This unit contains everything you need to make The Great Gatsby fun, exciting and relevant to the students’ world. It includes 21 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and critical articles. Page numbers refer to the Wordsworth Classics edition. The lessons focus on a different chapter and aspect of Gatsby, such as: Lesson 1: The American Dream Lesson 2: Gatsby contextual research Lesson 3: 1920s research Lesson 4: Alternative titles and the epigraph Lesson 5: East Egg vs West Egg Lesson 6: A Superficial Society Lesson 7: Comparing Jordan, Daisy and Myrtle Lesson 8: The Outsider Lesson 9: Conspicuous Consumption Lesson 10: The Great Gatsby Debate Lesson 11: Illusion and Reality Lesson 12: Analysing structure Lesson 13: Themes, symbols and motifs Lesson 14: Idealism and Romanticism Lesson 15: James Gatz Lesson 16: Analysing Daisy Lesson 17: Daisy and Tom Lesson 18: Religious references Lesson 19: Gatsby’s funeral Lesson 20: The Ending Lesson 21: The Outsider Lesson 22: Desire

Everything you need to teach Murmuring Judges at KS5. This unit of work includes 40 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and articles that explore the relationship between the 3 branches of the criminal justice system. Page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber edition.

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 Of Mice and Men and will save you hours of planning time! This unit of work is focused on preparing students for their GCSE exam, but it could also be modified for Year 9. It includes 20 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts, contextual information and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber edition. Lesson 1: The American Dream Lesson 2: The Opening Lesson 3: Context Game Lesson 4: The relationship between George and Lennie Lesson 5: Dreams Lesson 6: Chapter 1 review Lesson 7: The Ranch Lesson 8: Slim, Curley, Crooks and Curley’s Wife Lesson 9: Film review of chapters 1-2 Lesson 10: Character relationships Lesson 11: The shooting of Candy’s dog Lesson 12: How the dream has evolved Lesson 13: Structure and the fight Lesson 14: Crooks and racism Lesson 15: Isolation Lesson 16: Chapter review 3-4 Lesson 17: Mood and atmosphere Lesson 18: Appearance and reality Lesson 19: Curley’s Wife Lesson 20: Lennie’s death Lesson 21: Building atmosphere Lesson 22: Lennie

This unit is a great way to teach language, structure and evaluation skills at KS4. It is focused on AQA English Language GCSE Paper 1. It prepares students for Q2 writer’s use of language, Q3 writer’s use of structure, Q4 statement evaluation and Q5 descriptive writing. It includes 20 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber edition. Lesson 1: The American Dream Lesson 2: How does Steinbeck use language to set the scene? Lesson 3: Creative Writing and marking Lesson 4: How Steinbeck creates characters Lesson 5: Structure in Chapter 1 Lesson 6: How to use semi colons Lesson 7: Writer’s use of language Lesson 8: Creative Writing Lesson 9: Using flashbacks and past tenses Lesson 10: The structure of Chapter 3 Lesson 11: Evaluating George and Lennie’s dream Lesson 12: Writing a Q4 answer Lesson 13: Structure in the fight scene Lesson 14: Using language to describe Crooks’ room Lesson 15: Evaluating Curley’s Wife’s character Lesson 16: Mood and atmosphere Lesson 17: Appearance and reality Lesson 18: Building tension at the end Lesson 19: Planning your creative writing Lesson 20: Writing a G9 answer

This unit is a great way to teach language, structure and evaluation skills at KS4. It is focused on AQA English Language GCSE Paper 1. It prepares students for Q2 writer’s use of language, Q3 writer’s use of structure, Q4 statement evaluation and Q5 descriptive writing. It includes 26 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber edition. It is best used with a high ability set aiming for G6 to G9. Lesson 1: An introduction to Lord of the Flies Lesson 2: William Golding and rules Lesson 3: How Golding describes characters Lesson 4: Describing the island Lesson 5: Jack evaluation question Lesson 6: Creative Writing Lesson 7: How Golding uses language to describe Jack Lesson 8: Language to describe the mask Lesson 9: Mood and atmosphere on the hunt Lesson 10: Order and chaos Lesson 11: Evaluation of the boys Lesson 12-13: Group behaviour Lesson 14: The Beast Lesson 15: Describing a person Lesson 16: Exploring the island Lesson 17: Creative writing Lesson 18: Evaluating the impact of the beast Lesson 19: Human nature Lesson 20: Jack’s tribe Lesson 21: Golding’s use pathetic fallacy Lesson 22: Symbolism Lesson 23: Writer’s use of structure Lesson 24: Evaluating the death of Piggy Lesson 25: The message of the novel Lesson 26: Building tension and expectation

