English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
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English GCSE and English KS3 resources by a lead practitioner. Everything I upload is tried and tested by both myself and my English Department. I always appreciate feedback, so please do leave a review if you get chance.
Leave a review and choose any other single resource for free! Just get in touch at info@englishgcse.co.uk
Lord of the Flies by William Golding pack containing the following lessons so far:
Introduction to the text
The Conch
Chapter 2 character analysis and key quotes lesson
Chapter 3 language analysis and creating analytical paragraphs
Jack character analysis in Chapter 3
Simon, Roger, Jack analysis
Conflicts in Chapter 4
Beast from Water Chapter 5 lesson
Chapter 6 lesson
Chapter 6 and 7 lesson
Chapter 7 and 8 lesson
Chapter 8 and 9 lesson
Chapter 9 and 10 lesson
Chapter 10 and 11 lesson
Ending of the novel
Escape room for revision
Context lesson
Exam prep lesson for May 2019 answer
Six week homework pack - differentiated
Differentiated scheme of work document
More to come!
Edexcel Belongong poetry scheme. A complete pack of lessons and resources for teaching all fifteen poems and comparing them, for all of the exam requirements for the GCSE English Literature paper.
Includes lessons on:
To My Sister - Williams Wordsworth
Sunday Dip - John Clare
Mild the Mist Upon the Hill - Emily Bronte
Captain Cook (To My Brother) - Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Island Man - Grace Nichols
The Emigree - Carol Rumens
Clear and Gentle Stream - Robert Bridges
I Remember, I Remember - Thomas Hood
Peckham Rye Lane - Amy Blakemore
We Refugees - Benjamin Zephaniah
Us - Zaffar Kunial
In Wales, Wanting to be Italian - Imtiaz Dharker
Kumukanda - Kayo Chingonyi
Jamaican British - Raymond Antrobus
My Mother’s Kitchen - Chomas Hardi
Comparing Poems
Scheme of Work Document
Edexcel collection of poetry resources for Conflict - a complete scheme of work for all of the anthology poems.
Includes resources for:
The Man He Killed - Thomas Hardy
Exposure - Wilfred Owen
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Poppies - Jane Weir
Extract from the Prelude - William Wordsworth
A Poison Tree - William Blake
The Destruction of Sennacherib - Lord Byron
Cousin Kate - Christina Rossetti
Half-caste - John Agard
Catrin - Gillian Clarke
War Photographer - Carole Satyamurti
Belfast Confetti - Ciaran Carson
The Class Game - Mary Casey
No Problem - Benjamin Zephaniah
What Were They Like? - Denise Levertov
Comparing poems
Scheme of work document
Shakespeare introduction unit for KS3. It covers extracts from multiple plays including Henry V, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest.
It includes:
Shakespeare introduction lesson
Globe Theatre and context
Henry V ‘once more unto the breach’ speech lesson
Henry V, Richard III and Shakespearean heroes
Richard III Act 1 Scene 1 language analysis and paragraph lesson
Richard III Act 1 Scene 2 character analysis
Othello - Iago as a villain. Language analysis
Othello - Act 1 Scene 1 ending. Marriage in Elizabethan times (patriarchal context)
Othello - Othello as hero, Iago as villain
Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Structure
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Helena (analytical paragraphs)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream assessment preparation lesson
The Tempest introduction
The Tempest Prospero lesson (character analysis)
The Tempest Caliban (character/language analysis)
Shakespeare assessment review
The Tempest Ferdinand lesson (asides, structure analysis)
Full SOW document
Frankenstein complete unit of work that includes:
Introduction - dismissing myths
Walton’s letters (1-2)
Walton’s letters (3-4)
Chapter 1 and 2 - meeting Frankenstein and his family
Chapter 2 and 3 - foreshadowing
Chapters 4 and 5 - setting and character
Chapters 5 and 6 - language
Chapters 7 and 8 - setting
Chapters 9 and 10 - character
Chapters 10 and 11 - the monster
Chapters 12 and 13 - appearances
Chapters 14 and 15 - character
Chapters 16 and 17 - evaluation of character
Chapters 17 and 18 - the monster’s companion
Chapters 19 and 20 - Victor’s thoughts and feelings
Chapters 21 and 22 - Language devices and symbols
Chapter 22 - Victor’s thoughts and feelings
Chapter 23 - Analytical paragraphs
Chapter 24 - Ending and structure
Scheme of work document
Myths and Legends English KS3 complete lessons pack that includes 19+ resource packs, all with differentiated activities, worksheets, video clips, engaging approaches to language, structure, organisation, vocabulary, characters, genre, language analysis, settings and many more aspects of narrative writing and descriptive writing and language analysis.
