1-2 lessons fully analysing the development section of Beethoven’s Sonata in C Minor. Summary grid for students is also attached (also asks them to highlight the difference between Classical and Romantic features - looking forward to Qu 9 of the exam). Differentiated homework task is also included. All pp is differentiated with success criteria and analysis questions encourage students to work independently on the score (all answers are on pp and harder questions are in pink). Part of a set of PP that analyses the whole piece.

PowerPoint single lesson for Mametz Wood by Owen Sheers.

1 lesson fully analysing the recapitulation and coda. All pp is differentiated with success criteria and analysis questions encourage students to work independently on the score (all answers are on pp and harder questions are in pink). Part of a set of PP analysing the whole piece with homework tasks.

1 lesson fully analysing the introduction of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in C Minor. A differentiated homework task is also available focused on students comparing Beethoven to another piece (Qu 9 on the exam). All pp is differentiated with success criteria and analysis questions encourage students to work independently on the score (all answers are on pp and harder questions are in pink). Part of a set of pps analysing the full work with homework tasks.

A series of lessons based around producing a piece of creative writing inspired by images of Hiroshima. All lessons include differentiation and learning objectives. There is also a model response to annotate. Also includes a lesson that looks at high grade exemplars of a lighthouse description.

6 lessons building towards an assessment comparing two literary texts: Touching the Void and Red Dust by Ma Jian. Focus on the author’s perspectives on survival. Lots of differentiated embedded into the lessons. Lessona 1 and 2. Analyse Red Dust Lessons 3 and 4. Analyse Touching the Void Lesson 5. Prepare for comparative assessment through the learning journey. Lesson 6. Complete assessment

A lesson aimed an understanding and analysing the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. Originally aimed at a relatively low ability group but there are extension tasks on the main activity to stretch the more able. There is a further optional extension worksheet attached.

A series of 4 lessons which explores the rooms of the Titanic through music. Students are introduced to the upper deck, casino, engine room and ballroom for which they must create the music. There are differentiated success criteria (4 levels of differentiation) and a glossary describing all of the music terminology in the success criteria. A pp with room descriptions and tasks is also included.

Cards linking to listening, appraising or understanding music which can be used to push the best students when completing a task. They should select a card (which are general so can suit any scheme of work) and complete it on the graffiti sheet provided. Often this makes students think differently or makes them extend their other musical skills other than simply performance or composition.

A detailed 19 slide lesson analysing the character of Piggy. Includes detailed inferences for several key Piggy quotations and also includes advice and model paragraphs for how to write an introduction and conclusion for answering the following exam-style question: How far does Golding present Piggy as a character with useful and important ideas in Lord of the Flies? Write about: • what Piggy says and does that can be seen as useful and important • how far Golding presents Piggy as a character with useful and important ideas. Also includes a full length grade 9 exemplar response.

This lesson helps students write the introduction to a persuasive speech for a Year 8/9 assembly on which subject to take at GCSE. Includes a differentiated starter, model examples and a review task within a 4 page student booklet.

A prompt sheet to help students to peer assess poetry comparisons against the marking criteria. I have used this with the AQA Power and Conflict poems; however, it can easily be adapted for other specifications.

This lesson was inspired by the AQA 2018 English Language Paper 1 Question 5. Students were asked to describe the face of an old man. To help students improve their description, I have created a bank of 275 words that students can use to add precision to their descriptions.

Example high level comparison of War Photographer and Exposure. Save money by purchasing as part of a bundle of grade 9 responses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-grade-9-model-essays-12213236 Or buy my full power and conflict bundle also containing lessons and various revision activities: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-bundle-2018-11881499

Writing frame for comparing Storm on the Island and Exposure (AQA Power and Conflict). The AQA style exam question is as follows: Compare the ways the poets in Storm on the Island and one other poem (Exposure) present conflict with nature.

A grid of key quotations from Stave 2, a model example and a success criteria. Students analyse the quotations which have the biggest impact on Scrooge.

40 questions on Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol. Useful to set after reading the Stave to check understanding. Includes 8 extension questions based around A03 to develop understanding of context and Dickens’ purpose. Also includes a revision PowerPoint guiding students on how to make a mind map to revise the key quotations from the Stave.

A lesson for exploring Storm on the Island in the Power and Conflict AQA anthology. Step 1: Students use the hint questions to prompt them to gain an independent understanding of the poem. Step 2: Read through the answer and complete. Step 3: Questions to test understanding of new annotations. Step 4: Review by creating thesis statement about Heaney’s purpose.

PowerPoint revising theme and character quotations. Each quotation is click activated so you can go through them one by one after first giving students a chance to select and explaining quotations themselves. Covers 4 themes: Don’t trust the supernatural Don’t trust appearances Ambition is toxic Guilt is inescapable and covers 3 characters Macbeth Lady Macbeth Banquo

Comprehension questions on Stave 4 of A Christmas Carol.