First 5 poems from a full context resource, which summarises key information about the context of each poem from the Poetry Relationships Pearson Edexcel GCSE anthology, allowing students to make links to between text and context. As a revision resource it outlines the relevant contextual information across the whole anthology.

The context resource summarises key information about the context of each poem from the Poetry Relationships Pearson Edexcel GCSE anthology, allowing students to make links to between text and context. As a revision resource it outlines the relevant contextual information across the whole anthology.

This lesson focuses on the poem One Flesh from a series of lessons covering all 15 of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Poetry Anthology Relationships. The lessons are structured to prepare students to annotate all poems with meaning, language, form and structure. The lessons introduce key themes, encourage students to work out the meaning and synopsis of the poem, provide space for teacher led annotation and links the meaning to the form and structure of the poem. The context resource summarises key information about the context of the poem, allowing students to make links to between text and context. As a revision resource it outlines the relevant contextual information across the whole anthology.

The lesson focuses on Carol Ann Duffy’s poem Valentine and comes from a series of lessons covering all 15 of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Poetry Anthology Relationships. The lessons are structured to prepare students to annotate all poems with meaning, language, form and structure. The lessons introduce key themes, encourage students to work out the meaning and synopsis of the poem, provide space for teacher led annotation and links the meaning to the form and structure of the poem. The context resource summarises key information about the context of the poem, allowing students to make links to between text and context. As a revision resource it outlines the relevant contextual information across the whole anthology.

A series of lessons covering all 15 of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Poetry Anthology Relationships. The lessons are structured to prepare students to annotate all poems with meaning, language, form and structure. The lessons introduce key themes, encourage students to work out the meaning and synopsis of the poem, provide space for teacher led annotation and links the meaning to the form and structure of the poem. The context resource summarises key information about the context of the poem, allowing students to make links to between text and context. As a revision resource it outlines the relevant contextual information across the whole anthology.

Two thoroughly planned booklets that teach the key skills of analysing language, making comparisons and forming a critical opinion. Designed using engaging, interesting and inspirational materials based around social justice, the resources draws on the stories of Martin Luther King, Frida Kahlo, Nelson Mandela, Malala and Lebron James to engage and motivate students while teaching fundamental skills. The skills developed apply to a wide range of English qualifications, however directly compliment the AQA English Language Paper 2 mark scheme.

A fantastic visual revision tool for the Love and Relationships poetry, uses images to recall and recap the poems, key quotations and key themes. Extension questions for each poem to create disucssion. Includes ALL 15 poems, excellent revision materials for GCSE students for AQA English Literature Paper 2 students. Versatile: I use it with LA students to recap key ideas in the poems and memorise quotations and also with HA students to analyse the poems, make comparisons and revise key quotations. Includes: Love’s Philosophy Porphyria’s Lover When We Two Parted Winter Swans Sonnet 29 Neutral Tones Letters from Yorkshire The Farmer’s Bride Walking Away Eden Rock Follower Mother any distance Before You Were Mine Singh Song Climbing My Grandfather

This resource is designed as a fun and engaging project that also teaches students key writing skills. It involves tasks based around football, creating a fantasy team, the perfect player and commentating. these tasks have a literacy focus. Learning Objectives: LO: To learn more adjectives based on physical abilities. LO: To learn how to use superlatives in explanatory writing. LO: To learn how to include ambitious vocabulary in writing.

This Home Learning Pack for English at KS3 has been designed to provide learning activities during any school closure. It covers: Descriptive writing Writing a playscript Characterisation Showing not Telling Can be used to support students write a wide range of stories, descriptions and scripts.

A full SOW for the AQA English Language Paper 2 exam, pro forma outlines key learning questions, differentiated learning objectives, a range of tasks, homework tasks, model answers and the links to SMSC. It uses 2 sets of non-fiction articles: the AQA specimen paper with Source A: 21st Century non-fiction A newspaper article called Are We Having Fun Yet? by Elizabeth Day. Source B: 19th Century non-fiction An extract from Greenwich Fair by Charles Dickens. Also, an extract from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas and an extract from Barack Obama’s speech about Nelson Mandela. Includes suggested assessment from AQA specimen. All exams questions are covered for all the extracts have a range of tasks to teach students the skills needed for the AQA Langauge Paper 2 GCSE Q1 -Q5. An excellent teaching or revision scheme.

A fully resourced lesson for KS3 and KS4 students to help them develop their descriptive / creative writing skills. Pre-teaches the sophisticated term ‘tabula rasa’ meaning blank canvas and uses an animation to create discussion and then stimulate the creative writing task. Uses peer assessment based on success criteria. Pair and group work align well with SMSC objectives.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 5 scene 3 (Concepts of love. Exam question) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 1 Scene 1 (Language analysis. Context Elizabethan dueling) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 3 scene 5 (Language analysis. Context Patriarchal gender roles) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 3 scene 1 (Character analysis) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 2 scene 3 and 6 (Character analysis. Context fate) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 2 scene 2 (Language analysis. Context: The Copernican Theory) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 1 scene 5 (Light and dark imagery) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature

Fully differentiated and resourced lesson that focus on key scenes from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Part of a ten lesson scheme of work. Act 1 scene 4 (Petrachan lover) Aimed at the new AQA specification for English Literature.