Multiple hours of designing, editing and careful thought, so please let me know how your classes get on and any suggestions you would make to make this better.

Explores the theme of power in ‘Macbeth’ and encourages subjectivity and discussion. Used for a double lesson and prompted a great discussion on the role of power in the 21st century and then linked to the play. Use with ‘Ozymandias’ also.