Includes:
Myths and Legends introduction lesson that looks at characters
Robin Hood extract language analysis lesson
Monsters and descriptive writing
Boudica lesson on legend key themes
Minotaur lesson looking at improving vocabulary for descriptive writing
Icarus and Daedalus lesson on language analysis
Settings lesson that explores building description for atmosphere and tone
Odysseus and Cyclops lesson on using evidence in analytical paragraphs
Structure lesson exploring the 12 steps of the Hero’s Journey
Aborigine stories and Dreamtime language analysis lesson
Hindu story, empathy and sympathy lesson
Commas and punctuation recap lesson
Knowledge organiser
Six weeks’ worth of homework activities
Beginning and ending narratives
Assessment planning
Spoken Language lesson
Assessment review lesson
Escape room for recapping and revision
Scheme of work document
Includes differentiated activities, engaging activities, worksheets, scaffolds, models and examples, perfect for KS3 English and those students approaching English Language Paper 1.
The Tempest complete scheme of work pack
1 - Shakespeare introduction
2 - Globe Theatre and context
3 - The Tempest Act 1 Scene 1 and context (Native Americans, Caribbean, colonies)
4 - Prospero and Miranda (Act 1 Scene 2)
5 - Caliban
6 - Ferdinand and Prospero’s asides
7 - Antonio and Sebastian
8 - Genre
9 - Caliban and Language (Miranda and Ferdinand)
10 - Act 3 Scene 3 - postcolonialism
11 - Act 4 Scene 1 - marriage, patriarchal society, language
12 - Act 5 Scene 1 lesson on Prospero and his changing thoughts
13 - The ending of The Tempest
14 - Escape Room
15 - Writing your own Shakespeare comedy
16 - Six week homework pack
17 - Scheme of work document
TWENTY fully differentiated and resourced lessons that prepare KS3 students for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 by looking at a range of science fiction extracts. Includes differentiated lessons on both reading and writing skills, including descriptive and narrative writing.
All lessons recently revamped and expanded.
Includes:
Science Fiction Dystopia Introduction
Creating Empathy
Figurative Language
The War of the Worlds and Foreboding
Recapping Language Techniques
The War of the Worlds Language Analysis
Science Fiction Characters
Creating Settings
Openings to Texts
Narrative Perspectives - Frankenstein
Time Travel and Descriptive Writing
Speech Punctuation
Science Fiction Endings
Structure
Critical Evaluation (Q4)
Vocabulary
Punctuation and Grammar
Assessment prep
Escape room
Six week scheme of work document
Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 1 Section A pack with 18 resource packs included. Covers Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4(a), Q4(b), Q5 and Q6, includes pairs of 19th century non-fiction texts with common themes, modelled answers, differentiated activities, exam timings, advice, teacher and student notes and more!
Non-fiction introduction
Analysing language (Q3)
Evaluating Text 1 (Q2)
Q1, Q4 (a) and (b), Q5 (evaluation)
Q5 and Q6 evaluation lesson
Q6 model answer lesson
Q1 and Q3 language lesson
Language analysis Q3
Q2 evaluation of an extract
Q4 and Q5 evaluation
Q6 Text 2 whole evaluation
Writing Q6 Text 2 answers (evaluating)
Improving Q6 answers and exploring Q3
Improving Q3 answers (using specific examples)
Q1, Q2 and Q3 recap
Q4 and Q5 recap
Q6 recap
Revision quiz
Scheme of work document
Cirque du Freak English lessons on Darren Shan’s novel - a complete scheme of work. A collection of Cirque du Freak lessons that aid KS3 students in developing their understanding of plot, character, language and structure through studying Darren Shan’s text.
