Lesson and differentiated resources for teaching students how to write a review of the award winning short film ‘Father and Daughter’ 2008 by Michael Dudok de Vit. Link to film included.

Structured worksheets supporting students with understanding how Romeo’s attitude to love changes between Act 1 Scene 1 where he is lovesick over Rosaline and Act 1 Scene 5 when he meets Juliet.

Resources to help teach the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. Includes questions, annotations, writing frame and an activity looking at word choices.

Lesson that prepares students for answering the AQA 2017 question about Snowball’s leadership. Includes a Grade 7 exemplar response. Includes an engaging starter looking at ambitious vocabulary to describe Snowball - answers included. It then moves on to annotate and analyse 10 key quotations about Snowball. There are also extension questions to review the learning. Ideal preparation lesson before asking students to complete an exam question on Squealer. For other Animal Farm resources, try the following links: Revision: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/themes-in-animal-farm-8-revision-resources-11389822 Bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-bundle-11499747 Revision cards: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-character-revision-cards-12167869 Analysis of ending https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/animal-farm-chapter-10-lesson-compare-orwell-s-ending-with-two-film-versions-11532867

Act 1 Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet worksheet. 5 levels of differentiation (colour groups).

Resources to support students with the planning and writing of an expose on Romeo and Juliet’s secret love for a gossip column. Includes model responses to analyse along with structured planning grids focused on punctuation and sentence skills.

Touching the Void: Comparing Joe and Simon’s accounts

Ideal for introducing unseen poetry to students. Writing frame included for how to write about two very short poems.

‘When I have fears’ by Keats. 2 worksheets containing reading and writing tasks.

Writing to describe a room in your house. 5 levels of differentiation. I found this to be useful for a cover lesson on descriptive writing.

Learning outcomes: To understand a code for identifying language features in Shakespeare (word level, imagery, structure) To Apply understanding by locating the language features in key quotations. To evaluate the effect of the language features.

Easy to follow helpsheet to support teachers with the main functions on Accelerated Reader.

AQA Reading 1 style questions on an extract from Great Expectations

A differentiated learning journey exploring Scrooge in Stave 1 and 2 with accompanying resources. Contains instructions to follow at tough, tougher and toughest level to encourage students to explore the character independently. Also includes: A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist. A01: What is the meaning of the quotation? A02: What is the impact of words/methods? A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation? Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it. Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.

AQA 2017 Paper 1 style question on Jane Eyre with writing frame and glossary activity with answers.

6 AQA-style examination questions on characters and themes in A Christmas Carol. A structured planning sheet to plan responses to various questions. Best value when bought as part of my much larger bundle.

10 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR WRITING COHESIVE

Comma splice worksheet: Arrest the illegal comma splice!

A differentiated introductory lesson to Victorian context in A Christmas Carol. Also includes an independent research task. Includes a handy revision sheet with answers on the powerpoint.

A useful resource for getting KS3 students to self-assess their progress in English. Includes a detailed VCOP and some exemplars.