A whole lesson with a variety of Thinking Hard Activities. Aimed at a bottom set year 9 lesson with some SEN students, the lesson is focused on students understanding the poems War Photographer and Bayonet Charge

Three lessons that focus on the Witches’ second prophecy to Macbeth, Lady Macbeth’s madness and the fall of Macbeth’s power. All are aimed at a lower level ability set and are differentiated in activities to cater for these students.

A KS3 lesson based around an introduction to Poetry for Year 9. The lesson gets student to think about how to deconstruct poems through the medium of pop-songs. Worksheet for Lesson 2 is attached. Lesson 1 also covers how to deconstruct Poetry using the anagram ART WARS.

Lesson aimed at Year 7 (KS3) on Midsummer Night's Dream starting with Act 1 Scene 1. Differentiation included within PPT

Two lessons aimed at mixed ability GCSE students based around the introduction of the new Language Paper 2 Question 5. Both lessons have attached resources for the lessons. Lesson 1 - Introduces students to guidelines for Paper 2 Question 5 as well as the content that will be marked and what to do in order to achieve their desired marks. The lesson is based on the argument of Graffiti being considered Street Art. Lesson 2 - This lesson consists of a Cold Task to begin students writing, then provides a step-by-step editing process that ends with a Hot Task where students rewrite their writing. This lesson focuses on the techniques required in Q5 to make their writing effective.

A KS3 lesson that introduces students to The Mechanicals in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The lesson focuses on Act 1 Scene 2 and analyses Bottom's speech and language, differentiated for students with low and high ability. Midsummer texts required for reading.

A lesson for low level to middle ability students to begin to compare poems from AQA Conflict and Power poetry, Exposure and Bayonet Charge. Worksheets included that use Thinking Squares to differentiate students work

Creative Writing Classroom Activity aimed at KS3 Students. The lesson is made up of a Jigsaw based exercise that aims to implement students skills in sentence structure, figurative language and ambitious vocabulary. Students work as a class to write a sentence that adds on to the prior students work and so on until all the steps are complete. The activity is differentiated to suit students needs and levels with examples on slides. The lesson contains an entrance activity to settle students before beginning the lesson activity.

A revision session for the Power and Conflict Poetry unit (AQA). The lesson allows you to choose poems you feel your own class need to focus on and annotate further.

A KS3 exam skills revision session aimed at Year 7 students reading 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The extract as well as the Differentiation Resource is attached for students who work slower or need more guidance than most students. The Powerpoint is a step-by-step guide for students to learn the skills to annotate an extract as well as an exam question and is made to allow students to offer ideas as a class, then put their skills into practice at the end of the lesson.

A lesson to help middle level to low level ability students compare poems from the AQA Conflict and Power poetry anthology. Worksheets included to help students organise paragraphs

A GCSE based Comparative Poetry Skills lesson that begins with students remembering quotes from the different Poems in the AQA Conflict and Power Poetry Anthology. The lesson involves students using Thinking Squares to help them to deconstruct the poems used in this Anthology. Can be adapted to any poem in the Power and Conflict Anthology.

A GCSE Lesson based on forming Comparisons between Poems using 'War Photographer'. The lesson outlines tips on remembering quotes as well as the structure required to build a comparative paragraph.

An interactive resource for GCSE students studying Macbeth. The activity takes students through different context questions in order to build their understanding on the background of the play. Worksheet attached.

This resource is aimed at a bottom set KS4 class but can be easily adapted to a higher set or higher ability class. The lesson aims to challenge students to Think Hard about comparative poetry skills by using Thinking Squares and a Diamond Nine thinking activity. The instructions for these are on the slides themselves and the worksheets are attached. Each student can either have their own copy of each activity or they can work in pairs to fuel discussion on the different thinking activities.

An introduction to Language Paper 1 Question 5 aimed at KS4 (Yr 10). The lesson introduces the structure of a short story and then continues to focus students on looking at a practice question.

A step-by-step deconstruction of Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Remains’ aimed at a mixed ability class and is differentiated in order to deconstruct the poem as a whole.

AQA Literature lessons to help GCSE students of mixed ability to revise for Macbeth and a Christmas Carol

Differentiated lessons that focus on an analysis of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. The first lesson uses a Diamond Nine layout in order to stretch and challenge students’ understanding of her character. The second lesson focuses on how to analysis and deconstruct a Shakespearean scene by focusing on Banquo’s Ghost.

An introduction to teaching Shakespeare for KS3 aimed at Year 7 classes. The lesson consists of an organisation activity for students to discover Shakespeare's context. The lesson introduces students to terms they can use throughout classes and harnesses group lead exercises to develop understanding. Lesson includes an Entrance Activity and Plenary.