Unit including: full text by slide with full glossary questions for discussion ranging from low to high- ability on each slide longer tasks based on Literature and Language skills Word of the Day linked to the text and recall questions Language Paper 2 on the representation of Father Christmas over the years. I made this unit for a KS4 class who are familiar with the story, but have not yet looked at the text in any great detail. It is designed to prepare them for the GCSE Literature examination (AQA). They struggle with the vocabulary and so I have created a glossary for every single part of the text (which took absolutely ages!). The whole text is shown on these slides, enabling a teacher to use the slides as a standalone with groups, set the reading of it as for homework as a download, print off extracts from the Gutenberg copy of the text to annotate in class, or follow with their own copy. You could also use an audio version of the text to read it for you, as it is completely unabridged. Each slide comes with questions for that particular section of the text, ranging from very easy (bronze), language and structure focused (amber) and social and historical focused (yellow). I have designed these questions to develop the skills required for their Literature GCSE and also the skills required for their Language GCSE (Recall, Language, Structure, Response to Statements). These questions could be used for class discussion or you could actually get students to write the answers to the questions on some slides as class work or complete for homework. For each unit of the text, there is a task. You may want to interchange these with exam questions that have either been published by the exam boards or which have been produced by other TES authors. There are some excellent questions available for use on the TES resources pages. I have added some writing to describe and argue tasks, as well as a Paper2 Language Style paper on Santa Clause throughout the years. Best wishes, Lindsey

A series of lessons based on the Brighton Rock Specimen Assessment Materials from AQA. The student booklet should be used with the Powerpoint lessons, which explains how to attain a Grade 4 and beyond, good examples of student work and clear explanations of the components required in student responses to each question. Very useful as an introduction to the Paper 1 or as a revision unit. Includes words of the day and recall questions. Videos of me teaching these lessons can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9q_xc22DRvPTEY3sGyH8ug

Twelve completely differentiated and resourced lessons that cover the skills and knowledge required for the new style GCSE and are suitable for students at any secondary level and for any class reader. They include aims and objectives that are drawn directly from the new GCSE specifications and have a choice of three tasks for each lesson according to ability, followed by a reflection activity. These PowerPoint led lessons are completely ready to go and need no further work, leaving you with nothing to plan for twelve lessons at least - then the resources could easily be adapted to allow the unit to incorporate more investigation, analysis and application of the devices covered using the existing slides as a template for further lessons. These are also ideal observation lessons. The lessons explore a range of word, sentence and structural devices, allowing students to explore the device and then spot this in their own class reader, completing a task appropriate to their level after each reading. A free sample lesson from the pack is available at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/foreshadowing-lesson-link-to-any-text-11347750 The following devices and skills are covered: Social and Historical Context Investigations (x2) Identifying Foreshadowing and Effect Identifying Narrative Hooks Narrative Hooks in Practice Sentence Structures Relative Clauses Commenting upon Relative Clauses and Sentence Lengths Identifying Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia in Practice Identifying and Using Plosives Identifying Anaphora

This fully differentiated lesson, with support and challenge sheets, teaches students how to identify and employ onomatopoeia.

This fully differentiated lesson teaches students how to identify, explore the effect of and employ plosives.

This fully differentiated lesson teaches students to identify, explore the effect of and employ sibilance.

This lesson asks students to create their own spinner to use in future creative writing lessons. The spinner would be best printed on card.

This lesson teaches students about anaphora through identification in examples and exploration of the effect. The tasks are fully differentiated to bronze, silver and gold levels, with support and challenge sheets included.

Inspire your students by having them compete against each other in teams for house points or prizes. This Powerpoint requires students to work in teams and work together to answer each question. They should have one whiteboard and pen per team - the team captain should present their answer when asked. This is easily enough for a one hour lesson, but most probably enough for two hours.

A range of lessons that cover simple, compound and complex sentences and lists in order to help under-attaining students grasp sentence control. The unit takes students through the different types of sentences, explaining how they are constructed and securing knowledge through a range of application tasks. Suitable for 7 - 16 years, but especially useful for students working below their levels due to poor sentence control. I used these with Years 7-9 to good effect. The lessons are suitable for whole class or small group work with a TA (laptop or screen must be available to view the slides.)

