A table for students to complete which scaffolds an essay about the presentation of Scrooge in Staves 1 and 2. An answer sheet for the teacher is included.

Aimed at a Key Stage 3 group, the first activity requires students to match Shakespearean English with modern English. They then need to find the appropriate quotation to support a series of points provided. A detailed model body paragraph is provided and student need to then write their own.

A detailed lesson to scaffold writing an essay about Scrooge’s relationship with money. The lesson includes: A copy of the essay question An annotated copy of the essay question (for teacher) A table for students to scaffold their body paragraph A teacher version of said table (which contains some answers) A PowerPoint that contains guidance on how to create a thesis, introduction, body paragraph and conclusion. A model intro, body paragraph and conclusion.

A fully-resourced, detailed SOW designed for Key Stage 3 and focused on allusions. There are 12 lessons in total. Each one links to a Biblical or classical tale. There are multiple model paragraphs provided (What-How-Why-Extend) and video links to keep students engaged. All extracts are included.

A GCSE lesson to scaffold an essay on the presentation of Mr Birling in Act 1. It contains a full PowerPoint, a scaffolding table for students to complete, and a model intro / body paragraph / conclusion.

A lesson analysing Malcolm X’s ‘Ballot or the Bullet’ speech. It was initially designed for a very high ability Year 7 group but could be adapted for Year 8 or Year 9. The detailed PowerPoint visits polysyndeton, anaphora and antithesis.

A detailed, double-sided A3 theme table that covers all of the key information for ‘A Christmas Carol’. It’s well-received by students. It contains key context, significant quotes, and analytical comments.

A lesson designed for just before the class commence the play. It talks through some key dates, the class structure, and ends with a creative writing task.

A detailed PowerPoint (and resources) to scaffold an essay on the theme of men and women in the play. Included within the lesson: A context quiz which covers some of the key parts of AO3 A scaffolded essay table for high ability students An alternative version for lower ability pupils A teacher version containing detailed recommended answers A model introduction and conclusion.

A PowerPoint lesson that goes through foreshadowing and dramatic irony in Mr Birling’s speech at the start of Act 1. A detailed model paragraph is included.

Designed for the beginning of Act 2, this worksheet is a series of tables in which students write quotations and comments to assess their first impressions of each character.

A KS3 Scheme of Work to cover Aristotle’s three strands of rhetoric. This was originally designed for Year 9 but has since been used with Years 7 and 8 as well. Each lesson goes through a famous speech and analyses in relation to ethos, pathos and logos. Lessons are fully-resourced and easy for the teacher to follow.

A series of 5 overview sheets, each one covering an Act of Othello. The students complete them to amalgamate the key ideas, quotations, and aspects of character-development that take place across the play. I provided them as homework but they could also be a classroom activity.

An A3 summary sheet designed for GCSE students to revise Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’.

An A Level SOW to teach Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’. It is designed to prepare students to write an NEA essay, and to be ready to teach. Each section has comprehension or extract questions. The starters are on Othello.

A copy of the inspector’s final speech in J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. Contains key questions for students to answer. It is designed to guide students’ own annotations of the speech.

A fully-resourced ‘Romeo and Juliet’ scheme of work for Year 9 (although easily adapted for a high ability Year 8 group).n The scheme includes: A powerpoint for each key section of the play. A variety of activities including: reading and analytical work; creative writing tasks; drama; group and individual tasks; annotating, etc. Model paragraphs (on slides). (NOTE: -The page references are in accordance with the Oxford School Shakespeare Edition. -The film is the 1968 version. -This is a Key Stage 3 SOW, not for KS4.)

A lesson to scaffold an answer to AQA Paper 1, Question 5 (creative writing). It begins with a slide to prepare for AO6 (punctuation and grammar). There is a slide of different methods to help students to make create an original answer. The PowerPoint then talks through how to plan and write an answer. Finally, there is an alternative picture. (The lesson was designed initially for 1 lesson, but the final slide could extend into 2.) A model answer is included also.

A collection of 4 lessons on creative writing, designed for AQA’s GCSE specification. The lessons aim to give the students a structure and outline an approach to answering this question. A model plan with an example answer is included.