This presentation goes through possible scenarios/descriptive writing tasks and gets students to think about taking ownership over their writing and making it as creative as possible. This is all done through image stimuli. The first few slides asks students to assess strengths and weaknesses on another student response, to use these slides you will also need to copy your own student response.

As the title suggests, I used this resource to look at the Narrator's opening lines to the play. I asked learners to look at imagery and connotations to analyse the effect of the writer's use of language.

Looking at an old exam style task based around motorcycling, this presentation includes lots of images and peer assessment to ensure that boys are engaged and to ensure that they are meeting success criteria when writing letters.

This presentation was used for my year 11's final revision session before the exam - they were all more able. I have many other more able revision packs too - look at my shop!

The start of a modelled response to demonstrate to pupils how to write about mood and atmosphere. The model is aimed at B/C borderline students.

This presentation helped me to secure an 'outstanding' judgement in my lesson observation. The presentation is set up to allow students to explore juxtaposition and pathetic fallacy in an extract. The entire lesson focuses on AO2 - Language, Structure and Form. The lesson is set up for group work activities.

A structured grid for students to begin to understand the relationships between characters in Romeo and Juliet.

This planning sheet can be used to plan any form of writing. There is a section on there for making inferences too, i.e. if students are responding to something that they have read. This really allows students to understand the importance of planning and really helped my lower ability learners in terms of giving them a really structured way of doing so.

This presentation gives tips and advice to secure the higher grades in English. It mainly focuses on the writing element and ambitious vocabulary.

Response looks at all 3 ghosts and the Bob

I use this report to eradicate low level disruption within the classroom and to ensure that staff feel supported. The incentive is for learners to achieve a minimum amount of points each lesson - not for a prize, but to save themselves from earning an after school detention. The report works best when targets are set with the classroom teacher and communication home is made.

A handy revision sheet with the conventions of each transactional writing type on there. The back of the sheet has suggested openings and closings for students.

Family Fortunes style game to make students consider the content of their descriptive writing This activity worked really well with boys in particular

This task builds learners knowledge of Linda and Mrs Johnstone The task is to create a dialogue between Mrs J and Linda - imagining that it takes place after the end of the play

A simple but effective resource that allows students to consider snapshots for zoomed out images The second page gives tips for more able students and how to cleverly craft their writing

5 quotes per poem. Students loved this sorting activity for matching key quotes to each title.

This sheet allows students to take charge of their own learning by researching and finding the definitions of key poetic forms

A great visual resource for the classroom wall

A quick re-cap of quotes to display on the classroom wall

A classroom resource to help with KS4 retention