I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
3 pages of quiz cards for Romeo and Juliet to use as part of revision with answers.
Each question has a quotation and requires students to:
1. identify who said it
2. identify a technique used by Shakespeare
3. Answer a deeper question relating to the effect of the technique
When printed off and photocopied back to back each card will have the answer on the reverse.
I use these in folders (as shown in the image attached) and students spend the first 5-10 mins of certain lessons revising silently.
Every correctly answered question moves a step back in the folder. Any question answered incorrectly moves back to the front. This is known as the Leitner method for retaining knowledge as part of regular testing.
With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own.
They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too.
This paper uses My last duchess as the printed poem.
The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.
With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own.
They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit n the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too.
The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.
2 lessons to support the teaching of the context of Macbeth before reading the play
Includes:
- Shakespeare facts activity
- imaginative writing
- group work carousel opportunity
This knowledge book has been created so that students work through it in lessons rather than using an exercise book for all activities. Exercise books are then just used for extended writing.
All key knowledge for Macbeth has been pre-determined and this booklet provides that knowledge alongside purposeful activities and tasks for each scene of the play. When complete - students then have a perfect revision guide to use as part of their exam preparation.
Included in this knowledge book:
32+ lessons covering every scene
a ‘do now’ knowledge retention activity in every lesson
a powerpoint with all knowledge quiz answers
a big and small question to guide learning and discussion
key knowledge including key terminology
embedded contextual links as part of ‘extended reading’
an appendix containing scaffolded activities
activities that also help students to work on the skills required for the language papers
opportunity for students to develop narrative and transactional writing
opportunity to develop language paper 1 and 2 skills
Also useful for students to use as a revision booklet ahead of GCSE examinations.
3 fully differentiated and meticulously planned lessons to explicitly teach AQA English language paper 2 question 3.
The lessons start from scratch and provide opportunities for teachers to assess student ability and work out where their areas for development are. Students can then be pointed in the direction of a particular task that will help to plug the gaps in their understanding and climb the mark scheme.
Lesson 1 focusses on the selection of judicious evidence
Lesson 2 focusses on the effect of language
Lesson 3 focusses on language analysis
Texts used:
1. Mail online article about a spoilt child
2. 19th century extract from 'Walks in and around London'
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources provide opportunities to:
- read 2 texts
- use structure strips to form better analytical paragraphs
- select judicious evidence
- use the mark scheme
- self and peer assess
- teacher assess
- develop perceptive comments
- work on target grade specific tasks
- explore how language makes you think, feel etc.
- Analyse the effect of language
- improve a sample response
- grade sample responses
With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own.
They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the rea AQA l 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too.
The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.
14 key quotations from Animal Farm, each with an accompanying image to help students remember them.
Perfect as a starter where students use the given quote and image to write an interpretation.
Also great for use as part of a display.
A medium term plan (scheme of work) for Of Mice and Men to be taught at KS3.
This medium term plan signposts opportunities to embed skills for the new specification GCSE 9-1 skills.
The scheme lasts 7 weeks and within each week is an assessment. Each week's assessment is either a literature or language paper based assessment.
A card for each poem (15 in total) for all of the Power and conflict poems for new specification AQA.
Each card contains an image reminder, several key words taken from the poem and context links.
Useful for students to revise the key messages for each poem and rather than learn quotes remember key words that should spark a memory about the poem's meaning and tone etc.
Students can use the cards to arrange by themes or content as part of a revision lesson.
Resources to support the teaching of the entire play.
Differentiation:
purple - lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources provide opportunities for:
- imaginative writing
- speaking and listening
- analysis of language
- comparison of novel and play
- exploration of monologues
- exploration of contextual elements such as homelessness and friendship
- exploration of effect on the reader/audience
- exploration of flashbacks
- exploration of dual narrative style
Fully differentiated resources (by colour) to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet for the new GCSE 9-1 specification. (Whole of Act 2)
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources fully cover:
- language, form and structure
- context
- character and theme exploration
3 lessons to support the revision of the reading section of the new specification English language paper 2 for AQA.
Using a sample paper (included) the resources:
- guide students through how to tackle each question
- provide suggested timings
- provide sample answers
- provide tips and strategies for planning a response
- show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task
- provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria
3 lessons to support the revision of the reading section of the new specification English language paper 1 for AQA.
Using a sample paper (included) the resources:
- guide students through how to tackle each question
- provide suggested timings
- provide sample answers
- provide tips and strategies for planning a response
- show the questions annotated to ensure students stick to the focus of the task
- provide opportunities to self/peer assess against the mark scheme criteria
A placemat designed for lower ability students to refer to on their desks throughout their study of the history of language.
The placemat includes:
- space for students to fill in their target and working at levels
- key words
- Geoffrey Chaucer's status updates
- Brief contextual information relating to Chaucer
- Brief summaries of a number of the Canterbury tales
A persuasive writing placemat resource for students to use alongside persuasive writing.
The mat is based around a task that students completed whereby they wrote a letter to the producers of pimp my ride persuading them to help a friend whose car is in need of desperate attention.
The mat covers:
- persuasive devices
- image stimuli
- letter structure prompt
- A model persuasive paragraph using the devices
- A note pad section for students to develop SPAG
- connective prompts
- success criteria
A sample preliminary material to give students ahead of their next mock examination on the theme of TV game shows.
The mock exam itself is also included and has been created to replicate the real exam - 4 questions each worth 15 marks with one task being a creative design task.
The whole of act 1 fully differentiated (by colour) for the new specification English literature 9-1 course.
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources cover:
- context
- writer's methods
- character and theme exploration
Fully differentiated resources (by colour) to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet for the new GCSE 9-1 specification. (Whole of act 3)
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources fully cover:
- language, form and structure
- context
- character and theme exploration
2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 10 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1)
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to:
- explore context
- explore character presentations
- discuss interpretations