This is a unit of work for a mixed ability Year 11 class, using poetry written by African Americans and the historical context of their plight for equality. The resource includes: Power-point 113 slides Booklet to accompany the power-point Model exemplars Group/paired tasks Scaffold for the assessment (sentence starters) Suggested poems for assessment Video links to explore context This unit was successful. Through the class tasks, students learned how to pull techniques from the poems (I used the same 5-6 techniques for each poem) and link their usage to the context. It took around 6-7 weeks to prepare them for the assessment and the resource should cover this time period.

The resource includes a work booklet and an accompanying power-point. Tasks include: Study of context Character Analysis Language Analysis Use of Symbolism This resource has been used successfully with a mixed ability Y11 class to prepare them for writing an essay on a studied text, and includes group and paired work. Around 10-12 lessons- depending on ability level.

Full scheme of work for AQA GCSE. Stave by stave diffentiated resources which were taught to a set 7 and a set 3. The powerpoint include lots of teacher models and scaffolding. There are assessment resources (including scaffolds), contextual information and theme work. There is an EAL resource for each chapter

Bundle of 5-6 lessons. Begins with a non-fiction text and a detailed look at the Cambridge assessment criteria for that question. The bundle contains lessons for 4 different extracts (mix of fiction and non-fiction). Each extract has an accompanying power-point and scaffolded resources, including exemplar responses and detailed breakdowns of the paragraph structure. Lessons include group work and peer/self assessment tasks.

This is a full unit of work covering unseen prose,poetry and drama. I taught this unit over 20 lessons, but did not get all the tasks done due to time constraints. The bundle includes collections of poems, prose and drama extracts; scaffolded tasks for approaching unseen texts; group tasks and some model exemplar responses. Power-points to accompany student task sheets are also included.

Full scheme. I taught this to a mixed ability Year 9, over 8 weeks. We read the novel in class-time and completed two assessments. Scheme includes: Comprehension tasks Language analysis Group and paired activities Scaffolds Speaking and listening Creative writing Consideration of theme and moral message Use of ICT Research Homework Essay model exemplar 86 slide power-point and accompanying worksheet tasks

Resource includes a group activity with ways into the poem, some contextual information, teacher-led annotation of the poem and a poetry analysis task

Full scheme of work for the novel Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Includes: 83 slide powerpoint Printable worksheets Language analysis Character analysis Comprehension questions Peer/self assessment tasks Creative tasks Pre-reading/context tasks Key quote log Theme analysis I taught this over 6 weeks to a mixed ability year 9 class. They really enjoyed the unit and completed an essay based on the text.

Analysis and annotation of Hearthstone by Gillian Clarke. Lesson includes power-point with full poem annotation and a task sheet for student group work.

Resource includes a power-point, with teacher led annotations and student activities, a poetry analysis sheet and scaffolded essay plan

Resource includes a power-point with teacher-led annotations and a poetry analysis sheet, for students to complete

Lesson includes power-point, task sheet for group work, poetry analysis scaffolding and an article. Poem is fully annotated and students are asked to decipher some of the complicated words in the poem.

Resource includes a power-point and a poetry analysis sheet, teacher led annotations and student activities

Resource includes a power-point with teacher led annotations and a poetry analysis sheet for students to complete, post- annotation

Resource includes power-point with teacher led annotations, contextual info and a poetry analysis worksheet

Lesson includes power-point with full annotations and a poetry analysis scaffold

Resource includes a power-point with students activities and teacher-led annotations of the poem.

This has been created for teaching Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure- new text for A level, Cambridge. The scheme contains 30+ lessons, including: context intro lesson, power-points which have step by step annotation of key extracts from all acts, detailed technical (language and dramatic impact) analysis, character/theme analysis, starter activities, peer assessment, group work, paragraph scaffolds, learning objectives and built in challenge tasks.

Resource includes power-point which has group tasks, detailed teacher-led annotation, contextual info and a poetry analysis worksheet

Resource includes a power-point and poetry analysis worksheet. Power-point has step-by-step annotations and detailed language analysis.

Resource includes power-point with a detailed teacher-led annotation of the poem and a poetry analysis worksheet.