To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a Nando's menu of homework tasks. This one targets key stage 4 and above and assists teaching of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved

A set of revision cards that cover the entire play scene by scene with key quotes, key terminology and the major themes. Each slide is cut into 4 pocket sized cards that can be hole punched and put on a key ring to make a set of flip cards helping students with every aspect of the play. The last 3 cards cover the context, about the author and the key characters in the play. An incredibly useful revision resource for students needing to 'get to grips' with Blood Brothers ready for their English Litearture exams.

A complete lesson (or 2 depending on group) analyzing an extract of Hound of the Baskervilles and focusing on tension, drama and language analysis. This lesson will encourage students to closely analyse texts and identify language, as well as authors intention and presentation of main themes. A great revision tool as well as a useful assessment for classes. Suitable for all KS4 classes. This sheet was used with a low ability set, but questions are easily altered.

This powerpoint has been created to encourage confidence in unseen poetry, and to teach students how to analyse and plan for the WJEC/EDUQAS unseen poetry question timings. The first five slides are resources for the class. Slide 1 - a breakdown of each unseen poetry question - colour coded - to explain expectations from examiner, timings, what the question is asking you to do. Slide 2 - a reminder bookmark to give students to take home to practise with at home. It has 8 key questions students should ask themselves to ensure clear and detailed answers when responding. Slide 3 - The first poem handout with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. Slide 4 - The second poem handout - this one has the original poem and the poem they have to compare it with on- with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. I normally print slide 3 and 4 back to back Slide 5 - an optional print out slide with a breakdown of what to write in each paragraph, as well as possible sentence starters/cloze paragraphs to use. This masterclass uses the poems ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep’ by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Slides 6,7,8 and 9 talk you and the class through how to quickly annotate with timers to keep the pace. The poem analysis is broken down into sections with written prompts to show on the board. I have done this masterclass with all of the year 11 classes in my school (other than the weakest ability who weren’t sitting literature) and an overwhelming majority requested a second masterclass as they found it so helpful. I will upload the second masterclass to TES as well- it is the same format but different poems. The format of the slides is really easy to edit, so you can use this repeatedly and just change the poems in the middle.

I have compiled a range of questions for WJEC/EDUQAS in the exam style to cover every theme, relationship or character in the following texts: Blood Brothers A Christmas Carol The Merchant of Venice The poetry anthology. In the documents you will find exam style questions. In the Blood Brothers pack, there are 18 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. All of these include an extract for the springboard essay and cover every theme, character and relationship. In the A Christmas Carol pack, there are 16 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. All of these include an extract for the springboard essay and cover every theme, character and relationship. In the The Merchant of Venice pack, there are 17 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. There are both the 15 mark extract, and 25 mark whole play questions and cover every theme, character and relationship. In the Poetry Anthology pack, there are 9 exam style questions, including previous exam questions. All of these include the poem asked to analyse and compare, as well as both questions.

A complete lesson with all resources, learning objectives, success criteria and poem breakdown. This lesson starts with a do now activity where students explore the stereotypical image of a soldier, mind mapping ideas around an image. The PowerPoint then talks through key notes for the context, content, structure, form, language, imagery and tone of the poem. The poem has a step by step analysis, including key questions, so students can expand understanding and knowledge whilst having discussion opportunities to expand deeper meaning. This can be used as a complete lesson, but it can equally be used as a revision aide for students either in or outside of the classroom. All Eduqas questions are thematic, so the next step would be to pose the question ‘How is War presented in The Soldier’. Teachers are able to edit or add to this lesson to aide understanding - this lesson was created for lower ability sets.

Fun grammar Do Now tasks taken from Oatmeal and other websites, compiled into one handy powerpoint.

A fun and engaging lesson exploring foreshadowing using chapter 6 of The Hobbit. Throughout the course of the lesson students first need to select the correct definition of foreshadowing and discuss the meaning, before watching a clip from the Lion King and The Wizard of Oz and identify what event is being foreshadowed. After that, student 'popcorn read' chapter 6 of The Hobbit, identifying possible foreshadowing before analyzing a key extract (provided on the PowerPoint). This lesson can be used as part of an ongoing scheme, or can easily be adapted by removing slide 5 (the hobbit summary slide) to be a stand alone lesson. Excellent for high ability key stage 3 students. All resources, learning objectives and success criteria, videos and timers are included in the PowerPoint.

Following the structure, format and wording of the WJEC/EDUQAS literature exam paper, I have created a mock paper using Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley for students to practice exam responses. Included in the resource is an essay planning sheet to help students consider their answer and time their writing.

A fun lesson to start a Shakespeare module, looking at Shakespearian insults, how Shakespeare has influenced our language today and how he is still relevant. A mixture of fun facts about Shakespeare to play a bingo game, a research sheet, a Shakespearian insult activity and opportunities to analyse and explore interesting use and change of word classes. Easily adaptable for all abilities. I used with a year 9 set 4 class and it was really successful. All learning objectives, success criteria, real world link, levels and stretch and challenge opportunities are included. Fun Do Now and Plenary activities also included.

A lesson complete with annotated poem, teaching students the context, language, imagery and structure of Cozy Apologia ready to compare to She Walks in Beauty.

16 important literary features pairs game for students to memorise key techniques needed to analyse literature. Works with all ages- important for analysis of prose and poetry. Fun and engaging, easy to use and popular with the students!

Full lesson powerpoints created (21 lessons minimum) ideally each poem takes 2 lessons which makes a 42 lessons completed with success criteria and learning objectives. The poems studied include: A Wife in London London She Walks in Beauty Living Space As imperceptibly as grief Cozy Apologia Valentine Afternoons Sonnet 43 Death of a naturalist Hawk Roosting To Autumn The Manhunt The Soldier Dulce et Decorum Est Mametz Wood Ozymandias Excerpt from The Prelude Also included in the pack is a photocopy of roughly half the poems completely annotated for teachers.

A fun and engaging way to encourage narrative writing, creative writing and effective planning in preparation for GCSE. These story starters were designed for low ability students, with lots of bright colours and recognisable cartoons that can be put together to create a short story. These cards can be used individually, or in multiples. Used with my students as homework with great success.

A complete lesson with all resources, learning objectives, success criteria and poem breakdown. This lesson talks through the context, content, structure, form, language, imagery and tone. With a step by step analysis for the poem, including key questions, students can expand understanding and knowledge. This can be used as a complete lesson, but it can equally be used as a revision aide for students either in or outside of the classroom.

A complete, two hour, 'walking talking' mock where the teacher guides students through example questions and how to achieve top marks. Students are given a created exam paper with a 'A Macbeth' extract and essay question, as well as an anthology extract and the corresponding exam questions. The PowerPoint then talks the students through timings and how to answer each question. A fantastic revision aide and great training for the exam. All resources are included with this purchase. This is a run on from the first Walking Talking mock for Literature component 1, and as such has more questioning for students to build on their revision.

Following the structure, format and wording of the WJEC/EDUQAS literature exam paper, I have created a mock paper using The Manhunt by Simon Armitage for students to practice exam responses. Included in the resource is an essay planning sheet to help students consider their answer and time their writing.

An easy to edit certificate to award success in a variety of subjects. Suitable for Key Stage 3, Key stage 4 and primary.

An easily adaptable, easy to use template for the Million Pound Drop game for lessons at the end of term.