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 show pupils how descriptions are important.

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.

Key Words lesson Starter Germany This is a matching exercise that could be used as a lesson starter. Pupils match the vocabulary to the definition.

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 subject of homelessness in relation to the novel.

This is a series of lessons that I've created for the AQA specification Controlled assessment on Writing. Pupils take apart a series of written texts about Manchester and then try to create their own written piece about the city. The first two lessons and resources are uploaded here in one place so that you can teach them together or separately. The others will be uploaded under the same heading if you want to teach the scheme.

This lesson is a ready to teach powerpoint - you may wish to make slight adaptations to it for your own context - on the different styles of writing that pupils are expected to learn at key stage 3.

This is a handout that supports my uploaded full lesson that breaks down the theory of the 'Hero's Journey' In Blockbuster films. Great for Blockbuster coursework / film analysis.

Autobiography KS3 – Narrative Voice This is one of several lessons that I have uploaded that are about autobiographical writing. The lessons are PowerPoints that are ready to deliver – but you may wish to update them for your own context and they can be taught together or as standalone lessons. This lesson has lesson objectives of: Develop character and voice in their own writing through their understanding of narrative voice and Identify how English varies from region and setting.

This is a full lesson PP that is part of a humanities curriculum covering History and Geography strands. This lesson is ready to teach and can be used as part of the medieval unit that i have uploaded but each is a standalone lesson so can be taught alone. This lesson covers the battle of hastings and gives you an opportunityt o aseess pupil progress

Titanic SOW for Level 2/3 pupils(in KS3) lesson This is one full lesson plan with the pp and resources (if I made them) that is part of a full scheme of work that I have uploaded. There are 18 lessons altoghter and they have all been uploaded separately. In some cases, there is only a lesson plan as I've planned it but not made all the PPs. I will add PPs as I create them. Aimed at year 7 who are below level 4 and utilises lots of Kagan practice.

Titanic SOW for Level 2/3 pupils(in KS3) lesson This is one full lesson plan with the pp and resources (if I made them) that is part of a full scheme of work that I have uploaded. There are 18 lessons altoghter and they have all been uploaded separately. In some cases, there is only a lesson plan as I've planned it but not made all the PPs. I will add PPs as I create them. Aimed at year 7 who are below level 4 and utilises lots of Kagan practice.

With Ofsted's clear focus on literacy, these are a few slides that can be copied and pasted into any full lesson powerpoint in order to build a language starter into your lesson.

2 worksheets that work together - the first asks pupils to tease out what the focus of the assessments are and the 2nd, allows them to build on this and choose a question to answer.

Travel Writing Lesson 2of 2 - This is one of two lessons that lead to the reading assessment on travel writing that I have also uploaded.

Writing To Argue / Reading Texts Lesson This is one of 5 lessons that all follow on from each other about writing to argue. The lessons go through arguments and counter arguments and you can use them for analysis and teaching the required techniques. i use it for transition for year 8 into 9.

12th Night Full lesson and Resources lesson I have uploaded all 10 lessons of this scheme that leads to an analytical essay on the characters of 12th Night. There are poerpoints and resources for each lesson and there are 10 lessons altogether - llok for them by number if you would like to follow and adapt the scheme for yourself. Taught to Year 8 level 4/5

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 comparing Hitcher and Stealing as poems.

Prior to working on the development and concepts of magazines, this lesson gets pupils to extract what they already know.

This is a full lesson powerpoint that structures pupils practising writing crime settings.

Whilst watching music videos, pupils use this worksheet to note the conventions and how they are used.