Who is responsible for the death of Lennie Small? Creative way to get students to engage with debating the end of the novella. Helps consolidate plot and develop sophisticated arguments about responsibility. Clear instructions for group work. Mark scheme. Roles of different characters.

Two lessons to help students plan an opening to a story and hook their reader. Lesson 1 - With help from a peer they plan an opening to a story using the 5Ws. Lesson 2 - Discussion on how to hook the reader. Teacher model first lines to analyse and discuss. List of all the ingredients for strong writing. Peer assess.

Using Marley’s ghost in A Christmas Carol as inspiration. Analysing what his chain symbolises and why it has been included. Differentiated success criteria. Teacher model. Planning questions. Task and self assessment.

14 slide lesson looking at how writers open their novels and what this can reveal. Focus on The Road by Cormac McCarthy. How to tackle a text - aspects of narrative. Different opening lines to novels - discussion on what they reveal to reader. Why were they crafted this way. Extract of opening of The Road - link to two aspects of narrative. Analysis of opening and symbolism used. Examples for class of strong quotes. Homework task/class task depending on speed of class.

Focusing on developing detailed and thoughtful analysis of language. Using an extract from The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Re-cap of PQEL structure. Individual analysis of extract - feed back as class. Connotation and denotation re-cap Teacher model Essay style question using skills developed in the lesson.

Analysis of the theme of deceit and the witches in Macbeth. Exploration of witches prophecies. Discussion on whether or not they are deceitful. Teacher model of analysis.

Exploring the theme of responsibility in Macbeth. Can be used for speaking and listening or as an engaging way to consolidate plot. Students need to work in groups to stage a trial of either the witches, Lord or Lady Macbeth. Rules of group work included. Roles for each person. Questions to consider. Essay question to consolidate at end of task.

Perfect for KS3 Interrogating poems - how is atmosphere created in the poem The Listeners? Developing understanding of what to focus on when reading a poem and analysing language. Writing a response. Writing a creative piece based on Listeners - differentiated tasks. Peer assessment.

Close analysis of language in R&J Focus on death scene and themes present. Examples of close analysis of language + opportunity to have a go. Teacher model of top grade for analysis and annotation. Framework for analysis. Sentence starters for weaker students. Differentiated success criteria.

A 14 slide PPT. Revisiting the tragic events that lead to Eva Smith’s suicide. Creative writing task to write from Eva Smith’s perspective. Mark scheme. Teacher model. Success criteria.

A really fun lesson to engage students with writing poetry! Using a noun (chosen by a peer in order to push for further creativity) as inspiration for writing a poem and choosing a positive/negative semantic field for the poem. Teacher model for analysis. Examples of famous poems that contain extended metaphors and unusual structure. List of techniques to be used in writing poems.

KS2/3 - This works really well with my classes as it gets them switched on and ready to write! Especially my boys classes. Short task to assign different attributes to create a mythical creature - students put up their hands to A,B,C,D and get different movements, powers, looks etc. Sound effects on four slides (students love this). Teacher model of strong poem and descriptive writing which can be analysed as a class. List of success criteria. Peer assessment.

Looking at the difference between these three styles of writing. How are they different. List of techniques to make writing engaging. Teacher models on the same topic for each writing type. Example to have a go at. Self-assessment.

Looking at Duffy's reason for writing the poem. Kevin Carter and the Sudan photo. Questions to consider. Exam style essay question with links to context.

How to find and use quotations. PEE - how to structure an essay. Example PEE paragraph. Essay question. Scaffold for support. Questions for peer assessment.

Two lessons for KS3 Persuasive speech analysis - Persuasive speech writing. Using Chief Joseph’s famous speech for something a little different. Lesson 1: Discussion questions to engage class. A little background for context. Chief Joseph’s speech differentiated. Blank and with devices highlighted. List of persuasive features. Questions to aid analysis. Lesson 2: Create a real life hero that would deliver a speech on something powerful. List of success criteria. Reminder of last lesson and Chief Joseph’s speech. Peer assessment.

A really fun way to get students into writing poems! A collection of 23 images to help stimulate ideas for poems. Work in pairs, groups or combine images to create an interesting thread for a narrative! Each slide comes with a list of poetic techniques to include.

Could be used for unseen practice. Teacher model. Mark scheme. Connotation and denotation. Quotes to analyse. Exam style question. Examples of analysis.

Avoiding being dull in non-fiction writing in the Language exam Worksheet with step by step instructions and model examples. Exam question. Class discussion. Clip with example (there are a couple of swear words so may wish to swap for other clips attached at the bottom) Teacher model for annotation.

Roughly 2 week SOW for first years and second years covering autobiography and biography. PPTs with creative writing tasks, analysis of extracts of autobiographies and biographies, exploration of media such as book covers and the intention on colour, shape and layout. This scheme of work aims to improve analysis, creative writing and introduce exploration of media.