Do you need a way for students to engage with the big questions of today, such as what brings us true happiness in a world obsessed with money and status? This unit contains everything you need to teach A Christmas Carol at KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills for English Literature, as well as the ability to analyze, evaluate and apply context to your writing. It includes 24 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities to exploit online research. Page numbers refer to the Scholastic Classics Edition. Lesson 1: Character and plot overview Lesson 2: A Victorian Christmas Lesson 3: Context presentations Lesson 4: Performing the play Lesson 5: Our first impressions of Scrooge Lesson 6: Victorian attitudes to the poor Lesson 7: Marley’s ghost Lesson 8: Marley and Scrooge Lesson 9: The Ghost of Christmas Past Lesson 10: Scrooge’s childhood Lesson 11: Victorian employers Lesson 12: Victorian women Lesson 13: The Ghost of Christmas Present Lesson 14: The Cratchits Lesson 15: The struggles of the poor Lesson 16: The lessons Scrooge learns Lesson 17: Ignorance and Want Lesson 18: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Lesson 19: Old Joe’s Shop Lesson 20: Scrooge’s death Lesson 21: Pathetic fallacy Lesson 22: Cyclical structure Lesson 23: Creating character profiles Lesson 24: Writing your own quiz There are also several options for assessment, including how Scrooge changes and the struggles of the poor.

Everything you need to teach AQA Power and Conflict Poetry at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper2 for English Literature. It includes 20 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama and exemplar essays.

Everything you need to teach Unseen Poetry at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper 2 for English Literature. It includes 19 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama and performing poems. Lesson 1: An introduction to unseen poetry Lesson 2: Poetic techniques Lesson 3: Rhyme, rhythm and meter Lesson 4: Reviewing poetic techniques Lesson 5: Mother any distance by Simon Armitage Lesson 6: Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy Lesson 7: Comparing family relationships Lesson 8: Anne Hathaway Lesson 9: Miss Havisham Lesson 10: Comparing marriage Lesson 11: Mid point assessment Lesson 12: On My First Sonne by Ben Jonson Lesson 13: Mid Term Break by Seamus Heaney Lesson 14: Autumn by Alan Bold Lesson 15: Comparing Autumn and Today Lesson 16: Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Lesson 17: Island Man by Grace Nichols Lesson 18: Comparing Blessing and Island Man Lesson 19: What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti

This unit contains everything you need to teach speech writing at KS3. It is solid foundation for AQA Paper 2 for English language and the Spoken Language module at GCSE. The students analyse speeches by Emma Watson, Muhammad Ali, Leonardo DiCaprio, John F Kennedy and more. It includes 14 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar speeches, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama and opportunities to exploit online research. Lesson 1: Sentence structure in JFK’s speeches Lesson 2: How to talk formally Lesson 3: Writing a protest speech Lesson 4: Body language with Malala Jusef Lesson 5: Feminism with Emma Watson Lesson 6: Equality in education Lesson 7: Arguing for or against capital punishment Lesson 8: Defending Derek Bentley Lesson 9: Let him Have It! Lesson 10: Analysing a court case speech Lesson 11: Formal writing Lesson 12: Planning your speech Lesson 13:Writing your speech Lesson 14: Presenting your speech to the class

This unit contains everything you need to teach non-fiction writing (letters, speeches, articles, essays, reviews and leaflets) at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper 1 for English language and teaches the students how to argue, advise and persuade. It includes 23 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson Powerpoints, exemplar answers, newspaper articles, leaflets, essays and speeches. Lesson 1: Introduction to transactional writing Lesson 2: Coronavirus response Lesson 3: How to counter-argue Lesson 4: Tough love Lesson 5: Raising children Lesson 6: Travel Writing Lesson 7: Charity speech Lesson 8: Letter of application Lesson 9: Write your letter of application Lesson 10: Technology Lesson 11: Fame Lesson 12: English teacher application Lesson 13: Health leaflet Lesson 14: Mobile phones Lesson 15: Parents are over-protective Lesson 16: Who would you vote for? Lesson 17: Film censorship essay Lesson 18: Writing your essay Lesson 19: Protecting the countryside Lesson 20: Virgin Atlantic complaint letter Lesson 21: Meghan and Harry Lesson 22: Writing your opinion Lesson 23: Foreign holidays