Game instructions: Use counters as Tiddlywinks. When you land on a space, you must say explain: Which poem it is from, a meaning or idea that is inferred by the quote, a device used in the quote and its effect. For a bonus point, compare it to another quote on the game board (poetry) or explain the context (Macbeth). Bronze – 1 point Silver – 2 points Gold – 3 points If you pass, the person on your left or your opponent may attempt your turn an d claim the points. Anyone in the team may attempt the bonus comparison point after the turn has been played. This resource needs to be printed on A3 paper.

This writing mat, which should be printed on A3 couble sided and laminated for future use, has all the methods listed in DAFOREST around the edge of the page with examples. These devices are coloured coded (bronze for easy, silver for more difficult and gold for higher ability.) Use them as a guide to encourage students to include persuasive devices in their own writing, or use to support the annotation of texts by other writers. There is a space in the middle of the mat for students to place paper or they could practice writing phrases on the mats with whiteboard pens if the sheets are laminated. A handy planning grid is also provided, along with a writing to persuade lesson, ready made for you to trial your new resources.

This PowerPoint contains 87 key quotes from Macbeth for display around the classroom or school, for sorting into order or simply for displaying and discussing. There are far more quotes than you need, allowing you to choose the quotes that are important for your class.

This is another lesson that helps students create an effective piece of writing using the DADWAVERS structure, but also incorporating different elements of sentence structures such as embedded clauses and fronted adverbials. The lesson includes a timer on the spinning wheel slides, encouraging students wo work quickly. Suitable for writing portfolio lessons at KS2 and all the way to exam preparation at GCSE level.

This session explains what is required of students in the final section of AQA Literature Paper 2. It incorporates an activity advised at the AQA Hub Meeting, where students work in groups to produce a poster based on a poem displayed on the wall - however, only one student is allowed to visit the poem at a time. The student should then bring back key words, images, methods, etc., to add to the poster. The posters are then presented to the class, or if in a bigger group, to another group of students. This effectively conveys the message that all responses are appropriate and that everyone can access a poem in some way. This could be run in a Hall with multiple students, in a classroom or as small group intervention. Th second part of the lesson covers the comparison question, making sure that students understand to only write about methods. It includes a writing frame and modelled examples using the AQA endorsed structure of ‘both, both, however’. This lesson could easily be repeated again and again with different poems.

Here is a lesson I created to explain the subjunctive form. The lesson requires students to make a poster at the end of the lesson, or you could have them creating a short drama using the subjunctive sentence starters displayed on the Powerpoint.

This lesson is the most efficient way I’ve ever found to teach students how to answer the structure question. It teaches students exactly how to explain the effects of structure, useful subject terminology and what the examiner is looking for. It is delivered through experiential learning, where the class write a class text following my prompts and then analyse this piece of work for structural choices. It is a very easy but effective way to deliver the key messages. You will need a big sheet of paper to display the class story, another whiteboard or you could use another Powerpoint or word slide and flip between the two (not the best option, but could be done). It naturally leads on to students writing their own stories that have conscious structural choices, which they can then analyse. I have also included two texts that could be analysed are free extracts of stories on lovereading.com Please leave me some feedback to let me know how you got on with it. Lindsey

This is a resource I developed which aims to guide students through the production of a piece of work that contains most elements required in the English Language GCSE exam (Paper 1 for AQA). Let me know if you give it a go and what the results are. If you find it successful, we could even produce a webpage showcasing the results.

A lesson that identifies and explores foreshadowing, followed by an opportunity to read a class text and look for examples of foreshadowing. The final task is differentiated and links closely to the demands of the new GCSE spec, so would be useful for both KS3 and KS4. The lesson is concluded with a reflection activity. This lesson is part of a 12 lesson bundle for sale on TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/class-reader-generic-lessons-x-12-bundle-set-1-analysing-the-author-s-craft-11347361 The current TES system won't allow thumbnails of the Powerpoints, but all of the lessons are of this standard.

A paper that looks at a Guardian report of a recent peaceful gathering of crowds to protest about pollution and a description of attending a hanging by Charles Dickens. Very topical in light of yesterday’s march the People’s Vote and news footage could be viewed to give students some context and to engage the in an initial debate.