An excellent starter activity resource. 6 short story openings which students are expected to continue. A soundtrack to help their creative juices flowing. A list of techniques they can use to make their writing exciting!

An outstanding language analysis lesson using the speech of Malala Yusuf at the United Nations. Includes video clips, discussions, scaffolding and differentiated activities. Comprises of starter, build up activity, main activity and plenary.

A great resource which supports student in developing their creative writing skills.

A great resource guiding students on how to write a letter. Includes group discussion, video, helpful tips and peer assessment.

A great topic that gets students immersed into discussions. Includes a video, step by step planning, letter examples and peer assessment.

An excellent resource to help students embed ambitious vocabulary into their writing. The session is filled with challenges, pair work, self and peer assessment, a video and a step by step guide to the descriptive writing question.

An engaging opinion writing lesson focusing on the media invading celebrity privacy. Scope for a fruitful and thought-provoking discussion. Video clips and model an answer.

A fantastic resource supporting students understanding of analysing structure. This lesson focuses on the structure of film clips which allows students to analyse structure from a traditional text. Fully differentiated lesson with lots of engaging tasks!

An excellent spelling practise booklet with commonly misspelt words for students to go over and hone their literacy skills. Self assessment on each page, words are alphabetically ordered. This can be given to students for independent revision, holiday work or as starter tasks.

An excellent fully resourced lesson covering GCSE AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 2 (Language Analysis Lesson). Uses an extract based on Hagrid from Harry Potter. Entails an interactive video and scaffolded exam practise.

A lesson focusing on the different portrayals of Megan Markle in the media, Scope for debate, peer work and exam practise. An excellent way to help students identify similarities and differences using current topics!

A thought provoking and engaging lesson looking at an article about Princess Diana. The lesson is based on paper 2 question 3 on the GCSE AQA paper however can be used for any analysis lesson

An excellent fully resourced lesson on opinion writing- ideal for paper 2 question 5. Great prompts for discussion, model answer provided, videos and checklists.

Using two different sources, students are expected to summarise the differences. The lesson focuses on a range of assessment objective related skills

An excellent resource on the topic “Social media does more harm than good”. Allows students to discuss, explore model answers, watch a video and attempt writing an article to express their opinion on the topic.

A great resource comparing relationships in 1800 to modern day. Consists of a video, self and peer assessment and exam practise.

A complete lesson focusing on Paper 2 Question 3 analysing language of a tabloid article on David Beckham and Victoria Beckham’s relationship.

For students who may be struggling with analysing structure, this lesson breaks down the beginning, middle and end of an extract to support students analyse the effects of structure.

Great for cover work or homework, different tasks focusing on the skills required for GCSE AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5. Activities that encourage speech, letter and article writing.

A lesson focusing on A04 comparing and contrasting using the topic of the education system.