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I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.

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I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
Reading Display
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Reading Display

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This display is great for encouraging reading in your classroom. The butterflies are also resources that can be completed by students before being stuck on the wall.
Lord Capulet and Juliet Lesson
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Lord Capulet and Juliet Lesson

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This Romeo and Juliet lesson focuses on the relationship between Capulet and Juliet, and how the patriarchal systems of the time served as a catalyst for the final events of the play.
Language Paper 1 Question 3 AQA: A Christmas Carol
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Language Paper 1 Question 3 AQA: A Christmas Carol

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This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text and analysing structural features such as juxtaposition and analepsis (excerpt from A Christmas Carol).This is one of 6 lessons uploaded with the aim of preparing students for answering Language Paper 1 Question 3.
National Day UAE 3 Lessons
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National Day UAE 3 Lessons

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If you are currently teaching in the UAE, you might benefit from these 3 lessons on the upcoming National Day. Keep the students busy with fun activities, and a mini history lesson on the UAE, and National Day!
A Level: Tragic Genre, Medea
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A Level: Tragic Genre, Medea

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This lesson is part of a three lesson scheme in which students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’.
Assembly: Politeness and Punctuality
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Assembly: Politeness and Punctuality

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As Head of Year, you have probably notice that two things are often lacking in the cohort: punctuality and good manners! This assembly offers some key reminders and acts as a sort-of behaviour reset.
5 lessons on Satire (KS4)
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5 lessons on Satire (KS4)

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5 lesson SOW on satire and modern-world issues. Can fit with Unseen prose or a Non-fiction SOW. Complete with word of the week, resources to print, and a 12 question end-of-week quiz. Lesson one: Word of the week (satire) and satire to caricature. Lesson two: Satire to criticise (focus on privilege and power inbalance) Lesson three: Satire to ridicule (focus on conspiracy) Lesson four: Satire for humour (focus on controversy, scandal and mockumentary) Lesson five: Low stakes quiz, recap of key concepts and creative tasks
AIC Eric Birling Revision Sheet
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AIC Eric Birling Revision Sheet

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This sheet includes everything students will need in revising the character of Eric in AIC Side one: Quote analysis Side two: contextual and thematic analysis, as well as space to find key vocabulary and write essay-openers using frames provided.
Romantic Poetry: Finding Techniques (Low Level)
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Romantic Poetry: Finding Techniques (Low Level)

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Very low-level differentiated lesson. Students will recap simple word types (adjective, verb, etc.), and simple language techniques. They will then try to find these techniques in the poem ‘Daffodils’. This is very scaffolded and should be quite straightforward.
Intro to Romanticism (lower level)
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Intro to Romanticism (lower level)

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This lesson was for my intervention year 7 group, and therefore is very scaffolded. This would easily work for a year 5 or 6 class. This lesson includes: Introduction to connotations Finding connotations of the word ‘romanticism’ Finding inferences in images of the Industrial Revolution, and the natural world A fact-file activity with matching resources
Welcome back lesson & 5 icebreaker activities
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Welcome back lesson & 5 icebreaker activities

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This welcome back lesson has everything you will need - a template for an ‘about the teacher’ slide, an expectations quiz, a ‘which book character are you’ quiz, and many activities for students to complete. The activities include a top-trumps making session (with a resource), a ‘story of my life’ activity, and a joint-story making partner session.
The Hunger Games: President Snow Analysis
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The Hunger Games: President Snow Analysis

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This dystopian fiction lesson focuses on analysing the character of President Snow, and the contextual influences behind dystopian antagonists. The students will be introduced to the idea of a ‘facade’ and how dictators use facades of fairness and benevolence to maintain power. The students will read and analyse an extract from Catching Fire.
A Handmaid's Tale: Aunt Lydia Analysis
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A Handmaid's Tale: Aunt Lydia Analysis

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This lesson focuses on the character of Aunt Lydia, and the concepts of internalized misogyny, and indoctrination. This is the ninth lesson in Dystopia SOW, though it can easily be a standalone lesson. The rest of the scheme is available in my shop for a discounted rate.
Edward The Confessor & The Build to 1066: 3 Lessons
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Edward The Confessor & The Build to 1066: 3 Lessons

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Lesson 1: King Cnut and Æthelred the Unready, the Viking presence in England, Edward the Confessor’s early years Lesson 2: The reign of Edward the Confessor, his relationship with Godwine, the failures of his rule. Lesson 3: The claimants to the throne after the death of Edward the Confessor, class research and presentation task.