This lesson was designed to work alongside the GCSE language and literature exams for English. The lesson takes students through some key moments in the text Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and how to approach an exam-style question.

This is a fully differentiated lesson that helps stretch and challenge students in an engaging way. The lesson focuses on understanding the importance of understanding the importance of language in poetry. Additionally it has been used with many of my groups and has helped my students feel confident when faced with a poetry question.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at building key skills for level one and level two of the new functional skills reform. The lesson focuses on the topic of Black Friday and has will test both reading and writing skills

This is a fully differentiated booklet that aims to build skills for the GSCE language paper one explorations in creative reading and writing. The booklet is an ideal resource for intervention or as a homework tool. All of my booklets have been tried and tested and have helped myself and my department to help and support many students to stretch and improve their skills in English.

This is a fully differentiated lesson that is appropriate for learners studying both Functional Skill and GCSE English. The lesson uses sources from the recent Black Lives Matter protests in the UK to help learners understand the British Values. The lesson is ideal for learners who need to improve both their reading and writing skills as the lesson has many opportunities for ALF. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources that are updated each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on the topic of what choices to make after finishing compulsory education. The lesson helps build vital reading and writing skills for the level 1 and level 2 functional skills English exam. If you liked this resources, then please check out my shop where there are free resources and more lessons.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for learners of both functional skills and GCSE English. The lesson helps learners to understand the differences between implicit and explicit information which is a key skill required for their GCSE’s. The lesson looks at one of the issues of Free School Meals during the Co-vid crisis and how this was overcome by the footballer Marcus Rasford. The lesson includes opportunities for AFL in both reading and writing and comes with an annotated student response. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you liked this lesson then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources with more being added each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson designed to support learners studying GCSE English language. The lesson helps students to understand how to deal with section B of paper A (creative writing) and also uses an extract to help them come to terms with language analysis. All of my lessons have been tried and tested, if you liked this resource then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources which is updated on a weekly basis.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for learners of KS3 and KS4 English. The lesson looks at the origins of the crime genre and uses a key passage from The Sign of The Four. The lesson guides the learners to understand how to identify key language and structural techniques. The lesson also gives learners the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills aided by examples of showing and not telling.

This is a fully differentiated, thirteen-slide lesson building skills for functional skills level one and two. The lesson uses the topic of Halloween to develop a deeper understanding of the new exam format. There are many opportunities for AFL and there are both reading and writing tasks to practice and build confidence within English.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for learners studying any aspect of the Functional Skills English qualification. The lesson helps to improve both elements of the reading and writing skills and has a sample mock exam for AFL. The lesson looks at the understanding of word class and the importance of adjectives in writing. All of my lessons have been tried and tested. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources which are updated each week.

A full lesson taking students through the most important parts of article writing. The lesson looks at identifying techniques from an article about bank robbers. A fun and interactive lesson.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at some of the key language techniques used within persuasive writing. The lesson has been adapted to meet the framework of the new specification of functional skills.

This is a fully differentiated lesson using the theme of money as a focus. The lesson has both reading and writing elements which are ideal for functional skills level one or two. Their is a strong emphasis on writing and developing the skills to intelligently express and structure a response. All of my lessons are tried and tested, if you like this lesson then please visit my shop for more resources.

This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on paper one of the Edexcel GCSE English paper. The lesson uses Mary Shelley’s text, The Mortal Immortal and builds some of he important skills needed to appropriately respond to each question.

A lesson doing through some of the key skills needed for the creative writing section of the English exam

This is a fully differentiated lesson designed to improve students understanding of language and structure and how to develop a good piece of creative writing.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at a key scene on Macbeth. The lesson covers many aspects of context that will affect the interpretation of Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy. The lesson goes on to help students annotate and understand the scene as well as opportunities for AFL and an exam-style question.

This is a full differentiated lesson looking at the theme of intelligence and how children are treated it regards to this. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and has both a reading and writing focus. All of my lessons are tried and tested with my own learners. If you liked this resources, then please check out my shop for more resources.

This lesson introduces students to the topic of childhood. It gets the class to consider the importance of childhood and how it helps to shape the rest of their lives.