A lesson based on Roald Dahl’s descriptive passage on Mrs Pratchett from his autobiography ‘Boy’. Activities on identifying descriptive techniques in the passage, writing about them and then also employing descriptive devices in your own writing. KS3 Year 7/8

A 12 slide lesson on the changing role of women in WWII as well as focus on propaganda and the Land Army. Ends in tasks for pupils to consider the role of women during the war and their return to ‘domestic duties’ once the war-effort was over. KS3 - supports contextual learning for English Literature lessons.

20 question quiz on Literary techniques in English - linguistic and strutural techniques (year7) KS3 appropriate.

FREE! Handout detailing the ingredients for analytical writing at KS3/KS4!

A lesson introducing analytical writing with questions on Andy Mulligan’s ‘Trash’, model paragraphs and success criteria. Also includes ingredients sheet for PEE style analysis and a vocab sheet for the text.

An introductory lesson to Andy Mulligan’s book ‘Trash’ - Includes a vocabulary list to help students describe both the setting of the text and the central character of Raphael. Lesson opens with a ‘Thunk’ activity but includes an alternative starter activity. Easily accessible for KS3 and both engaging and challenging - easily editable and can be adapted for different levels of challenge.

An analysis lesson for Imtiaz Dharker’s famous poem ‘Tissue’. Includes differentiated tasks and full annotations. Also includes a poetry analysis checklist and revision material for how to analyse a poem. Easily adaptable, challenging and engaging for pupils of KS3 and KS4!

A 16 slide KS3 lesson on constructing PEA to analyse the poem ‘Albert & the Lion’ by Mariott Edgar. Easily adaptable and fun for younger students/lower sets!

A 33 slide lesson on Persuasive writing using DAFOREST TECHNIQUES, asking students to identify persuasive techniques within a model paragraphs and create their own persuasive text before assessing. Easily editable and adaptable but ideally suited to KS3-KS4. Also included, all related resources.

A 40x40 letter wordsearch for the following adjectives (HARD): ADORABLE ADVENTUROUS AGGRESSIVE ALERT ATTRACTIVE AVERAGE BEAUTIFUL BLUEEYED BLOODY BLUSHING BRIGHT CLEAN CLEAR CLOUDY COLOURFUL CROWDED CUTE DARK DRAB DISTINCT DULL ELEGANT EXCITED FANCY FILTHY ANGRY ANNOYED ANXIOUS ARROGANT ASHAMED AWFUL BAD BEWILDERED BLACK BLUE BORED CLUMSY COMBATIVE CONDEMNED CONFUSED CRAZY CREEPY CRUEL DANGEROUS DEFEATED DEFIANT DEPRESSED DISGUSTED DISTURBED DIZZY EMBARRASSED ENVIOUS EVIL FIERCE FOOLISH FRANTIC FRIGHTENED HAPPY HEALTHY HELPFUL HILARIOUS JOLLY JOYOUS KIND LIVELY LOVELY LUCKY NICE OBEDIENT PERFECT PLEASANT PROUD RELIEVED SILLY SMILING SPLENDID SUCCESSFUL THANKFUL THOUGHTFUL VICTORIOUS VIVACIOUS WITTY WONDERFUL ZEALOUS ZANY

A standalone Literacy mini scheme of work (10 lessons) with topics of: 1) Introduction to using a word bank 2) Adjectives & Adverbs 3) 5 senses 4) Sentence types 5) Story Openings 6) Narrative Perspective 7)Punctuating for effect 8) Writing from a springboard text 9)Showing not telling 10)Writing to grade criteria This SOW does not provide powerpoints or external resources but all extracts are within the Word document itself for students to use. Easily adaptable and accessible for students of differing ability.

A detailed 19 slide PowerPoint lesson on dramatic devices employed by J.B. Priestley within 'An Inspector Calls. Includes a list of dramatic devices within the play as well as tasks for students to identify and analyse devices independently. Lesson ends in questions for students to respond to using a P.E.A. structure (colour coded for difficulty).

Key Quotes for the central characters within J.B. Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

A detailed 12 slide PowerPoint Context Lesson for J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ - includes challenging and differentiated questions for students on the political message behind the play as well as information on Priestley’s own life and moral/political perspectives.

A 21 slide detailed character analysis lesson for 'An Inspector Calls' by J.B. Priestley. This lesson encourages students to closely analyse Priestley's characters, his intentions as a socialist playwright, the role of key characters within the play and their relationships with one another. Also includes a key quotes sheet for key characters.

A 14 slide PowerPoint lesson with corresponding resources on the poem ‘The Kiss’ by Siegfried Sassoon. Includes information on the poet himself, analysis of tone, structure and language within the poem and a stanza by stanza annotation. Also includes differentiated learning objectives and questions to promote students’ independent study. -includes the poem itself and key poetic devices resources for students to improve their analytical skill.

An 18 slide PowerPoint lesson with corresponding resources on the poem ‘Give’ by Simon Armitage. Includes information on the poet himself, analysis of tone, structure and language within the poem and a stanza by stanza annotation. Also includes differentiated learning objectives and questions to promote students’ independent study. -includes the poem itself and key poetic devices resources for students to improve their analytical skill.

A 12 slide lesson on Louis Macneice’s poem ‘Prayer before Birth’ with line by line annotation, and analysis of linguistic and structural features employed by the poet. Also includes a poetry analysis checklist for students to complete, questions to promote student response and a how-to on analysing an unseen poem. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS3/KS4!

An analysis lesson of Marcia Douglas’ poem ‘Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom’. Includes line by line annotation and discussion opportunities surrounding the genre of Magical Realism. Also includes a model response to an analysis question on personification and an ‘over to you’ opportunity for independent student response to the poem. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS3/KS4!