Helpful resource to add to pupils books so that they have it to hand at all times.

A complete lesson plan with Powerpoint resources using the text of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare to model to pupils how to set the scene and write descriptively.

Case Of Murder - 3 lessons exploring the poem 2 This is one of a series of 3 lessons that have been uploaded and build on from one another - the idea is that, in conjunction, they teach exploring poems.

This is the primary part of the Tameside Local Authority Transition Unit that has been designed by an outstanding Literacy Lead, Year 6 teacher. She has kindly shared this with all of the primary schools in Tameside and, as an authority, we are now creating a KS3 unit that all of our secondaries will be using to baseline pupils in reading and writing. The theme is Treasure Island and both units will use this as the stimulus. By the end of this unit, pupils will create two pieces of writing and one piece of reading comprehension that will be sent to their secondary school to their English teacher. The Key Stage 3 unit has now been uploaded and can be found here: https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/primary-to-secondary-transition-unit-treasure-island-part-2-11071733

This is one of many lessons and resources that I have uploaded on Russel's Blood Brothers for the AQA Lit specification. This is a full lesson plan PP with quotes and themes. L/Os: Today’s lesson Objectives: To recognise who delivers quotes and to be able to identify what certain quotes suggest about a character. To be able to link quotes into themes and deliver your ideas in writing.

This is a full powerpoint lessons, ready to teach with any resources that are applicable attached for ease of finding. This lesson covers the langauge features used in a text.

This is a full lesson powerpoint that is ready to teach on the novel Stone Cold. I have uploaded several other lessons that you could use in conjunction with it, but all are good to teach by themselves. This particular lesson covers the theme of homelessness in an exploratory context and has various literacy activities in it.

This is a full lesson PP - ready to teach - although you may wish to change / differentiate to your own context on the above named topic. I've uploaded lots of lessons and some that follow on from each other if you would like to use them all. Each has the same start to the title for ease of finding. This lesson covers the skill of inference and using it in relation to the novel.

Based on the play - this is a spin off for contextual and functional learning - in role, pupils fill in this application form as a character from the play.

I have uploaded 20 lessons in this series in total - each with it's own resources where relevant. Each lesson Powerpoint can be taught as a standalone lesson, or used within the series. These are brand new lessons and they structure the reading of the novel, whilst analysing it. Designed for AQA Literacy specification. This lesson covers reading and analysis of 'Listen and I'll Come To You'

This is one of 6 lessons that i have uploaded with the same title of 'Reading Skills'. This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - designed to teach what prediction skills are in reading.

Titanic Literacy Unit Lesson 3 This is one of the lessons from a unit of work on The Titanic. The unit explores the Titanic and uses this as the context. Pupils learn and engage with it and develop their literacy at the same time. Ideal for Histpry lessons as well as English and targeted at year 7 level 4 learners. There are other lessons that I've uploaded from the same scheme of work.

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 More…in a list. This one is a lesson that shows the pupils how to annotate their script and then how to use that to write about language. I usually embed my resources at the end of the PP, so you are likely to find them after the last slide.

Using images from a football match, this full lesson PP shows pupils images that they can describe to structure their work.

Powerpoint on Macbeth, ready to teach with its printable resources. You may wish to adapt and differentiate for your own class. This olesson covers watching the film and structures pupils' viewing.

Quiz Quiz Trade cards for capital letter work - used to revise as a plenary or starter using Kagan technique QQT.

A complete lesson powerpoint to introduce and analyse the prologue of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Downloadable and ready to use with your class. Adaptable for students' needs.

Inform Explain Describe Travel Writing Lesson PP. This is a full lesson PP on travel writing that uses the Capelo acrynym to teach pupils how to write their own article - tied into KS3 APP framework with AFs but can easily be adapted to KS4 for exam.

This is a mini scheme of work for KS4 English students in which they prepare their own individual contribution about what they would put into room 101. The lessons go through the context of room 101 and then how to structure their speech.

Test and revise students' basic knowledge of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, using this interactive Powerpoint quiz lesson, in the style of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.