A selection of creative writing tasks in preparation for the English Language exams. Tasks are designed to stimulate ideas through music and images as a basis for writing a creative description or narrative.

Intro to Homer and the Odyssey, includes research task lesson, conventions of Greek Myths and how to write your own. Book 1 of The Odyssey included as word doc.

Detective, Crime and Mystery Fiction Texts Unit of Work, suitable for KS3. Includes context of the genre, a selection of extracts from the texts: Murder on The Orient Express Murders in the Rue Morgue Lamb to the Slaughter (for lower ability). Includes powerpoint to accompany lessons for the texts and questions linked to an assessment task. Texts included on word.doc attached.

A fun engaging task based on a series of lessons introducing persuasive techniques, culminating in designing and writing a sales speech/pitch for a useless item they have imagined. Would suit a lower ability group Yr6 or 7.

A series of lessons and tasks to accompany the teaching and reading of the novel, Holes. Would suit a lower ability Yr6 or 7.

An easy way in to create some interesting creative writing. Starts with a game of Cops and Robbers using a series of stimulating images to build vocabulary before watching The Literacy Shed’s The Catch. Writing frame and sentence starters included in the power point. Great for a Yr6 Transition week.

A power point to accompany first reading of the text, alongside questions that analyse character and themes for all 12 chapters.

A series of lessons on culture and identity for a middle or lower ability Yr 8, covering two poems to compare in an exam style question towards the end of this unit of work.

A power point that takes your class through each section of the novel, focusing on key context and characters.

A comprehensive teaching resource to take you and your students through first study or revision of the following poems: Climbing My Grandfather, Before You Were Mine, Letters from Yorkshire, Follower, Walking Away, Mother Any Distance, Eden Rock, Sonnet 29, The Farmer’s Bride, Porphyria’s Lover and Neutral Tones. Questions to annotate/ analyse language, form and structure to accompany each poem, alongside exam questions and activities. A complete set of lessons to help study or revise the anthology.

73 slide power point to guide first reading of the novel. Includes mark scheme slides/objectives and discussion /writing tasks for chapters. Good for middle to lower ability Yr 10 or as a revision guide for Yr11. This will guide your reading through the whole novel.

A complete walk through of Paper 1 Section A and B, ideal for a lower ability/SEND Yr10 as a non-overwhelming intro to the exam or a complete revision for a lower ability/SEND Yr11 group that might be challenged with a complete exam in one sitting. This resource breaks down each question, has integrated discussion questions and written tasks along side the extract which can be displayed whilst you read and discuss it. The mark scheme has been broken down so students can compare their own responses and grade themselves (or each other) for instant feedback. A tailored written response mark scheme for the writing task has been included for instant feedback also. A comprehensive way into breaking down language and structure questions that will not overwhelm lower ability or SEND students. A see and do approach. This unit of work will cover several lessons if you take a question at a time.

An introduction to Gothic literature, using extracts from Dracula, The Signalman, Jekyll and Hyde, Tell Tale Heart and Frankenstein. A whole unit of work that covers context and language skills. Complete set of lessons with questions and tasks linked to the extracts. Suitable for Yr9 or a lower ability yr10/11 to revise gothic conventions.

A selection of speeches, put into the context of their time period. Includes Queen Elizabeth’s Tilbury Docks speech, Winston Churchill’s speech to Parliament, Emmeline Pankhurst’s Connecticut speech and Old Major’s speech in Animal Farm. An introduction to context is given for each speech and questions for each speech to be studied. There are also some on-line tasks that can be used for homeworks if you don’t have IT access, or ignored! Suitable for teaching texts and their context at KS3 or a lower set yr10 to cover English Language revision of speeches and techniques used. The text for the speeches are all in the power point.

Lessons on Wilfred Owen’s poem, Exposure. Suitable for a lower set GCSE or KS3 class. Intro to the poem, questions on language and structure, snapshot of context and starting grid sheets for poetry comparison.

New Spec Spoken Language Endorsement Powerpoint Yr10 AQA outlining the criteria for this component, my students used this to talk about their recent work experience placement. Powerpoint slides outlining new spec and the range of tasks/how it will be graded for students. You will need to just change/omit the title slide to suit your topic.

Lesson powerpoint to accompany 'Legends' storytelling speaking and listening group task.

Lesson powerpoint for creative writing task based on emotive settings.

Yr8 Creating Non-Fiction Texts - Newspapers.

Lower ability questions Act 3 Romeo and Juliet to help keep track of plot and action.