A 14 slide PowerPoint on sensory descriptive gore writing, selecting effective vocabulary and describing in detail while avoiding cliched horror writing. Includes model gory paragraph and opportunity for peer assessment! (nothing too horrific, don’t worry!)

An Ofsted graded 'Outstanding' lesson on the opening chapter of TRASH by Andy Mulligan. This lesson encourages students to work independently, exploring language employed by the writer.

A 20 slide PowerPoint exploring Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Standing Female Nude’ - key themes, language and structure with thought-provoking questions for students to respond. Also includes a poetry study checklist and advice on how to approach reading a poem. Suitable for GCSE, AS level/A-level!

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.

An 18 slide PowerPoint exploring William Wordsworth’s ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’, better known as ‘The Daffodils’. Suitable for KS3-KS5!

A 15 minute assembly on Internet Safety exploring facts and statistics behind child internet safety and ways to prevent cyber bullying. Includes how to report cyber bullying on key social media sites and general internet safety tips for children! Suitable for all ages!

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!

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!

198 slide Unit of Work on John Boyne's novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'. This pack includes 17 lessons and 1 bonus lesson analysing book covers! Lessons are also colour coordinated with Hyperlink Contents Page for ease of access! Includes: Bonus Lesson – Analysing Book Covers Lesson 1 – Context Lesson 2 – John Boyne – Getting to know the Author Lesson 3 – Key Characters Lesson 4 – Setting Lesson 5 – Through the Window Lesson 6 – Clothing as a theme Lesson 7 – The relationship between Bruno & Shmuel Lesson 8 – Division and Distance (The Fence Imagery and Symbolism) Lesson 9 – Storyboarding Lesson Lesson 10 – Key Scenes Roleplay Lesson Lesson 11 - Key Quotes Revision Lesson 12 – PEA practice Lesson 13 - Understanding an essay question and Planning Response Lesson 14 – Writing an essay Lesson 15 – Peer assessment & Understanding the Success Criteria Lesson 16 – The Importance of Redrafting Lesson 17 – Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Quiz All lessons help students to deduce, infer and analyse language in depth. Also includes how to structure an essay and advice with redrafting. Engaging, easily adaptable and educational for KS3 and KS4!

A 10-15 minute assembly on Peer Pressure, definitions of positive and negative peer pressure, scenarios for students to assess and includes a more specific model scenario for students to give advice on. Also includes advice on how to deal with peer pressure and to say no. Easily adaptable for tutor time! Suitable for all ages!

A beautiful 10-15 minute (17 slide) assembly on Summer, its holidays and natural events. It is a fun and engaging Summer assembly with thought provoking questions and is easily adaptable for tutor-time. Suitable for all ages!

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.

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!

An 11 slide PowerPoint on Moniza Alvi’s poem ‘An Unknown Girl’, it explores the poet’s background, includes full annotation and differentiated questions for students to respond to the poem. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS3 and KS4!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.