I am a secondary school English teacher with a specialist interest in literature and poetry. I also teach GCSE Media Studies and spent many years as a journalist.
My resources include ranges designed for KS3 and GCSE. Full schemes of work all include detailed lesson plans, opportunities for assessment, a range of activities to suit all abilities and a selection of varied activities which can be fully adapted to match the needs of your class.
I am a secondary school English teacher with a specialist interest in literature and poetry. I also teach GCSE Media Studies and spent many years as a journalist.
My resources include ranges designed for KS3 and GCSE. Full schemes of work all include detailed lesson plans, opportunities for assessment, a range of activities to suit all abilities and a selection of varied activities which can be fully adapted to match the needs of your class.
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Raymond Antrobus’ "Jamaican British (after Aaron Samuels)”
This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Carol Rumen’s "The Émigrée”
This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology. This poem also appears in the AQA GCSE Poetry Anthology.
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Amy Blakemore’s "Peckham Rye Lane”
This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Nichols’ "Island Man”
This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology. This poem also appears in the “Different Cultures” section of the AQA Poetry Anthology.
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Thomas Hood’s "I Remember, I Remember”
This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology. Also falls under the CCEA “Identity” Poetry Anthology
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions
Two Powerpoint lessons covering chapter 6 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (also known as ‘The List’ in the United States).
Resources include:
2 full Powerpoint lessons with lesson plans
Additional extract resource
Challenge activities for higher abilities
Each lesson is designed to take an hour but can definitely be extended depending on the challenge and depth that you want to pursue with the text.
This is an ideal text for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) but could also work for top end Key Stage 2 (ages 9-11).
Comprehensive Powerpoint to deliver Benjamin Zephaniah’s "We Refugees”
This poem appears in the “Belonging” section of the Pearson Edexcel Poetry Anthology
The resource is a simple, easy-to-follow guide for both pupils and teachers and includes context, annotations and example exam questions
9 worksheets in Word for SEN pupils covering the whole of Merchant of Venice at KS3 and KS4. Sheets include key word/theme analysis and cloze sentence exercises. Worksheets would help with revision or can be used as a teaching aid with lower ability or SEN students.
8 worksheets cover themes, key words and characters in Merchant of Venice including:
Christianity
Judaism
Patriarchy
The Bond
Usury
Shylock
Antonio
Portia
1 Dual Coding worksheet which can be leveled up or down by teacher or Learning Support Assistant depending on ability of pupil.
These resources have been designed for KS4 pupils as a learning support pack but would also work as a revision aid. They would work as learning aids for KS4 students who struggle either with information processing or the English language.
Documents are fully adaptable if you wish to add, remove or edit to suit your student.
SPAG PDF booklet of KS2/KS3 basics aimed at transitioning to secondary teaching and can act as a Knowledge Organiser for year 7s.
Contents include:
Spelling:
- i before e except after c
- changing y to ies
- adding es to words ending in s, ss, z, ch, sh & x
- doubling up rule
- drop the e rule
- changing the y to i when adding suffix endings
- changing f to ves
- words ending in ful
- adding ly to the end of a word
- adding the prefix all
- their vs there
Sentence types:
- imperative
- declarative
- exclamatory
Punctuation:
- capital letters
- apostrophes
- question marks
- it’s vs its
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
This resource works well as an independent reference guide for students both in school and with home learning. This is also particularly helpful for inclusion work and as a learning and support aide for SEN teaching.
The booklet is in PDF and is formatted so that when it is printed on landscape A4, it can be stapled in the middle and made into a booklet. Totals 20 sides of A5. When printing from PDF, be sure to select paper size as A4 and print 2 pages per sheet. Always print a practice booklet first!
12 worksheets in Word for SEN pupils covering whole of Macbeth at KS3 and KS4. Sheets include key word/theme analysis and cloze sentence exercises.
9 worksheets cover themes and key words in Macbeth including:
Ambition
Dagger
Femininity
Fiend
Foul
Masculinity
Regicide
Serpent
Spirits
2 Cloze sentence worksheets answer the questions:
“How is Lady Macbeth portrayed throughout the play?” and;
“Macbeth became an evil king because of Lady Macbeth: How far do you agree with this statement?”
1 Dual coding worksheet which can be leveled up or down by teacher or Learning Support Assistant depending on ability of pupil.
These resources have been designed for KS3 SEN pupils but would work as learning aids for KS4 students who struggle either with information processing or English language.
Documents are fully adaptable if you wish to add, remove or edit to suit your student.
A complete collection of colourful display posters of the Conflict poems from the Pearson Edexcel anthology in PDF format.
This is perfect for a classroom or corridor display. They also work really well as revision flashcards.
Poems included:
A Poison Tree
The Destruction of Sennacherib
Extract from The Prelude
The Man He Killed
Cousin Kate
Half-Caste
Exposure
The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Catrin
War Photographer
Belfast Confetti
The Class Game
Poppies
No Problem
What Were They Like
** Bonus of a “Conflict Poetry” Display Banner!
A collection of 10 lessons covering chapters 6-15 of Patricia Forde’s ‘The Wordsmith’ (The List in the United States).
