A series of clue cards that describe different authors - who's coming to dinner? Good lesson starter.

The Monkey's Paw - Full lesson PP Lesson This is one lesson of 8 separate Powerpoints that compile a Key Stage 3 scheme of work that leads to an assessment that can be leveled on The Monkey's Paw. All of the lessons have been uploaded separately under the same title as above.

L/Os: To revise the skills that you need to use when attempting the reading paper. To understand exactly what questions want you to do.

This is a full lesson (but it is likely to span over two) that uses the Edexcel specimen material for the new GCSE Language (2017) with the extract for Little Women - I have uploaded the specimen material for ease with this material. You can get the students to sit the paper and then go through the lesson with them afterwards, showing them what they should have done OR use the lesson to deconstruct a first go at the paper. This is perfect in preparation for the exam as revision or to introduce the format of the exam to the students.

This is a 64 slide powerpoint that breaks down the whole of GCSE Language Paper 1 section A, and guides students through a series of activities that show them how to tackle to the paper. It can be used for a revision booster session before the exam or taken apart and split into several lessons. All resources are at the end of the ppt. This is pitched to help students move from lower grades into solid grade 5.

This is a 47 slide powerpoint that breaks down the whole of the reading section for AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 section A, and guides students through a series of activities that show them how to tackle to the paper. It can be used for a revision booster session before the exam or taken apart and split into several lessons. All resources are at the end of the ppt. This is pitched to help students to move to Grade 4/5 criteria.

Book Cover Analysis Worksheet This is a form that I use to analyse the covers of books so that Pupils can read before reading.

This is a series of 4 lessons put together to help students to understand how to perform at level 4 in the reading section of AQA GCSE Language Paper 1. Taught to students with Grade 6 targets, these lessons are pitched with the minimum expectation of achieving Grade 5 but they are differentiated upwards to ensure that the top level criteria (level 4 for 8/9) is introduced and deconstructed. There are stretch and challenge tasks in each lesson as well as specific differentiation strategies to secure scaffolding for students that need in-class intervention. All of the resources for each lesson are on the last slides of the ppt.

Poetry Scheme of Work AQA Cluster 2 poems Lesson This is a series of 10 lessons that, although using all of the poems from Cluster 2, can be used with any year group to teach analysis of poems - and could even be used as prep for the unseen poem in the new Lit spec. This is a series of 10 lessons uploaded separately.

AQA New Spec Comparing Poetry Scheme lesson This is one fuly self contained lesson (with resources enclosed) of a scheme of work of 15 lessons that compare the poems Presents From My Aunts with Hurricane Hits England. It's for teaching on the new English specification question on comparing poems from other cultures.

This is a full unit of work that: Guides a full class reading of the text Embeds language analysis throughout Embeds examplar paragraphs and practise of analytical and critical writing throughout Covers the historical period at the outset so that it can be constantly referred to Really helps students to understand the text and how to take a text apart, so builds the skills that KS3 students need for GCSE. I have uploaded PDFs of this material for free on the TES and they can all be found on these links below so, if you’re happy with them as PDFs and / or would like to look at the quality fo the resource, please do locate the free versions. You will see that they have all been highly rated by colleagues. However, all of the resources here are fully editable powerpoints, so that they can be adapted and differentiated as you require. Links to PDFs: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/of-mice-and-men-full-scheme-lessons-1-5-6310423 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/of-mice-and-men-full-scheme-lessons-6-14-6310426 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/of-mice-and-men-full-scheme-lessons-15-6310428

This is a series of lessons to help prepare students for the AQA Lit question on An Inspector Calls (new spec 2017 exam). All lessons presume that the play has been read and studied and these are purely to help revise key themes and to detail to students exactly how they need to write a response - pitched at that is from Grade 4 to Grade 9 - there are two sets of lessons and they are differentiated. The first ppt. picks out key themes and encourages a framework for students to revise the key themes in the play on their own or by themselves. i.e they skim read looking for quotes. The other ppt.s (differentiated versions - one is 4-7; the other is 5-9) show students how to write effectively about the play whilst hitting the mark scheme. Students are given copies of the generic AQA mark scheme that they break down and use to help them to understand how to succeed. They also mark sample answers / WAGOLLs for success against the markscheme to help their understanding of how to write their own. There are example answers - never seen before, created by me with a formula for how to write responses to highest grades. Best to teach the Revision lesson, followed by the TEE lesson, then let students answer the exam style question. In the next two lessons, then reteach HOW to shape and answer and introduce MAD (Make a Difference) Time - showing and reminding students exactly what they should have done. Also included is a really useful quote sheet for AIC to help students to learn key quotes.

This is a GCSE booster session for the more able students that will take approximately 2 1/2 hours to deliver (2 if some of the work is given as flip learning - i.e the first tasks). It is a full powerpoint that uses all of the techniques that AQA are suggesting will help candidates to get to the 8s and 9s. It is set up, ready to be delivered and the resource booklet is also included at the end of the ppt. Aswith all of my sessions, tasks and instructions are clear and embedded so that it can be delivered as it stands. This is the first in a series of booster sessions that is targeting the more able and the others will rely on the techniques shown in this one for them to be successful. The session delivers exam technique and how to write the exam style question - it does not reteach content at all. There are WAGOLLs throughout an the focus is on a critical style of writing, references and what subject terminology is. This session could also be adapted to train teachers who are teaching top sets in GCSE Lit. Success Criteria: To know the criteria for level 6 responses (Grade 8 and 9). To understand what ‘going in and out’ of the extract means. To know how to analyse key words / phrases to Grade 8 / 9 standard. To understand the difference between quotes and references. To understand what subject terminology is. To better understand what a critical writing style is.

In this lesson, the class watches some clips from the documentary that represents people from Manchester and then they debate the questions that follow. A good little filler lesson.

This is another one of the Roger Hurn lessons. Based on the story of Hook, which has also been uploaded by Roger himself. It's a reading lesson that works on skills of prediction.

This English Target Card is designed specifically for KS3 pupils.

This is the start of a reading scheme for a top ability year 9 set who I started Lord Of The Flies with. It's incomplete as I was pulled off the class and put on year 11 intervention but it&'s a good starting point for anyone that would like to read it for enjoyment with a class.

This lesson is designed to help pupils understand how persuasive techniques can help them throughout their time in school / life.\nThere are a series of ways for them to learn the techniques with active and kagan learning strategies. The lesson was designed to span a full morning - so may ned to be chunked into 2 or 3 smaller sizes for use.

These are lessons from a scheme that I uploaded a couple of years ago but they have been updated to include more Kagan techniques and independent learning strategies. A scheme that pupils really enjoy too.

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 about Marley's ghost.