A fun and creative lesson allowing low ability students to access important quotes relating to Lady Macbeth. An outstanding lesson with a wide range of tasks to ensure understanding. This lesson was used with a low ability set and all students were able to analyse the quotes given. Differentiated materials are included. All learning objectives, success criteria, timers and resources are included in the lesson.

An easily printed revision help sheet for students who are studying Macbeth, A Christmas Carol and Blood Brothers. Three separate sheets to help them explore different themes or characters, including a range of quotations to use within their essay. Macbeth- changing character of Macbeth ACC - The theme of family in A Christmas Carol Blood Brothers - The theme of Class in Blood Brothers.

This powerpoint has been created to encourage confidence in unseen poetry, and to teach students how to analyse and plan for the WJEC/EDUQAS unseen poetry question timings. The first five slides are resources for the class. Slide 1 - a breakdown of each unseen poetry question - colour coded - to explain expectations from examiner, timings, what the question is asking you to do. Slide 2 - a reminder bookmark to give students to take home to practise with at home. It has 8 key questions students should ask themselves to ensure clear and detailed answers when responding. Slide 3 - The first poem handout with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. Slide 4 - The second poem handout - this one has the original poem and the poem they have to compare it with on- with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. I normally print slide 3 and 4 back to back Slide 5 - an optional print out slide with a breakdown of what to write in each paragraph, as well as possible sentence starters/cloze paragraphs to use. This masterclass uses the poems ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep’ by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Slides 6,7,8 and 9 talk you and the class through how to quickly annotate with timers to keep the pace. The poem analysis is broken down into sections with written prompts to show on the board. I have done this masterclass with all of the year 11 classes in my school (other than the weakest ability who weren’t sitting literature) and an overwhelming majority requested a second masterclass as they found it so helpful. I will upload the second masterclass to TES as well- it is the same format but different poems. The format of the slides is really easy to edit, so you can use this repeatedly and just change the poems in the middle.

An easily adapted powerpoint with a range of display ideas, form tools and fun tasks for students to do during form time. The toolkit includes: Birthday display, Achieve your Goals football goal display, ECM board display outlining what each strand is, and what is covered, Pupil of the week board template (alongside pupil of the week certificate template) Homework Pencil reminder template, A-Z classroom personality bunting task

A PDF resource for teachers with annotated notes on nine of the poems included in the EDUQAS poetry anthology. Poems annotated are: The Soldier by Rupert Brook As Imperceptibly as Grief by Emily Dickinson Living Space by Imitiaz Dharker Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) London by William Blake She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron Cozy Apologia by Rita Dove. Language, tone form and imagery are all analysed and annotated for, as well as references to other texts that can link to help lesson planning. This links well to the scheme of work also available in my shop.

To assist students with exam practice, exam writing style and 20th Century fiction I have created an exam style paper for Eduqas English Language Component 1 using Toni Morisson's Beloved. Component 1 consists of: Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.

A fun and interactive lesson teaching students how to use similes and metaphors. Whiteboard games, writing tasks and quick fire questions ensure your students understand how to use a simile and a metaphor, and why they are important. A useful one off lesson to ensure key skills are understood and secure. A writing task and differentiated levels are present throughout lesson.

This workbook has been created for A and AS Level students to guide them through the text whilst remotely learning. The booklet consists of: A transcript of an interview with Ray Bradbury A summary of the novel, and some questions to answer Social and historical context + knowledge checker Information about the Atomic bomb + a research task A timeline of events in the book Plot Summary of The Hearth and the Salamander + questions Multiple choice quiz on that section Plot Summary of The Sieve and the Sand + questions Multiple choice quiz on that section Plot Summary of Burning Bright + questions Multiple choice quiz on that section A plot diagram Symbols grid work task Themes grid work task Fun facts / things you didn’t know about the novel Suggested further reading

A fun and interactive lesson teaching students how to use commas. Interactive games using the internet and various sites, as well as whiteboard games, writing tasks and quick fire questions ensure your students understand how to use a comma, and why it is important. A useful one off lesson to ensure key skills are understood and secure. A writing task and differentiated levels are present throughout lesson.

