A lesson that looks into the conditions facing children who are forced to be slaves and the impact this has on their childhood.

The lesson goes over the language techniques that are needed to write a good piece of travel writing. The lesson then moves on to help students to construct their own piece of travel writing based upon their perfect location.

A lesson looking at the character of Gerald in the play, An Inspector Calls.

A two-hour lesson looking at a non-fiction article around the subject of Mixed Martial Arts. The lesson helps studnets build skills towards paper two of the English GCSE exam and helps them to build a better vocabulary and offer a balanced argument in their own writing

This is a fully differentiated lesson created for the new specification for functional skills level one and two. The lesson helps students to broaden their vocabulary and understand the importance of synonyms.

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 booklet looking some of the key aspects of A Christmas Carol. The booklet explores several important themes of the story and also includes a creative writing task that guides students to producing their own piece of writing. All of my resources are tried and tested and have helped me with whole classes and also to provide tuition and individual support.

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 fully differentiated 22-slide lesson looking at the poem Poppies from the AQA Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson looks at drawing together an understanding of how conflict is presented in the cluster as a whole. In addition, it helps students to gain a good understanding of Poppies and starts to get them to compare this to another poem and producing an exam-style response. If you liked this resource then please check out my shop for more resources and lessons updated each week.

This PowerPoint includes a range of fun and engaging icebreakers to help learners get to know each other and break through the tension of coming back to school. This recourse has opportunities for both individual and team games and also helps to develop key English skills such as making inferences and speaking and listening. All of my resources have been tried and tested and I have found these activities to be a great way to help challenge learners and to facilitate discussion and a sense of unity.

This is a fully differentiated lesson for the language paper one. The lesson uses key elements of Oliver Twist and helps learners gain a good insight into the skills they need to pass the exam. The lesson is paper-free and is ideal for both face-to-face or online learning. The lesson can be taught over a three-hour period if needed and builds skills in terms of language, structure and creative writing. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you like this lesson, then please check out my shop which is updated each week with more lessons and resources.

This is a fully differentiated lesson on the poem, Cozy Apologoa by Rita Dove. The lesson works well to help learners who have looked at the poem before but may not recall the key details. The lesson helps learners break down the poem, understand the key parts and also has an opportunity for them to write an exam-style response with a student example. 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 the poem Valentine Carol Ann Duffy. The lesson has opportunities for ALF and has been developed for learners sitting the GCSE English examinations. All of my lessons are 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 fifteen-slide lesson designed for remote deliver for English language paper two. The lesson uses the theme of crime and punishment to guide learners through Q2 and Q5 of the exam. The lesson has been designed to help learners engage with the topic via a remote setting. In addition, learners are also able to develop their speaking and listening response and access to links to additional lessons and quizzes linked to the English language. 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 paper one Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson helps learners to gain a firm understanding of the key questions and how to develop their response to get high marks. The lesson includes model answers and many opportunities for AFL. This lesson also helps learners to improve their creative writing skills and improve on their response for question five. This lesson works well both online and face-to-face and it requires no additional printing. 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 paper one: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The lesson helps learners gain a comprehensive understanding of language and structure as well as a step-by-step guide to approaching question five- creative writing using a stimulus. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught both online and face-to-face. 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 the poem, The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy. The lesson has been designed to help learners gain a good understanding of the language, structure and form of the poem as well as the contextual factors that affect our interpretation of the text. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and class discussion as well as a comparison to the poem, A Poison Tree by William Blake (see bundle for a full lesson on Blake’s work) and how to structure a comparison. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught both online and face-to-face. If you liked this lesson, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources which are updated each week.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the key questions for paper one of English language. The lesson helps learners to recap their understanding of both language and structural techniques. The lesson can be taught over two hours and also has an opportunity to develop learner’s understanding of creative writing. This lesson works well both on-line and face-to-face. 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 act four of the play Othello. The lesson looks at key scenes within act four and the relevance of the character Bianca and how she impacts the rest of the play. The lesson has several opportunities for AFL as well as a model response and an opportunity for learners to develop their responses to exam questions. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught both online and face-to-face. 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 questions three, four and five for paper one, explorations in creative reading and writing. The lesson helps learners to gain a strong understanding of both language and structure and how to apply these to exam responses. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL and includes model responses. The lesson also helps learners to structure their response for the creative writing question. All of my lessons have been tried and tested with my own groups and can be taught either face-to-face or online. If you liked this resource, then please check out my shop for more lessons and resources uploaded each week.