A handy knowledge organiser that I created for Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Contains key quotations for each character; key settings and themes; multiple aspects of context (workhouses, poverty, capitalism and Industrial Revolution); Dickens' ideas and intentions; language, structure and form. Can be printed and laminated for tables or stuck into books.

Double sided A4 knowledge organiser for Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Contains key quotations for key characters, key themes and settings, writer’s ideas and intentions, and detailed information about context (poverty, workhouse, crime and Industrial Revolution). Language and structural features also included alongside definitions.

27 fully resourced lessons for teaching Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. All lessons ready to teach immediately. Covers a range of Learning Objectives for both Reading and Writing. Lots of context embedded within the lessons and uses plenty of non-fiction to engage students with the novel. Lessons follow text in chronological order and allows them to experience the whole text, but due to time frame some chapter summaries are used throughout.

Two model paragraphs for the L+R poetry cluster One paragraph deals with obsession in 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'Sonnet 29'. The other deals with family relationships in 'Walking Away' and 'Mother, Any Distance' First paragraph of comparison for 'Climbing my Grandfather ' started- pupils could complete this is same style as two previous paragraphs.

A revision lesson for Blood Brothers key characters and key themes. Includes a card sort and pre written model paragraph.

A modelled response answering the question How does Russell present the theme of childhood and growing up? Meets all level 6 criteria on mark scheme. Roughly level 8.

Exemplar response for a question about the presentation of violence in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Meets all of the level 6 criteria for AQA Lit Paper 1- roughly a Grade 8 response. Extract and exam Q provided to help contextualise the response.

Model response for an exam Q themed around poverty in ACC. Exam Q and extract provided. Model response meets all of level 6 Literature criteria and is roughly a Grade 8 response.

Booklet of key quotations for R+J and ACC. Students can work their way through key quotations for each text, building up their analysis through annotations. Each section is followed by an exam style Q and room to write a short response.

3 revision lessons for Romeo and Juliet. Lesson 1- general revision of plot and key quotations. Lesson 2- making references to prologue. Lesson 3- key scene analysis.

A revision booklet made for Y11 that focuses on annotating several key quotations from Blood Brothers, Walking Away and Mother, Any Distance. Space provided for pupils to write a short response to exam Q. I use these booklets as a form of revision with all abilities. They can either be given out to complete at home, or used with a visualiser for direct instruction.

Powerpoint and resources used with my top set Y10 class to teach AQA Paper 2 Section A (Q1-4). 3 paired non fiction sources included, themed around child labour, disease and protests. PPT works through each pair of sources looking at Q2, 3 and 4 individually for each. Level 4 model answers included on some slides.

PPT used for Y7 literacy intervention day. Focus on using simple, compound and complex sentences (embedded clauses) accurately and using semi colons accurately between two clauses. Could easily be adapted and used as two or three separate literacy lessons. All resources within PPT slides and ready to go.

A model response for AQA Language Paper 2 Q4 (comparison) Used with my top set- roughly level 7 response. Compares two non fiction texts themed around disease (see my other resources for copy of the mock paper) using an account of the Black Death and an article about Ebola.

PPT for KS3 Superheroes themed unit of work. Reading and Writing skills addressed throughout.

PPT and resources for teaching Susan Hill's Woman in Black. Originally used with second set Y11. Plenty of lessons exploring the themes and ideas of novel with analysis of key devices used by Hill.

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

Poetry glossary of key terms. A4 so easily glued into students' books.

An AQA style mock exam for Paper 2 Section A themed around protests. Uses an eyewitness account of the Peterloo Massacre and an article about a recent protest in Paris.