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

This unit contains everything you need to teach Mean Time at High School. It includes 17 lessons covering ‘Mean Time’ and allows ample opportunity to compare poems and themes. It is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, exemplar essays, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, extracts and critical articles. Each lesson covers one of the poems, or gives the students the chance to reflect and build on previous learning by linking themes and style. Lesson 1: an introduction to poetry Lesson 2: rhyme, rhythm and meter Lesson 3: an introduction to Duffy Lesson 4: context research Lesson 5: context quiz Lesson 6: Captain of the 1964…. Lesson 7: Nostalgia Lesson 8: Before You Were Mine Lesson 9: Beachcomber Lesson 10: First Love Lesson 11: Valentine Lesson 12: Essay planning Lesson 13: The Biographer Lesson 14: Litany Lesson 15: Stafford Afternoons Lesson 16: The Cliche Kid Lesson 17: Small Female Skull Lesson 18: Never Go Back Lesson 19: Close Lesson 20: Mean Time

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 Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan at KS3. This is a sequence of 21 Cirque du Freak lessons that aid KS3 students in developing their understanding of plot, character, language and structure through studying Darren Shan’s text. The unit of work includes: Lesson 1: Narrative Hooks Lesson 2: Initial impressions of Darren Lesson 3: Analysing characters Lesson 4: Comparing the boys Lesson 5: Describing setting Lesson 6: The Freakshow Lesson 7: Language to describe the snake Lesson 8: Vampire webquest Lesson 9: Steve and friendship Lesson 10: Forming a plan Lesson 11: The relationship between Steve and Darren Lesson 12: Building tension Lesson 13: Analysing Mr Crepsley Lesson 14: Writing a letter of application Lesson 15: Designing a vampire Lesson 16: Writing effective endings Lesson 17: Assessment Planning on Steve Lesson 18: Writing your assessment Lesson 19: Assessment feedback Lesson 20: Designing a front cover Lesson 21: The film The unit ends with an assessment that evaluates the character of Steve Leonard. It is supported with a feedback sheet, writing frames and exemplar answers to mark afterwards.

This scheme of work focuses on The Handmaid’s Tale at A-level. It contains 28 lessons that allow slow progression through the text, allowing opportunities for analysis and critical thinking. It is fully resourced and comes with worksheets, videos, notes, example essays and critical articles. It is particularly in depth for high achieving students, looking at post-modern concepts such as metafiction and the unreliable narrator. Each lesson focuses on different aspects of the text such as: why Gilead could come true the epigraphs identity feminist arguments the irony of Serena Joy class hierarchy rebellion oppression the role of the mother in society the female body use of colour imagery masculinity the role of religion

This scheme of work is 10 lessons designed to test your students’ ability to plan and write creatively using a picture as a springboard for their imagination. It is most effective when used a few weeks before their exam. The focus is: Lesson 1: structuring paragraphs in a WW1 trench scene Lesson 2: using varied sentence structures in a train scene Lesson 3: noun-verb collocation in a forest scene Lesson 4: the effect of adjectives in an alien planet scene Lesson 5: paragraph focus in a scene from Private Peaceful Lesson 6: descriptive techniques in a castle scene Lesson 7: using tense changes in a stormy sea scene Lesson 8: individual word choice in a transport image Lesson 9: creating backstories from AI images Lesson 10: using a learning mat for a mountain scene

This unit of work has been designed to prepare A-level students for their AQA Paper 2 Unseen Prose exam. The students have to incorporate context into their answers, so the unit contains 13 lessons ranging from Victorian Literature to more modern, multi-cultural texts like White Teeth. Each lesson will take you about an hour to prepare their answer and a further hour to write an essay if you wish to do so. It comes fully resourced with PowerPoint lessons, exemplar essays, guidance on how to write introductions and conclusions, extracts, and examiner advice. The lessons include extracts from: The Heart of Darkness I am Charlotte Simmonds Brick Lane Digging to America White Teeth Gone with the Wind Catcher in the Rye Revolutionary Road Everything I Never Told You Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit I have used this unit with very high achieving A-level students who have gone on to study English Literature at Oxford and Cambridge, so it is definitely targeted towards the top end.

