In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream we see the rather bizarre set up of Titania falling in love with Bottom (who now has a donkey’s head instead of his own!) In this lesson students explore the mechanicals’ changes to Pyramus and Thisbe, and then look at how puns are used to make fun of Bottom’s transformation, before we explore how Titania sees Bottom in comparison to everyone else. Fully differentiated throughout.

As we study Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we recap the links between the characters so far, how Puck’s mistake causes chaos in the play and how the characters speak to each other as Lysander falls in love with Helena and Helena and Hermia deal with the aftermath and artificial change in his character. Fully differentiated throughout.

As we study A Midsummer Night’s Dream we look at Oberon’s plan for revenge on Titania in Act 2 Scene 1 and explore the introduction of both Helena and Demetrius together as she explains her love for him and he roundly and rudely rejects her. Additionally, students look at Oberon’s response to their arguments and his plan for these characters as well. Key quotes are explored and students discuss characters’ feelings and motivations. Fully differentiated throughout.

As we study A Midsummer Night’s Dream we explore the new characters of Oberon and Titania and discover why they are arguing with each other. We look at the language features used by both characters in Shakespeare’s play and use our analyses to create detailed analytical paragraphs through a detailed model, scaffold, success criteria and more. Fully differentiated throughout.

Students look at how Robin Goodfellow or Puck is introduced, at the fairies and the type of character we expect them to be and why, and why Titania and Oberon are introduced to us before we see them on stage. A really useful lesson for students analysing Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and fully differentiated so all students can access and explore key quotes from Act 2 Scene 1.

As we look at A Midsummer Night’s Dream we look at how Bottom and the Mechnicals are introduced to the audience and analyse the types of characters they are through key quotes used in their first scene. We look at Shakespeare’s use of names and make predictions about how these characters will fit into the play later on, plus consider the generic and thematic importance of such characters for more able students. Fully differentiated throughout.

A very detailed A Midsummer Night’s Dream assessment preparation lesson that focuses on Egeus’ speech from early on in the play when he begs Theseus to force Hermia to marry Demetrius or face execution. The lesson helps students to analyse key quotes, make interpretations around Egeus’ character and how he is presented, to evaluate the use of language features and to make notes on answering a GCSE style assessment task. Fantastic preparation for all students and fully differentiated throughout.

A fully differentiated lesson on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that looks at the character of Helena at the end of Act 1 Scene 1. We explore Helena’s use of language within her soliloquy and create analytical paragraphs to explain how she is presented to the audience.

This fully differentiated lesson on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream helps students to explore the different relationships established between the protagonists at the beginning of the play. Students put themselves in Hermia’s shoes before using story mountains and character maps to assess and evaluate the different relationships between the characters. Useful for both younger and older students and ideal Literature exam preparation.

We explore Shakespeare’s The Globe Theatre and think about its layout, its structure, the different sections of the audience and the experience of visiting the theatre during the Elizabethan period. Students use their new knowledge and understanding to write their own diary entries from the viewpoint of a member of the Elizabethan audience. An excellent lesson for studying all Shakespeare texts and a great way of engaging students with historical and social context.

An incredibly detailed scheme of work on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that includes activities and resources for over 26 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), video clips, homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include character, plot, themes, context, structure, genre and more.

Quiz - Christmas Quiz: A fun and accessible English Christmas Quiz with over 20 questions and hidden YouTube surprises. Works on PowerPoint. Questions focus on lessons students have been using to prepare for GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature.

Using the controversial topic of having Christmas every day or not, students work in groups to prepare detailed arguments for one side or the other using writing to argue features. Students are guided on how to lead and be involved in a well structured debate and each person is given a specific role to ensure all students are involved and contributing to the debates. A really useful lesson for the end of the term but also helps students to develop their cohesive arguments, spoken language skills and more. Differentiated throughout.

Looking at AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 from June 2018, students reflect on the strengths and areas to improve in their own answers around the topic of corruption in sport. Students then analyse a model example, pulling it apart based on the mark scheme which allows them to then make further improvements to their own work. Fully differentiated throughout.

A very detailed unseen poetry lesson that looks at two different Christmas poems on the theme of music creating joy during the festive season. The resource helps students to explore Ring Out, Wild Bells by Alfred Tennyson and ‘Music on Christmas Morning’ by Anne Bronte. The session is designed to help students answer AQA English Literature Paper 2 unseen poetry questions but is adaptable for KS3 students as well. Merry Christmas!

A very detailed Christmas unseen poetry lesson that looks at a festive poem and helps students to break down the processes of analysing a poem independently so they build up their analytical skills for looking at new and unseen poems in exam conditions. Fully differentiated throughout.

A festive and fully resourced and differentiated lesson to support students in planning and writing Christmas narratives - excellent preparation for AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 and narrative writing and creative writing skills in general.

We use Valentine’s Day as a stimulus for improving our spoken language skills and our writing to argue skills. Includes differentiated activities to help students improve their arguing techniques, organisation, planning, tone and more. A fantastically detailed and differentiated lesson that can be adapted for other texts and age groups. Useful particularly for KS3 English classes but a lot of fun for KS4 classes preparing for English Language exams too! Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources

A 20 minute Tutor Time Quiz with 4 rounds, which is interactive and runs on Powerpoint. All answers are included and there are hidden YouTube clip commiseration prizes for when you get a question wrong. The quiz can either be played having the answers revealed as you go along, or the board can be paused and the answers read out at the end (you can play either in teams or individually).