Lesson with 3 differentiated worksheets for checking students understand the plot to Romeo and Juliet.

A review sheet to test students’ understanding of Act 1. I use it while students watch a film of Act 1.

Revision lesson. Students identify language features in 8 short key extracts from the novella. Can be printed in A4 but A3 is recommended.

Task 1: List the best quotes for each character. Task 2: Analyse the best quotes. Task 3: Compare explanations to the teacher answer sheet. Extension: Use the key character quotes to complete the 25 mark b) question on different characters. Useful for a final revision lesson.

Lesson teaching November by Armitage as an unseen poem for GCSE. Includes success criteria for grades 7, 8 and 9, annotations and an exemplar paragraph.

Complete lesson analysing language in the opening to Great Expectations with a focus on the skills for English Language Paper 1 Question 2. Contains detailed annotations of the extract along with exemplar responses to the exam-style questions. Plenary asks students to review the features of a successful analytical paragraph.

Uses Chapter 5 from Frankenstein to teach students how to answer Question 2 on the AQA Paper 1 English language exam. Includes animated annotations to help students tackle the 3 separate questions and also includes model examples so students can peer assess their work against the models.

A quote revision game for Macbeth and A Christmas Carol containing 98 quote prompts (49 for Macbeth and 49 for A Christmas Carol). The competitive and collaborative nature of the task means students find it highly engaging. Can be used with 1 or 2 dice. It is currently in A4 but I recommend enlarging it to A3. In order to advance the number decided by the dice, the student must think of a relevant quotation that matches the prompt. For example: The prompt might be: A quote about Macbeth’s masculinity. The answer could be: ‘I dare do all that may become a man’.

4 PowerPoint lessons covering the 4 scenes from Act 2 of Macbeth. Each lesson includes a differentiated starter, scene summary, line by line annotations, comprehension questions. Many also include example paragraphs and stretch activities.

Bank of ambitious vocabulary to describe a human face - creative writing - English Language 9-1 Comes with a detailed lesson that guides students on how to describe each aspect of the face to create a convincing character description.

20 comprehension questions about the Elizabethan theatre based on an engaging youtube video. Ideal for introducing Shakespeare’s Globe to KS2 and KS3.

Writing frame for analysing Ignorance and Want extract in Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol for AQA 1-9. The basic PowerPoint includes 2 model examples to explore, compare and annotate.

Animal Farm. 20 questions quiz with answer sheet

A useful revision tool to revise themes and key extracts in Animal Farm.

PowerPoints on both poems containing questions and activities followed by a writing frame for answering an AQA style exam question which is structured in the following way: P1. Compare how both poems present the horror of conflict in war. P2. Compare how both poems present the bravery of soldiers. P3. Compare how the structure helps show the conflict. Includes the two poems on one page for ease of printing and to encourage independent analysis before giving students the option of the writing frame.