This unit contains everything you need to teach Streetcar at KS5 for AQA A-level English Language and Literature. It includes over 20 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, a character or an exam extract. I have used it for the 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: Past Paper on “bitterness” Lesson 6: The significance of Belle Reve Lesson 7: Williams’ use of staging Lesson 8a: The Poker Game and Sonnet 43 Lesson 8b: Past Paper on “loneliness” 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 13a: Violence in Streetcar Lesson 13b: Past Paper on “anxieties” Lesson 14: Essay writing Lesson 15a: Fantasy and self-deception Lesson 15b: Past Paper on “tension” Lesson 16: Elia Kazan’s influence Lesson 17: Is Stan a victim or a villain? Lesson 18: The relationship between Blanche and Mitch Lesson 19a: Essay marking Lesson 19b: Past Paper on “anger” Lesson 20: Sherman’s march through Georgia

This unit contains everything you need to revise unseen poetry for your A level exam. This unit of work includes 8 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information and exemplar material. It covers poetry eras such as: Metaphysicals, Cavaliers, Renaissance, Tudor and more modern poems. This unit of work has been designed for the AQA A-level course, but is adaptable to fit other exam board specifications. The scheme of work includes: Lesson 1: Metaphysical revision of Donne, Marvell, Herbert and Crashaw Lesson 2: Comparing Cavalier and Metaphysical attitudes to love Lesson 3: How to approach an unseen poem Lesson 4: Romantic love in Victorian and modern poetry Lesson 5: Motherhood in modern poetry and WW2 Lesson 6: Romantic love in 3 modern poems Lesson 7: Loss in Tudor and Renaissance poetry Lesson 8: Analysing poems for the influence of context using Kahoot

This unit is a great introduction to poetry from English speaking countries around the world. It includes 21 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar essays, past papers, mark schemes, quizzes and opportunities for self-assessment. It is focused on poetry skills, as well as comparing themes between two poems. The final assessment asks the students to compare cultural divisions in Nothing’s Changed and Two Scavengers in a Truck. Lesson 1: Poetic techniques Lesson 2: Cultural context Lesson 3: Limbo by Edward Kamu Brathwaite Lesson 4: The Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezekiel Lesson 5: Island Man by Grace Nichols Lesson 6: Comparing Limbo and Night of the Scorpion Lesson 7: Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Lesson 8: Nothing’s Changed by Tatamkhulu Afrika Lesson 9: Two Scavengers in a Truck by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lesson 10: Comparing Nothing’s Changed and Two Scavengers Lesson 11: Assesment Feedback Lesson 12: Vietnam War context Lesson 13: What Were They Like? by Denise Levertov Lesson 14: Vultures by Chinua Achebe Lesson 15: Comparing Vultures and What Were They Like? Lesson 16: Mid term quiz Lesson 17: Search for my Tongue by Sujatta Bahat Lesson 18: Presents from my Aunts by Moniza Alvi Lesson 19: Comparing Presents and Search Lesson 20: Half Caste by John Agard Lesson 21: End of unit quiz

