Starter: Exploring rules students would create in school Development: Exploring the theme of colonialism / how the message is conveyed in The Tempest Main: Exploring Gonzalo’s Commonwealth ideas/ creating their own shared set of social ideas Plenary: PEAR paragraph ‘What social message is Shakespeare trying to send through the character of Gonzalo?’

A revision bundle focusing on the theme of family. Includes: A lesson Powerpoint Two extracts PETERR paragraph models Success Criteria and sentence starters A revision homework booklet An assessment objective checklist

A Powerpoint looking at picking apart unseen poetry. This poem focuses on love and relationships. I have used the SMILE acronym and focused on structure, meaning, imagery, language and effect on reader. There are guided questions for each subject. I have included an example paragraph activity and exemplar material.

A poem with guided questions throughout for annotating. Includes a table to practice P.E.T.E paragraphs and a W.A.G.O.L.L. Informative and engaging. Encourages independent learning.

An guided analysis of a Harry Potter extract. An engaging match-up starter. PEER paragraphs. A nice way of introducing pupils to the new language paper and explorations in creative reading. (All resources printable from PowerPoint).

An engaging lesson exploring how the characters of Benvolio and Tybalt are juxtaposed. Includes: detailed quotation analysis, engaging ‘evaluate’ starter looking at the acceptability of violence if someone disrespects your family.

A nice flipped learning lesson on My Last Duchess. Suitable for low ability KS4 and engaging pupils in somewhat difficult poem. Poem is set out like a CSI investigation. Pupils have to identify how power is presented in the poem, evidence to support it and techniques to use. In the report, they can either give a brief summary of the poem or writer an analytical paragraph.

A worksheet exercise designed for A3. Pupils are prompted to answer questions based on the extract and look for writers' methods. Challenging key terms e.g. lexical fields and symbolism.

An engaging lesson looking at Yeats' 'An Irish Airman Forsees His Death." Focuses on some AO3 context and uses guided questions for analysis. Additionally, includes step-by-step guide to responding to an unseen question with a WAGOLL (model) and sentences starters. My Y10 found it very engaging and were interested to learn about a bit or Irish history.

A short quiz to monitor pupils' understanding of Stave 2!

A PowerPoint focusing on how to effectively comment on structure and form. Includes a very detailed understanding of caesuras and enjambment. Additionally, there is a worksheet on the last PowerPoint to be printed off onto A3 to accompany the PowerPoint. Pupils really enjoyed this lesson and the placemats.

Featuring questions in the SMILE acronym ordering. Pupils completed the questions and analysis independently at home and came to lesson with the answers/ knowledge to develop deeper meaninginside the classroom

An extract from James Bond: Goldfinger. You could show students the clip for extra engagement! Can be used as cover or to enable students to focus on their reading comprehension and fully understand what they’re reading. Includes comprehension questions, inference, language and ‘evaluate’ questions leading nicely to Language Paper 1 (AQA) and Component 1 (Eduqas) Includes sentence starters for support and challenges to stretch and challenge.

A nice little lesson looking at Macbeth's changing ambitions. Features a language technique match-up starter with some really ambitious devices. Goes onto look at ambitious adjectives to describe Macbeth's changes, guided annotations of the extract and a WAGOLL/ sentence starters for pupils to look at PETER paragraphs!

Entrance Task: Do-it now Act Two summary fill-the-gaps activity Starter: Evaluating the character of Banquo Main: Analysing extract looking at Banquo's ambitions and suspicions with guided questions for language analysis, Main: Writing an Imessage to Banquo's wife Plenary: Engaging with Scene 2 & 3, Macbeth's plot to kill Banquo and Fleance and looking at Lady Macbeth's changing character.

An activity (print on A3) looking at how love is presented with guided questions and annotations to guide pupils.

Features a guide to approaching the comparison question with sentence starters, Assessment Objectives and comparative connectives. Also, includes flashcards for each poem focusing on themes, context, quotes (with writers’ methods and explanations) and structure and form.

An engaging lesson for Y8 pupils looking at narrative structure and effective ways of opening stories. Features a WAGOLL to analyse, a match-up activity and a helpdesk. Pupils are encouraged to write an opening to a story using structure strips.

Exploring Nurse, Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s Death. Initial extract analysis. Begins with Lowry Principle technique and considering/ pre-empting characters’ reactions. Continues with guided reading and questions to enable students to analyse language in each reaction.

Starter: Students explore physical and emotional traits they would choose in a partner vs who their parents/ carers would choose in a partner. Main Task: Students will explore Act 1, Scene 2 and Juliet’s relationship with the Nurse and Lady Capulet through a series of prompted questions and will answer in their books. Plenary: Write a paragraph exploring the differences in Lady C / Nurse and Juliet’s relationships. Ext: Exploring ambitious vocabulary for characters. Targeted towards middle ability to high ability with challenges throughout