A worksheet analysing a letter from Chris Packham to Ant and Dec regarding the mistreatment of animals in I’m A Celebrity… Suitable for homework or a cover lesson.

A template for an Emotion Volcano suitable for students with ADHD, ADD, autism or any student who struggles to regulate their behaviour or emotions. Ideally, both the feelings and the strategies can be discussed and created with the student. I have left the feelings blank other than level one - the intensity of feelings should escalate up to level five. Suggested strategies have been left on the resource but can be edited to allow for personalisation.

An extract from the beginning of The Testaments by Margaret Atwood followed by reading comprehension questions focusing on understanding, analysis and vocabulary. Ideal for homework or a cover lesson.

A lesson revising ideology, culture and sub-culture. Suitable for students studying Pearson BTEC Creative Digital Media Production. Students consider how dominant ideologies have changed over time and evaluate their effects on society. Students apply their learning to analyse a TV clip and evaluate a model answer. Students recap the meaning of culture and sub-culture and work independently to write an exam style answer.

A fully resourced debate lesson for students to argue who is responsible for the conflict in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Students work in groups to prosecute a specific character from the play. Students are given specific roles and a structure for their argument. The lesson is fully differentiated with both challenge and support tasks provided. The lesson has a focus on oracy with frequent reference to the GCSE Speaking and Listening criteria.

A double lesson revising the theory of Male Gaze by Laura Mulvey. Students recap the key features of the theory and then complete a fun and interactive quiz to revise. Students then work independently to create their own exam questions about the male gaze - they identify a text to use, write the indicative content and then answer the questions set by their peers.

10 reading comprehension questions on an extract from the start of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The questions focus on understanding and identifying devices.

Students create a description of a Gothic monster following a flipped homework where students draw their own creature. Students use the school’s own KS3 mark scheme to self assess their own work and to evaluate models. The lesson focuses on included language devices within their own writing and includes a differentiated literacy focus. An interactive and engaging lesson.

A series of three fully resourced lessons on Search for my Tongue by Sujata Bhatt. The first lesson introduces students to the poem and explores Bhatt’s influences. In the second lesson, students develop their language analysis skills. In the third lesson, students work independently to write an extended response.

A series of four fully resourced lessons on the poem Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi. The first lesson allows students to experience the poem as a dictogloss poem in order for them to develop a personal and creative response. The second lesson develops the students understanding of the poem and Alvi’s influences. The third lesson allows students to analyse the language and structure of the poem in detail and offers opportunity for oracy skills to be practised. The fourth lesson is an extended writing lesson and allows time for the students to plan their responses beforehand - could be extended to a fifth lesson.

A series of six lessons that allows students to analyse Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols. In first lesson, students read the poem and develop an understanding of Nichols’ influences. In the second lesson, students apply their understanding of the poem and the presentation of the speaker’s feelings to develop their own creative writing skills. In the third lesson, students work in small groups to analyse the language of the poem in greater detail. In the fourth lesson, students plan to write an extended response to analyse the poem and write their answers in the fifth lesson - could be used as an assessment. The sixth lesson is a drama lesson where students re-enact the poem as a TV news article.

A Macbeth whoosh drama activity. Resource includes the teacher script, lesson and plot gap-fill task. A fun and enjoyable way to introduce the play to students.

A series of 5 fully resourced and differentiated lessons focused on reading and writing non-fiction articles. In the first lesson, students recap persuasive language features. In the second lesson, students develop understanding of broadsheet and tabloid newspapers and compare the features. In the third lesson, students analyse a model newspaper article and focus on identifying the structure of a report. In the fourth lesson, students take part in a crime scene lesson to collate facts and information to prepare them to write their own articles. In the fifth lesson, students write their newspaper articles. This could easily become a sixth lesson.

22 lessons on Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Lessons include opportunity for assessment and homework throughout. A range of tasks created to develop knowledge, oracy, drama and analysis skills.

Three lessons showing students how to create tension in their writing. Use of A Whole Town’s Sleeping by Ray Bradbury as a model. Lesson 1 explores what tension is and how it is a structural device that can be used for effect. In lesson 2, students read A Whole Town’s Seeping and identify features that create tension. In lesson 3, students write their own short story that develops tension as a device.

A fun and interactive double lesson learning about different camera angles, lighting and sound. Can also be used for revision purposes. Students learn about a range of different camera angles, lighting choices and their effects. Students also learn the different between diegetic and non-diegetic sound and consider how all of these choices create meaning. Students then apply their learning to independently answer an exam style question before reviewing their learning.

A double lesson to revise hypodermic theory. Particularly suitable for students studying Pearson BTEC Creative Digital Media Production. Students revise the key features of the theory as well as codes and conventions. Students then apply their learning to analyse a film trailer through hypodermic theory and evaluate the theory’s usefulness.

A lesson exploring the legal restrictions and regulatory bodies that are prominent in the media industry. Suitable for students studying Pearson BTEC Creative Digital Media Production. Students learn about the main regulatory bodies and their focus and the legal restrictions that are relevant in the media.

A double lesson about how to respond to a media brief and communicate a clear message for a client. Students generate ideas from a brief and evaluate a model. Students then analyse magazine front covers for different purposes and consider how the features differ in order to communicate a particular message. Students also consider how the ethos and reputation of a company can affect their brief. Finally, students work independently to research a company and how their background affects their advertising. Particularly suitable for students studying Pearson BTEC Creative Digital Media Production Unit 8.

A PSHE lesson exploring what consent is and how students can check for consent and ensure it has been given. Students consider what consent it, analyse a case study, and develop their oracy in a debate task.