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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
Our Day Out by Willy Russell complete scheme of work for KS3 English students that focuses on English Literature reading skills and literary analysis, useful in preparing students for GCSE English Literature exams, including on the modern text and modern drama.
Currently includes:
Our Day Out introduction lesson
Language analysis - Mrs Kay
Our Day Out context resources
Perspectives and attitudes lesson
Comparing characters, stage directions
Briggs changes and the zoo
Briggs language analysis and conversation with Mrs Kay
Mrs Kay lesson on the students’ futures and context
Tension lesson around Scene 35 (Carol and the cliff)
Ending lesson that explores different ways of ending a play
Structure across the play lesson
Themes revision lesson
13 and 14) Model essay and assessment preparation
Homework pack for six weeks with differentiated activities
Escape room for revision
Creative writing resources
Scheme of work document
AQA Literature New Spec Poetry Paper 2 GCSE COMPLETE bundle (16x 1 hour lessons, with differentiated tasks throughout using the new GCSE numbering system).
This bundle is designed for the New Spec AQA Literature Paper 2 Poetry.
Complete 1 hour, well differentiated lessons, with worksheets where applicable.
Suitable for KS4 or adapted for KS3
Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above.
Includes resources on:
Love’s Philosophy
Porphyria’s Lover
When We Two Parted
Winter Swans
Sonnet 29
Neutral Tones
Letters from Yorkshire
The Farmer’s Bride
Walking Away
Eden Rock
Follower
Mother any distance
Before You Were Mine
Singh Song
Climbing My Grandfather
Knowledge organiser
Comparing poems lesson
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Othello complete scheme of work that includes 15 lesson packs, a six week homework pack with differentiated activities, an escape room for revision and an assessment and planning resource.
Perfect for KS3 English study but easily adaptable for other age groups. Includes differentiated activities, engaging resources and extensive teacher and student notes.
Shakespeare Introduction (Comedy, History, Tragedy)
Othello Introduction (Act 1 Scene 1)
Brabantio, Iago and Roderigo language and context
Desdemona lesson on first meeting her
Language analysis and analytical paragraphs
Iago’s soliloquy analysis and context
Dramatic irony lesson
Iago’s soliloquies and plans
Act 3 lesson exploring language
Act 3 Scene 3 lesson looking at how Othello is manipulated
Act 4 lesson exploring character
Desdemona lesson on Act 4 Scene 3
Act 4 and 5 lesson exploring foreshadowing and imagery
Ending lesson focusing on the end of the play and tragedy as a genre
Writing your own Shakespearean tragedy lesson
Six week homework pack
Assessment and planning resource
Escape room for recapping plot, characters, context and themes
Scheme of work document
Richard III complete scheme of work which includes differentiated and resourced lessons to aid students as they analyse and interpret the fascinating William Shakespeare history play that is Richard III.
Order of lessons:
Shakespeare Intro
Globe Context
Richard Introduction
Act 1 Scene 1
Act 1 Scene 2
Act 1 Scene 4
Act 2 Scene 4 (Machiavelli)
Act 3 Scene 1
Act 3 Scene 3
Act 3 Scene 4
Act 3 Scene 5
Act 3 Scene 5 (Deceiving The Mayor)
Act 3 Scene 7
Act 4 Scene 1 and Act 4 Scene 2 (Language Techniques)
Act 4 Scene 3 (Buckingham)
Act 4 Scene 4 (Queen Elizabeth)
Act 5 Scenes 1, 2, 3 (The End)
Act 5 Scenes 4, 5 (Final Scenes)
Assessment lesson
Full and free SOW document
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War poetry English scheme of work that includes fully differentiated lessons, PowerPoints, worksheets and activities. Includes the following lessons:
War Poetry Introduction - For The Fallen
Remembrance Day Descriptive Writing
The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
The Manhunt by Simon Armitage
The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
At The Bomb Testing Site by William Stafford (Focus on structure)
The Hero by Siegfried Sassoon
War Girls by Jessie Pope
Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon
Language techniques - To His Love
Model Essay lesson
Sorrow of Sarajevo language lesson
Full scheme of work document for six weeks
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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
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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
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
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
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
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 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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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
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
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.
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 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
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
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