Slow writing task in response to an image. (Note: I have another free slow writing task also available in my resources)

A worksheet using ideas from The Writing Revolution to get students using conjunctions in three different ways. Uses Dickens as a prompt. I do, We do and You do options.

Questioning cards using Blooms taxonomy sentence stems. Pupils can use in pairs to question each other for lesson plenaries or independently to challenge themselves on completion of a piece of work.

AQA Language Paper 1 Section A Q1-4 mock exam Based on extract from A Christmas Carol

A PowerPoint of speed planning grids for a range of character and theme based questions for Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. Ideal for last minute exam revision, or can be printed and used as homework or in class worksheets.

An unseen poetry booklet styled on AQA Literature Paper 2 section C Six poems themed around climate change Includes knowledge organiser, essay support writing frames and planning pages.

Lesson starters designed on Adobe SparkPost. Focused on Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Q5's.

Example essay(s) for the question ‘How is the Inspector presented as being in total control?’ Written for AQA GCSE English Literature spec Same essay but differentiated two ways for use with different sets Written using ‘3 big ideas’ structure

A booklet designed to teach fictional writing as a series of lessons. No PowerPoint or other resources required - everything is included in the booklet. Students are guided over a series of lessons to produce a full piece of fictional writing with opportuities to edit their work. Examples from literary texts and teacher models are provided throughout for each stage of the process. The perfect booklet for trainees/ ECTs/ teachers teaching outside of specialism/ cover, or for any busy Englsih department! Booklet contents: Knowledge organiser Writing frame Ambitious punctuation guide Big questions How can pathetic fallacy be used to establish a mood? How can sensory imagery create a vivid description of setting? How do writers use characterisation? How can ambitious punctuation improve writing? How can text structure contribute to a sense of action and pace? How do writers create shifts in time? Consolidation quiz Fictional writing consolidation task Three full fictional writing examples

A creative writing lesson using an image of a snow globe as a stimulus. Writing frame and model response included.

Powerpoint for half term Gothic unit of work. Reading and Writing lessons. Resources and models included.

A few secondary sources that are useful for teaching alongside 'Wonder'.

A range of secondary texts useful for teaching alongside 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens

Outstanding lesson based on anaphoric repetition as part of a non fiction writing SOW.

A short power point looking at Slim, George and Lennie, as well as the settings of the barn, bunkhouse, pool, Crooks' room and the 'dream' farm. Complete with modeled paragraph responses.

Fully resourced revision lessons for Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (AQA Literature text). One focused reading lesson per stave/chapter using a range of reading strategies.

PowerPoint I created for a KS3 literacy intervention day. Covers simple, compound and complex sentences in order. Plenty of opportunity for explicit teaching of sentence types using formulas, images and cut and stick opportunities.

Romeo and Juliet exam questions (AQA Literature style) using extracts from play. One question about love, one about violence.