I have worked within secondary education for the last twelve years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
For more lessons and videos please visit my youtube page
I have worked within secondary education for the last twelve years. I upload a lot of lessons for KS3-KS4 students. I try to make sure all of my lessons are differentiated to help students in the best way possible.
For more lessons and videos please visit my youtube page
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at paper one explorations in creative reading and writing. The lesson largely focuses on helping learners understand how to respond to Q2 and includes a model response. Additionally, the lesson has a creative writing challenge as well as a teacher example to help learners improve their response to question five.
The lesson has been designed to be taught either online or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own learners. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at developing and improving creative writing for the English language paper one exam. The lesson looks at a key extract from the book, “Boy” by Roald Dahl and helps learners to analyse the extract in relation to question two.
The lesson also includes helpful advice on how to develop their creative writing and to embed key language techniques. There is a 200-word writing challenge that also has a model response to help learners get started.
All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at improving learners’ ability at creative writing using the theme of stealing as a stimulus. The lesson helps learners understand the importance of structure in creative writing and how to use this in their writing. The lesson uses a matching up activity and a model response to help learners understand how important structure is. Additionally, the lesson helps to consolidate their understanding of advanced punctuation. This lesson works well as a standalone lesson for creative writing or in teaching English language paper one.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the character of the Nurse in the play Romeo and Juliet. The lesson follows on from my previous lesson which focused on the character of Lady Capulet and helps learners to draw comparisons between the two characters.
The lesson includes a model response and many opportunities for AFL. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught either remotely or face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the character of Pumblechook in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. The lesson looks at key character information as well as quotations to help learners plan and write an exam response.
This lesson can be taught both remotely or face-to-face. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own learners; if you liked this lesson then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the theme of pride and Revenge in the novel, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. The lesson looks at the characters like Magwitch and Compeyson and their relevance to the story. Additionally, the lesson progresses to focus on the development of the relationship between Pip and Magwitch.
The lesson includes many opportunities for AFL and may be taught both remotely or face-to-face.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the character of Mercutio in the play Romeo and Juliet. The lesson looks at key extracts within the play and helps learners to write an exam response.
This lesson can be taught wither remotely or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own learners. If you liked this lesson, then please check out our shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.
This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. The lesson focuses on the theme of social class and how this is conveyed in the novel. In addition, the lesson looks at the relationship between Pip and Herbert both at the beginning of the novel and as Pip’s character develops.
This lesson can be taught both face-to-face or remotely and has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. The lesson looks at the contextual relevance of names and reputation and also helps learners to analyse key scenes in the play.
This lesson can be taught either remotely or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the AQA Paper Two paper: Writer’s Viewpoints and Perspectives. The lesson takes learners through how to structure, plan and write an article effectively. The lesson also includes a model example and many opportunities for AFL.
This lesson has been tried and tested with my own learners and can be taught either remotely or face-to-face without need for adaption.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at question five paper one, Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson helps learners build on their knowledge and to start implementing more advanced features of language and structure into their writing.
The lesson includes model examples and has many opportunities for AFL.
The lesson can be delivered either face-to-face or remotely and has been tried and tested with my own groups.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson focusing on the play Romeo and Juliet and looking at the introduction of Friar Lawrence and his relationship with Romeo. The lesson looks at key aspects of the play and includes a student example to an exam-style question.
This lesson may be taught both remotely or face-to-face and has been tried and tested with my own learners.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at how to use structure effectively in creative writing. The lesson has been designed for anyone studying GCSE English and includes example responses to help learners craft their own response.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson using the theme of weddings to help learners understand how to use basic forms of punctuation and also how and when to paragraph their writing. This lesson is ideal for functional or ESOL learners.
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This lesson has been designed for anyone studying any aspect of Functional Skills English. The lesson looks at how to plan a response for speaking and listening as well as some ideas for topics.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson helping learners understand key aspects of English Language Paper Two. The lesson uses the topic of transport (cars) to introduce viewpoints and perspectives and gives an insight into key questions.
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This lesson has been designed for learners who are studying paper one English Language. The lesson looks at key skills with language and structure and uses a differentiated text to help learners respond to question four.
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This lesson has been designed for learners studying all levels of Functional Skills English. The lesson looks at instructional writing and helps learners to plan and write their own response.
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This lesson has been designed for anyone studying Jayne Eye for English Literature. The lesson looks at a typical exam question and helps learners to understand how to approach it successfully. In addition, the lesson includes a quiz on some of the key quotations that can be applied to the exam question.
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This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at how to approach the stimulus creative writing question (Q5) for English Language: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing.
The lesson looks at the key methods needed to be successful in writing their response and includes two examples with feedback from the mark scheme.
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