Includes:
Chapter One analysis
Narrative Hooks
Chapter Two
Chapters Four and Five
Chapter Six and Seven lesson on narrative perspectives and tone
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine and Tension
Chapters Ten and Eleven and language techniques
Chapter Twelve and Vampires (Context)
Analysing Structure (Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen)
Chapters Seventeen to Twenty (Madam Octa)
Structure in Chapters 21 to 23
Structure of the whole text lesson
Lesson on anti-climax in Chapters 27 to 29
Lesson on the end and endings
Punctuation Workshop
Assessment lesson and assessment task with notes
Six weeks of homework with differentiated tasks
Scheme of work document - differentiated
Poetry lessons for KS3 English students that explore poems by writers from a range of backgrounds and contexts. A complete scheme of work exploring poetry.
It includes:
Poetry introduction lesson
Grace Nichols Island Man language lesson
Island Man lesson on structure
Imtiaz Dharker language lesson
Blessing lesson on structure
Search For My Tongue Sujata Bhatt - metaphors and voice
Tatamkhulu Afrika Nothing’s Changed - imagery, sounds and vocabulary
Nothing’s Changed structure, caesuras and enjambment lesson
Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan lesson on key themes
Presents From My Aunts In Pakistan structure
There Came A Wind Like A Bugle SMILE lesson
Types of rhyme lesson on full rhyme, half, assonance, consonance
Not My Business lesson exploring tyranny and its effects
Limbo poem lesson, connotations and denotations
Two Scavengers essay preparation lesson
Poetry assessment and lesson
Six week poetry homework plan
Poetry escape room
SIX week poetry scheme of work document
Contains differentiated activities, engaging resources, models, scaffolds and extensive teacher and student notes.
Edexcel English Language 2.0 pack with lessons covering the whole of Section A for Paper 2.
Includes:
Introduction to Paper 2
Q4-5 in detail
Q6 introduction
Q5 continued
Q6 comparisons
Q6 continued
Language analysis Q2
Language analysis
Q3 and Q4 - nature theme
Q4 model answer and analysis
Summary skills
Q6 comparing
Q6 comparing
Recapping language techniques
Football World Cup themed lesson
Using analytical verbs
Summaries
Comparing texts
Paper 2 escape room - revision
Scheme of work document
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Non-Fiction Writing English pack designed for Year 9 but easily adaptable for Year 7, Year 8 and GCSE English Language classes. This pack will grow into a full scheme of work over the next few weeks.
Currently includes:
Non-Fiction Writing Introduction - Purpose, audience, text types
Vocabulary and Tone lesson - How combining registers and styles can impact a reader
Paragraphing for Effect lesson
Beginnings and endings for non-fiction texts lesson
Article writing lesson including straplines and headlines
Writing to persuade article lesson
Writing to explain lesson on Feminism
Fake news leaflet lesson with a writing to advise focus
Spoken Language presentation skills lesson
Spoken Language planning resource
Spoken Language questions and answers lesson
Letter writing with a focus on tone, structure and language
Punctuation workshop on commas, full stops, capital letters, hyphens, dashes and apostrophes.
Writing to argue article lesson on plastic surgery.
Assessment and preparation lesson
Assessment review lesson
Homework pack - six weeks of differentiated activities including Spoken Language tasks
Non-fiction writing escape room
Six week FREE scheme of work document
Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 2 Section B scheme of work with differentiated activities, modelled answers, knowledge organiser, exam practice pack and more.
Includes:
Imaginative Writing Introduction
Exploring Setting and Description
Using Sentence Types
Tone
Using colours
Dashes, semicolons and colons
Tenses
Language techniques for describing characters
Sentence openers
Structure and narratives
Imaginative writing examples
Imaginitive writing practice resource
Improving creative writing
Narrative perspectives
Endings
Knowledge organiser for Section B
Exam practice pack with modelled answers
Scheme of work document
A non-fiction writing pack for English KS3 students and adaptable for KS4. This complete scheme includes differentiated activities, modelled examples, scaffolds, student-friendly mark schemes, a revision escape room, six weeks of homework and so much more. Useful for AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 exam preparation. Includes:
Non-fiction writing introduction (text types, purpose, audience)
Creating and writing reviews (purposes, audiences, structure)
Improving vocabulary (prefixes, suffixes)
Interview article writing (Organisation and structure) *
Writing to argue lesson (George Floyd and rioting - perspectives)
Writing to advise lesson with model example
Paragraphing lesson on how to use paragraphs effectively
Writing to explain lesson on statues and protests
Speech writing lesson on the NHS and writing to persuade
Sentence openers lesson for improving non-fiction writing
Essay writing lesson on censorship
Tone and language lesson to impact on audiences
Letter writing lesson - writing to persuade
Leaflet writing on a contemporary topic
Punctuation workshop with differianted worksheets. Commas, semicolons, dashes, colons and more.
