An 18 slide PowerPoint exploring William Wordsworth’s ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’, better known as ‘The Daffodils’. Suitable for KS3-KS5!

A 23 slide PowerPoint on poetic devices and their effect on the reader. Includes: Examples of simile, metaphor, personification, repetition, imagery, onomatopoeia, rhyme and alliteration. Exploration of their effect on the reader. Exploration of why the writer may choose to employ that device in their poem specifically. Activity for students to analyse an unseen poem for poetic techniques - Merrill Glass - 'But you didn't'.

A 15 minute assembly on the importance of showing respect to get respect with questions and engaging clips and images to inspire students to respect others.

For AS/A-LEVEL: Post-2000 Poetry Collection A PowerPoint on Ros Barber's poem 'Material' with full annotation and focus on language and structure as well as key themes, motifs and tone. Also includes some questions for students' own response. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem.

A 15 slide PowerPoint on the contextual background (historical, religious and social) for Alice Walker’s ‘The Color Purple’. Includes questions for consideration and facts surrounding slavery in America. Concludes with a list of key vocabulary for students to learn.

An 18 slide fully differentiated PowerPoint on Duffy’s ‘Medusa’ with annotation and analysis. Includes unseen poetry analysis checklist and question for students to respond to. Engaging and suitable for KS3/KS4.

An 11 slide PowerPoint exploring deeper meaning and language/structural techniques for each line in the poem including questions to promote students’ independent learning. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. For AS/A Level Post-2000 poetry

A 16 slide PowerPoint exploring Frost’s poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ in preparation for an Unseen response. Explores the poem itself and how to annotate and includes a checklist for analysing an Unseen Poem.

Engaging lesson on creative writing in which the students describe a storm. Includes snippets of other writing to analyse for linguistic/structural techniques used for effect and to engage a reader. Includes interesting adjectives list and model written piece with questions for students to analyse. Suitable for KS2-KS3!

A 24 slide PowerPoint exploring and analysing Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’. With contextual detail surrounding the lives of Kipling and those who influenced him, including his son John. Includes a break down of the stanzas and message behind the poem. Suitable for all ages!

A 10-15 minute assembly on Peer Pressure, definitions of positive and negative peer pressure, scenarios for students to assess and includes a more specific model scenario for students to give advice on. Also includes advice on how to deal with peer pressure and to say no. Easily adaptable for tutor time! Suitable for all ages!

A 10-15 minute assembly on the importance of having aspirations, setting goals for yourself to both better yourself as a person but also inspire others to do the same. Interactive with engaging clip and questions as well as posing a question for students to think upon as they leave the assembly.

A 27 slide (15 min approx) assembly on mental health, statistics, sample stories and suggested strategies. Appropriate for senior age but mentions ‘self harming’ explicitly but not in detail. Focused on awareness and support. Easily adaptable for different age groups/cohorts! World Mental Health Day 10/10/17!

A 10-15 minute (allowing for student reflection and Q&A) assembly on the importance of good behaviour, its impact on yourself and those around you and getting rid of the excuses we use for behaving badly. Lots of interesting quotes, scenarios and a clip to keep students engaged!

A 16 slide PowerPoint on Robert Frost’s poem ‘Out Out’ with differentiated questions for pupils to respond to and full analysis and annotation of the poem. Easily adaptable for different abilities, this lesson is challenging, engaging and thought provoking! Suitable for KS3/KS4.

Engaging lesson on creative writing in which the students create a message in a bottle. Includes snippets of other writing to analyse for linguistic/structural techniques used for effect and to engage a reader. Includes interesting adjectives list and model written piece with questions for students to analyse. Suitable for KS2-KS3!

An 18 slide PowerPoint lesson with corresponding resources on the poem ‘Give’ by Simon Armitage. Includes information on the poet himself, analysis of tone, structure and language within the poem and a stanza by stanza annotation. Also includes differentiated learning objectives and questions to promote students’ independent study. -includes the poem itself and key poetic devices resources for students to improve their analytical skill.

A resource containing a flow-chart to help ease Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) and anxiety as well as top tips for anxiety sufferers and self-talk statements to help relieve some of the stress they are experiencing.

Key Quotes for the central characters within J.B. Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

A 40x40 letter wordsearch for the following adjectives (HARD): ADORABLE ADVENTUROUS AGGRESSIVE ALERT ATTRACTIVE AVERAGE BEAUTIFUL BLUEEYED BLOODY BLUSHING BRIGHT CLEAN CLEAR CLOUDY COLOURFUL CROWDED CUTE DARK DRAB DISTINCT DULL ELEGANT EXCITED FANCY FILTHY ANGRY ANNOYED ANXIOUS ARROGANT ASHAMED AWFUL BAD BEWILDERED BLACK BLUE BORED CLUMSY COMBATIVE CONDEMNED CONFUSED CRAZY CREEPY CRUEL DANGEROUS DEFEATED DEFIANT DEPRESSED DISGUSTED DISTURBED DIZZY EMBARRASSED ENVIOUS EVIL FIERCE FOOLISH FRANTIC FRIGHTENED HAPPY HEALTHY HELPFUL HILARIOUS JOLLY JOYOUS KIND LIVELY LOVELY LUCKY NICE OBEDIENT PERFECT PLEASANT PROUD RELIEVED SILLY SMILING SPLENDID SUCCESSFUL THANKFUL THOUGHTFUL VICTORIOUS VIVACIOUS WITTY WONDERFUL ZEALOUS ZANY