This scheme of work contains everything you need to teach Narrative Writing at KS4 and will save you hours of preparation! It is focused on AQA Paper 1 for English language but can easily be adapted for other purposes. It includes 23 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson ppts, short stories and extracts, IWB interactive resources, quizzes and activities to exploit drama. Each lesson targets a different area of the mark scheme for the students to master. Lesson 1: An introduction into narrative writing with ‘On the Road’ Lesson 2: How to structure a story using a story mountain Lesson 3: How to write an effective opening Lesson 4: Using connectives Lesson 5: Creating characters with depth Lesson 6: Writing about a party Lesson 7: Focus on punctuation in ‘The Hero’ Lesson 8: Avoiding cliche in “The 100% perfect girl” Lesson 9: Using dialogue Lesson 10: Multiple narrative voices in “Not My Best Side” Lesson 11: Writing a story using a unique voice Lesson 12: Structure in ‘The Fugitive’ Lesson 13: A Day in the Life of a Nobody Lesson 14: Writing a personal response Lesson 15: Creating titles Lesson 16: Expanding and planning Lesson 17: Topic sentences Lesson 18: Openings and endings Lesson 19: Endings Lesson 20: Narratives and dialogue Lesson 21: Opening lines Lesson 22: Creating a sense of place Lesson 23: Show don’t tell

This scheme of work contains everything you need to teach Descriptive Writing at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper 1 for English language. It includes 18 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson ppts, exemplar essays, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, fiction extracts and opportunities to exploit online research. It focuses on tense changes, structure, linking paragraphs, grammar and different approaches to tacking the question. Lesson 1: Using ‘On The Road’ to describe a desert Lesson 2: How to create characters with depth Lesson 3: Describing a beach with sophisticated language Lesson 4: Describing place in ‘Lord of the Rings’ Lesson 5: Describing a funfair with a focus on structure Lesson 6: Writing ‘An Ode to Christmas’ Lesson 7: Changing Narration to Description Lesson 8: Sustain, develop and contrast your paragraphs Lesson 9: Focus on grammar Lesson 10: Using metaphors to describe a school canteen Lesson 11: Describing a playground with a focus on language Lesson 12: Describing an old person with originality Lesson 13: How to choose a question Lesson 14: Describing a mansion with flashbacks Lesson 15: Describing Paris through ‘Perfume’ Lesson 16: Describing a market with ‘Game of Thrones’ Lesson 17: Vocabulary Challenge Lesson 18: Focus on punctuation

A whole scheme of work dedicated to Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Excellent context work for supporting appreciation of Shakespeare using context. It includes an introduction to the Globe, life for men and women, Shakespeare’s family life, Machiavelli and a Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England. Fully resourced with fun facts, quizzes and creative writing opportunities. Lesson 1: Context Lesson 2: Library and online research Lesson 3:The Globe Lesson 4: The Plays Lesson 5: Shakespearean language Lesson 6: Mid term assessment Lesson 7: Designing a movie trailer Lesson 8: Tudor women Lesson 9: John Shakespeare Lesson 10: Designing a theatre Lesson 11: Staging A1S5 of Romeo and Juliet Lesson 12: Machiavelli Lesson 13: The Taming of the Shrew Lesson 14: The Witches in Macbeth Lesson 15: The Tempest Lesson 16: Love poems and sonnets Lesson 17: Origins of English Lesson 18: Elizabethan beliefs Lesson 19: Planning your assessment Lesson 20: Writing your assessment

Bring Titanic to life with this introduction to non-fiction texts at middle school. 16 lessons focusing on evaluating non-fiction texts, opinion writing, evaluating a statement and writing a summary. Fully resourced with ppts, contextual information to illuminate understanding and Interactive White Board activities. Lesson 1: an introduction to Titanic Lesson 2: online research Lesson 3: a timeline of the sinking Lesson 4: newspaper articles Lesson 5: a survivor’s account Lesson 6: radio broadcasts Lesson 7: creating Titanic characters Lesson 8: character profiles Lesson 9: grammar Lesson 10: writing a speech Lesson 11: performing a speech Lesson 12: report writing Lesson 13: evaluating blame Lesson 14: the Titanic quiz Lesson 15: poster lesson Lesson 16: descriptive writing

