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 Blood Brothers at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper 2 for English Literature. It includes 18 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 Metheun Drama Edition edited by Jim Mulligan.

This Literacy Support unit has been created to support students’ spelling and grammar at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills needed to be successful at KS3. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Using capital letters Lesson 2: Writing a summary Lesson 3: Improving your vocabulary Lesson 4: Similes and metaphors Lesson 5: Using persuasive devices Lesson 6: Writing to argue

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3. Each unit of work is specialised to target a specific area of the KS3 curriculum such as writing to persuade, advise and argue. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Creating characters with depth Lesson 2: Writing to argue Lesson 3: Writing a film review Lesson 4: Writing a letter of complaint Lesson 5: How to structure a story Lesson 6: Writing to advise

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to help students who need extra support at KS3 with their grammar. It gives an overview of the skills needed to access the curriculum. Each lesson is specialised to target a specific area such as grammar, language or context. This unit works well with small support groups and comes with an easy-to-follow workbook. Lesson 1: Using apostrophes Lesson 2: Being ambitious with vocabulary Lesson 3: Describing an alien planet Lesson 4: Using your imagination Lesson 5: Narrative hooks Lesson 6: Punctuation Lesson 7: Holiday writing

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3. This unit of work is specialised to target travel articles and diaries, with both reading and writing skills, and works well with small support groups.

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3 with Shakespearean language. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as the writer’s use of language and structure, an introduction to famous plays and extract analysis. Each unit of work comes with 7 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: How to embed context Lesson 2: Attitudes in Taming of the Shrew Lesson 3: Analysing staging on Othello Lesson 4: Form, rhythm and rhyme in Sonnet 130 Lesson 5: Rhythm in Macbeth Lesson 6: Forming a hypothesis in Hamlet Lesson 7: Analysing persuasive devices in Henry V

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3 with Victorian Literature. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as writer’s use of language and structure, extract analysis and embedding context. There is a workbook for the students to use alongside the lesson PowerPoints. Lesson 1: How to create characters with depth Lesson 2: Narrative Voice in Sherlock Holmes Lesson 3: Planning and writing a detective story Lesson 4: How the writer creates mood and atmosphere in Hard Times Lesson 5: Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times Lesson 6: Victorian context webquest Lesson 7: The Ghosts in Christmas Carol

This Literacy Support unit has been created to support students who need extra help at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as creating characters and structuring stories. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens Lesson 2: Creating an original voice Lesson 3: How writers set the scene Lesson 4: Zooming in and out in descriptive writing Lesson 5: Using metaphor and similes Lesson 6: Creating original characters

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support with poetry at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes needed, such as writer’s use of language and voice, poetic techniques and rhythm. Each unit of work comes with 6 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Poetic techniques Lesson 2: Synonyms in Autumn by John Keats Lesson 3: Rhythm in Sonny’s Lettah by Linton Kwesi Johnson Lesson 4: Voice in Hitcher by Simon Armitage Lesson 5: Style in Kid by Simon Armitage Lesson 6: Originality in Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3 with Romeo and Juliet. It gives an overview of the skills and themes needed to access Shakespeare. Each unit of work is specialised to target a specific area of the KS3 curriculum such as Shakespearean language and context. Each unit of work comes with 8 lessons and an easy to follow workbook. This unit works well with small support groups. Lesson 1: Accessing Shakespeare’s language Lesson 2: Costume design Lesson 3: Plot and key quotes Lesson 4: Exploring parent and child relationships Lesson 5: Writing a magazine article on the Capulet Ball Lesson 6: Evaluating who is to blame Lesson 7: Plot quiz Lesson 8: Grammar

Everything you need to revise Jane Eyre at KS5. This unit includes 8 revision lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, extracts and critical articles. The lessons cover character and theme questions. Page numbers refer to the World Classics edition. Lesson 1: Oppression Lesson 2: Essay Writing Lesson 3: Religion Lesson 4: Integrating context Lesson 5: Integrating critics Lesson 6: Love Lesson 7: Freedom Lesson 8: Essay feedback

This Literacy Support scheme of work has been created to support students who need extra support at KS3. It gives an overview of the skills and themes often taught at KS3, such as writer’s use of language and structure, how to open a story, narrative tenses and scanning for detail. It contains a workbook for students to work thought alongside the lesson PowerPoints. Lesson 1: Unique voice in Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens Lesson 2: Creative writing using a unique voice Lesson 3: How to write an effective opening Lesson 4: Verb changes in Angels and Demons by Dan Brown Lesson 5: Skimming and Scanning Lesson 6: Show don’t tell Lesson 7: How to create characters Lesson 8: How to start your descriptive sentences

This unit contains everything you need to teach Owen Sheer’s Pink Mist at IB level. It includes 22 lessons and worksheets to help guide the students through the text, investigating Sheer’s use of Bristol as a setting, context, dramatic techniques and the use of several narrative viewpoints. It also includes non fiction work on the British Army Recruitment Campaign “This is Confidence”, which serves well as a comparative body of work for their Individual Oral. The page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber Edition. Lesson 1: Introduction to the IB Lesson 2: Pink Mist Research Lesson 3: Army Recruitment Adverts Lesson 4: Mametz Wood Lesson 5: After Before Lesson 6: After Before Revision Lesson 7: Had’s Story Lesson 8: Remains Lesson 9: Taff’s Story Lesson 10: Pink Mist Analysis Lesson 11: Arthur’s Story Lesson 12: Home to Roost Lesson 13: Chapter Presentations Lesson 14: Review Lesson 15: Banksy Lesson 16: Past Paper and Exemplar Lesson 17: Ronn Cobb Cartoons Lesson 18: Army Poster Lesson 19: Adverts Presentation Lesson 20: This is Confidence Lesson 21: Violence Article Lesson 22: Cartoon and UN Leaflet

