PPT identifies key reminders about Romeo's character & outlines all the key scenes Romeo appears in. I got my students to create a poster presentation based on one of the acts and then their small group presented their poster of analysis for that act back to the rest of the class. Suggested things to cover on their poster include: personal impressions of Romeo, key quotations, any patterns of behaviour or changes in behaviour, relationships with other characters. Once all groups had presented their poster (ensuring all groups had covered all the named acts & scenes) I photocopied their work so each child had analysis of Romeo across the whole play. This activity could be easily replicated for other characters. I encouraged them to be as creative as possible - lots of coloured paper, sticking bits on, creating wordles etc. My class liked a bit of creativity after the heavy going of mock exam prep!

I used this to prepare my students for a mock exam. I got students to plan and write their talk, then some to model their ideas on the IWB and as a class we gave feedback on structure and language.

This resource contains enough content for at least 2 lessons, depending on the speed of your learners. There are opportunities for paired and independent work; peer assessment against the (included) criteria and model paragraphs demonstrating excellent paragraphs, that include a range of technical aspects. It has also been updated with the mark scheme for the new Eduqas specification (teaching from 2017).

This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing an article - aimed at KS4 students. Activities include: - reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes; - Discussion of articles, their purpose and who writes/reads them; - Mind-mapping class ideas to structure their own writing; - Model paragraphs - with discussion prompt for how to improve them; -Peer and self-assessment grids. - An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked. This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.

Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare. A complete scheme of work with accompanying Powepoints and printable worksheets.\n\nThere is a scanned copy of the easy version of MSND too - which my Y7 set found really useful to read first to get their heads around the plot. \nThere is an assessment preparation lesson on Puck and the assessment questions on the following PPT, looking at RAF2, 5, and 7. \nThe last PPT (L11) I turned into a Speaking and Listening presentation.

Used to prepare KS4 classes for exam style tasks. There are tasks, options for paired planning and individual writing - model answers also included. Please leave feedback if you find it useful.

A Powerpoint presentation lesson introducing the themes of the A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, getting students to consider their own dreams, and whether they can make a prediction about the plot of this play.

Created for use with KS4 exam preparation. A useful activity, allowing students to identify ways of improving an example of a report, it helps to focus their understand of what is required from this type of task. Could also be adapted for KS3. Please leave feedback if you find it useful.

This PPT was created to aid analysis of the poem for a top set Y9, could be adapted for KS4 - would probably suit bottom end of Y10 too. Feel free to use and adapt - I'd love feedback if you choose to download. Thanks :)

This 35 slide PPT contains approximately 4-5 hours worth of lessons (depending on your class and their pace) analysing ‘Afternoons’ by Philip Larkin. This resource is specifically tailored to the new WJEC/Eduqas Anthology for teaching from September 2015. It would be suitable for analysis for other exam boards, especially for how to approach the ‘unseen’ element of an exam. It covers first impressions, opportunities for detailed language/poetic technique analysis, discussion and analysis about tone, structure, themes and context. Homework and revision opportunities are also built in. Some activities are for individual completion, some pair and group work and a timed essay response towards the end, with student-friendly banded marking criteria for self-assessment. I'm creating resources for each of the poems in the WJEC anthology - some of which I've already uploaded. If you purchase this complete resource, please take the time to leave feedback! Thank you.

This complete resource contains 4-5 lessons worth of preparation work, preparing a narrative that students should be able to adapt/tweak in an exam to fit with unseen titles. The activities included are as follows: - opportunity to create a class success criteria for writing an excellent narrative; - a choice of two different ways of planning their narrative; - a variety of punctuation starters: semi-colons, colons, dashes, brackets and ellipses; - sentence structure (examples of the three types of sentence) and an activity to make students consider how to vary the starts of their sentences; - some peer marking, with specific things to identify; - for weaker students there is a 'checklist' of different elements of writing to include in each of their sections of narrative; - a drama starter activity, before they write their 'main' section of the narrative; - writing time; - mark-scheme & banding at the end of the PPT. There is a 'said is dead' slide, alternatives for replacing 'said' when using direct speech. This could be printed and used as a table-top help card or printed and stuck into exercise books for reference. I've created a 'WOW words' slide that could be used as a group starter activity or completed for homework. In addition to this, there are a couple of slides at the start, which I have used with my students. We revisited their previous narrative, written in exam conditions in a mock. The aim was to show them how by preparing a narrative, they should be able to tweak it and adapt them to suit the unseen titles they'll face in their real exam. These slides may be useful to you when you come to revisit their mock attempt (if not, you can delete!). I've also added a couple of suggestions in the 'notes' section on the PPT slides. I've used it with a Y10 set on the new specification, they seemed to enjoy it and produced encouraging work!

