A sequence exploring the Rosabel Paper 1, Section B question, focusing on key areas of development (MA/HA) with WAGOLLs and all prepared resources.

Extract work using WOTW and building towards creating an effective science-fiction opening. Edit and tweak depending on prior knowledge of topic as this was week three in a eight week sequence. KS3 MA.

A lesson introducing the character of Sherlock Holmes, building to an analysis question on the initial description of the detective. MA KS3.

A creative writing lesson after looking at Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault as part of the Fantasy genre.

Researched collection of reading strategies to support students in their reading development in a post-lockdown era. The strategies are aimed at secondary school ages, but can be easily adapted. Would appreciate feedback or tweaks based on effectiveness.

A lesson on Sherlock Holmes to begin a reading of any of Conan Doyle’s stories. A very engaging and discussion-based lesson.

A lesson using Alice in Wonderland as a stimulus to make inferences on more challenging texts. Designed specifically with online learning in mind.

A lesson exploring fairy tale openings through Perrault and Grimm.

A resource to explore COMH by John Agard using evidence-based strategies to engage students in academic reading tasks.

A worksheet to support academic reading of Roylott’s introduction - Sherlock finalising ideas in ‘The Speckled Band’.

Based on the strategies of academic reading, this worksheet explores academic reading of the first three chapters of ‘Treasure Island’.

An extract from ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’ with accompanying academic reading resource - focusing on pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading. An extract to be used for AQA Language Paper 1, Q1/Q2.

A lesson exploring sensory imagery in travel texts, building towards a crafted paragraph utilising sensory imagery.

A single lesson exploring the poem ‘London’ by William Blake in the Power and Conflict GCSE cluster.

A single lesson using ‘Wuthering Heights’ as a stimulus to understand the difference between tone and mood in Gothic literature.

A LA, heavily-scaffolded lesson exploring the Gothic genre. Fully-resourced.

A MA lesson exploring how to write to persuade.

This sequence of lessons could last between three and five lessons depending on ability. It is easily adaptable, but is full of challenging and creative tasks to stretch and support a range of abilities. A great introduction to poetry and techniques, showing students how to annotate and structure a response also. It also analyses Still I Rise in great detail. This sequence has a lot of scaffolding, which can easily be removed for higher ability.

A two/three part lesson which has really helped my 7s/8s improve their writing style. It is based on science-fiction, but can easily be adapted for a range of literature or schemes of work. Is based on the PETER structure, but it could be adapted to whichever acronym you use.