Do you want to study a novel that teaches students about both the allure and the dangers of gangs? This unit of work works well with mid to high ability Year 8 or 9 students, and could serve as a basic introduction to the American Literature canon. It comes resourced with PowerPoints, worksheets, contextual information, IWB activities, character analysis, opportunities for creative writing and ideas for an assessment. Lesson 1: Gang culture Lesson 2: How Hinton creates character Lesson 3: Hinton’s use of stereotypes Lesson 4: How writers build tension Lesson 5: The Socs and The Greasers Lesson 6: Using inference Lesson 7: Narrative perspective Lesson 8: Robert Frost “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Lesson 9: Analysing the character of Ponyboy Lesson 10: Writing a newspaper article Lesson 11: Dual narratives Lesson 12: Use of foreshadowing to build tension Lesson 13: Building tension in “The Rumble” Lesson 14: Character foils: Jonny and Dally Lesson 15: Analysing the character of Ponyboy Lesson 16: Formal speeches in The Courtroom

Everything you need to teach Coraline at KS3. This 16 lesson unit has been designed as a read through the text, with a focus on evaluating a statement, and includes an assessment on how Gaiman creates tension. It is fully resourced with extracts, quizzes, assessments and worksheets. Lesson 1: Gothic Horror Lesson 2: C1 Setting the scene Lesson 3: C2 Foreshadowing Lesson 4: C3 Alternative realities Lesson 5: C4 How Gaiman creates characters Lesson 6: C5 Evaluating Coraline Lesson 7: C6 What is bravery? Lesson 8:C7 Interpreting clues Lesson 9: C8 The children in the mirror Lesson 10: C9 How Gaiman creates mystery Lesson 11: C10 Horror and Mystery Lesson 12: C11 The Final Battle Lesson 13: C12-13 Evaluating the Ending Lesson 14: Planning the assessment Lesson 15: Writing the assessment Lesson 16: The Film

These feedback sheets really help students to target areas of weakness without relying on the teacher. Each sheet has been designed for the students to carry out their own corrections once you have given them a target. Each sheet includes an explanation of what the target means, how to achieve it in their own work, a sample paragraph containing a successful example and a list of dos and don’ts. Reading Targets A: how to deepen your explanations B: how to select and use quotes effectively C: how to skillfully embed historical context D: how to comment on language techniques E: how to keep your answer relevant F: how to improve your knowledge of the text G: how to write analytical paragraphs H: how to compare two texts I: how to write an introduction J: how to write a conclusion K: how to plan an essay L: how to annotate an extract M: how to explore different interpretations N: how to analyse form and structure O: how to comment on poet’s use of meter P: how to write a conceptualised response Writing Targets A: using paragraphs and discourse markers B: how to correct your punctuation C: using figurative language D: varying your sentence types E: fixing grammar issues F: appealing to your audience G: focus on purpose H: using the 5 senses I: improving your vocabulary J: correcting your tenses K: how to plan your writing L: how to brainstorm your ideas M: how to structure your writing effectively N: how to begin and end your writing

This unit contains everything you need to teach Greta Thunberg Speeches. It works well balanced with with Rime of the Ancient Mariner, so the students can discuss ecological arguments in their Individual Oral. The unit opens with 5 famous speeches so the students can learn and use the required terminology. It is then followed by 7 IB specific lessons, focusing on how to analyse a speech. This unit could also be used for Higher Level Students. Lesson 1: JFK Lesson 2: Leonardo DiCaprio’s speech at the UN Lesson 3: Muhammad Ali Lesson 4: Malala Lesson 5: Emma Watson Lesson 6: Introduction to IB speeches Lesson 7: The World is Waking Up Lesson 8: Act Right Now Lesson 9: A Disarming Case Lesson 10: Global Issues Lesson 11: Our Lives Are In Your Hands Lesson 12: Our House Is On Fire

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

If you are teaching Frankenstein, this unit contains everything you need to allow students to connect a 19th century Romantic novel with the great issues of today, such as the environment, artificial intelligence and what makes us human. This unit has everything you need to teach Frankenstein at KS3. It contains 25 lessons that take you through the text using differentiated extracts. It is fully resourced with context readings, theme discussions, extract analysis, persuasive writing opportunities, online research on The Romantics, critical articles and opportunities to practice extract into essay writing. Please note this unit does not look at the whole text, it analyses key extracts from the novel. Lesson 1: an introduction to plot and context Lesson 2: Walton’s letters Lesson 3: C1 Victor and Elizabeth Lesson 4: C4 University Life Lesson 5: C5 The Creature Lesson 6: C6 Elizabeth’s letter Lesson 7: C7 Child killers Lesson 8: The Trial of Justine Lesson 9: C8 The Gothic and The Romantic Lesson 10: Romantic Research Lesson 11: C10 The Ice Field Lesson 12: C11 The Creature’s Tale Lesson 13: C15 The Importance of Appearances Lesson 14: C16 Revenge Lesson 15: C17 The Bride of Frankenstein Lesson 16: C19 The Orkney Islands Lesson 17: C20 The Dangers of Science Lesson 18: Who is the real monster? Lesson 19: C23 Elizabeth Lesson 20: C24 The End Lesson 21: Extract analysis on ‘Regret’ Lesson 22: Walton’s Letters Lesson 23: The Trial of Victor Frankenstein Lesson 24: End of unit quiz