This is a simple revision game I made to help learners recall the key techniques for language and structure, using the game of bingo to help add a slight competitive edge.

A revision lesson for Act One of Macbeth. The lesson starts with a quiz on the prophecy is for Macbeth and which one is for Banquo.

A lesson to help students prepare for their GSCE exam on the play Macbeth. The lesson goes through how to write a response to an exam-style question.

This is a fourteen slide Power-Point lesson that introduces students to Animal Farm and the context around the text. The lesson builds towards helping students to gain a good understanding of language and how to attempt question two from paper one, Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing.

A complete walk through of Paper one Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. This is a double-lesson looking at all questions, differentiated to help students gain a deeper understanding of language and structure.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poet Simon Armitage and his poem Remains. The lesson helps guide students through some of the more difficult language and structural techniques used in the poem.

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.

His is a full twenty-three slide lesson taking students through a past paper for Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. This lesson is differentiated and fully ready to be taught. All of my lessons have been tried and tested and this lesson has been very beneficial in helping students overcome the obstacles within this paper.

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 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 the important aspects of the poem Kamikaze in the Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson goes into detail about the context of the poem and Kamikaze pilots. The lesson also works to help students to grasp some of the key aspects of the poem, and to make analytical comments on language, structure and form.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem Checking out me History from the Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson takes students though the important elements of context and gaining a good understanding of the poem. The lesson helps students language, structure, and form.

This is an eleven slide quiz for learners who need to revise the structure question (Q3) of Paper One: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. The quiz uses different methods to help learners recall techniques, apply them to an extract and assess an exam-style response. All of my resources have been tried and tested with my own groups. If you liked this resource then please check out my shop for more resources and lessons uploaded each week.

A lesson that helps students to explode quotations from the poems that are in the Power and Conflict cluster. A computer room or laptops will be required for this lesson.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem London from the Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson can be taught over two hours and has many opportunities for ALF. The lesson guides students through some of the key aspects of context around the poem, key poetic techniques and also gives then a detailed understanding of the poem. In addition, this lesson comes with an independent learning task to help learners develop their understanding of the poetry cluster.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the poem Ozymandias. The lesson helps students to gain an understanding of the poem as well as it’s context. The lesson goes on to help learners map out what happens in the poem and to understand the significant aspects of the poem.

This is a fully differentiated lesson looking at the opening scene of Othello. The lesson was designed for learners who were studying remotely and needed to gain a good overview of the play and William Shakespeare. The lesson has many opportunities for AFL, exam questions as well as a student response. 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 fourteen slide PowerPoint looking at the perception of women within the play Macbeth. The lesson introduces the learners to key contextual information regarding women during the time. In addition, the lesson looks at key scenes for lady Macbeth and her development throughout the play. This lesson is ideal for either on-line or face-to-face teaching. 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 that are uploaded each week.