4 extracts from To Kill a Mockingbird each with a challenging question investigating the impact of language features.

Good lesson to use with Year 7 to get them to identify language and presentational features in a holiday brochure. Includes PowerPoint, worksheet, starter activity, objectives and a writing task with writing frame.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL EXAM QUESTION PREDICTIONS - planning sheets with extracts

A lesson aimed at getting lower ability students to use more ambitious vocabulary. Students think of synonyms for ‘nice’ and ‘bad’ and then use the words to write a positive and negative holiday postcard. The main task where students redraft and improve the model paragraphs is differentiated. Tough: Students replace the boring adjective with better choices. Tougher: Students also replace the boring ‘The’ sentence starts. Toughest: Students change the structure of the sentences and add in similes and a full range of punctuation.

A whole scheme of work based on Defying Gravity analysis. It includes extra questions asking students to summarise learning as you analyse the piece - possible answers are provided. Homework examples are also included. All pps include differentiated success criteria and extension questions for target grade 8/9 (all answers are on the pp and harder questions are in pink). PPs break down the piece into manageable chunks for each lesson. A glossary and worksheets are included where necessary.

Lesson 1 introduces the poem Hawk Roosting and prepares students for an exam style question using the writing frame. Lesson 2 includes a writing frame to help compare how power is presented in Ozymandias and Hawk Roosting.

4 lessons analysing the importance of Act 2 in Romeo and Juliet with accompanying worksheets. Lesson 1: Learning journey on Romeo’s monologue at the start of Act 2 Scene 2 Lesson 2: Analysing Romeo and Juliet’s conversation in Act 2 Scene 2 Lesson 3: Is the Friar right to agree to the marriage in Act 2 Scene 3 Lesson 4: Summary lesson covering Act 2 Scenes 4, 5 and 6.

Students analyse the openings to famous novels. There is also a match-up activity to help them develop explanations.

Differentiated lesson looking at an extract from Chapter 5 of Frankenstein - when the creature comes to life. For higher ability there is a PowerPoint with annotations and model exemplars to stretch the more able. For lower ability students there is a structured worksheet: Task 1: Draw images to demonstrate understanding. Task 2: Find the meaning of difficult words. Task 3: Find contrasting phrases of beauty and ugliness in the poem. Task 4: Plan some PEE paragraphs. Task 5: Write up an analytical answer.

A Christmas Carol comprehension questions on Stave 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. It is differentiated; there are various forms of questions on each Stave to allow you to tailor it to suit students of different abilities. It is useful to accompany a first reading of the novel in class or to encourage a second reading of the novel for homework.

Contains resources to help students answer the following exam style response: How does Steinbeck create sympathy for Lennie in Of Mice and Men.

Various comprehension worksheets to develop an understanding of the 3 parts of the book.

Two comprehension worksheets analysing the language in the following two soliloquies: Juliet in Act 4 Scene 3 Romeo in Act 5 Scene 3.

Differentiated sentence starts to guide students through an exam style to the following question: How is Scrooge presented as a character lacking in humanity? Also includes: A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist. A01: What is the meaning of the quotation? A02: What is the impact of words/methods? A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation? Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it. Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.

Lots of schools have literacy mats but this is perhaps the most visually engaging one on the internet. This double-sided whole school literacy mat offers literacy support for students in a highly visual, colourful and engaging way. The literacy mat covers the following areas: Vocabulary across various subject areas (geography, history, science, the arts, RS, PE, Business Studies, ICT, technology) Connectives Openers for PEE chains Punctuation reminders Common mistakes Apostrophes Sentence types TipTop Paragraphs

Worksheets with questions and extracts to help explore how Shakespeare presents Juliet as an unconventional woman. Students will be expected to explore how… In Act 1 Scene 3 her rebellion is passive and implicit and shown through her vague answers to Lady Capulet’s questions. In Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 2 Scene 2 her rebellion is more implicit and is shown through her love for Romeo. There are also comprehension questions based on what is a conventional Elizabethan woman.

A listening test full of classical music to be used as a end of topic assessment for KS3. Musical language is used throughout.

Differentiated film music motifs for the piano both 1 and 2 hands (with and without notes). Guitar tab also provided for some. Motifs are either in the horror, fantasy or romantic genre. There is also powerpoint slides which include instructions and push your thinking ideas. Sibelius files are also provided. Differentiated listening questions are also provided in the genres listed above. Analysis of some motifs is provided with musical language to stretch the most able.

A series of 3 lessons which focus on the key aspects (textures and other musical features) which can be found in Baroque and Classical Music. There is an element of theoretical knowledge and then putting these ideas into practice through composition. The final lesson asks students to react to feedback for either the Baroque or Classical style they have composed. All tasks are differentiated with success criteria and worksheets are attached so students can save their notes for composition and revision.