A Powerpoint slide with sentence openers to use when analysing writers’ methods. The next few slides offer an example text, suggested selection of evidence, and an example of analytical paragraph. This structure encourages pupils to ‘write a lot about a little’ and highlights the importance of selecting appropriate evidence which can provide material for a developed analytical paragraph. The slides can be projected and the first slide can be printed out as a classroom display.

5 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet. Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class. Tasks focus on the following: Homework 1 – Identifying verbs Complete the clauses Underline the verbs Homework 2 – Present and past tense Turn to the past tense Turn present to past Homework 3 – Correcting tenses Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses Homework 4 – Correcting tenses Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses Homework 5 – Correcting tenses Rewrite the sentences using the correct verb tenses

English Homework - Sentences and Punctuation 6 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet. Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class. Tasks focus on the following: Homework 1 – Identifying sentences Label the subject and the verb in each sentence Identify the sentences Homework 2 – Simple or compound? Turn the simple sentences into compound sentences Identify whether the sentences are simple or compound Homework 3 – Simple, compound or complex? Turn the simple sentences into complex sentences Identify whether the sentences are simple, compound or complex Homework 4 – Demarcating sentences Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation Homework 5 – Correcting punctuation Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation, removing comma splice or run-on sentence errors Homework 6 – Colons and semicolons Rewrite the sentences placing a colon where required Rewrite the sentences placing a semicolon where required

English Homework - Paragraphs 5 weeks’ worth of homework activities in an A4 Powerpoint editable and printable booklet. Easy and quick to peer or self-assess in class. Tasks focus on the following: Homework 1 – Shifts in Time or Place Organise the text in paragraphs by adding // to indicate a break in time or a change of place Remove any paragraphs you think are incorrectly placed and organise the text into functional paragraphs by adding // to indicate a break in time or a change of place. Homework 2 – Paragraphing for Effect Organise the text in paragraphs to entertain, amuse, or surprise the reader. Homework 3 – Speech Paragraphing Re-write the conversation, inserting paragraphs where they should be. Homework 4 – Developing and Contrasting Read the paragraph. Instead of maintaining the same style, develop the passage by writing your own second paragraph Read the dialogue. This time, instead of maintaining the same style, create a sense of contrast by writing your own paragraph that creates a strong sense of contrast with the dialogue. Homework 5 – Topic Sentences and Sentence Expansion Insert the appropriate topic sentence and discourse markers so the argument makes sense Expand these short sentences into longer ones or several by providing answers to the following questions: when? with whom? how? why? how much? what? or what do they do?

LO: How do I read, understand and respond to an unseen poem? A complete lesson including starter, unseen poem, exam question, model responses, plenary that explores a Paper 2-style AQA English Literature unseen poetry question based on the following poem: William Blake:* A Poison Tree*. These resources can be adapted for use with different poems and questions by other exam boards. Powerpoint: 13 slides. AQA English Lit Paper 2 Section C Unseen Poetry Purpose of unit of work: To master questions 27.1 and 27.2 Form: Exam paper responses Assessment Objectives: AO1 - Read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style and developing an informed personal response, using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations (12 marks). AO2 - Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate (12 marks). AO2 - Comparison of AO2 (8 marks) STIMULATE AND GENERATE Focus on engagement, discussion and building cultural capital CAPTURE, SIFT AND SORT Sifting the outcomes from the first phase to fit where we are heading. What skills do pupils need to learn in order to be successful in the next phase? Focus on teaching, modelling and developing key skills and processes linked to success criteria CREATE, REFINE AND EVALUATE More independent application of skills learnt. This is the stage that needs most differentiation and allows/enables writers to work at different rates and pitches. Self, peer and teacher review happens throughout this phrase. Write extended responses to exam questions, provide feedback and refine work Starter: How many links can you make between these two images? (Anger/Tree) Key question: What might happen if you dwell on a negative emotion rather than dealing with it? Unseen poem: William Blake: A Poison Tree. Glossary Exam question: In A Poison Tree, how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about anger? – 7 steps to understanding an unseen poem AO1 and AO2. How do I structure my unseen poetry essay?: Go through steps 1-5 The Introduction: 3 sentence model. I DO: Model introduction YOU DO: Use this model to help you write an introduction focusing on A Poison Tree. SELF-ASSESSMENT: Use this model to help you improve your own introduction. How do I write an analytical paragraph?: WHAT WHERE HOW WHY model. Model paragraph analysing language YOU DO: Use this model to help you write your own paragraph analysing language. Plenary: Peer Assessment - Read through your partner’s response. Highlight and annotate their response to show where they have demonstrated WHAT WHERE HOW WHY. Write a brief commentary below their work in which you explain the following: What went well (WWW). What do they need to do in order to improve? (EBI). Use your peer’s feedback to help you improve your response.

Stevenson’s vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.

Stevenson’s vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.

Q2 - Q5 question formats, marks, timings, suggested response structures and suggested sentence openers Printable colour A4 sheet on two sides including Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5 (full page on reverse side) Q2 – summary and inference Q3 – language analysis Q4 – comparison of views and perspectives Q5 – non-fiction writing Compact sheet which pupils can use in lessons to support writing exam responses. Also useful handout for pupils to use as quick revision tool leading up to exam.

Q1 - Q5 question formats, marks, timings, suggested response structures and suggested sentence openers Printable colour A4 sheet on two sides including Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5 (full page on reverse side) Q1 – comprehension Q2 – language analysis Q3 – structure analysis Q4 – evaluation Q5 – creative writing Compact sheet which pupils can use in lessons to support writing exam responses. Also useful handout for pupils to use as quick revision tool leading up to exam.

Dickens’ vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.

Dickens’ vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.