A complete powerpoint using whiteboard games, discussion and writing tasks, including all necessary resources, learning objectives and success criteria to teach students how to use capital letters and full stops. A useful one off lesson to ensure key skills are understood and secure. A writing task and differentiated levels are present throughout lesson.

This powerpoint has been created to encourage confidence in unseen poetry, and to teach students how to analyse and plan for the WJEC/EDUQAS unseen poetry question timings. The first five slides are resources for the class. Slide 1 - a breakdown of each unseen poetry question - colour coded - to explain expectations from examiner, timings, what the question is asking you to do. Slide 2 - a reminder bookmark to give students to take home to practise with at home. It has 8 key questions students should ask themselves to ensure clear and detailed answers when responding. Slide 3 - The first poem handout with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. Slide 4 - The second poem handout - this one has the original poem and the poem they have to compare it with on- with annotation boxes (colour coded). This is advisable to be printed in A3 so they have a decent amount of space to write notes in. I normally print slide 3 and 4 back to back Slide 5 - an optional print out slide with a breakdown of what to write in each paragraph, as well as possible sentence starters/cloze paragraphs to use. This masterclass uses the poems ‘Leisure’ by W.H Davies and ‘The Lesson’ by Maya Angelou. Slides 6,7,8 and 9 talk you and the class through how to quickly annotate with timers to keep the pace. The poem analysis is broken down into sections with written prompts to show on the board. This is the second masterclass, after the students requested to do another. The format of the slides is really easy to edit, so you can use this repeatedly and just change the poems in the middle.

To assist students with exam practice, exam writing style and 20th Century fiction I have created an exam style paper for Eduqas English Language Component 1 using Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. Component 1 consists of: Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a menu of homework. This one targets Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved. There is a real focus on grammar, techniques and terminology to ensure students understand the key devices used within English.

A complete practice paper for the GCSE English Language Eduqas Component 2 19th/21st century non fiction element of the new 9-1 GCSE. Students have the opportunity to practice their skills in preparation for the exam. The 19th Century text was recommended and sourced from a link shared on the Eduqas website, with a relating 21st century text sourced online too. Students have found this a good beginning for their understanding of what the exam requires and expects.

A set of two lessons analyzing the poem Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy. A range of tasks including picture association, analyzing poetry and written analysis. Lots of short tasks and an optional worksheet to ascertain understanding for weaker students. All learning objectives, levels and success criteria on the powerpoint.

A bundle of 11 OCR style mock exam papers for the dystopian unit for the Comparative and Contextual Study section of the English Literature A Level. For this question, they are asked to read an unseen extract of dystopian fiction and write a critical appreciation. In the bundle you will have: Fahrenheit 451 I Am Legend Lord of the Flies Never Let Me Go The Chrysalids The Hunger Games The Long Walk The Mazerunner The Road Uglies Unwind As it stands, there are very few critical appreciation mock papers on the OCR website that haven’t had the extract redacted, so this is a useful bundles of sources for A Level teachers who don’t have the time to plan their own. Disclaimer: I have not included indicative content for each paper.

I have created a mock paper (2hr30) for the comparative and contextual study for OCR English Literature using dystopian texts. This paper has the critical appreciation question on Minority Report (Philip K Dick) and the comparative question that offers four choices for students to pick from. The mark schemes to help assign a grade for essay responses is available on the OCR website, but their past papers are often redacted so are not easily used.

I have created a mock paper (2hr30) for the comparative and contextual study for OCR English Literature using dystopian texts. This paper has the critical appreciation question on Children of Men (P.D James) and the comparative question that offers four choices for students to pick from. The mark schemes to help assign a grade for essay responses is available on the OCR website, but their past papers are often redacted so are not easily used.

I have created a mock paper (2hr30) for the comparative and contextual study for OCR English Literature using dystopian texts. This paper has the critical appreciation question on Logan’s Run (William F Nolan) and the comparative question that offers four choices for students to pick from. The mark schemes to help assign a grade for essay responses is available on the OCR website, but their past papers are often redacted so are not easily used.

To assist students with exam practice, exam writing style and 20th Century fiction I have created an exam style paper for Eduqas English Language Component 1 using Animal Farm by George Orwell. Component 1 consists of: Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.