This is a lesson starter to introduce the topic of apostrophes.

This is one of a full unit of lessons that I have uploaded with their resources. You can teach the lessons by themselves and without the others, or feel free to use them all. If you type 'spoken language study Miss R' into a resources search at the top of the screen, they will all come up in a list. This one is a lesson that helps the pupils learn the technical terms that they need.

These lessons help pupils to identify a potential exam question and plan how to answer it. Also added is a list of targets that can be given to pupils after they have attempted the task.

Based on an old DFES scheme of wrok that was designed to build reading skills, this lesson takes time to break down what good readers do - skills based full lesson PP

This is one of a series of lessons/ activities / worksheets that I am uploading on the old AQA anthology poems. The lessons obviously have a comparative strand running through them and there are lessons for all of the poems from Cluster 1 and 2 uploaded as well as lessons that compare two poems or teach how to analyse them / compare them. Obviously no use for the old spec, but entirwely useful for the poetry comparison piece of controlled assesment in the new AQA spec.

This is a full lesson plan on how to write details where you show the reader without directly telling them. I usually embed my resources at the end of the PP, so if there are any to go with this lesson, you are likely to find them after the last slide.

A thinking skills lesson and preparation task for a speaking and listening activity prior to teaching the play - pupils tend to get really engaged in the contextual element of this lesson.

This is the first in my new scheme of lessons designed to help structure the reading of the novel. This features an audio recording from youtube and some analysis of the title and cover.

Harry Potter – Tension & Suspense This is one lesson of several lessons that I have uploaded (with resources if applicable) on the novel harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. All of the lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to teach, although you may wish to adopt them for your own context. This full lesson covers how language choices create feeling and mood.

Teach Romeo and Juliet quotes to your students, as well as vital revision skills, with this ready-to-use interactive Powerpoint Quote Quiz.

Complete lesson resources for study of Courtly Love in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Includes Powerpoint Presentation.

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded for key Stage 3 pupils. The lessons are skills based and all cover war texts - from a variety of different wars. The lessons are contextualised in terms of the war period that the text originates from. The lesson is ready to teach, although you will wish to adapt and differentiate. The other lessons can be used alongside it,, but all are suitable as standalone lessons. This lesson covers the skills of descriptive writing in context.

This is a full lesson pp on the word play that is used by Newspaper Editors - L/O: To appreciate a writer’s use of wordplay to create striking headlines.

This is a simple starter activity that encourages pupils to recap the plot whilst putting the events in order.

A sheet that encourages pupils to explore one o the chapters and write about it from the perpspective of Oliver - can be used in conjunction with all of my other lessons on Dickens and Oliver Twist

An Inspector Calls - This is one of 9 full resources that I use to teach tthe play 'An INspector Calls' all cover different parts of the play and can be used in conjunction with each other or as a standalon. All have been uploaded with the same title. You just need to search for them up to 9. Please note that they may not be in sequence.

A worksheet to help pupils to analyse this poem.

This is a full lesson PP with resources that is ready to teach. it is one of a series that I have uploaded so can be taught in sequence or you can teach each as a standalone lesson as a all have learning points int heir own right. This particular lesson is covers the character of Scrooge.

This is a full lesson powerpoint with resources embedded at the end of it that breaks down writing about an image into separate sections. All resources included and success criteria.

with LOs: To investigate the themes in Of Mice and Men. To analyse the vulnerability of characters in Of Mice and Men.