This is an 18 slide PowerPoint lesson on W.H. Auden’s poem ‘Refugee Blues’ including contextual information, full annotations, information regarding structure, and differentiated tasks for students to complete in response to the poem in preparation for GCSE. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS3/KS4!

A 15 slide analysis lesson for Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’, better known as ‘Stop all the Clocks’. Suitable for KS3/KS4/KS5 and easily amended for different abilities.

A 12 slide PowerPoint detailing the skills required to complete a successful speaking and listening presentation at GCSE level.

An 11 slide PowerPoint exploring deeper meaning and language/structural techniques for each line in the poem including questions to promote students’ independent learning. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. For AS/A Level Post-2000 poetry

A 30 slide PowerPoint on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet summarising the plot and central characters with the intention that they will create a storyboard for the play. Engaging images to aid students’ memory and for revision purposes!

A 10 slide PowerPoint exploring the key themes and message for each stanza of ‘Poppies’ by Jane Weir with particular focus on the emotional journey of the mother within the poem. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem.

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.

A 17 slide lesson analysing Blake’s ‘London’ - its structure, attitudes and annotation of the poem. Includes a task at the end of students to create a written response to the poem and a checklist for how to approach analysing a poem. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS3/4!

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 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 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.

A 13 slide PowerPoint lesson aiding students in writing mystery stories. With key mystery writing vocabulary and success criteria as well as examples of famous ‘real-life’ mysteries for students to discuss, this is an engaging lesson for KS3 or can be easily amended for other abilities!

This resource includes an information page about Grace Nichols and how her personal experiences as an immigrant and changes in culture have influenced her poetry writing. It also includes a 9 slide PowerPoint guided reading through her poem ‘Island Man’ with thought-provoking questions connecting to the poet and her life.

This is a PowerPoint to accompany the reading of The Black Cat with a ‘horror genre’ language focus. It is suitable for ages 11-16 and allows students to zoom in on specific language employed by Poe. It also includes a quiz on the plot and central characters within the story to concrete understanding of what has been read. More engaging, affordable English resources here! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/rosecoates

A PowerPoint containing the definition of a connective and tasks for students to complete both as a class and independently on using them in sentences and English subject writing. Suitable for primary and secondary ages as well as for a LD or SEN department Literacy tool.

Based on Katherine Braun Mankin’s ‘Gorilla Track’, this lesson advises students on how to approach a question on a non-fiction text requiring you to explain thoughts and feelings of the writer. This 12 slide PowerPoint analyses the text line by line and includes thought-provoking question to promote independent thought. Students then approach the question by themselves with a success criteria checklist.

A 21 slide PowerPoint surrounding Sensory descriptive writing. Includes: Definition of “sensory writing” “imagery” . Exploration of sample sensory writing - focus on linguistic and structural devices employed by the writer. Activity for students to create their own sensory descriptive piece using imagery. Activity for students to peer assess using success criteria. Activity for students to refine their initial description after peer assessment. Reflection and consolidation of learning as plenary exercise.

A suggested structure for extended essay writing in English with a catchy RAINBOW acronym! Suitable for GCSE and AS/A-Level.

A PowerPoint covering the definitions and use of: Homophones Homographs Heteronyms It also covers the importance of good spelling and includes tasks for students to complete. Suitable for primary and secondary ages as well as as a whole school Literacy tool.

For AS/A-LEVEL: Post-2000 Poetry Collection A PowerPoint on Ros Barber's poem 'Material' with full annotation and focus on language and structure as well as key themes, motifs and tone. Also includes some questions for students' own response. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem.