This resources contains 4 partially completed essays on the 4 main characters in Lord of the Flies: Simon, Ralph, Jack and Piggy. It is aimed at helping students with structuring their exam responses. It is differentiated depending on the knowledge and ability of the students in your group. In the easier version, students add the inferences for the quotations. In the harder version, students select the quotation and add the inferences to support the topic sentences. There is a helpsheet of quotations to help students complete the harder task. Also contains a lesson on how to write thesis style introductions.

Lesson analysing 12 quotations describing the island in Lord of the Flies. The lesson encourages students to make perceptive inferences about the importance of the island in the novel. I have lots more resources for Lord of the Flies available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12072617 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12593021 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12515512 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12619460 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682935 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12682934 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12119967

A series of 2 lessons which use the elements from Handel’s Zadok the Priest (fanfare, chords, binary and ternary form) as a stimulus for a composition task (original music also provided). All instrumental parts and composition tasks are differentiated and Sibelius files are also provided. PowerPoints for the lessons are available with differentiated and push your thinking tasks.

Differentiated worksheets which summarise the main composition development methods and cover texture, melody, rhythm and harmony.

A document with a summary of the Purcell-Music for a While set work with the main features students need to know for the exam (this is in prose). There are 20 differentiated questions where answers can be found in the text. Lower grade questions ask students to recall musical facts. Higher grade questions require students to analyse and evaluate the musical facts in order to answer questions on context as well (in preparation for AO4 on the essay). Ideal for revision lesson, homework or a cover lesson. Answers are provided.

Comprehension questions for each chapter of Lord of the Flies. Also includes a random generator for revising key quotations.

AQA 2017 Reading Paper 1 - Structured worksheet for the 8 mark question based on a short extract from ‘Tender is the Night’. Includes writing frame. Ideal for helping lower ability students to respond to fiction texts.

A scheme of learning based on the Edexcel GCSE Music set work ‘Music for a While’ by Purcell. These worksheets are based on Flip learning - students do the work at home/independently (this could be to learn the piece or as a revision tool). They then are tested on their knowledge and their score dictates whether they need extra support from the teacher. The set work is split into 4 sections. Each worksheet has differentiated success criteria and all key words are underlined. There is then a test which summarises each section which can be used as a starter or plenary activity and should then dictate whether students know the set work or not. THere is an answer sheet for each question. Following this activity students should also have a fully annotated Purcell score.

A full lesson that prepares students for how to write a speech about the benefits of reading for pleasure. Includes an example and invites students to follow the same 4 part structure.

6 handy tips that are useful for the Macbeth GCSE exam. Also includes a generic writing frame to help students meet the 3 assessment objectives.

A differentiated activity to get students to engage with the grade 8/9 assessment criteria for the new AQA 1-9 English Literature Paper 2 GCSE. Modern texts. Bronze level: students look for the meanings of difficult vocabulary. Silver level: students convert the criteria into student speak. Gold level: students write advice for how to meet the criteria for A01, 2 and 3.

What is the greatest modern invention? Students compare the model examples and then plan their own article about the greatest modern invention.

Full lesson and worksheet on apostrophes.

Worksheet on relative clauses

Handy revision sheet about Eva Smith from An Inspector Calls which looks at 11 key quotations.

Simple but effective lesson. Students practise using a combination of simple, compound and complex sentences within descriptive paragraphs using the power and conflict poems as inspiration for their writing. Students then review their paragraph by exploring the impact of each sentence type. To develop their paragraph further, students can add a wider variety of punctuation by responding to the 3 prompts.

Lesson and worksheet looking at using subordinating conjunctions to create multi-clause sentences.

A lesson aimed at low ability boys which uses the topic of Tyson Fury to teach the skills required for Language Paper 2 Question 4. Rather than use a 19th century text, I chose to use two 21st century texts to provoke the comparison to help build the comparative skills required for this question… Students read two articles about Fury. One was written in 2020 and one in 2015 when Fury was a more controversial figure. They then find quotations and follow a writing frame to compare the writers’ viewpoints about Fury in the two texts. There is also an example grade 6 paragraph to help guide students. I have also added a similar task looking at two contrasting articles about Peppa Pig. This works well with introducing KS3 students to the style of question they will encounter at KS4.

Varying openers and punctuation - 2 simple worksheets that can be easily slotted into writing lessons.