This is full lesson PP with smple answers and a mark scheme that shows pupils how to tackle the English reading answers to get 5 points.

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

Building on the other resources that I have uploaded for setting up a school magazine, this is a full lesson PP with the L/Os: To practise using punctuation. To understand how magazine covers appeal to different audiences. To plan my own magazine cover for the school magazine.

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.

Women WW1 – Using Sources About Women This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded on the role of women in WW1 for GCSE History pupils. All of the lessons can be taught together, but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. For ease of locating, the title stem is the same: 'Women WW1'. This is a full PowerPoint lesson, ready to teach, but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson shows pupils how to use sources to write an introduction to coursework.

This is a lesson that structures getting the pupils to write a piece that you can assess with APP. Handout also uploaded.

This is a full lesson PP that introduces Oliver Twist to a class. It has character profiles and question sheets and includes whole class reading and team exercises that encourage pupils to share and work as teams to getehr information - encourages competition and engagement with group strategies.

This is a full lesson PP that can be used whole school on enterprise days to get pupils to organise a music event - includes lots of skills work.

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 context of World War 1.

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.

This is one of my staff training pps - I've uploaded lots of them all under the whole school / cpd in school / staff training banner - so, if, like me, you have to organise staff training, you can have a look at all of mine and use them as a springboard. This one is about questioning skills.

This is one of several resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of Pre1914 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 PP that covers the above theme.

Free downloadable teaching resource. Printable flash cards for students to teach them key terms applicable to Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, with particular emphasis on the prologue.

This is one of the many lessons and resources that I have uploaded for the teaching of Macbeth to year 7s working at level 4/5 in English. It's based on an end result of old SATs style type question that can be APP'd. This is a second PP that I;ve used to teach about witchcraft in the 1600s.

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. This lesson is one of serveral that create a scheme of lessons about Victorian Crime but all can operate as standalone lessons and I have uploaded them all with the same title stem for ease of finding. This lesson covers the genre of the criminal character.

This is one of several lessons that i have uploaded from this year 9 scheme. The premise of our year 9 curriculum is that we start to get pupils used to the GCSE controlled assessment model by teaching them the skills that they need to pass Lang and Lit. This scheme covers Media and Non Fiction and More… More… this lesson can be taught alone or with the others. In this lesson, pupils analyse the make up of Newspaper stories, ready for their controlled assessment where they turn the poem of Charlotte Diamond into a broadsheet newspaper article.

I have been tasked with helping teachers to get their practice to consistantly outstanding and this is one of the PPs that I have used to lead the training sessions. This one is all about AFL, Register Challenges and getting the start of the lessons right - full of great ideas but will need adapting for use!

Reality TV – Characteristics of Reality TV Programmes This is a full PowerPoint lesson, ready to teach, but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson explores the different characteristics of the shows