A knowledge organiser for Willy Russell’s modern play 'Blood Brothers’ Designed specifically for students studying it at GCSE level. Contains a variety of information: key quotations for each character; key themes and settings; context (poverty, class, Margaret Thatcher and pop culture); Russell’s ideas and intentions; language; structure and form. Can be printed and laminated for tables, or glued into books.

Full PowerPoint for all of the AQA Power and Conflict poems. Lessons cover each poem and how to write comparative essays. Each lesson begins with detailed AO3 context and is followed by AO1 and AO2 skills. Some models included.

A SOW exploring the play over a whole term. Lessons are focused on both reading and writing skills- including analysis, evaluation, writing from a character's perspective and writing non-fiction. Each lesson has a clear LO with a planned starter, main and plenary. (Some lessons have multiple options to choose from). Challenge tasks at included for the more able students.

Complete revision guide for AQA Foundation paper

A huge range of Outstanding Literacy lessons aimed at low ability KS3 and KS4 classes. No need to alter- these are ready to teach and will keep you going all year. Separated clearly into sections for sentence types, word classes, punctuation, dialogue, homophones and creative writing. Lots of card sorts, quizzes, competitions, engaging activities, use of YouTube clips to inspire writing etc.

In line with new English GCSE AOs focused on subject terminology, I have created a wall display for classrooms. All key grammatical and linguistic terms are dealt with. Can be printed and laminated to go around room borders, or stuck on one board to form a terminology wall.

A powerpoint used to deliver a training session on plenaries. Uses ACRE to consider how plenaries are best used in lessons. Includes a quiz about what makes an effective plenary and top tips for trainees/NQTs when planning their own plenaries.

Probably the most detailed and comprehensive scheme of work you will ever encounter. I wrote this scheme for KS3/crossover into KS4. It covers the whole novel within the time frame of the autumn term (12 weeks). All 42 lessons use a range of reading strategies in order to decode the text. The scheme also includes a range of non fiction sources to help students understand the context and interpret meaning. Roughly 11 lessons out of the 42 are for creative writing and ask children to put themselves into the shoes of either the author or his characters. All lessons have multiple choices for starters and plenaries, as well as a varied range of approaches to actually studying the text, and all sources are provided.

These are the frameworks that I have put together to replace the use of level descriptors at KS3. The frameworks were made after careful study of the expectations at both KS2 and KS4. I have attempted to blend the two to form this framework for my KS3 pupils. The framework is divided into 3 sections- below expected, on expected and above expected- in the same way as KS2. These sheets can be glued in the front of books and used to aid marking.

An A4 guide for students on how to answer Q 1-4 in Language Paper 2 (non-fiction) Includes print screens of questions to build familiarity with format.

A writing frame for Reading responses using the GCSE assessment objectives. Great for laminating and using on tables.

A handout of plenary ideas. Use in your planning alongside LOs and starters to consolidate understanding and assess progress.

A literacy mat that can be printed and laminated. Pupils will benefit from the use of this and become independent learners and self-correctors. Can be used on tables or on a "help wall".

A CPD session that I led on teaching reading, using a range of strategies from Doug Lemov's 'Reading Reconsidered'. Full credit to author for reading strategies mentioned.

Two lessons of revision for WIB- covers language and structural features as well as the conventions of the Gothic. Worksheets included on slides.

PPT, resources and exemplars for the Grade 7+ revision sessions that I did over half term. Two PPTs covering AQA Language Paper 1 and Paper 2. Fiction and Non-fiction sources included. This is my own interpretation of the level 4 mark scheme and how I believe that a student can achieve the higher marks on these questions. Please note that this is my own writing and is for use in the classroom. It should not be shared or published online without permission.

Revision PPT, full paper 2 mock and resources for AQA Paper 2 Section A and B. Sources themed around food/dining. Mark schemes used on PPT are level 4 (grades 7-9).

This is two separate lessons that I created for my bottom set Y9 class to help tem understand and use adverbs of manner and time. They could easily be used to teach at KS2 and wouldn't take much adapting. Engaging activities to keep students enthused.

This is a lesson that I created for my bottom set Y9 class to help them understand and use apostrophes for contraction and possession. It could easily be used to teach at KS2 and wouldn't take much adapting. Engaging activities to keep students enthused.

This is a lesson that I created for my bottom set Y9 class to help them understand and use dashes in various ways in their work. It could easily be used to teach at KS2 and wouldn't take much adapting. Engaging activities to keep students enthused.