A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of war in The Soldier by Rupert Brooke and A Wife in London by Thomas Hardy.

A fiction writing lesson that helps pupils identify ways to include the senses in their writing to make it as vivid as possible. Links to the film trailer, a short extract, senses grid and glossary are also included to help with differentiation. My class particularly enjoyed being able to engage with the topic of war in a variety of different ways and some rich whole class discussion prior to the main activity of continuing the narrative proved extremely powerful!

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of faith in London by William Blake and Living Space by Imtiaz Dharker.

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of war in The Manhunt by Simon Armitage, Mametz Wood by Owen Sheers and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen.

A recap lesson of the three AOs (content, language and structure and context) in relation to the theme of power and control in Ozymandias by Percy Shelley and Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes.

A lesson to explore characterisation through an examination of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Lots of opportunities for pupils to share and discuss ideas prior to writing. An extract exploring the dual nature of the infamous protagonist is used to spark discussion and compliment contextual information associated with Victorian Edinburgh. Pupils are then prompted to focus their writing to address some mini success criteria. There is also a worked example as a starting point!

A lesson that explores how to use personification in fiction writing. A short starter activity allows pupils the opportunity to explore various methods of including personification in their writing. Pupils are then given the opportunity to choose from a selection of items to personify. Includes a worked example to help assist pupils. The lesson culminates in a peer assessment activity to reduce teacher marking!

Analysis of all 18 poems from the WJEC poetry anthology. All AOs covered (content, language and structure and context) for each poem. Not all analysis is my own! I have put this onto Show My Homework for all my pupils to help with their revision. This has proven particularly helpful for pupils who may have been absent or are lacking confidence with some of the poems from the selection.

A complete lesson that builds on pupils' ability to compare and contrast characters. A fun and engaging starter that initiates the 'spot the difference' theme of the lesson is followed by analysis of an image depicting Oliver and the parish board. Later the pupils read the accompanying extract and work on demonstrating their ability to select and retrieve key quotations. Students then complete an extended reflection which encourages them to delve into layers of meaning.

An independent lesson where pupils work in small teams to select and retrieve appropriate information from the pick-pocketing scene from chapter 10 of Oliver Twist. Pupils then use this information to create a newspaper report about the incident. All resources included!

A lesson that is ideal to link with any of the ghosts, however, I found it worked particularly well with the introduction of Marley's ghost in stave one. There are lots of opportunities for speaking and listening skills to be developed as pupils explore the Victorians' thoughts on all things supernatural thus addressing A03 (context).

A lesson that focuses on the power of language! The starter activity helps to develop pupils' understanding of the treatment of children to add to their contextual knowledge of the novella (A03). The lesson then develops to explore what makes language powerful by exploring an infamous Charlie Chaplin speech before culminating in a persuasive writing activity that draws heavily upon context (A03). My class particularly loved being able to read their persuasive speeches to the class at an old fashioned lectern! This lesson could be extended over two by completing a speaking and listening feedback session on speeches that are shared with the class.

A lesson that explores the allegorical aspects of the novella in relation to stave one. Lots of opportunities for pupils to engage in speaking and listening activities whilst also exploring the symbolic nature of the characters contained in the opening of the text. From my experience, this lesson has helped pupils to understand the significance of more peripheral characters whilst also allowing them to discuss A03 (context) more confidently.

This lesson focuses on the transition between stave 4 and stave 5. Its main focus is how Scrooge has transformed as a character. Pupils are encouraged to consider the entire text and how they might adjust it for the starter, there is a suggestion of how to select readers using raffle tickets, before pupils are asked to engage in a 'snowball' activity culminating in language analysis. This lesson worked particularly well with a low ability group of year 10s!

This lesson is perfect to consolidate pupils' understanding of the text after they have completed their reading of the entire novella. Pupils are challenged to create an open question to ask Scrooge. They then have to answer a selection of questions from Scrooge's perspective at the start and end of the novella. There are examples of responses students should be aiming for further inspiration!

This lesson focuses on a scene from stave 3 where the Ghost of Christmas Present introduces Scrooge to the entire Cratchit family. Pupils are encouraged to consider their own associations with Christmas, complete a quick fire round of questions that can be used in a speed dating fashion before empathising with one of the Cratchits by completing a diary entry from their perspective.

A lesson focussing on the EDUQAS/WJEC spec where pupils are expected to discuss an extract from A Christmas Carol before 'exploding' it by linking to other parts of the text. This lesson has worked particularly well with a low ability year 10 group to chunk the various stage of approaching the question - forming points based upon the extract, selecting and retrieving evidence and linking to other parts of the novella.

Inspire by Bloom's Taxonomy! A handy pupil friendly Bloom's Taxonomy guide is included to help pupils develop their questioning and can easily be adapted to any section of the text or even another text altogether! I've used this lesson format on a number of different texts and it works every time, saving teacher input and also cutting marking by allowing pupils to respond to their peers' questions!