This lesson looks at Boudicca’s speech to her army as reported by the Romans. It focuses on the use of emotional language and what the purpose of using this language is. Space is left for teachers to include their own starter. I have created this lesson as part of a wider scheme of work about the speeches of powerful women through history, but this could work as a stand alone lesson, although learning objectives would need to be altered.

This resource focuses on the first stanza of the Raven. It looks at the rhyming pattern as well as the use of punctuation in the stanza. This lesson is part of a personal SOW, which eventually works towards students comparing two poems: The presentation of the Raven and The Tiger in William Blakes Tyger Tyger.

Simple SOW for three lessons. Introduces Myths and Legends as well as the key terminology for looking at structure in the style of a Question Three for the A.Q.A G.C.S.E Language paper. SOW is part of a longer scheme targeted at lower ability students.

Opening lesson for The Windsinger by William Nicolson. Focus on what a dystopian is and comparison to other YA texts students may have read. Links to history where students consider real life examples of dystopians.

A lesson introducing The Windsinger, explaining what a Dystopia is and linking it to other YA novels. Option for Higher Ability or older students to link it to the world around them. There are spellings for homework included. In terms of SMSC and all that other stuff this lesson covers: SMSC M4, M6,M7, SO4, SP2, SP5, SP8. British Values: Democracy. Rights of the Child: 12, 13, 17,42 This is just something I’m doing for fun. More lessons will be uploaded.

This lesson assumes you have left time for the students to read chapter 12 previously. It looks at Calpurnia and the children's visit to the church. There is an option for discussion about how developed Calpurnia is as a character.

This is just a quick lesson that looks at the links between the last ghost and death. Focus here is on the fear factor of the ghost, which could easily be linked to the fear of death but also the fear of an uncertain future. Please review and comment on how it could be improved if needed

This is a simple resource looking at the Lit question for Christmas Carol. The focus is on how to tackle the first bullet point, referring back to the extract provided. First students start with an example to work through together, using the description of the Ghost of Christmas Present, picking out key word. Then they read through the description of the dance The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to, Finally there is a market place activity leading up to the writing of an essay. Teachers may wish to extend this over two lessons.

This resource is an introduction to the idea of monsters. It could be used as an introduction to either the novel or play adaption. It links to the theme of what makes evil, and how we judge evil.

A lesson looking at the first few paragraphs of a Christmas Carol, focusing on how Dickens describes Scrooge

This presentation looks at the opening scene of Macbeth. In the comments, there is a link to a great Youtube video that compares three versions of the opening scene. Three slides ask questions about the impact of these presentations and get the students to think about how this contributes to the presentations of the witches overall.

A PowerPoint to help students plan a presentation on evil people/deeds. It also gives a very simplified idea of how to create a bibliography.

This is a resource designed to get students to think about the idea of evil. It uses hypothetical and real life cases, and gets students to decide appropriate punishments and opens avenues for discussions about what is evil. It does contain reference to real murders, so it would be advisable for teachers to check suitability for their students, particularly if there has been a bereavement for a student.

A Woosh for the Christmas Carol, with a few key quotes identified. Wrote this with GCSE students in mind.

Suited to KS2 or low ability Year 7. Looks at the conventions of a fairy tale, using Baba Yaga stories. Includes link to animated version of Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Fair. I used this as a build up to an assessment where students had to complete a fairy tale having been given an opening

Students practise extracting evidence and inferring ideas, exploring if the two antagonists in Teachers Dead are truly evil

Is Freedom of speech always a good thing? Lesson Plan and PowerPoint using Teachers Dead to explore the issue

Looks at the roles of men and women and gives students an opportunity to think of gender conventions and explore the connotations of masculine and feminine words.

Following up on previous lesson, with focus on use of connectives

A lesson designed to encourage students to try to relate to characters within the book