Are you looking for a fresh and creative way to teach Romeo and Juliet? I recently studied for my Certificate for Teaching Shakespeare at the RSC in Stratford and it has revolutionized the way I teach the bard. This unit contains everything you need to teach Romeo and Juliet at KS3 . It is focused on essay writing skills, analyzing extracts for English Literature and bringing the play to life. It includes 30 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extract analysis and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge Shakespeare edition. Lesson 1: Writing Elizabethan context quizzes Lesson 2: Shakespearean language Lesson 3: The main characters Lesson 4: Acting out the play Lesson 5: Plot and key lines Lesson 6: The prologue and sonnets Lesson 7: Masculinity in A1S1 Lesson 8: Romeo’s masculinity in A1S1 Lesson 9: Our first impressions of Mercutio in A1S4 Lesson 10: Staging A1S5 Lesson 11: Courtly love in A2S2 Lesson 12: Friar Lawrence’s advice in A2S3 Lesson 13: Review of Acts 1-2 Lesson 14: Character discussion and debate Lesson 15: The death of Mercutio in A1S1 Lesson 16: Who is to blame for Mercutio’s death? Lesson 17: Conflict in A3S1 Lesson 18: Juliet’s growing independence in A3S2 Lesson 19: Impressions of Lord Capulet in A3S5 Lesson 20: Act 3 Review Lesson 21: Juliet’s equivocation in A4S1 Lesson 22: Soliloquys in A4S3 Lesson 23: Staging A4S3 Lesson 24: Juliet fakes her death in A4S5 Lesson 25: The role of the Apothecary in A5S1 Lesson 25: Staging A5S3 Lesson 26: The End Lesson 27: The Trial of Friar Lawrence Lesson 28: How Juliet develops as a character Lesson 29: Plan your Juliet assessment Lesson 30: Write your Juliet assessment

Do you want to teach a play that will demystify the language of love and relationships? This unit of work is fantastic for stretching high ability KS3 students. 18 lessons covering the whole of the play, focusing on playwright’s use of language, how the playwright uses structure, creative writing and the effect of staging. It comes fully resourced with PowerPoints, contextual information to illuminate understanding of the text, chapter extracts and IWB activities. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge School Shakespeare Edition. Lesson 1: Elizabethan context quizzes Lesson 2: Shakespearean language Lesson 3: the theatre Lesson 4: act out the play Lesson 5: the soldiers return in A1S1 Lesson 6: the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick in A1S1 Lesson 7: Don John in A1S3 Lesson 8: the masked ball in A2S1 Lesson 9: deception in A2S1 Lesson 10: focus on the villain in A2S2 Lesson 11: focus on Benedick in A2S3 Lesson 12: appearance and reality in A2S3 Lesson 13: review of Acts 1-2 Lesson 14: Beatrice is tricked in A3S1 Lesson 15: Claudio is tricked in A3S2 Lesson 16: the marriage in A4S1 Lesson 17: Beatrice and Benedick in A4S1 Lesson 18: Leanato and Antonio in A5S1 Lesson 19: the ending

Private Peaceful is a fantastic way to teach students about the realties of war, at a time when politicians seek to glorify it. This unit is ideally for Year 7 or mid ability Year 8. 18 lessons covering the whole of the text, focusing on writer’s use of language, how the writer uses structure, character analysis and creative writing opportunities. The unit of work is fully resourced with ppts, contextual information to illuminate understanding of the text, chapter extracts and more. This is perfect for early exam preparation as well as fostering English Literature skills. Page numbers refer to the Harper Collins Edition. Lesson 1: Introduction to WW1 Lesson 2: First day at school Lesson 3: Older brothers Lesson 4: Creating characters Lesson 5: Grandma Wolf Lesson 6: Siblings Lesson 7: Describing a plane crash Lesson 8: Parent-child relationships Lesson 9: Diary Writing Lesson 10: Life in the army Lesson 11: Analysing character motivation Lesson 12: War propaganda Lesson 13: Use of setting Lesson 14: Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen Lesson 15: Describing a gas attack Lesson 16: Letter writing Lesson 17: Assessment Lesson 18: Assessment feedback

