A selection of Worksheet activities to go along with the teaching of Oliver Twist. These have been made for lower sets to engage and challenge them. Brilliant for last lesson on a Friday, homework or recall.

This is a resource of 8 LESSONS aimed at my lower ability year 7 group (can also be used for year 8) focusing on context during the time of William Shakespeare. Resources attached along with videos attached to the powerpoint.

This is a full SOW for ‘Our Day Out’. I have struggled to find resources for this play as i don’t think many schools teach it at KS3. I have created this SOW for a bottom set 5 class with SEN needs. This has lessons focusing on language, inference, structure along with creative writing tasks and homeworks.

4 lessons created to looking at the character of Lady Macbeth. Created for lower ability groups/SEN/PP Supporting students through creative activities and quotation explosions

Full set of lessons with annotated poem, assessment and recall quizzes throughout. Printable worksheets for lower ability and homeworks. Easily adaptable to change the questions for the group that you teach.

Set of 6 lessons focusing on the poem London with recall quizzes, homework/assessment worksheet and annotated poem. Can be used for a top set and also adapt easily for lower sets.

Set of 5 lessons designed for middle to top set (easily adaptable for lower sets) to support them in their end of year assessment. Last lesson is focusing on speech writing. Resources: Extracts, Worksheets, links etc

Set of lessons built to build confidence in year 8/9 for the GCSE Language Paper 2. This has a crime focus to boost boys engagement and attention. This worked really well and several of the boys improved in their end of year assessment.

I have created a workbook which is for Year 7 and potentially Year 8 to build on their skills towards the GCSE Language Paper 1. I have used Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games as texts to engage the readers. This can be used for all sets but can also be adapted more for SEN.

Lesson focusing on the contrast in characters between Fred and Scrooge within the opening of Stave One. Lesson work through to support lower ability groups.

A set of 5 lessons focusing on the Language Paper 1 skills, language and structure along with a Q5 on speech writing. Have used to lower ability year 8 but this has been adapted to support the whole of my English department. Easily adaptable.

Set of 3 lessons going through the poem ‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker Working through the poem through a series of questions and activities.

A lesson looking at the poem London creating an essay response to a key question. Model answer WHY break down

Creative language lesson built to build confidence focusing on the fairground. This links in with the play Our Day Out.

A lesson focusing on the structure of a diary entry writing from the viewpoint of a groundling in Elizabethan England. This works nicely alongside any Shakespeare texts you are studying.

Lessons created for bottom set year 9 class to work alongside An Inspector Calls.

Lesson to build on descriptive and creative writing using the senses. Videos used for visual aid. Videos embedded but links on powerpoint if they don’t work. Useful for last lesson on a friday or end of term . Easy to use for virtual learning.

Creative and narrative writing lesson focusing on skills for Language Paper 1 Easily adaptable for different abilities.

A creative writing lessons like my other ones with a halloween/gothic theme. Used for bottom sets but can be adapted for high ability.