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 gets the pupils to have a go at an essay quetsion under timed conditions - as practise for the exam.

This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on The Slave Trade for Key Stage 3 pupils in year 8. 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: ' Slave Trade'. 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 gets pupils to explore sources that relate to the middle passage and asks if the film Amistad is a reliable source.

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.

Manchester – Multicultural Manchester This is a full lesson PowerPoint that is ready to teach (with resources if applicable) – although you will wish to adapt it for your own context – it’s part of a Humanities curriculum that is taught to Year 7 pupils, so covers Geography, History and Literacy skills with lessons that are contextualised around Manchester. There are a series of lessons that I have uploaded. They can be taught as a group, or as a standalone as each is an entire complete lesson. This Lesson’s LO: To understand why people have moved to Manchester

This is everything that you would need to be able to teach the AQA Horror trailer task in the task bank for the moving image task. There is 1 mammoth overall powerpoint that can be constantly referred to but is too much for one lesson. Included here are: templates for all preproduction tasks showing how to do them; tutorials that pupils can run through independently. With the film logos and title screens, save them as jpegs so they can be used in the trailers.

This is a full lesson Powerpoint with a series of interactive tasks that helps pupils to learn about explanation writing.

Germany GCSE History – Wall Street Crash This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on the history of Germany for GCSE 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: 'Germany GCSE History -'. This is a full PowerPoint lesson, ready to teach, and any relevant resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson’s LO: To explain the economic and political effects of the Wall Street Crash using a source of information

This is a PP on the importance of and ideas for engaging starters and plenaries. Suitable for all teaching staff with some great ideas for literacy and numeracy starters to include in lessons - ideal for the new inspection framework.

These are a full set of lessons and resources that I have used to teach Miller's A View From A bridge. All resources are uploaded with the same titel for ease of searching and have been saved under the play name.

This is part of my full scheme of work on the Black Death, that has been taught this year. These are lessons 1-10 and the remaining lessons will be uploaded on the same title stem for ease of finding. Includes lots of games and activities as well as cooperative learning techniques. All resources are with the lessons too - aimed at KS3.

Jack The Ripper – Who Was He? Intro This is a full lesson PowerPoint that is ready to teach (with resources if applicable) – although you will wish to adapt it for your own context – it’s part of a Humanities curriculum that is taught to Year 7 pupils, so covers Geography, History and Literacy skills. There are a series of lessons that I have uploaded. They can be taught as a group, or as a standalone as each is an entire complete lesson. This Lesson’s LO: To gain information about Jack the Ripper from primary and secondary sources

Women WW1 – Did Women’s Lives Improve? 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 explores the idea that women’s lives got better as a result of the war.

These are the second half of the lessons of a scheme of work that I created last year for DNA by Dennis Kelly. It is aimed at a year 9 class, as the idea is that I am starting to prepare them for GCSE Literature. Therefore, the scheme is a mix of analysis and playing with the text too. I've used a variety of ideas to teach it. All lessons are complete lessons in themselves with the resource at the end of the powerpoint, so they are all embedded. You may wish to adapt / cut apart and mix them up.

What do you learn about the eagle in the poem of the same name by Alfred Tennyson? Year 8 mixed ability.

This Macbeth lesson is ready to teach with its resources, although, you may wish to adapt and differentiate for your class. This powerpoint covers the levels of power in the play.

Frankenstein - Useful Quotes Sheet

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 the chapter 'A Packet Of Letters'

This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on the rise of Hitler and Germany under his rule, this one has a focus on the Holocaust. This lesson is for Key Stage 3 pupils; year 9. All of the lessons can be taught together but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. 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 covers Holocaust survivors and their stories alongside the liberation of the camps.

This is anohter one of my training powerpoints that I;ve created about Assertive Mentoring. This one helps to structure to process and guides teachers / staff on what to do.

This is a simple lesson starter / settler to match Simple Synonyms.