I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
TWO walking, talking, mock style sets of resources to support the revision and practice for new specification GCSE 9-1 language paper 1 and paper 2 reading section.
Two sample AQA language papers are used to guide students through what to do.
Included:
- guidance on how to tackle each question
- suggested timings
- tips on how to tackle each question on each paper
- acronyms to help make sure they tick all of the boxes on the mark scheme
- sample answers to questions in order to model the structure
- tips on what to do when they first open the papers
Over 31 fully differentiated (by colour) and meticulously planned lessons to support the teaching of The Edge by Allan Gibbons. Lessons are numbered for ease of use.
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources provide opportunities to:
- explore an analyse characters and themes
-explore racism and make links to other literature including John Agard poetry
- explore bullying and create anti bug texts
- explore perspectives
- write agony aunt letters
- explore and analyse the creation of tension
- study news reports and create reports
- study and create police reports
- develop narrative writing
- develop persuasive writing
- explore dramatic irony
Differentiated resources to support the revision of Romeo and Juliet for new specification 9-1 GCSE.
Includes:
- extract to whole revision
- Quotation revision
- Walking talking mock style steps to getting through the exam
- sample responses
- revision guide - useful for homework
This knowledge book has been created so that students work through it in lessons rather than using an exercise book for all activities. Exercise books are then just used for extended writing.
All key knowledge for Macbeth has been pre-determined and this booklet provides that knowledge alongside purposeful activities and tasks for each scene of the play. When complete - students then have a perfect revision guide to use as part of their exam preparation.
Included in this knowledge book:
32+ lessons covering every scene
a ‘do now’ knowledge retention activity in every lesson
a powerpoint with all knowledge quiz answers
a big and small question to guide learning and discussion
key knowledge including key terminology
embedded contextual links as part of ‘extended reading’
an appendix containing scaffolded activities
activities that also help students to work on the skills required for the language papers
opportunity for students to develop narrative and transactional writing
opportunity to develop language paper 1 and 2 skills
Also useful for students to use as a revision booklet ahead of GCSE examinations.
A Walking talking mock that uses the AQA examiner feedback from summer 2023 to guide students through a process of planning and then writing answers/essays to the following literature texts:
Jekyll and Hyde
Romeo and Juliet
Unseen poetry
An INspector Calls
Power point (130 slides) and student work booklet included.
This resource focuses on helping students to:
plan their response
consider the texts chronologically
embed context rather than bolt it on at the end
consider how themes can be context rather than just Historical events
create thesis statements
consider the texts as constructs
Exam questions used in this resource:
Jekyll & Hyde - sympathy for Jekyll
Romeo and Juliet - relationships between older and younger characters
An Inspector Calls - Selfishness & Sheila as a character who learns lessons
Unseen poetry - Autumn poem
14 outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included.
Homework tasks included.
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Power point resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification AQA power and conflict poetry collection:
1. Exposure
2. Poppies
3. Ozymandias
4. London
5. Bayonet Charge
All resources are fully differentiated by colour. (Purple = low ability, blue = mid ability, yellow = higher ability)
There are 2 to 3 power point presentations per poem which cover context, language, form and structure and contain assessment opportunities in line with new specification.
All lessons are numbered for ease of use. There are 2 other poetry packs that cover the remaining 10 poems.
Differentiated resources to support the teaching of 'Pig Heart Boy.' Lessons are numbered for ease of use.
Ideal for year 7 or year 8
Resources provide opportunities for students to:
- explore and research context - Xenotransplantation
- explore themes such as perseverance, friendship, optimism, forgiveness,
- explore and analyse characters and themes
- write persuasively
- develop speaking and listening skills
- develop sympathy and empathy skills
Fully differentiated (by colour) resources to support the teaching of Q1 and Q2 of the AQA new specification 9-1 GCSE examination - paper2. Resources support the texts in the AQA GCSE English Language: Developing the skills for learning and assessment (turtle on the cover) ALL TEXTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE.
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources prepare students for answering Q1 and Q2 and cover the following:
- structure strip to help form better responses to question 2 (synthesis)
- introduction to paper 2 - expectations and timings
- identifying key information in 19th century and modern texts
- identifying the point of view of a writer
- inferring
- exploring how language creates tone
- complete true or false tasks (as per the exam) for the texts read
- explore the term synthesis
- synthesise information from 2 texts
- work in pairs and groups
- explore model answers
- investigate these of connectives to synthesise
- self and peer assess
- develop vocabulary and analyse vocabulary in texts using inference
- explore audience and purpose
Regular assessments are included to assess students ability in true or false and synthesis tasks.
Texts covered:
- Queer stories for a queer age - tattoo article (19th century) text included
- Making my skin crawl - article about tattoos
- Extract from Girl of the period (19th century)
- A letter from Jenni
- Inside the supermarket's dark stores
All texts are included
14 lessons that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included.
Homework tasks included.
