This scheme of work is aimed at KS3, building up the skills needed for OCR's English Literature New Spec GCSE. This presentation includes 5 whole lessons. These lessons look at The Yellow Wallpaper, focusing on language analysis skills (AO2) and building in historical context (AO3), specifically looking at feminism in the late 1800s. Full copies of the text are available for free online - which I printed off for pupils to use alongside this scheme.

These two lessons focus on introducing the skills needed for the OCR English Literature (new spec). I focus on word level analysis and identifying language features.

This lesson focuses on the characterisation of Beatrice and Benedick with a focus on word level analysis. Suitable for the 2016/17 OCR English Literature New Specification. This is a Smart Doc file.

This ppt contains rules and 24 debating prompts, along with a timer. This is intended for speed debating in a speed dating style, with pairs of students faced opposite each other. The teacher decides which side is agreeing and which side is disagreeing and then students have 3 minutes to debate. I usually then open up the topic to the class to have a whole room debate, but that’s up to you. Some controversial topics included, to be used at your discretion depending on the personality and ability of your class. Easily modifiable format for you to include your own topics. I originally used this with a top set year 11 class with lots of second language learners. Could be used for first language or second language learners, depending on ability.

This scheme of work is aimed at KS3, building up the skills needed for OCR's English Literature New Spec GCSE. This presentation includes 3 whole lessons. I have taken extracts from Victorian literature, focusing on language analysis skills (AO2) and building in historical context (AO3).

This booklet enables pupils to write a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, scaffolding the process along the way. I encourage pupils to think about setting, costume and character, and how this might alter as we bring the play into a different era.

This booklet guides pupils through the skills needed to achieve highly for AO2 marks on the OCR English Literature GCSE (new spec). Pupils will look in detail at several key scenes and are guided through using accurate subject terminology, word level analysis and language analysis. The booklet contains around five lessons and concludes with a short exam.

Three PowerPoints for CIE English as a First Language, guiding students through an assessment Q1 and Q2. Third PowerPoint is a review lesson, looking over common mistakes my students made. Hope it’s of some use to any teachers out there as I know CIE First Language resources are spare on TES. Included is a feedback sheet, three powerpoints and the exam question paper, mark scheme & insert.

These two lessons focus on introducing the skills needed for the OCR English Literature (new spec). Here I look at the poem 'Hawk Roosting'. I focus on identifying and analysing enjambment and semantic fields.

This worksheet designed for my EAL students who were bordering between second language English and first language IGCSE English courses for Holes, looking at the Sam/Katherine chapter. The worksheets would be suitable for any students studying Holes, but especially those with EAL needs, special needs or who need a little extra support. Activities include: Comprehension Vocabulary Language analysis short questions Letter writing Speaking activities Review writing This is a free resource, not claiming to be the best ever made, so if you find these useful, please do leave a good review :)

These worksheets were designed for my EAL students who were bordering between second language English and first language IGCSE English courses for The Hunger Games, from chapters 1-18 (not beyond that). The worksheets would be suitable for any students studying The Hunger Games, but especially those with EAL needs, special needs or who need a little extra support. Activities include: Vocabulary Comprehension Listening (you’ll need a copy of the film but I put time stamps in there) Language analysis short questions Letter writing Notemaking Speaking activities This is a free resource, not claiming to be the best ever made, so if you find these useful, please do leave a good review :)

This is a Powerpoint lesson, model paragraph and worksheets for The Snow Child by Angela Carter.

This lesson contains a Powerpoint that analyses Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare. Detailed and comprehensive.

This lesson teaches different sentences structures that can be used to make narrative writing more varied, complex and interesting.

This lesson reviews the English names for common punctuation marks, how they are used and ends with students writing a short descriptive paragraph using these different punctuation marks.

This lesson is a step-by-step guide for writing personficiation for ESL, EAL or SEN students. Particularly this was made for Chinese students, but it can act as a guide for any other language (just use Google translate!). For a larger class with multiple language needs, this will also be a great resource.

This Powerpoint lesson introduces students to the five-point narrative structure. The lesson has a listening task, discussions, group activity and a video task - optional to either analyse the plot structure of Cinderella or The Bodyguard (BBC), dependent on the ability of your group. Inside, there are two versions of the same PPT, one differentiated for ESL/EAL students, specifically Chinese students.

This is a Powerpoint lesson differentiated for ESL/EAL/SEN students to teach them how to write similes step-by-step. Tried and tested. This lesson was originally designed for Chinese speakers learning English, so I left in some of the Chinese (it’s minimal and easily deleted, or you can translate into your student’s native language using google translate for some translanguaging!)

NEW MUSIC QUIZ FOR 2022-23: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12785021 This fun music quiz has 70 questions all with song clips from 2021-22 chart toppers. This includes a PowerPoint with clips and answers, a student answer sheet and a teacher answer sheet. Artists included (amongst many others!): Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Lil Naz X, Lizzo, Harry Styles, Owl City, The Weeknd, BTS, BLACKPINK, Billie Eilish, Adele, Ariana Grande… Preview video here: https://youtu.be/ohRGaNDU2r4 The rounds all contain ten questions with clips: Pop music (1) - recent chart toppers Two second belters - two seconds of a famous artist singing Finish the lyrics - song clip that cuts off before a crucial lyric, can students fill in the gap? Kpop - recent Kpop hits Guess the year - chart toppers from the 2010s, can students guess from a choice of three possible years when the song was released? 8 Bit - 2021 hits turned into 8 bit (polyphonic ringtone style) songs Pop (2) - ten more recent chart toppers