30 facts about Shakespeare and his plays. Cut them up and ask students to move around the room sharing information. A useful activity to get students thinking about Shakespeare ahead of studying a play.

2 differentiated lessons on the ballad of homeless Jack. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

A lesson to support the comparison of 2 war poems in line with the new specification success criteria for 9-1.

A placemat designed for lower ability students to refer to on their desks throughout their study of the history of language. The placemat includes: - space for students to fill in their target and working at levels - key words - Geoffrey Chaucer's status updates - Brief contextual information relating to Chaucer - Brief summaries of a number of the Canterbury tales

Resources to support the exploration of Hitcher by Simon Armitage. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of meaning, language and structure. Opportunity to compare the theme of anger in this poem with another poem.

Resources to support the teaching of slang and dialect poetry using Half Caste and This is thi six oclock news Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Opportunity for students to: - explore the form - explore language - explore effects created - create their own slang and dialect poetry

Resource to support students in the analysis of poetry The resource uses 'Blessing' as the example poem and students will work independently and in groups to analyse the poem in the following ways: - what it is about - what is repeated - tone - words used - alliteration - imagery - rhyme and rhythm - structure Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 8 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to: - analyse writer's methods - explore character presentations - write imaginatively in role of a character on the farm - practice extract to whole - discuss interpretations - Use the language paper mark scheme to structure an effective piece of writing - Write persuasively using the 6 part structure

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses My last duchess as the printed poem. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

Resources to introduce KS2 and KS3 students to poetry forms. Students will explore the following forms: - haiku - limerick - shape - sonnet Students will explore the rules of these forms and form their own poetry. Group work opportunities.

Ideal for year 7 or year 8. Five lessons to develop the AQA new specification paper 2 skills for question 1 and question 2 using the AQA KS3 papers. Also ideal for low ability KS4 - true or false task - summarise the differences Resources provide opportunity to: - explore non fiction texts - select and retrieve explicit information - develop inference skills - write summaries of differences between modern and 19th century non fiction texts Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Texts included: - PGL leaflet - Edinburgh zoo web page - Light water valley leaflet - 19th century extract from The watercress girl - Modern non fiction text - Living dolls - Modern and 19th century text about street music

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses an extract from act 2 scene 2 The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Shakespeare. Assessment requires extract analysis and then question b is based on the play as a whole.