This unit has everything you need to teach ‘The Woman in Black’ at KS3. It is a fantastic gothic horror novel, and the children are genuinely enthralled by this novel as the secrets are revealed, complimented by the movie with Daniel Radcliffe as an end of unit treat! This unit of work includes 18 lessons and comes with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar paragraphs, activities to exploit drama, extracts from the text and opportunities for creative writing. Page numbers refer to the 1998 Vintage edition. Lesson 1: The gothic genre Lesson 2: Creating a gothic atmosphere Lesson 3: How Susan Hill uses pathetic fallacy Lesson 4: Tracking Arthur’s progress north Lesson 5: Creating mystery and expectation Lesson 6: Character reactions Lesson 7: Leaving clues Lesson 8: Creative Writing Lesson 9: Writing a formal letter Lesson 10: Hiding secrets Lesson 11: How Susan Hill creates tension Lesson 12: Using rhetorical devices Lesson 13: Using clues to form predictions Lesson 14: The letters Lesson 15: The Ending Lesson 16: Prepare your assessment Lesson 17: Write your assessment Lesson 18: Feedback and improvement There is an opportunity to assess the students’ progress at the end of the novel in an essay on how Susan Hill creates a sense of mystery.

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

Everything you need to revise Unseen Poetry at KS4. This unit of work is focused on AQA Paper 2 for English Literature. It includes 12 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar answers, IWB interactive resources using SMART Notebook, quizzes, activities to exploit drama and examiner advice. This unit is best if you have already taught the skills for Unseen Poetry and are revising just before the exam. Lesson 1: Analysing a Child’s Sleep by Carol Ann Duffy Lesson 2: Comparing A Child’s Sleep with The Night Feed by Evan Bolan Lesson 3: Analysing Rejection by Jenny Sullivan Lesson 4: Comparing Rejection with Years Ago by Elizabeth Jennings Lesson 5: Analysing Tramp by Rupert Loydell Lesson 6: Comparing Tramp with Decomposition by Zulfikar Ghose Lesson 7: Analysing I See You Dancing, Father Lesson 8: Comparing I See You Dancing with Coat Lesson 9: Analysing Woman Work by Maya Angelou Lesson 10: Comparing Woman Work with County Sligo by Gillian Clarke Lesson 11: Analysing Yew Tree Guest House by Phoebe Hesketh Lesson 12: Comparing Yew Tree with Goodwill Store by Ted Kooser

This unit of work is fantastic for stretching high ability students, by encouraging them to amalgamate context into their consideration of the fable. The unit contains 17 lessons covering the whole of the novel, focusing on writer’s use of language, how the writer uses structure, creative writing and the effect of rhetorical devices. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, contextual information to illuminate understanding of the text, chapter extracts, speech writing and dramatic activities. Page numbers refer to the Penguin Modern Classics Edition. The lessons include: Lesson 1: Lenin, Trotsky, Marx and Stalin Lesson 2: context games Lesson 3: the characters and their historical equivalents Lesson 4: analysis of Old Major’s speech Lesson 5: the animals Lesson 6: Napoleon vs Snowball vote Lesson 7: the revolution Lesson 8: flags as symbols Lesson 9: formulating a battle plan Lesson 10: political spin Lesson 11: propaganda and posters Lesson 12: leadership styles Lesson 13: review chapters 1-5 Lesson 14: Napoleon as a dictator Lesson 15: Scapegoats Lesson 16: the battle of the windmill Lesson 17: power and corruption Lesson 18: assessment preparation Lesson 19: assessment feedback There is an opportunity at the end of the unit to plan and write an assessment on Napoleon.

This unit contains everything you need to teach Rime of the Ancient Mariner at IB Standard or Higher level, but it could easily be adapted for GCSE and A-level. It includes 16 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual research, poetic devices revision, gothic extracts, Romantic research and vocabulary support. Lesson 1: Gothic and Romantic Lesson 2: Poetic rhyme, rhythm and meter Lesson 3: Poetic devices research Lesson 4: The Plot Lesson 5: Part 1 Lesson 6: Part 1 Revision Lesson 7: Part 2 Lesson 8: Part 3 Lesson 9: Part 4 Lesson 10: Part 5 Lesson 11: Part 6 Lesson 12: Part 7 Lesson 13: Parallel Research Lesson 14: Themes and Symbols Lesson 15: Links to crime genre Lesson 16: Exam questions to plan

Everything you need to teach the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Anthology. This unit of work is focused on Paper 1 non-fiction texts . It includes 12 lessons, but the amount of material could easily cover 22 lessons with 2 lessons per extract. It is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar answers, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities for online research. Lesson 1: An introduction to non-fiction reading Lesson 2: The Danger of a Single Story Lesson 3: Passage to Africa Lesson 4: The Explorer’s Daughter Lesson 5: Explorers or boys messing about? Lesson 6: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Lesson 7: Young and Dyslexic? Lesson 8: A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat Lesson 9: Beyond the Sky and Earth Lesson 10: H is for Hawk Lesson 11: Chinese Cinderella Lesson 12: Revision activities