LO: How do analyse the language used by a writer to create meanings and effects using relevant subject terminology? A complete lesson including starter, unseen poem, exam question, model responses, plenary that explores a Paper 2-style AQA English Literature unseen poetry question based on the following poem: Edgar Allan Poe: Romance. Powerpoint: 12 slides. AQA English Lit Paper 2 Section C Unseen Poetry Purpose of unit of work: To master questions 27.1 and 27.2 Form: Exam paper responses Assessment Objectives: AO1 - Read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style and developing an informed personal response, using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations (12 marks). AO2 - Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate (12 marks). AO2 - Comparison of AO2 (8 marks) STIMULATE AND GENERATE Focus on engagement, discussion and building cultural capital CAPTURE, SIFT AND SORT Sifting the outcomes from the first phase to fit where we are heading. What skills do pupils need to learn in order to be successful in the next phase? Focus on teaching, modelling and developing key skills and processes linked to success criteria CREATE, REFINE AND EVALUATE More independent application of skills learnt. This is the stage that needs most differentiation and allows/enables writers to work at different rates and pitches. Self, peer and teacher review happens throughout this phrase. Write extended responses to exam questions, provide feedback and refine work Starter: How many differences can you list between these two birds? What could these two birds symbolise? Key question: What is subject terminology? Recap: Subject terminology – language techniques Key question: Read extract from poem. What is a lyre? What is it used for? What could it symbolise? Answer: a lyre is a stringed musical instrument played by the ancient Greeks. Music played on a lyre accompanied the performance of epic poems Unseen poem: Edgar Allan Poe: Romance. Glossary. Exam question: In ‘Romance’, how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about growing up? – 7 steps to understanding an unseen poem AO1 and AO2. I DO: How do I write an analytical language? Model paragraph analysing language. YOU DO: Use this model to help you write your own paragraph analysing language. Plenary: Peer Assessment - Read through your partner’s response. Highlight and annotate their response to show where they have demonstrated WHAT WHERE HOW WHY. Write a brief commentary below their work in which you explain the following: What went well (WWW). What do they need to do in order to improve? (EBI).

LO: How do I develop an informed, personal interpretation supported by textual references? A complete lesson including starter, unseen poem, exam question, model responses, plenary that explores a Paper 2-style AQA English Literature unseen poetry question based on the following poem: Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken. These resources can be adapted for use with different poems and questions by other exam boards. Powerpoint: 13 slides. AQA English Lit Paper 2 Section C Unseen Poetry Purpose of unit of work: To master questions 27.1 and 27.2 Form: Exam paper responses Assessment Objectives: AO1 - Read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style and developing an informed personal response, using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations (12 marks). AO2 - Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate (12 marks). AO2 - Comparison of AO2 (8 marks) STIMULATE AND GENERATE Focus on engagement, discussion and building cultural capital CAPTURE, SIFT AND SORT Sifting the outcomes from the first phase to fit where we are heading. What skills do pupils need to learn in order to be successful in the next phase? Focus on teaching, modelling and developing key skills and processes linked to success criteria CREATE, REFINE AND EVALUATE More independent application of skills learnt. This is the stage that needs most differentiation and allows/enables writers to work at different rates and pitches. Self, peer and teacher review happens throughout this phrase. Write extended responses to exam questions, provide feedback and refine work Starter: ‘two roads diverging’ Which road would you take? Why? How important is the choice you make? Key question: who is ‘in charge’ of the meaning of a poem? Unseen poem: Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken. Glossary Comprehension check: Show summary of meaning of the poem Interpretation check: Focus on the feelings and the overall message of the poem. What do you think the point being made might be? Exam question: In The Road Not Taken, how does the poet present ideas about making choices? Steps to understanding an unseen poem: AO1 4 steps. Task: Show 3 different interpretations of the poem. Which do you agree with most and why? Discuss: Are there any comments that you disagree with? Why? Do you have your own interpretation of the poem which is different? Plenary: Key question: who is ‘in charge’ of the meaning of a poem?

Dickens’ vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.

Dickens’ vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.

A Powerpoint with 15 Verb Tenses Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register. Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete. The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken. Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers. Verb Tenses covered: simple present tense simple past tense simple future tense

A Powerpoint with 15 Verb Tenses Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register. Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete. The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken. Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers. Verb Tenses covered: present continuous tense past continuous tense future continuous tense

A Powerpoint with 15 Homophone Starter activities for pupils to work on independently on their whiteboards as soon as they come into the lesson, while teacher is meeting and greeting, or taking the register. Great as a settler as each starter slide is really clear, with an explanation, an example and 3 exercises to complete. The activities could be written in exercise books too, but this series was designed as a manageable activity which pupils can write up easily on their whiteboards and hold up to show teacher once the register is taken. Each Starter slide is followed by an Answer slide, so even non-specialists/cover teachers can confidently feedback correct answers. Some examples of homophones covered: to/too/two there/their/they’re no/know buy/by/bye

7 weeks’ worth of reading homework tasks based on extracts from classic Gothic texts. Easy and quick to self-assess in class as responses are chosen from multiple choices. Tasks focus on comprehension, inference, vocabulary, sentence structures and punctuation. Extracts from: 1 - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1765) 2 - The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (1794) 3 - Caleb Williams by William Godwin (1794) 4 - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1803) 5 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1838) 6 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847) 7 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847)

Stevenson’s vocabulary can be difficult for some pupils (and, at times, teachers too!). This powerpoint lists all those words and phrases that would typically present difficulties and offers easy translations into modern English, or into language that teenagers would more readily understand. Just display on a projector during guided reading so that pupils can look up any words they don’t understand, or even take notes in their own books if they wish.