Each lesson comes with lesson plan, Powerpoint and any additional resources you might need.
Challenge activities and defferentiation tasks are provided.
These lessons are designed for Key Stage 3 (11-14) but would be suitable for older Key Stage 2 (9-11).
GCSE English poetry unit of work PowerPoint lessons. Designed for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Belonging poems from the exam board anthology.
Each poem from the Belonging section of the anthology has its own PowerPoint lesson which will guide both pupils and teachers logically through each poem.
Powerpoints lessons include:
Introduction to the anthology poem
Context
Anthology poem
Discussion of key themes, language and structure
Example exam questions
Challenge exercises are included for most poems
Lesson resources include:
To My Sister
Sunday Dip
Mild The Mist Upon The Hill
Captain Cook (To My Brother)
Clear and Gentle Stream
I Remember, I Remember
Island Man
We Refugees
Peckham Rye Lane
Us
In Wales, Wanting To Be Italian
Kumukanda
Jamaican British (after Aaron Samuels)
My Mother’s Kitchen
The Émigrée
GCSE English poetry unit of work PowerPoints with “unseen” poem practise exercises. Designed for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Conflict poems from the exam board anthology.
Each poem from the Conflict section of the anthology has its own PowerPoint lesson with supporting materials and a comparison poem that pupils can practise with for the unseen element of the exam.
Powerpoints are structured as follows:
Introduction to the anthology poem
Context
Anthology poem
Discussion of key themes, language and structure
Unseen poem
Comparison exercise
Example exam questions
Challenge exercises are included for most poems
Lesson resources include:
Anthology poem comparison list
Vocabulary hand-outs
A Poison Tree
The Destruction of Sennacherib
Extract from The Prelude
The Man He Killed
Cousin Kate
Half-Caste
Exposure
The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Catrin
War Photographer
Belfast Confetti
The Class Game
Poppies
No Problem
What Were They Like
This resource contains 14 Powerpoints and detailed lesson plans specifically for the modern novel “Boys Don’t Cry” on the Pearson Edexcel English Literature GCSE.
Resources include 18 PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets, lesson plans and timings, all designed specifically for the Edexcel GCSE syllabus.
Lessons are structured chronologically in line with the chapters of the novel and includes practice exam questions.
The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge questions and exam questions plus at least one opportunities for self/peer red-pen assessment and homework.
This bundle contains 19 lessons and a Scheme of Work specifically for the NEW modern novel “Coram Boy” on the Pearson Edexcel English Literature GCSE.
Resources include 19 lesson PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets, lesson plans and timings, vocabulary glossary, key quotations and bonus activities all desigined specifically for the Edexcel GCSE syllabus.
Lessons are structured chronologically in line with the chapters of the novel and include:
Introductory lesson
Chapter 1 - Gloucester, Otis and the concept of charity
Chapter 2 – Metaphors, sensory language and child abandonment
Chapters 3&4 – Angels for Meshak and meeting Thomas and Alexander
Chapter 5 – The Slave Trade
Chapter 6 – The Orphanage, hypocrisy and social care
Chapter 7 – Themes, poverty and writing practise
Chapter 9 – The Ball and the concept of jealousy
Chapters 9&10 – The class divide, the National Health Service
Chapters 12&13 – Music throughout the novel, friendships
Part Two - 1750
Parting from parents, a surprise return
Mementoes
Trauma
Exploitation Continues
18th Century London, a change at Ashbrook
Trust and comprehension practise
Suffering and sounds
Epilogue
The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge questions and exam questions plus at least one opportunity, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment.
The pack also includes a Key Quotations document, ordered by character and theme.
This resource contains 14 Powerpoints and detailed lesson plans specifically for the modern novel “Anita and Me” on the Pearson Edexcel English Literature GCSE.
Resources include 14 PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets, lesson plans and timings, all desigined specifically for the Edexcel GCSE syllabus.
Lessons are structured chronologically in line with the chapters of the novel and include:
Prologue & Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Context
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter13
The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge questions and exam questions plus at least one opportunity, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment.
Included in this bundle is a full Scheme of Work covering the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Conflict poetry unit alongside a ready-to-print display featuring all 15 poems.
Save yourself hours of time planning and impress your pupils and SLT with your beautiful display board.
The display posters can also be printed smaller and make for great revision flashcards.
GCSE English poetry unit of work PowerPoints with “unseen” poem practise exercises. Designed for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Conflict poems from the exam board anthology.
Each poem from the Conflict section of the anthology has its own PowerPoint lesson with supporting materials and a comparison poem that pupils can practise with for the unseen element of the exam.
Powerpoints are structured as follows:
Introduction to the anthology poem
Context
Anthology poem
Discussion of key themes, language and structure
Unseen poem
Comparison exercise
Example exam questions
Challenge exercises are included for most poems
Lesson resources include:
Anthology poem comparison list
Vocabulary hand-outs
A Poison Tree
The Destruction of Sennacherib
Extract from The Prelude
The Man He Killed
Cousin Kate
Half-Caste
Exposure
The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Catrin
War Photographer
Belfast Confetti
The Class Game
Poppies
No Problem
What Were They Like