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

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

This unit is ideal as an introduction to non-fiction texts and multi-media at middle school. It contains 17 lessons focusing on newspaper bias, presenting a radio report, website design, opinion pieces, film reviews and the register of broadsheets and tabloids. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, newspaper articles, reviews and exemplar answers to stretch the top end. The unit includes: Lesson 1: News values Lesson 2: The structure of a newspaper Lesson 3: Analysing website design Lesson 4: Online website analysis Lesson 5: Radio broadcasts Lesson 6: Snack Attack perspective Lesson 7: Writing a formal report Lesson 8: Writing a film review Lesson 9: Travel writing Lesson 10: Writing a job application letter Lesson 11: Writing Horoscopes Lesson 12: Identifying bias Lesson 13: Tabloid vs Broadsheet Lesson 14: Headlines Lesson 15: Jamie’s Dream School Lesson 16: Writing a music review Lesson 17: Writing a speech on technology

This unit contains everything you need to teach Othello at KS5, and will save you hours of preparation time! It includes 26 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes and opportunities for extract analysis. The page numbers refer to the Cambridge School Shakespeare edition. This unit of work has been designed for the AQA A-level course but is adaptable to fit other exam board specifications. Lesson 1: Plot overview and key lines Lesson 2: Shakespearean language and use of sounds Lesson 3: Context reading and application Lesson 4: Iago, Roderigo and Brabantio in A1S1 Lesson 5: Impressions of Othello in A1S1 Lesson 6: Challenging stereotypes in A1S2 Lesson 7: Othello’s use of verse and prose in A1S3 Lesson 8: Focus on Iago in A1S3 Lesson 9: The importance of Cyprus as a setting Lesson 10: Iago in A2S1 Lesson 11: Cassio in A2S3 Lesson 12: Shakespeare’s use of body language in A2S3 Lesson 13: Analysing Cassio’s actions in A3S1 Lesson 14: Iago’s tactics in A3S3 Lesson 15: Focus on essay writing Lesson 16: Analyse how and why Othello has changed Lesson 17: Comparing Bianca, Desdemona and Emilia Lesson 18: Iago’s use of manipulation in A4S1 Lesson 19: Othello and colour prejudice - GK Hunter Lesson 20: Desdemona’s plea in A4S2 Lesson 21: Extract to essay in A4S2 Lesson 22: The willow scene in A4S3 Lesson 23: Street fight in A5S1 Lesson 24:Desdemona’s death in A5S2 Lesson 25: Essay marking Lesson 26: Poetic justice in A5S2

This unit is ideal as an introduction to how the writer creates setting at KS3 and will save you hours of preparation time! It has 13 lessons focusing on how a writer creates a setting, characters, mood and atmosphere. This unit extends into creative writing so the students can create their own settings and characters. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, dramatic activities and quizzes. This is perfect for early GCSE preparation on writing to describe. Lesson 1: describing workhouse in Oliver Twist Lesson 2: analysing the workhouse Lesson 3-5: Monkey’s Paw by WW Jacobs Lesson 6: act out Monkey’s Paw and write your own story Lesson 7: describing Dracula’s castle Lesson 8: describing Frankenstein’s laboratory Lesson 9: writing a London ghost tour Lesson 10: the legend of Jack the Ripper Lesson 11: analysing and evaluating the suspects Lesson 12: Dracula assessment Lesson 13: assessment feedback

Do you find it difficult to engage teenagers, especially boys, with creative writing and story telling? This unit includes everything you need to teach Fantasy Writing at KS3 . It includes 10 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, exemplar paragraphs, IWB resources and extracts. This unit works well with boy heavy groups who are interested in fantasy worlds and science fiction such as Lord of the Rings and A Game of Thrones. Lesson 1: Verb-Noun collocations in Lord of the Rings Lesson 2: How fantasy writers create characters Lesson 3: Describing a market in Game of Thrones Lesson 4: Structuring a story in an enchanted forest Lesson 5: How George RR Martin uses language Lesson 6: How George RR Martin uses structure Lesson 7: Designing a presentation Lesson 8: Describing an alien planet in Star Wars Lesson 9: How to describe a castle Lesson 10: The Weird Sisters in Macbeth

This unit contains everything you need to teach myths and legends at KS3, and it will save you hours of preparation! This unit of work includes 10 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar answers, quizzes and the classical stories. The unit includes: Lesson 1: Online research of classic fables Lesson 2: Echo and Narcissus Lesson 3: The Illiad Lesson 4: The Odyssey Lesson 5: Theseus and The Minotaur Lesson 6: King Midas Lesson 7: Arachne and much more…

This unit of work is focused on short stories with original endings. The students analyze these stories, then have an opportunity to analyse an original ending in their final assessment. The unit of work contains 14 lessons and is mainly focused on how a story is structured and uses foreshadowing to lead the reader towards the ending. Lesson 1-3: The Landlady by Roald Dahl Lesson 4: The Raven by Edgar Alan Poe Lesson 5: Analysing structure in The Raven Lesson 6: An introduction to Sherlock Holmes Lesson 7-9: The Case of the Engineer’s Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle Lesson 10: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Lesson 11-13: The Cone by HG Wells Lesson 14: Structure in The Cone There is also an opportunity for a KS3 SATS style exam to analyse structure in ‘Pick Your Poison’.

