A fully resourced, differentiated and challenging lesson aimed at introducing KS4 to themes in the AQA Power and Conflict cluster. Full lesson plan is available on request. Please check poems which are on the PowerPoint and edit accordingly. This lesson took a lot of time to create and focused on researched strategies and a real emphasis on strecth and challenge. Feedback or suggestions of tweaks would be greatly appreciated.

Activity for the study of Macbeth.

A lesson exploring Dickens’ methods in ‘A Christmas Carol’ and applying this to the creation of a Dickensian character.

A lesson designed to introduce students (KS3) to the topic of fantasy fiction.

A lesson which introduces students to ‘Romeo and Juliet’ through an exploration of the role of the Prologue. Students are encouraged to think about the role, impact and summary of the Prologue.

A single lesson on the role of Gothic conventions. PowerPoint is deliberately not exhasutive to allow teacher input and class discussion.

Learning Challenge: Can I make inferences on a Gothic setting description? Skills Tested: Inference and selecting appropriate textual evidence. Text Focus: Wuthering Heights setting description.

A lesson introducing students to personification, quizzing knowledge, addressing misconceptions, making connections to pop-culture and including this in their own creative writing. Always a very engaging lesson.

A single lesson on creating a Dickensian villain using Dickensian writing methods.

What is sci-fi? Conventions, impact and role in popular culture.

Low-stakes retrieval task.

A bundle of original resources to ensure whole-school reading is a priority across the school.

Creating a Dickensian description of London.

Learning Challenge: Can I evaluate what makes a successful narrative opening and emulate this in my own writing? Topic focus: Fairy tales.

A booklet for quick progress checks at the end of each day (designed for a 1 week summer school program, but easily adaptable).

A comprehensive overview of reading in a full academic year, including the use of Accelerated Reader. These resources have been created over the past three years. As the reading co-ordinator for the school, the following resources were submitted and received acclaim for the Renaissance Reading Awards 2019 and 2020. Any other resources you may require, please do get in touch. All proceeds to go to supporting the local food bank.

An engaging lesson to plan a literary party for characters studied across the year.

A single lesson introducing students to adventure fiction, featuring a highly-engaging journey through different cities in the world. KS3 MA.

Based on academic reading, a worksheet to support a study of Treasure Island: Chapter 7.

A worksheet to build confidence with Language Paper 1, Question 2: Bodmin Moor.