This unit contains everything you need to teach the Love and Relationships anthology and will save you hours of preparation! It is focused on AQA Paper 2 for English Literature. It includes 23 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, examplar essays, past papers, introduction examples, mark schemes, quizzes and opportunities for self-assessment. It is extremely thorough and allows the students multiple points for reflection to ensure they are confident of which poems to compare on which themes when they sit their GCSE English Literature. Lesson 1: An introduction to poetry Lesson 2: Poetic techniques Lesson 3: Scansion: rhythm, rhyme and meter Lesson 4: When We Two Parted by Lord Byron Lesson 5:Love’s Philosophy by Percy Shelly Lesson 6: Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning Lesson 7: Sonnet 29 by Elizabeth Browning Lesson 8: Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy Lesson 9: Letters from Yorkshire by Maura Dooley Lesson 10: Quote quiz Lesson 11: The Farmer’s Bride by Charlotte Mew Lesson 12: Comparing Farmer’s Bride with Porphyria’s Lover Lesson 13: Walking Away by Cecil Day-Lewis Lesson 14: Eden Rock by Charles Causley Lesson 15: Comparing Walking Away and Eden Rock Lesson 16: Follower by Seamus Heaney Lesson 17: Mother any distance by Simon Armitage Lesson 18: Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy Lesson 19: Comparing Before You Were Mine and Walking Away Lesson 20: Winter Swans by Owen Sheers Lesson 21: Singh Song! by Daljit Nagra Lesson 22: Climbing My Grandfather by Andrew Waterhouse Lesson 23: Which poems compare well

This unit includes everything you need to teach Mockingbird at KS4 and it will save you hours of preparation time! It is focused on essay writing skills for English Literature, but covers themes such as prejudice, segregation, bravery and innocence along the way. It includes 25 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, assessment questions, quizzes, activities to exploit drama, extracts, context cards, theme cards and opportunities for online research. Page numbers refer to the Orange Faber and Faber edition with an introduction by Ian Gregor. Lesson 1: Context research Lesson 2: An introduction to Maycomb County and Alabama Lesson 3: A Southern Education Lesson 4: Miss Caroline extract practice Lesson 5: The relationship between Atticus and Scout Lesson 6: Atticus and Bravery Lesson 7: Miss Maudie Atkinson Lesson 8: How Harper Lee builds tension Lesson 9: Growing Up Lesson 10: Creative Writing and The Fire Lesson 11: The rabid dog Lesson 12: Ms Dubose and Southern Belles Lesson 13: Segregation Lesson 14: Aunt Alexandra Lesson 15: Lynch Mobs and the KKK Lesson 16: The Trial Lesson 17: How Harper Lee creates mood and atmosphere Lesson 18: The Verdict Lesson 19: Character Foils: Bob and Atticus Lesson 20: The Missionary Ladies Lesson 21: Role Models Lesson 22: The attack on Scout and Jem Lesson 23: The Aftermath Lesson 24: The Ending Lesson 25: Chapter Revision Guides

If your students find Shakespeare dull and inaccessible, this is the unit for you. The lessons are focused on staging a shipwreck, costume, props, bringing the play to life and contextually understanding Elizabethan views of slavery. This unit includes everything you need to teach The Tempest at KS3. It includes 20 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson powerpoints, contextual information, exemplar material, IWB interactive resources, quizzes, activities to exploit drama and extract analysis. Page numbers refer to the Cambridge Shakespeare edition. There is a final unit assessment on the relationship between Miranda and Prospero. Lesson 1: Elizabethan context Lesson 2: Accessing Shakespeare’s language Lesson 3: The plot Lesson 4: The characters Lesson 5: A1S1 shipwreck Lesson 6: Analyzing the relationship between Prospero and Miranda Lesson 7: Ariel and magic Lesson 8: Caliban and slavery Lesson 9: How Prospero and Miranda’s relationship changes Lesson 10: Alonso and betrayal Lesson 11: Gonzalo and loyalty Lesson 12: Miranda and Ferdinand Lesson 13: Designing a Tempest poster Lesson 14: Nature and nurture Lesson 15: Prospero’s plan Lesson 16: How the characters change Lesson 17: The epilogue Lesson 18: Assessment planning Lesson 19: Writing your assessment Lesson 20: Feedback and improve

Are you teaching Myths, Legends, Fables and Fairy Tales? This unit will help you teach folktales and traditional tales, 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: The Norse World Lesson 2: Analysing settings Lesson 3: Asgard Lesson 4: Thor, Loki and Odin Lesson 5: Comparing Thors Lesson 6: Loki’s children Lesson 7: Hel Lesson 8: Thor and The Frost Giants Lesson 9: Ragnarok