This lesson is the third in a three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with different tragic solilquies throughout history: from Antigone, to Othello, to Death of a Salesman. The students will choose to analyse one of six soliloquies, and then get into pairs so that they can present a comparative analysis.

Lesson 2 in a mini-scheme on Shakespearean tragedy. A discounted bundle of the 3 lessons can be found in my shop.

This worksheet can be used during/after showing the film ‘Elf’, and having students look out for themes of cultural identity. The sheet includes: A poetry activity A movie review activity A reflection activity

This is the second lesson in an A Level SOW on ASND. If you’re wanting the lesson that came before this, please visit the shop! This could easily act as a stand alone lesson, though.

4-5 weeks worth of Nature poetry lessons, including an introduction to poetry, a presentation week (with matching presentation templates), and a build to an assessment task.

Lesson One: WOTW (Emancipation) and study of key concepts and context connected to the poem. Lesson Two: Analysis and pair annotation lesson Lesson Three: Creation of revision resource and analytical paragraph. Finishes with a fun Kahoot quiz.

This lesson teaches students about the differences between hyphens, en, and em dashes. The students will be able to test their knowledge by completing a section of comprehension, and then writing a creative piece which will be peer-reviewed.

This lesson is half-punctuation and half-comprehension. This allows students to ‘solve the punctuation crimes’ by detecting the ‘stolen punctuation’ in a sentence. After answering some 11+ style comprehension questions, students will test their punctuation skills by writing a crime fiction piece. The lesson finalises with a peer-review.

This SPAG lesson focuses on the specifics of speech marks and semicolons. Students are given a spelling test, knowledge questions, and then a creative task to prove all they have learned. Included in this bundle is an easy teacher marksheet, in which teachers can simply highlight a student ‘What went well’ and ‘Even better if’.

This lesson will introduce students to Question 4 and its requirements, and will also teach them to write strong evaluative statements.

In this lesson (8th in a GCSE exam skills SOW) students will learn about the language paper 1 question 3 requirements, and test their understanding of tracking structure with an extract of 'No Country for Old Men’. This lesson is also part of a question 3 bundle, and also a 24-lesson GCSE Language Paper 1 SOW. Check the shop for more!

This lesson will cover Language Paper 1, Question Two skills. The students will be building brilliant vocabulary, identifying various language techniques, and analysing a section of Jaws for implicit meaning.

This lesson introduces students to Paper 1, Question 1. This lesson also allows students to practice their identification and creative writing skills, as they write their own sample Question Ones (complete with sources) for each other.

This lesson includes interesting discussions about ancestry and heritage, a character tracking table, comprehension questions, a creative writing task, and an option for a reflective purple pen plenary.

Topic: Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’, cultural anxieties and how they affect literature, transgressive science. Lesson including resource, word of the week (transgression), key concepts and structured analysis.

An excellent, high level lesson on critical analysis, with a focus on Albert Camus’ ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’. Perfect for a non-fiction SOW. Key concepts include: Existentialsm, futility, absurdism and nihilism. Key technique focused on: Extended metaphor

This lesson is for KS4 students preparing to write their own analytical response in essay form. However, this gives them even more freedom and independence by asking them to find their sources, and formulate their own essay questions.

Topic: Debates in Science - how far is too far? Resource: A conversation between two female scientists about the ethics of ‘designer babies’ Task: Construct a conversational piece, using the resource as inspiration. Resources included

Sheila Birling full revision sheet with lesson to accompany. Appropriate for mid-high ability KS4.