A lesson analysing clips from Squid Games A creative writing task based on said clips Very engaging - my top set year 9 loved it!

5 x Lessons on Section A 4 x Lessons on Section B (2 Inserts) Ideal for teaching online to Year 10 or 11.

A series of articles, poems, extracts, clips surrounding the theme of love and relationships (to accompany a scheme on Romeo and Juliet.) A variety of tasks and activities (both creative and analysis based) - all suitable for online Teams teaching.

Contains 3 lessons based around the theme of survival. Ideal for teams. Lesson 1 : Intro Lesson 2: Into the Wild Lesson 3: Room

6 weeks worth of home learning for Year 9. 3 main tasks a week. A variety of engaging creative, analytical and evaluative tasks.

A variety of analytical, creative and critical thinking based task for this excellent dystopian short story by Ray Bradbury. It features a section on Hiroshima - including video clips - to provide information about radiation poisoning and to give students a sense of the absolute destruction nuclear weaponry can cause. Should cover 5-6 lessons.

Travel writing based on 19th and 20th Century Texts. Includes GCSE Language Paper 2 styled questions and opportunities for creative writing. Ideal for preparing Y9 cohorts for the GCSE course.

Suitable for higher sets. There are 107 slides to take you through the study of the entire novel. It includes: context, guided reading sections, essay questions, exemplars, plus many more activities.

A highly engaging scheme of work aimed towards year 9. It is largely aimed at middle/high ability but may be tweaked accordingly. There are over 96 slides worth of material including: analysis of song lyrics, poetry analysis, creative writing, flip learning opportunities, linguistic investigations. Lots of material directly related to Manchester for those of you in the area. I hope you have as much fun teaching it as I did making it!

This scheme is used to accompany the study of a main text - namely, To Kill a Mockingbird. It covers a wide spectrum of both old and modern novel excerpts, poems, plays, non-fiction articles and film clips that explore how justice is (not) achieved in society. Studied texts: Music Videos God’s Plan, Drake, (dir. By Karena Evans) 2018 This is America, Childish Gambino (dir. by Hiro Murai) 2018 TV Series When they see us, Netflix (dir. by Ava DuVernay ) 2019 Film (Clips) The Godfather Part I, (dir. By Francis Ford Coppola) 1971 Atonement (dir. By Joe Wright) 2007 We Need to Talk about Kevin (dir. By Lynne Ramsay) 2011 Novels (+Extracts) The Godfather, Mario Puzo (1969) Atonement, Ian McEwan (2001) We Need to Talk about Kevin, Lionel Shriver (2003) Poems Hitcher, Simon Armitage Education for Leisure, Carol Ann Duffy Plays The Crucible, Arthur Miller (1953) Articles Misc.

This scheme is used to accompany the study of a main text - namely, Romeo and Juliet. It covers a wide spectrum of both old and modern novel excerpts, poems, non-fiction articles and film clips that explore relationships of all kinds. Novels (+Extracts) Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (2012) Twilight, Stephanie Mayer (2005) The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) Harry Potter (1-7), JK Rowling Poems This is Just to Say, William Carlos Williams Valentine, Carol Ann Duffy Porphyria’s Lover, Robert Browning Articles + Non Fiction Chapters Misc. Modern Romance (Excerpt in The Guardian), Aziz Ansari The Secrets of Enduring Love, Dr. Megan Barber

A scheme made for my VERY high ability top set year 11 class. Lots of high reaching grade 8-9 opportunities. Act 1-5 KEY SCENES fully covered.

Year 8 War Poetry Scheme Poems from the perspectives of women, home front, considering a German perspective, pro and anti-war. Booklet and full scheme on PPT included. I’ve selected a series of poems that vary from the ‘usual’ selections. Possibility for individual analysis, unseen, collaborative annotation etc. Includes clips.

This small unit of work will prepare you for the kind of material we will be working with in the Section B writing section for English Language. It will also help you to observe how pieces of art and culture (music, literature etc.) can depict/ criticise/ mock society. Through this you can see how meaningful links can be made to context.

Y11 Revision lesson on Macbeth’s famous soliloquy. Suitable for a variety of abilities including grade 8-9.

GCSE AQA LITERATURE PAPER ONE Aimed at high ability but may be adapted. Context: A springboard from which the students to take notes... Contains information, discussion opportunities, key terms, video clips, 'flash-write' questions to relate to modern day, Stave One: Class activities, Exam Questions, Analysis Practice

A scheme of work that takes you through every field of criticism in the anthology with focus questions, discussion points and film clips that allow the students to apply the theories with ease. It also contains tips about choosing a coursework title and text.

You will be able to take about three lessons from this on both reading and writing. Includes some nice clips and creative activities.

A fun lesson to use during any form of 'careers' week. Looks at celebrities who have a degree in English and potential career paths, before focusing on journalism. There is a little section that teaches the active and passive voice and then there is an opportunity for the students to create their own headlines.

A short scheme of work based on Keats' La Belle Dame Sans Merci. A variety of fun and challenging activities with opportunity for some reading analysis and creative writing.