A nice hour (minimum) lesson on hands in Macbeth.

Analysing Stormzy's 'Blinded by Your Grace' lyrics to understand semantic fields, using the terms 'lexis' and 'lexicon' and allusion.

Thirteen by Tom Hoyle - Mega introduction lesson!

Scannell - Nettles: Poetry response model answers.

Inspirational videos for Year 11 assemblies

2-4 hours worth of lessons on ‘We Ate the Children Last’ short story. Contains the usual recall and retrieval goodness but includes a non-fiction article and the short story attached too (plus link to the engaging short film). Literacy skills of predicting, comprehension, creating a news article, homework task, mini quiz and digging into language methods and effects.

1-2 hours of lessons on There Will Come Soft Rains - analsying and echoing the themes and style of writing to create their own writing skills.

Havisham Poem Carol Ann Duffy Language analysis lesson

Anaphora, Hypophora and Epiphora definition and tasks with music examples. High ability subject terminology.

BUNDLE Research CPD Notes on Effective Learning Environments Secondary PGCE ECT Teaching and Learning

How to use a knowledge organiser BUNDLE for parents, students and teachers

Teaching and Learning Newsletter Journal BUNDLE Models CPD

Exploring transition points and endings through ‘Spies’ English Language GCSE

Exploring Language and Structure through Bring up the Bodies GCSE

Analysing language through The Reluctant Fundamentalist GCSE LANGUAGE

Presenting Places People and Action GCSE LANGUAGE

Model answer Shakespeare Macbeth - Lady Macbeth and ‘look like the innocent flower’. A large, secure paragraph that hits A01,2,3 ready to be metacognitively torn apart for student benefit.

Comparing Exposure to Bayonet Charge - Power and Conflict comparison skills.

Introduction to Diverse Voices - 2 lessons on diversity for English lit - ks3. Walks through definitions, why we need diversity, videos from speakers of the BLM movement and the white privilege video.

1-3 hours worth of Salome Poem World’s Wife Duffy and Method Zoom Skill - working on the lang paper 2 q4 skills. This is part of a two-week introductory SOW for introducing female voices and female representation in literature to year 9 though it is suitable for all ks3 and possibly ks4. Starting with Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife - other lessons available for more World’s Wife poems, Duffy’s Havisham and Rupi Kaur’s Progress. All lessons link with retrieval, recall, specific method and vocab explicit teaching and a variety of engaging tasks and thought-provoking feminist notions. Knowledge organiser is available for this mini SOW too.