3 differentiated lessons tha explore: 1. Out of the blue by Simon Armitage 2. President Bush's speech to America following the 9/11 terror attacks Resources provide opportunities to: - develop a personal response to the poem - analyse language used in both texts - compare texts - explore the context of the 9/11 attacks on New York - compare the 2 perspectives of the writers Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher

14 key quotations from Animal Farm, each with an accompanying image to help students remember them. Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation. Also great for use as part of a display.

15 key quotations from A Christmas Carol, each with an accompanying image to help students remember them. Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation. Also great as part of a display.

Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'Of Mice and Men' chapter 1. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities to: - explore pathetic fallacy in the opening - analyse character presentation - explore animal imagery - use 'what, how, why' as a method for analysis instead of PEE which is too restrictive - explore George and Lennie's American Dream - work in groups in carousel activities - use writing strips to structure better responses

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 in 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 literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from stave 1.

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 in 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 literature. The extract in this assessment is taken from stave 2.

Differentiates lessons to support the teaching of chapter 3 of 'Of mice and Men.' Differentiation: purple == lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources provide opportunities to: - explore tension - explore characterisation - write analytically in line with the new specification 9-1 skills - analyse language - explore the theme of loneliness - read actively

Differentiated resources to support the teaching of the ballad of Charlotte Dymond.

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

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 in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses an extract from act 3 scene 1 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.

A differentiated (by colour) lesson to support the teaching of the skills for English language question 1 on the new specification (9-1) paper 1. Students read an extract and then retrieve information and ideas from the text. The resource uses an extract from 'I'm, the king of the castle.' Extract included. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability

6 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of language analysis for new specification AQA paper 2 - (non fiction texts) Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources use a range of modern non fiction and 19th century non fiction texts to guide students through answering Q3 - language analysis. Model answers included and opportunities for students to improve model answers, Text on super markets - girl of the period and a letter from a student. Texts included

2 differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of What were they Like? by Denise Levertov. Differentiation: purple - lower blue- middle yellow - higher Resources provide opportunities for students to: - explore context - explore language and structure

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of 'The destruction of Sannacherib' by Lord Byron. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Resources are planned in line with the new 9-1 specification and provide opportunities to: - explore context, language, structure and form

15 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of context for the 15 Edexcel new specification 9-1 GCSE English literature poems. (Conflict poetry) Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability