A two-hour lesson that is perfect for revising the transactional writing element of the GCSE English Language exam. This lesson includes a walk-through of the skills required, a full marks exemplar answer which can be analysed and used as a model, followed by a task.

This 4 week fully-resourced scheme of work gives your students the opportunity to analyse, evaluate and compare famous speeches in preparation for writing and delivering their own (the spoken language endorsement). Through this scheme of work, students learn the terminology associated with the techniques they can use to make their writing more engaging (also excellent for the imaginative/transactional writing task) before analysing, evaluating and recreating them. This scheme of work serves as excellent practice for both Edexcel language papers, building in the spoken language endorsement in a useful way. Easily adapted to other specs.

This is a full marks model answer comparing how the theme of anger is presented in A Poison Tree and Half-caste, two poems from the Edexcel (new spec) Conflict Poetry cluster.

This is a 6 week unit that teaches students how to write imaginatively for the new English Language GCSE specification. My lessons are created for Edexcel, though of course the skills being assessed are the same as with AQA and other exam boards. This unit will walk students through how to achieve highly in both AO5 and AO6, teaching them skills such as how to create imagery, use onomatopoeia whilst avoiding clichés, use literary devices for effect, use sentence constructions for effect, use other structural devices for effect, controlling both basic and more varied punctuation, and how to organise a narrative for impact. Included are also three grade 9 exemplars. Also includes six weeks of homework relating to higher level vocabulary and spelling. Powerpoints include detailed instructions so ideal for #homelearning

This is a 6 week long scheme of work to deliver the content for GCSE English Language Paper 2 (20th and 21st century nonfiction). Included are lessons which break down how to answer each question, model answers (including examples from real candidates during the GCSE exam series) and mock exams. This unit has been designed for the Edexcel specification, though can be easily adapted to suit other exam boards.

We used these 10 lessons with our lowest ability Y7 pupils in order to help them to develop basic literacy skills such as scanning texts, summarising information and decoding texts. They are based on engaging, low ability texts and cover fiction and non-fiction texts. Great for remote learning and the catch up curriculum.

A fully-resourced, differentiated lesson for Year 10 on one of the key scenes in Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 1. Observed by an Ofsted inspector and graded outstanding.

A 20/20 (grade 9) response to the question “Explore how memories are presented in What Were They Like and one other poem from the Conflict anthology”. For Edexcel exam board - English Literature (9-1)

This lesson walks students through how to answer an extract-based question on Jekyll and Hyde. We follow the Edexcel English Literature spec. This lesson guides students through how to approach an extract, choosing which features to write about, asks students to explore a model answer and then write their own The extract in question is from chapter three - Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease. It explores the moment Utterson brings up the topic of Hyde and the will; Jekyll reacts very suspiciously. I used this with high ability Y9 - aiming for grade 4s and 5s. It would be equally suitable for a low/mid ability Y10 or Y11 group. The focus is on aimings for 4s and 5s.

This 2 hour session explores how the English language has changed as a result of technological advancements with regards to texting, considering key terminology, a prescriptivist stance on language change and the affordances of texting with references to theories from Dr Wood and David Crystal. The assessment task at the end is designed for the OCR syllabus but can be easily adapted to suit other exam boards.

This is a complete scheme of work for the poetry section of the Edexcel GCSE English Literature specification; the CONFLICT cluster. This scheme of work contains three lessons focusing on each individual poem, which each walk students through the context, language, form and structural analysis they need to understand and teaches them how to analyse the poem with regards to a specific theme. There is also a differentiated glossary for each poem. There are also four lessons which teach students how to answer the comparison question, focusing on the themes of war, anger, relationships and nature. Including within these lessons are model answers, references to the mark scheme and planning sheets. Additionally I have created a poetic terminology workbook to run alongside the unit which students complete as they annotate each poem. There are also memory quizzes designed to help students to be able to quickly recall important quotations from across the cluster.

This fifty question quiz is designed to test your A Level students on the Child Language Acquisition module and guide them in their revision.

A fill-in-the-blanks pop quiz that tests your students on their ability to remember key quotations from the novel.

A complete 3-week scheme of work to help your students to revise for the new Macbeth extract and whole-text questions on the Edexcel Literature exam. This scheme of work consists of 12 lessons (though may take up to 15 hours of class time) and is fully resourced. There are regular references to the exam success criteria, model answers and assessment opportunities built into every lesson. The scheme of work also allows students to revise plot, characters and themes in an engaging way.

A fun Macbeth quiz to help your students revise plot, characters, key quotations and themes. Also, this quiz contains a fun music round where your students have to link a song to a key theme, for example Beyonce’s Crazy in Love (links with the theme of madness). Answers: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/answers-to-macbeth-pub-quiz-11460545

This is a collection of resources that I used during an Easter holiday revision session with Y11 students. The session lasted for two hours, however students were asked to finish completing the tasks independently at home - this means that, if delivered in class, these resources would take up several hours of lesson time. Character flash card activity, including identifying key quotations and links to Russian Revolution Plot summary task, including identifying key quotations and links to the Russian Revolution Essay planning task (students are given 10 possible exam questions and asked to plan responses) Model essay (students are given a framework for writing a grade 9 essay and asked to create their own exemplar paragraphs by using the same format).

This two hour revision session is designed like a walking talking mock, only there is more teacher modelling involved to ensure that students fully understand how to construct an exam answer.

This package contains over 16 hours worth of lesson content which I designed and created for an engaging Year 6/7 transition Summer School in July 2021. The children had a brilliant time and learnt lots over the week - demonstrated by increased attainment in the entry assessment and exit assessment (all included). The week-long programme sees students design, create and then pitch their own Biscuit product in a “dragons’ den” style enterprise project, however each two-hour lesson also has either a Literacy or Numeracy focus, so is an excellent way to provide catch-up and recovery curriculum to students. There are 8 different lessons, each lasting two hours. I have included my timetable so that you can see which order the activities should be completed in. There is also an entry assessment and exit assessment (taken on the first and last day to judge progress) and a reward card.

A preview of the first 7 pages of the Jekyll and Hyde revision booklet - available to purchase in full for £10 if you follow the link to my ‘shop’. Full booklet is 57 pages in total and covers every chapter. Each chapter includes space to summarise, comprehension questions, vocabulary/glossary work, character/thematic exploration opportunities and key quotations for analysis.