This was an attempt at differentiating a KS4 close reading scheme of work so that it was suitable for Year 7. Year 7 enjoyed it but it could be used with KS3 - 4 or even elements for KS5. The 111 slide PPT includes -Jane Eyre - Pride and Prejudice - Emily Dickinson poetry - De Bono - Plus, Minus, Interesting - Rally Robin - Think Pair Shair - Self/Peer assessment - Hot Seating - Word classes - Irony - Alan Peat sentences

91 page PPT on prefixes and suffixes plus three worksheets

PPT including match up activity and Think, Pair, Share to help students understand register

2 PPTs with worksheets on slides Analysing a series of powerful adverts

PPT - Introduction to Advertising - includes links to the Simpsons, the photoshop debate and Banksy. Example adverts stimulate debate as well as supporting analysis of print which can lead to analysis of text.

PPT to help students compare and contrast print adverts with moving image adverts – includes posters and television campaigns from Cancer research and NSPCC as well as a writing scaffold and worksheets to show progress across the lesson. Supports analysis of advertising.

A PPT showing how to use parenthetic punctuation - links to Beyonce or football.

Key vocabulary, character profiles, relationships with others, key quotes, writer's aims/ideas

A sheet which outlines achievements of students across the year. I have used it to scaffold conversations at parents’ evenings and the data is useful for evidence when having difficult discussions! - Option to copy and paste last official report - Review of effort, behaviour, organisation and homework - General comments - Review of results in each topic/assessment - Targets to circle/highlight as appropriate

Prompts for writing an essay for GCSE. Includes an example introduction. Can be edited.

Used with very low ability KS4 / low and middle ability KS3

Example Exam Paper Step Up To English AQA

Example answers on Walking Away and Farmer’s Bride from AQA anthology.

8 Resources. Prompts for Language Analysis (AQA AO2) Key quotes from Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. I have used these with sets 8, 6 and 1 so they are quite versatile! There are also character profile sheets for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as well as a context card sort. All worksheets can be edited.

A guide to answering a question on Lady Macbeth's manipulation of her husband.

This resource is based on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and has pictures of concentration camps to inspire a narrative about the journey to a camp. The 34 slide PPT guides students as they plan this piece of work. However, there are lots of slides about general writing skills including colour symbolism, pathetic fallacy, paragraphs and sentence structures. There is a planning sheet included for students to use.

A booklet that can be adapted. Lots of questions to help teachers find out information about new students.

This is a writing skills worksheet to use for feedforward activities. The sheet has instructions that students can follow independently to improve a piece of writing. It could also be adapted to use when drafting their first piece. Instructions encourage students to write slowly and carefully, using ambitious sentence structures, punctuation and vocabulary.

Resources to help students learn poetic terms. A PPT with instructions and opportunity to apply learning. A sheet for QQT QQT cards A sheet for bingo.

3 worksheets based on the article published following the sinking of the Titanic. Can be used to cover Paper 2 19th century texts as well as look at the context of An Inspector Calls and views of Arthur Birling.