Learning Objective: To explore Romeo’s emotions during his final scenes. Close reading and drama activities to support understanding of Romeo's emotions in Act V of the play, some taken from the Cambridge Schools Shakespeare copies of the play. Used with high ability Year 9.

Learning Objective: To explore how Shakespeare presents Juliet’s emotions in Act IV, scene 3. PowerPoint recapping Act IV so far, and exploring Juliet's emotions through a drama activity and persuasive writing. Used with high ability Year 9 group.

A lesson on 'The River God&' from the AQA Moon on the Tides, Character and Voice cluster. A series of activities building to students working in pairs to analyse two lines of the poem in depth. Students then present their work to the class so all students leave with a fully annotated copy of the poem.

Effective lesson on 'Brendon Gallacher&' from AQA Moon on the Tides, Character and Voice cluster. Moves through activities and then groups work to analyse a stanza of the poem each. Marketplace share these ideas so all students leave with a fully annotated poem.

This is a short SoW planned in preparation for iGCSE English Literature coursework. Includes many activities and character analysis, and essay preparation exercises. Lacks some detail due to teaching time restraints, but provides a good basis for developing.