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.

These lessons take 4-5 lessons to complete. Creative enquiry looking at staging Macbeth. Can be assessed as speaking and listening. Group work - considering themes, connotations of choices of language and setting etc.

Ofsted rated OUTSTANDING Lesson. Takes two lessons / one lesson and a HW. Creative writing in response to Macbeth's witches. Looking at rhyming couplets, sophisticated vocabulary, Shakespearian language, structure. Differentiated tasks. Resource to aid weaker students. Peer assessment.

An introduction lesson to Shakespeare and his life. Fact finding mission - Each student given a fact about Shakespeare, they a few mins moving around the classroom to gather as many facts as possible. Make a poster collating all the facts you can remember. Creative writing task to write a diary entry as a day in the life of Shakespeare. Plenary activity one fact per student as they leave the class.

Introduction lesson to Shakespeare. Picture of Shakespeare to annotate. True or False quiz with facts about Shakespeare. Shakespeare insults plenary.

Mini SOW - group work analysing and creating their own media campaigns. 8 lessons with PPTs. 17 page PPT with posters to analyse. Other posters for group work presentations on language and presentation features. Looking at importance of language. Logos and slogans. Posters and importance of presentation. Opportunity for speaking and listening.

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.

Lesson on how to make engaging writing to inform. Question to write. List of techniques. Tips on how to plan and write. Looking at TAPS. Teacher models to analyse.

Lesson on writing to argue. Focus on counter-argument with examples. List of techniques. Teacher model to annotate and analyse. How to plan for/against. Question to answer.

6 lessons. Looking at information retrieval, explanation questions, comparative questions, presentational analysis. Extracts to annotate and analyse. Teacher model. Quiz on presentation and language techniques with answers.

A lesson looking at identifying and exploring the effects of facts and opinions. Worksheet and 2 lessons. Lesson 1- what are the differences and analysing a piece of writing. Lesson 2 - doing their own piece of analysis.

A 33 slide PPT. Explores exam style writing questions. Writing to explain, looking at broadsheet newspapers, analysing examples, developing their own opinions and then writing an exam style answer.

Looking at camera angles, SFX, music and other aspects of film that contribute to overall success or failure of films. Full revision booklet for students as well as PPTs and worksheets. Many clips, examples of well written reviews, worksheets to complete, group work, creative tasks.

A descriptive writing lesson building on a class' understanding of 'show, don't tell'. Looking at building simple sentences into showing sentences where descriptive techniques have been used to create impact. List of techniques needed, teacher model, sentences to convert to description, self assessment.

A 15min assembly on Human Curiosity / Life Long Learners. Could be done as a form group or one person. Looking at things that make us curious - aliens, ghosts, Jack the Ripper, Mary Celeste, the Kraken, Bermuda Triangle. Exploring why these things fascinate us. This then links to why curiosity is a good thing - the positive impact it can have. Isaac Newton and his curiosity about why the apple fell. The creator of Wikipedia and his thirst for knowledge. Being a life long learner and how we should feed our curiosity. Link to short clip in the PPT. Slides with writing on are not visible when PPT is in full screen mode.

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.

An assembly on British Values with a focus on tolerance, respect and understanding with a link to immigration. Looking at the roots of Britain and the linguistic origins. How the media can make being British seem bad - but in fact we should be proud to be British. Immigration and identifying as British. Examples of why immigration and being British go hand in hand. The need for tolerance and respect of other people.

A creative writing task that focusses on persuasive writing. Examples of model writing - group work - speaking and listening.

A creative SOW focussing on Travel Writing. All full lessons with different writing styles. Creating their own country and persuading people to visit. Writing to describe. Analysing persuasive adverts. Both non-fiction and creative writing. PowerPoints, worksheets, links to YouTube clips. Previously on TES - reviewed 66 times and given a 4.9 star rating.

Full SOW - Bridging unit for Year 9 students - GCSE. Complete SOW with Power Points, YouTube clips and worksheets. OFSTED rated 'Outstanding' lessons. Covers creative writing, speaking and listening and analysis. Previously up on TES and had 33 reviews at 4.9 stars and was recommended for teachers by the TES Resource Team, featuring in their English newsletter.