This worksheet covers compound sentences. It is ideal for revising this topic with Key Stage 3 classes. This worksheet is the second in a series of three (the other two cover simple and complex sentences) Make a saving! Buy all three sentences worksheets for just £2.50 here.

This worksheet covers simple sentences. It is ideal for revising this topic with Key Stage 3 classes. This worksheet is the first in a series of three (the other two cover compound and complex sentences) Make a saving! Buy all three sentences worksheets for just £2.50 here.

A lesson to help students structure and write an essay on Catherine Earnshaw in the first nine chapters of Wuthering Heights.

Slides to be shared in tutor time which provide information about the Stonewall riots, Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Read and Alan Turing. I shared one slide per day at the beginning of LGBT+ History Month with my tutor group.

A session on climate change. Ideal for Key Stage 3 tutor groups. Students will work in groups to research a particular aspect of climate change and then feedback to the class.

A lesson on Maya Angelou’s poem Caged Bird. The Learning Aim is ‘To analyse the impact of language in a poem.’ It starts by exploring the connotations of the words ‘caged’ and ‘bird’ before moving on to look at the poem itself. The focus is on the presentation of the birds through the use of verbs, but challenge tasks are included which ask students to look at the poem as an extended metaphor of racism in the United States. Students are then asked to write four paragraphs on freedom in the poem.

An A3 worksheet which guides students through the extract of The Prelude which appears in the AQA Poetry Power and Conflict anthology. Three differentiated A3 worksheets on War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy are also available here. These worksheets are available as a bundle for £2.50 or separately for £2 each. War Photographer Worksheet 1 for lower-attaining GCSE students. War Photographer Worksheet 2 for middle-attaining GCSE students. War Photographer Worksheet 3 for higher-attaining GCSE students.

A poetry lesson analysing language and themes in ‘Same Love’ by Macklemore. This is a useful way of engaging students in poetry but also to look at poetry/songs as a form of protest.

An assembly for LGBT+ History Month on the life of Justin Fashanu, the first male player to come out as gay during his career. It also looks at Justin Fashanu Foundation and Stonewall’s campaign Rainbow Laces. It ends by looking at how students can support LGBTQ+ people in sport.

An assembly for LGBT+ History Month which looks at Ru Paul and the drag ballroom scene in New York.

An English lesson for Pride Month. This could also be used at any other time during the academic year! It just specifically mentions Pride and why it is important at the start of the lesson. It looks at an extract of Jeanette Winterson’s autobiography Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and asks students to analyse the language in it. Suitable for higher-attaining KS3 classes or a KS4 class.

An assembly for Pride Month which looks at Demi Lovato, who came out as non-binary. The assembly also discusses pronouns and why they are so important. It ends with several ideas of how to make your school more inclusive for non-binary people.

An assembly which talks about Pride Month and why it is so important. It also looks at the history of the rainbow flag and how to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community. A second assembly for Pride Month is also available - [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12685082] It looks at the professional football Jake Daniels coming out as gay and the importance of this moment.

An assembly which discusses the importance of Jake Daniels coming out as gay. It also mentions the women’s game which has lots of openly gay players. It ends with some ideas on how to make your school more LGBTQ+ inclusive. Two other assemblies for Pride Month are also available - [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12680003] and [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12689088]. It looks at why Pride Month is important, what the rainbow flag is, and how to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community. These assemblies are also available in a bundle - [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2-pride-month-assemblies-12689032].

An assembly for LGBT+ History Month which looks at some key events in the history of LGBT+ movement in the UK, then goes on to look at the significance of the Stonewall riots, and Marsha P. Johnson.

An assembly about RuPaul which gives a brief history of the drag ballroom culture, which RuPaul’s Drag Race originates from.

Two lessons on the first two paragraphs of 1984 by George Orwell. The first lesson is about comprehension of the opening extract (which is included in the resource). The second lesson is on analysing the features of a dystopian society present in the extract. This resource is in a six-page booklet which is ideal to print for or send to students who are working remotely.

This is a lesson on how to answer AQA Literature Paper 1 Section B (A Christmas Carol). It is aimed at lower-attaining students and contains the Assessment Objectives written in a more accessible way. It also includes sentence starters to help students write a paragraph. The question is ‘Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge as an outsider to society?’ This question was taken from the AQA Specimen paper from 2014.

These worksheets are linked to the new Key Stage 2 curriculum and are aimed at Year 6 students. These worksheets are also available separately for £1 each. Make a saving if you buy them together!

A worksheet on War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy designed for GCSE students studying the AQA Power and Conflict anthology. This sheet is aimed at lower-attaining GCSE students. There are two other worksheets available that provide more challenge. It is A3 so there is space for students to annotate. These worksheets are available individually for £1.50 each. You can also buy all three in a bundle for £3. Images created by Resources_by_Emma.