Writing to argue assessment planning lesson
Non-fiction escape room
Assessment review lesson including student-friendly mark scheme and peer assessment review sheets
Six weeks of English homework - all differentiated!
Six week scheme of work document
Everything you need to teach Macbeth! TWENTY+ HOURS’ WORTH! Includes a 2 hour Macbeth overview (or revision /recap session), a complete GCSE revision guide, and NINETEEN lessons:
Macbeth Introduction
Introducing Macbeth and Banquo
Analysing The Witches
Introducing Lady Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 1 - The Dagger Scene
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1
Murdering Banquo
The Banquet Scene
Macduff
Malcolm
Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking
The End
NEW - FULL SCHEME OF WORK
Knowledge Organiser
Exam Practice Pack
With more to come! Keep checking your downloads as more lessons will be added shortly.
SEVENTEEN UNSEEN POETRY RESOURCES. fully differentiated and resourced lessons from a TES Award nominated author that help to prepare students studying AQA English Literature to prepare for the ‘Unseen Poetry’ sections in AQA English Literature Paper 2. All lessons are also easily adaptable for KS3 students, too. NEW - includes a very detailed knowledge organiser! Perfect for revision.
Edexcel English Language 2.0 Paper 1 Section B pack that is in development.
Currently includes:
Speech writing
Speech openers
Winston Churchill speech lesson
Abraham Lincoln speech lesson
Structure of a speech lesson
Newspaper articles
Article writing (space exploration theme)
Persuasive writing (football theme)
Writing to review
Black History Month essay writing lesson
Royal wedding (writing to argue)
Writing to advise
Letter writing
Letters of complaint - writing to persuade
Greta Thunberg climate change speech writing
Assessment planning - writing to argue
Assessment planning - formal letter writing
Paper 1 Section B knowledge organiser
Paper 1 Section B walkthrough and practise pack
Seven English homework packs that include six weeks of differentiated activities, worksheets and relevant examples. That’s 42 weeks of homework!
The packs cover a number of different topics, including:
Travel Writing - Paper 2 Language focus
Non-Fiction Reading - Paper 2 Section A
Non-Fiction Writing - Paper 2 Question 5
Poetry KS3 - Literature Paper 2
Myths and Legends - Language Paper 1
Cirque du Freak - Literature Paper 1
Non-Fiction Writing Year 9 - which includes Spoken Language activities
Othello homework pack - Literature Paper 1
Our Day Out pack - Literature Paper 2
English Language Paper 2 Homework
Creative Writing Homework
Much Ado About Nothing Homework
All are part of our new KS3 3 Year Complete Pack which can be purchased here:
3 Year English KS3 Complete Pack
TWENTY lessons AND a detailed scheme of work. A complete A Midsummer Night’s Dream bundle that includes everything you need to teach the text at KS3, including an assessment task, homework tasks, differentiated lessons, models, scaffolds, key quotes and more. Accessible, differentiated and detailed.
Introduction to Shakespeare (Genre and Context)
The Globe Theatre (Context)
The Great Chain of Being (Context)
Act 1 Scene 1 Relationships
Act 1 Scene 1 and Helena
Assessment Preparation
The Mechanicals and Bottom
The Fairies (Act 2 Scene 1)
Titania and Oberon (Act 2 Scene 1)
Oberon, Helena and Demetrius (Act 2 Scene 1)
Puck’s Mischief (Act 2 Scene 2)
Titania and Bottom (Act 3 Scene 1)
Act 3 Scene 2
Hermia, Act 3 Scene 2 and Structure
Act 4 Scene 1
The Theme of Dreams
Writing Your Own Shakespeare Comedy
Scheme of Work document
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