This resource is created with Y9 students in mind, as an introduction to reading and engaging with 19th Century fiction. There are a few introductory slides to introduce students to Gothic Fiction and connotations. Activities included: - introduction to the Gothic genre & connotations; - mixed up statements of the story for students to put into the correct order prior to reading (these can be edited to fewer than I have listed to suit your group). The correct version is also included; -A group drama activity - choosing 5 key points from the timeline activity to freeze-frame; - Class reading activities (differentiated); - Demonstration and consolidation of ideas about 'setting' based on their reading; - Analysis of an extract from the story - 'How does Dickens create tension and drama in this extract?' - Focus on word-level language analysis and techniques used by Dickens; -Opportunities for peer assessment at the end. I've used this with a middle ability group and would suggest 5-6 lessons worth of content. With a more able group, perhaps 4 or 5 lessons. I hope this resource will be useful to you and please feedback if you choose to download. Thanks!

I can't claim credit for some of the work here! I begged and borrowed worksheets from other TES users to put the whole lesson together. There&'s a lot to get through in an hour, I required two in the end. Could be adapted for KS3 also. Please leave feedback if you find it useful.

I created this powerpoint to support the teaching of 'Follower&' for use in a controlled assessment for WJEC. Feel free to use and adapt. Please leave feedback - I find it useful! :)

This resource contains work for a whole lesson based on writing a formal letter - aimed at KS4 students. It provides model paragraphs, which have a clear focus on improving technical accuracy with regards to showcasing how to use ambitious vocabulary, higher level punctuation and sentence structures within their own writing. An editable worksheet has also been included to allow students to write their own response to the task. The PowerPoint also contains a mark scheme for 'Content and Organisation' and 'Sentences Structure, Punctuation and Spelling' which could be used to self or peer mark.

UPDATED with edits mentioned in the review below This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing an informal letter - aimed at KS4 students. Activities include: - reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes; - Discussion of informal letters, their purpose and who writes/reads them; - Mind-mapping class ideas to structure their own writing; - Model paragraphs - with discussion prompts for how to improve them; -Peer and self-assessment grids. - An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked. This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.

Aimed at KS4 this resource contains work for 1-2 lessons, based on writing a review of a film, book, CD, TV programme or gadget. The Powerpoint contains model paragraphs which have a focus on showcasing how to improve technical accuracy within students’ writing e.g. ambitious vocabulary, higher level punctuation and sentence structures. It also contains a mark scheme which identifies the ‘Content and Organisation’ and ‘Sentence Structure, Punctuation and Spelling’ of students’ work; it could be used for self or peer marking. There is also an editable worksheet included, which enables to give their response to the exam question.

This resource contains work for a whole lesson (or two) based on writing a letter of complaint- aimed at KS4 students. Activities include: - reminder of assessment objectives (new spec) and mark schemes; - starter/entry activity (you'll need to source the news clip of Jeremy Corbyn on the train - available on youtube) - Labelling activity for how to format a letter; - Mind-mapping /discussion of issues that may lead to a complaint being made to structure their own writing; - Model paragraphs - with a heavy focus on the SPaG element; -Peer and self-assessment grids. - An additional task has been included at the end for either homework, revision or a in-class timed response that could be peer or teacher-marked. This is tailored to the WJEC/Eduqas mark scheme, assessment objectives could easily be replaced to suit your exam board.

A set of approximately 12 lessons for use with the reading of 'Storm Catchers' by Tim Bowler. Include language analysis of extracts, chapters and characters and has some opportunities for drama freeze framing. There is some preparation for an assessment (impressions question) towards the end. Hope it's useful - my classes love this book!