An exam overlay to help students answer the exam question successfully.

The board will need to be printed on A3 and could be laminated for reuse. This is a really good way of getting students to revisit their learning and knowledge of the characters, themes, context and events of the play in a fun and independent way. I have used this before and the students really enjoy it. All you will need it some dice to play. You could get students to think of their own questions and tasks too as an extension/challenge.

A SoW that covers a range of war poetry. Aimed at KS3 to give them an idea of what to expect at GCSE level.

This scheme of work is based on the Usborne Classic Retold version of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. Each lesson covers 1 chapter more or less and they aim to look at skills that students will need to be able to use in their new AQA GCSE exams. They think about structure, characterisation, description and PEE analysis as well as some contextual links.

A viewfinder to help students focus in on new vocabulary whilst or after reading.

A slide to put riddles on.

Reminder of how to analyse poetry - mood and atmosphere, ideas, language (features), effect, and structure. Looks great on A3 colour and laminated.

An overlay with some reminders of what to include when writing about Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

A powerpoint to add your own questions.

Reminders of things to include in a response.

Green - less able Yellow - more able Blue - most able Hyperlinked for ease to other slides. 1 reading and 1 writing activity per lesson (42 activities altogether). Covers year 7-9 but can be used for generic activities. Success criteria uses levels from the previous national curriculum levels but can be easily adapted depending on what your school is doing. Could also be used with primary school as it is generic. Also includes famous people reading to encourage reading as well as timers.

111 slide powerpoint which looks at dissecting a poem and analysing it, as well as some creative writing opportunities. Challenge and extension activities included. Skills linked to new AQA criteria. Poems covered can be seen on the first slide of the powerpoint. All fully decorated and ready to use. Task booklet accompanies this scheme.

Focuses on a response to Katie Hopkins' article about the Syrian refugees. 7 lessons worth of lessons which leads up to the students creating their own opinion column.

Covers the book and integrates reading skills with writing. A range of activities with challenge and extension tasks. Powerpoint lesson 7/8 also contains photos from inside Auschwitz from a visit I took to the camp which can bring the story to life for the students. Mine were really interested to see what it actually looked like.

Could be used during form time as a whole school literacy task or in English lessons. Covers: Varying vocabulary Homophones Reading: skimming and scanning Capital letters and full stops Spoken English - discussion skills Reading for meaning Sentence types (excludes complex) Apostrophes Paragraphs Speech marks Connotation and denotation Proofreading

Could be used during form time as a whole school literacy task or in English lessons. Covers: Varying vocabulary Homophones Reading: skimming and scanning Capital letters and full stops Spoken English - discussion skills Reading for meaning Sentence types (excludes complex) Apostrophes Paragraphs Speech marks Connotation and denotation Proofreading

Could be used during form time as a whole school literacy task or in English lessons. Covers: Varying vocabulary Homophones Reading: skimming and scanning Capital letters and full stops Spoken English - discussion skills Reading for meaning Sentence types (excludes complex) Apostrophes Paragraphs Speech marks Connotation and denotation Proofreading

Key words to use in Art to help students understand definitions so they can use them in their own writing. Includes synonyms for description too.