Two paragraph writing frame on language and structure.
These two poems go well together if the question is on identity or speaker’s feelings as they both use a dramatic monologue to express frustration but in very different ways.
Engaging PowerPoint with various resources to teach ‘London’ by William Blake.
Wow word differentiated starter
Freeze frame activity
Listening questions
Frame for analysing language, structure, form, context
Detailed annotations
Annotation activity
Differentiated Writing frame that can be adapted to any text from Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet to A Christmas Carol and Jekyll and Hyde. Ideal to use with lower ability students.
Aiming for Grade 4: Point, evidence, analysis
Aiming for Grade 5: Double zoom in to language
Aiming for Grade 6: Double zoom in and alternative interpretations
Aiming for Grade 7: 2 contrasting quotations, double zoom in, alternative interpretations, summative comment
Also contains advice on how to write thesis statement introductions in an easy to emulate 3 sentence structure.
12 PAGE BOOKLET WITH VARIOUS COMPREHENSION STYLE ACTIVITIES COVERING EACH SCENE FROM THE PLAY.
Includes a test at the end with the 64 most important quotations.
3 poems ideal for guiding students through the process of unpicking the meaning of unseen poems by noticing features of form, language and structure. Includes worksheets and PowerPoint.
The 3 poems are
TOUGH: In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound
TOUGHER: Take One Home for the Kiddies by Philip Larkin
TOUGHEST: Tamed Cat by Sylvia Kantaris
Each poem has prompt questions to encourage students to explore the effect of the writer’s methods.
Lessons analysing how George and Lennie are presented in Chapter 1.
Includes different styles of lessons to match to different abilities/cohorts.
Also includes planning sheet and model answers on George and Lennie at different levels and in different analytical styles.
Lord of the Flies exam question looking how tension is built up with lesson, powerpoint, objectives and indicative context to help with responding to feedback.
I have divided the play into smaller chunks. Students must find key quotations from each scene from the play and make links to one of the 6 themes.
The page numbers are for the Methuen edition with the red cover.
Lesson introducing students to 24 ambitious adjectives to describe the harsh conditions in Antarctica.
Starter: Find the words in the word search
New information: Find a synonym for each word
Construct: Write a paragraph using the adjectives
Apply: Find a spelling strategy to remember how to spell each word
Review: Spelling test
Lesson introducing students to 25 ambitious adjectives to create a gothic atmosphere.
Starter: Find the words in the word search
New information: Find a synonym for each word
Construct: Write a paragraph using the adjectives
Apply: Find a spelling strategy to remember how to spell each word
Review: Spelling test
This lesson helps students write the introduction to a persuasive speech for a Year 8/9 assembly on which subject to take at GCSE.
Includes a differentiated starter, model examples and a review task within a 4 page student booklet.
Use the 9 Step Plan to help students structure their responses to 4 different questions on A Christmas Carol.
Also includes a quote revision sheet to help students plan the answers.
Step 1: Explain why the given extract is a pivotal moment in the novel. (A01)
Step 2: Analyse 3 quotes from the extract. (A02)
Step 3: link to extract to Dickens’ purpose/context (A03)
Step 4: Choose a 2nd part of the novel linked to the question. How is is similar and different (A01)
Step 5: Analyse up to 3 quotes from second part of novel. (A02)
Step 6: Link 2nd extract to Dickens’ purpose/context (A03)
Step 7: Choose a 3rd part of the novel linked to the question. How is is similar and different (A01)
Step 8: Analyse up to 3 quotes from 3rd part of novel. (A02)
Step 9: Link 3rd extract to Dickens’ purpose/context (A03)
New for 2023 is a resource which offers 3 levels of differentiation to help guide students on how to structure a full length response on the following 4 themes/topics: children, materialism, ghosts, Christmas.
Tier 1 difficulty (I do): Big idea, topic sentences and quotations are provided. Students add the analysis of the quotations.
Tier 2 difficulty (We do): Students must choose 2 quotations to support each topic sentence and analyse the quotations.
Tier 3 difficulty (You do): Students have to generate the big idea, the topic sentences, 2 quotations a paragraph and the quotation analysis.
A PowerPoint containing 2 lessons with resources and differentiated activities.
Lesson 1: Analyse a key section of the fight scene. Tough, Tougher, Toughest Questions.
Lesson 2: Analyse Romeo’s lovesickness.