This unit works really well with a Year 7 or Year 8 group. They get really excited about the characters, especially The Artful Dodger! The unit consists of 17 lessons covering the whole of the play. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, newspaper articles, character descriptions, extracts and diary entries. The page numbers refer to the Heinemann Edition by Nigel Bryant. Lesson 1: Oliver’s feelings Lesson 2: The workhouse Lesson 3: Mr Bumble Lesson 4: Oliver’s diary Lesson 5: Apprenticeships Lesson 6: Crime and Punishment Lesson 7: Dodger and Fagin Lesson 8: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 9: Mr Brownlow Lesson 10: Creating settings Lesson 11: Designing Fagin’s hideout Lesson 12: Solving the mystery Lesson 13: Nancy Lesson 14: The End Lesson 15: Acting out the play Lesson 16: Writing your assessment Lesson 17: Assessment feedback

This unit contains 20 lessons covering the film ‘Let Him Have It’, focusing on opinion writing, speeches and newspaper articles that discuss capital punishment. It is fully resourced with worksheets, speeches, crime scene sketches and contextual information to illuminate understanding of capital punishment in the 1950s and the Derek Bentley case. This unit of work is an engaging way to prepare for non-fiction writing . It works well in conjunction with the film ‘Let Him Have It’ (1991) . Lesson 1: Attitudes to capital punishment Lesson 2: Crime Lesson 3: A timeline of the warehouse robbery Lesson 4: Witness evidence Lesson 5: Prosecution and defence Lesson 6: Using camera angles Lesson 7: Creating a storyboard Lesson 8: Filming your storyboard Lesson 9: Writing a police report Lesson 10: The Court Case Lesson 11: Bentley’s execution Lesson 12: 1950s culture Lesson 13: Protest songs Lesson 14: Persuasive techniques in a letter Lesson 15: Persuasive techniques in a speech Lesson 16: Creating a protest poster Lesson 17: Writing a defence speech for Craig Lesson 18: Writing a defence speech for Bentley Lesson 19: Planning your assessment speech Lesson 20: Writing your speech

Featherboy is a fantastic text to teach KS3 students about bullying, and the unseen struggles others may be going through. This unit is ideally for Year 7 or a lower ability Year 8, and will save you hours of preparation time! It contains 20 lessons covering the whole of the text, focusing on Robert’s journey from zero to hero. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, bullying articles, newspaper templates and opportunities for drama role play. It also has an assessment essay on Robert’s changes with essay frames and quote quests. This is perfect for early English Literature preparation as well as building English writing skills. Each lesson focuses on a different aspect and chapter of the text. Lesson 1: Use of the fairy tale genre in Featherboy Lesson 2: Characterisation Lesson 3: Finding your own narrative voice Lesson 4: Singer’s use of Robert’s imagination Lesson 5: Use of sound Lesson 6: How to build tension Lesson 7: Drama and the hot seat challenge Lesson 8: Community debates Lesson 9: Precepts and life wisdoms Lesson 10: Writing a dramatic monologue Lesson 11: Bullying Lesson 12: Symbolism of The Firebird Lesson 13: Writing a film script Lesson 14: Using the passive voice in reports Lesson 15: Writing a letter Lesson 16: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 17: Analysing Robert Lesson 18: Singer’s narrative style and voice Lesson 19: The Trial of Jonathan Niker Lesson 20: Assessment

Ideally for Year 8 or low ability Year 9, this unit of work contains 25 lessons covering the whole of the text. It focuses on writer’s use of language, how the writer uses structure, evaluating a statement and creative writing. It comes fully resourced with contextual information, Auschwitz survivor stories, chapter extracts, freeze frame cards and IWB activities. This is perfect to embed the skills needed for GCSE Literature Paper 1 preparation at KS3. Lesson 1: Context Lesson 2: Boyne’s narrative style Lesson 3: Exploring sibling relationships Lesson 4: Descriptive writing Lesson 5: The importance of Bruno’s father Lesson 6: Good and evil Lesson 7: Pavel as a symbol of Jewish struggles Lesson 8: Uniforms Lesson 9: Exploring Lesson 10: Friendships Lesson 11: Bruno and Shmuel Lesson 12: Shmuel’s background Lesson 13: Using inference Lesson 14: Writing a TV script Lesson 15: Lieutenant Kotler Lesson 16: Radicalization and the Hitler Youth Lesson 17: Bruno’s mother Lesson 18: Bruno’s world Lesson 19: Writing the ending Lesson 20: Poetic justice Lesson 21: The end Lesson 22: Interview with John Boyne Lesson 23: Planning your assessment Lesson 24: Writing your assessment Lesson 25: Feedback and improve