A lesson which takes pupils step-by-step through forming ideas for a picture based creative writing task and how to structure their response. Mainly for use with younger year groups or those of lower ability.

***NEW REDUCED PRICE*** A 6 lesson SOW for Year 7 introducing skills required for persuasive, informative and instructive writing through the creation of a Survival Guide Booklet. Although the SOW is 6 lessons long it can take longer if pupils are drafting work in their books before writing up their neat copy for the booklet pages. Their are templates available for the pages in a separate, free download (see my shop). Please note there is also a free download of Lesson 3 (Persuasive Writing 1) available if you would like to take a closer look before committing to the whole scheme.

A lesson aimed to encourage pupils to begin experimenting with structural techniques in order to reach the higher levels in creative writing tasks. This lesson focusses on the use of recurring motifs through the use of lines from nursery rhymes.

A 9 lesson sow. Each lesson has differentiation for lower and higher ability pupils. There is also a strong focus on the use of gothic elements within the short story.

A creative writing piece based around the masked ball in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Can be split over two lessons. Can be used with my R and J sow or as a stand alone.

A revision booklet designed for use with lower ability GCSE classes in preparation for the new specification exams. The booklet aims to narrow down the number of quotes the students will need to memorise while also allowing room for them to make notes on the way characters and themes link to context.

The second in a Year 7 Survival Guide SOW, this lesson explores how to create an author's note page for the survival guide booklet by writing in an informative and interesting way. For more lessons in this SOW please see my shop.

A set of templates to be used with the Survival Guide SOW available from my shop.

A grid based lesson that encourages students to be more independent in their learning by choosing for a bank of tasks to analyse poetry. This resource can be used in many different ways depending on student ability levels - this allows for various levels of differentiation within the same lesson. In this ppt I provide slides themed around exploring poetry linked to the theme of 'lions' (along with two poems which can be used in the lesson) as well as providing slides without any link to lions so that you can use the same resource with any poetry of your choice.

The last in a series of lessons focussed on the fairies. This lesson looks at why Titania gives in to Oberon and what our final opinion of both characters is. See my other resources for the lead up to this lesson.

A lesson on creative writing with inspiring images of a cave and a basic structure of changing the description from positive to negative. Includes a reminder of some important creative writing techniques.

A revision booklet which focuses on key quotes for important characters and themes.

A lesson focussing on the Prince's warning in act 1. two possible versions of the lesson - the main content is the same in both but one focusses on analytic skills while the other focusses on improving creative writing skills.

An introductory lesson to studying ‘The Speckled Band’. This lesson focuses on Doyle’s choice of narrator. There are differentiated slides to convert the lesson for pupils of lower and higher ability.

A lesson to use before studying Macbeth - it encourages students to consider the motives behind murdering the king and the different feelings of the characters. It is also a great activity to use as a speaking and listening piece both for group work and for drama.

A revision guide for use with lower ability sets that covers all the basics of Animal Farm's main characters and their context.

This is the first lesson in a Year 7 SOW developing a Survival Guide booklet. This lesson focuses on how to create a front cover for the booklet which will suit the target audience and purpose. The following lessons in the SOW include writing to persuade, inform, instruct etc. Please see my shop for more lessons from this SOW.

This is a free resource which accompanies a lesson which is available in my shop, see link - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/macbeth-1-1-watching-and-directing-the-witches-11191835