This is one of the designs of praise postcards used to send out to parents of pupils when they have done well in English.

This is one lesson that I have taken from a whole scheme of lessons. Each poem can be used as an individual lesson, or, if you would like to teach all of the lessons, search for ' Poetry Scheme - 3 Poems - Lesson Miss R' and they should all come up for you to work with. At the end of the unit, there is a reading and writing assessment that involves analysis and creativity too. This lesson covers lionks between the central characters in the poems Hitcher and Stealing.

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.

This is a full lesson with various types of texts in, that ultimately gets pupils to write to describe a photo. Images are not included - you will need to pick some up off google of interesting destinations.

Really simple starter activity for the study of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare- There are 3 quotations ('quotes') for pupils to turn into PEE chains.

This is a film analysis sheet for filling in whilst watching the movie 'Christmas Carol.'

This is the full scheme of work that has been written. This upload is the lesson plans with all resources. I have also created one by one lesson Powerpoints for the scheme, that have all been uploaded separately as 'Death penalty Writing Scheme lesson 1' etc, Written in my NQT year, it will need some updating to include APP criteria and AFL, but it appeals to all learners and has been very very popular over the years; a great starting point and it includes many citizenship strands. Enjoy!

This is part of a full scheme of work - all powerpoints and resources have been uploaded. Powerpoints are all separate uploads, saved by lesson numbers 1,2,3 etc. There are 9 lessons in total. Also uploaded as part of this section are resources. All lessons are saved under 'Nobody Has a Private Life'. This scheme is quite old, and will need some adapting as it was written in my PGCE year. However, it's a good starting point and pupils have very much enjoyed it over the years. Also has strong citizenship links!

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

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

This is a quick activity to introduce the use of the homophone there / they're / their - can be used as a lesson starter or as a literacy across the curriculum initiative.

Cream Cracker Dramatic Monologues lesson This is part of a full series of 6 lessons and resources that have all been uploaded. Each lesson is uploaded as a resource and they are with resources where appropriate. Additional resources have also been uploaded as one upload.

Intro To Shakespeare Full Scheme Of Work- Resources and lessons. This is a full scheme of work aimed at Year 7 for introducing Shakespeare's plays and Macbeth in particular. I have also uploaded all of the resources in one upload as well as the pps separately.

This is a quick activity to introduce the use of the homophone were / where / we're - can be used as a lesson starter or as a literacy across the curriculum initiative.

This is one of several resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of poetry. This is taught to develop pupils comparing skills and would be relevant to the AQA new specification for language and poetry. This particular resource is a lesson that covers Anne Hathaway

This is one of several powerpoint lessons that I have uploaded on the novel Holes by Louis Sacher, ready to teach with it's resources (if aplicable). Although, you will wish to adapt and differentiate for your own class. They can be taught together to reach an assessment outcome but all are suitable as standalone exploratory lessons. This lesson covers the theme of crime and punishment in the novel.

Transitional Writing Lesson A full lesson Pp that goes over how to write in the Gothic style and reminds pupils of conventions of the style.

This is a worksheet used (usually during Readathon week) for pupils to record their reading and their thoughts on what they have read.

This is part of a full scheme of work - all powerpoints and resources have been uploaded. Powerpoints are all separate uploads, saved by lesson numbers 1,2,3 etc. There are 9 lessons in total. Also uploaded as part of this section are resources. All lessons are saved under 'Nobody Has a Private Life'. This scheme is quite old, and will need some adapting as it was written in my PGCE year. However, it's a good starting point and pupils have very much enjoyed it over the years. Also has strong citizenship links!

This is part of a full scheme of work - all uploaded as separate powerpoints, as they are separate resources under the title 'Ballads Full Scheme of Work; Lesson Number' There are up 14 lessons, but the last three are covered by a writing frame as lessons 11 - 14. It's aimed at Key Stage 3 and was written in my PGCE year, so may need some updating and tying into APP criteria to upgrade it, but it's certainly a good starting place.