Are you looking for an original way to hook visual learners into creative writing? This unit of work contains everything you need to teach Descriptive Writing at KS3 and is fantastic early preparation for English language descriptive writing. It includes 13 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar answers, IWB interactive resources, intriguing pictures, activities to exploit drama and poems. It uses classic art as inspiration, such as Bird in an Air Pump, Thomas Chatterton and The Lady of Shalott. Lesson 1: Bird in an Air Pump by Joseph Wright Lesson 2: Chatterton by Henry Wallis Lesson 3-4: The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse Lesson 5: Voice in Not My Best Side by UA Fanthorpe Lesson 6: Original Writing Lesson 7: How to create original characters Lesson 8: Describing alien planets in Star Wars Lesson 9: Describing The Iron Islands in Game of Thrones Lesson 10: Narrative Viewpoint in Assassin’s Creed Lesson 11: Planning your assessment on ‘The Scream’ Lesson 12: Writing your assessment Lesson 13: Assessment feedback

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 KS4. It is focused on essay writing skills, analyzing extracts for English Literature and bringing the play to life. It includes 31 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. Each lesson is focused on a scene from the play, so you can easily cut this unit down to focus specifically on a key scene and a theme from the play. I have designed this unit to make it relevant to teenage audiences, so we look at themes like: the role of women, both then and now expectations of masculinity in men the role of the theatre why set it in Verona? toxic masculinity in Act 1 Scene 1 the role of a father suppression and rebellion violence role models and much more…

This unit contains everything you need to teach Streetcar at KS5. It includes 22 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, quizzes, extracts and critical articles. Each lesson targets a scene in the play, a theme or a character. I have used it forthe last 5 years to teach top students who have gone on to achieve A* grades and study English Literature at Oxford and Cambridge. Page numbers refer to the Penguin Modern Classics edition. This scheme of work has been designed for the AQA A level course. It looks at areas like: Lesson 1: Naturalist and Expressionist theatre Lesson 2: Context research on the deep south, the civil war, post WW2 immigration, 1940s New Orleans, The Southern Gothic and Tennessee Williams’ family Lesson 3: Context presentations Lesson 4: Impressions of Blanche Lesson 5: Intertextuality with Ulalume Lesson 6: The significance of Belle Reve Lesson 7: Williams’ use of staging Lesson 8: The Poker Game and Sonnet 43 Lesson 9: Blanche and The Southern Belle Lesson 10: The allure of aggressive men Lesson 11: Comparing Blanche and Stella Lesson 12: The Southern Gent and Shep Huntleigh Lesson 13: Violence in Streetcar Lesson 14: Essay writing Lesson 15: Fantasy and self-deception Lesson 16: Elia Kazan’s influence Lesson 17: Is Stan a victim or a villain? Lesson 18: The relationship between Blanche and Mitch Lesson 19: Essay marking Lesson 20: Sherman’s march through Georgia Lesson 21: Blanche’s lament for the South Lesson 22: Themes and critics

This unit contains everything you need to teach Lady Windermere’s Fan at KS5. It includes 22 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and critical articles. The page numbers refer to the New Mermaid’s edition. Each lesson focuses chronologically on a different scene and analyses a different aspect of the play. Lesson 1: Plot and characters quiz Lesson 2: Context research Lesson 3: Context presentations Lesson 4: The aesthetic movement Lesson 5: Expectations of Victorian women Lesson 6: Socialism Lesson 7: Marriage Lesson 8: Society and morality Lesson 9: Fin de siecle Lesson 10: Comparing the female roles Lesson 11: The importance of marriage Lesson 12: The “new” woman Lesson 13: DVD and plot lesson Lesson 14: Mrs Erlynne Lesson 15: The Dandy Lesson 16: Comparing the male characters Lesson 17: the moral messages of the play Lesson 18: A “good” woman Lesson 19: Secrets and lies Lesson 20:Reputations Lesson 21: Character reviews Lesson 22: Extract practice

This unit contains everything you need to teach Lord of the Flies at KS4 and will save you hours of preparation time. It includes 24 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Orange Faber and Faber edition with an introduction by Ian Gregor. Lesson 1: An introduction to Lord of the Flies Lesson 2: William Golding’s message Lesson 3: Leadership Lesson 4: The island as a symbol Lesson 5: Jack as a dictator Lesson 6: The frailty of society Lesson 7: Civilization and the mask Lesson 8: Roger as an enforcer Lesson 9: Order and Chaos Lesson 10: The significance of the beast Lesson 11: Chapters review quiz Lesson 12: Group behaviour Lesson 13: Creative Writing Lesson 14: Marking and improving your writing Lesson 15: How and why Ralph changes Lesson 16: The power struggle Lesson 17: The beast and human nature Lesson 18: The fall of society Lesson 19: Symbolism Lesson 20: The British Empire Lesson 21: Savagery Lesson 22: The importance of hunting Lesson 23: The message of the novel Lesson 24: How Golding builds tension