Download and teach right away. These are ready to go.
Power point resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification AQA power and conflict poetry collection:
1. Remains
2. Kamikaze
3. Tissue
4. Emigree
5. Charge of the light brigade
This pack also includes a comparison assessment which has been created in line with AQA format.
All resources are fully differentiated by colour. (Purple = low ability, blue = mid ability, yellow = higher ability)
All lessons are numbered for ease of use. There are 2 other packs available to support the teaching of the remaining 10 poems.
There are 2 to 3 power point presentations per poem which cover context, language, form and structure and contain assessment opportunities in line with new specification.
Power point resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification AQA power and conflict poetry collection:
1. Storm on the island
2. War photographer
3. Extract from Prelude
4. My last Duchess
5. Checkin out me history
15 outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included.
Homework tasks included.
Download and teach right away!
All resources are fully differentiated by colour. (Purple = low ability, blue = mid ability, yellow = higher ability)
There are 2 to 3 power point presentations per poem which cover context, language, form and structure and contain assessment opportunities in line with new specification.
Resources to support the teaching of transactional / non-fiction writing.
Included:
- templates
- speech writing lessons
- letter writing
- spoken language
- presidential speeches
- place mat
- writing to argue
- persuasive writing
A knowledge booklet designed for students to use as they study Romeo and Juliet in class. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 GCSE students.
Lessons for all scenes and scaffolded activities for students who may need it.
All lessons include a ‘do now’ activity that encourages knowledge retention and provide key term definitions to assist reading of scenes. Context is embedded and advanced reading around literary heritage is also provided.
Lessons provide opportunity for students to develop and practice:
language/structure analysis
Narrative writing
Writing about view points and perspectives
evaluation skills
SPaG
GCSE literature skills
academic writing including creating introductions
These fully differentiated (by colour) resources support the teaching of the entire novel 'Two weeks with the Queen.' Medium term plan also included along with homework tasks and assessment opportunities.
Over 25 lessons ready to go! Download and teach.
The medium term plan signposts opportunities to develop language and literature skills for 9-1 GCSE.
Differentiation:
Purple = low ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
These lessons are ready to go - download and teach straight away.
Resources provide opportunities to:
- Read for pleasure
- Analyse language and structure
- Analyse pathetic fallacy
- Analyse character and theme
- Writing opportunities including persuasive writing, diary entry,news reports, writing to advise, formal letter writing, leaflet writing
- Develop literacy skills including sentence forms, direct speech
- Analyse non fiction texts
- Build skills for the new 9-1 GCSE English language and literature specifications
Resources to support the teaching of the new specification (9-1) AQA paper 2 reading section.
Resources are fully differentiated by colour:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources provide opportunity for pupil talk, provide objectives and assessment tasks. Model answers also included.
The texts used are taken from the AQA text book (turtle on the cover) but texts are also included in this bundle.
Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of The Edge by Alan Gibbons
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
resource provide opportunities for:
- self and peer assessment
- context exploration
- language analysis
- narrative writing
- agony aunt article writing
- police report writing
- exploration of idioms and dramatic irony
- exploration of bullying and racism
Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of a wide variety of poetry forms for KS3.
- Ballads
- elegies
- sonnets
- slang and dialect poetry
- performance poetry
Resources provide opportunities for:
- speaking and listening
- peer and self assessment
- language, form and structure analysis
- context exploration
Poems covered:
- Half caste
- Ballad of Hillsboorough
- The chimney sweeoer
- This is this six oclock news
- Ballad of homeless jack
- ballad of Frankie and Johnny
- On my first sonne
Differentiated resources to support the revision of the conflict poetry for new specification.
Included:
- Differentiated revision quizzes to use at the start and end of lessons to show progress - but could also be used as homework and for last minute revision - fun and engaging
- Power and conflict poetry cards - each poem card has an image, context bullet points and key words from the poem - can be used to categorise and revise
- revision lessons on context and analysis (differentiated)
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Differentiated resources to support the revision of the power and conflict poetry for new specification.
Included:
- Differentiated revision quizzes to use at the start and end of lessons to show progress - but could also be used as homework and for last minute revision - fun and engaging
- Power and conflict poetry cards - each poem card has an image, context bullet points and key words from the poem - can be used to categorise and revise
- revision lessons on context and analysis (differentiated)
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
A bundle of resources to support the revsiison of ‘An Inspectpr Calls’ for new specification 9-1 GCSE literature.
Included:
- context revision
- Remembering quotations resources
- sample answers
- quotation revision
- forming analytical paragraphs
- sample questions
- revision of plot and significant characters and themes
- structure revision
Resources to support the teaching of the new specification (9-1) AQA paper 1 reading section.
Resources are fully differentiated by colour:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources provide opportunity for pupil talk, provide objectives and assessment tasks. Model answers also included.
The texts used are taken from the AQA text book (turtle on the cover) but texts are also included in this bundle.
