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Resources produced by an English Literature and Language teacher of eleven years from North West England. All resources have been produced by myself. These resources include revision tasks and engaging activities for both Key Stage 3 and GCSE classes. After prominently teaching and marking the AQA exam board most of my resources comply with this curriculum. Hopefully you find these resources helpful, interesting and they help ease the pressure of planning!

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Resources produced by an English Literature and Language teacher of eleven years from North West England. All resources have been produced by myself. These resources include revision tasks and engaging activities for both Key Stage 3 and GCSE classes. After prominently teaching and marking the AQA exam board most of my resources comply with this curriculum. Hopefully you find these resources helpful, interesting and they help ease the pressure of planning!
'Valentine' - Carol Ann Duffy
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'Valentine' - Carol Ann Duffy

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Lesson which explores the poem ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Includes annotation task, discussion points, analysis question, model answer and creative task to produce own unusual love poem. All images from Google.
'Who's For the Game' Jessie Pope exploration
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'Who's For the Game' Jessie Pope exploration

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Four lessons which focus on exploring of the WW1 poem ‘Who’s For the Game’ (1915) by Jessie Pope. Include: Propaganda engagement task Brief facts about author Comprehension/key understanding questions Sentence starters Feature spotting Analysis question with framework and model answer Creative writing task with sentence starters All images from Google.
Easter egg design project
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Easter egg design project

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Series of lessons which allows students to design their own chocolate egg, packaging, produce a piece of sensory description and deliver a persuasive speech. Project uses persuasive language exploration and real life examples to explore how to embed language devices into a piece of writing. Encourages creativity through writing and design of new chocolate egg product. Includes Power Point and Word document with separate tasks. Power Point includes: Logo guessing game Descriptive language model Descriptive writing framework Slogan game Persuasive language devices Riddles and word play task Box design task Persuasive speech model Persuasive speech framework All images from Google. All videos from You Tube.
Fantastic Beasts/Mythical Creatures creative writing
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Fantastic Beasts/Mythical Creatures creative writing

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KS3 creative writing planning and writing task based around the topic of Fantastic Beasts or Mythical Creatures. Encourages class discussion of previously studied mythical creatures and leads into a creative writing piece. Includes a structured framework to encourage detailed writing and organised paragraphing. Also includes a response to feedback opportunity.
Black History Month: Author Display Posters
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Black History Month: Author Display Posters

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A display made focusing on the work of Black authors. Can be used on display in classrooms or in other parts of the school building. Ties in well with KS3 and KS4 reading. Includes posters, key biography facts, bullet pointed biography and two covers for each author. Authors included are: Maya Angelou John Agard Zadie Smith Benjamin Zephaniah James Baldwin Designed using Canva.
Negative food review writing
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Negative food review writing

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Using a sarcastic and spirited negative review, students are to write their own negative food review. Includes: Clip of Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares to encourage ideas Emotive images and planning Negative review of Chinese restaurant Framework to organise students planning and initial write up Intended for KS3 language classes - originally introduced as part of a transactional writing scheme.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban full scheme
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban full scheme

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Full scheme of work based on the novel ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’. Includes every chapter. Includes tasks which ask students to explore the text, write creatively, reflect on their reading and comment on structure. Has an assessment task included in the style of AQA English Language Paper - questions 3 and 4. There are frameworks and model answers embedded throughout the scheme. Aimed at Y7 but can be adapted and used for other KS3 classes. All images from Google.
'Half Caste' - John Agard
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'Half Caste' - John Agard

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A KS3 assessment task based around Agard’s poem ‘Half-Caste’. Aimed to be used to generate class discussion and move from class modeled analysis into independent writing. Also includes a response to feedback lesson if task is used as an assessed piece.
'The Darkness Out There' mini scheme
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'The Darkness Out There' mini scheme

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Set of lessons (and a few extra tasks) with activities and a glossary for the short story ‘The Darkness Out There’ in the AQA anthology. Includes frameworks, model answers, GCSE style analysis, key terminology, context and information about the author. Encourages discussion and includes references to other Literature to allow students to make links within the short story text. Lessons are aimed at mid ability, can be adapted for others and mini scheme is easily rearranged at teacher’s discretion.
Homelessness creative writing task
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Homelessness creative writing task

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Lesson which uses the issue of homelessness to encourage students to plan and develop their own piece of creative writing. Uses a five point plan to help students organise their writing (two versions of a table plan provided for upper and mid ability). Includes taboo style starter to encourage students to aim for ambitious vocabulary.
Key Word / Technical terminology display posters
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Key Word / Technical terminology display posters

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A collection of 59 A4 display posters which includes examples and definitions of technical terminology. Includes word classes, language devices and some sentence types. Would work well as a wall display. Posters are in PDF form. Terminology included: Common noun Proper noun Abstract noun Collective noun Concrete noun Pronouns Verb Auxiliary verb Modal verb Adverb Adjectives Contraction Determiner Discourse marker Imperative Preposition Suffix Prefix Comparative Superlatives Antonyms x2 Synonyms x2 Co-ordinating conjunction x2 Subordinating conjunction x2 Interjections x2 Non phrase Adverbial Relative pronoun Simile x2 Metaphor x2 Onomatopoeia x2 Oxymoron x2 Pathetic fallacy x2 Zoomorphism Asyndetic listing Syndetic listing Hyperbole x2 Fronted adverbial Prepositional phrase Formal Informal Command x2 Exclamation Question Statement Personification x2 Created on Canva All images from Google
England Football Team Letter of Thanks
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England Football Team Letter of Thanks

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Lesson which gives students guidance on how to write a formal letter of thanks to the England football team for their performance in the Euros. Uses a letter from the queen as an example of how to embed language devices. Gives a writing frame to use. Includes facts and statistics for students to embed into their letter. All images from Google.
'Ode to the Coast' exploration
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'Ode to the Coast' exploration

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A short series of lessons which encourage students to explore John Cooper Clarke’s poem ‘Ode to the Coast’. Includes a matching game to identify language devices, an exploration of the poem matching these devices, model responses using a structured framework and a framework for students to follow to analyse phrases of their own choice. Intended as a KS3 ‘unseen poem’ exploration - with some guidance beforehand!
Author biography information display posters
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Author biography information display posters

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A selection of 20 author biography posters (both modern and Literary heritage) with information about each author and their writings. All posters are PDF A4 size. Suitable for Primary and Secondary settings as a classroom or whole school display. Includes: Image of author Bullet pointed autobiography List of key writing ‘Did you know…?’ interesting facts Authors included are: JK Rowling F Scott Fitzgerald Roald Dahl Edgar Allan Poe RL Stevenson Michael Morpurgo Jane Austen CS Lewis Willy Russell John Steinbeck David Walliams Mary Shelley William Shakespeare Simon Armitage Charles Dickens Virginia Woolf George Orwell Charlotte Bronte JRR Tolkien Philip Pullman Designed on Canva. All images from Google.
The Hill We Climb poem analysis
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The Hill We Climb poem analysis

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Series of lessons which includes: Analysis of poem title Link to poem being performed Summary of poem Analysis of extract Key language features Model answer exploring theme of ‘hope’ Framework for students’ independent response Creative writing task Also included is a copy of a glossary to explain language used in the poem. All images from Google.
AQA Language Paper 1 - Gollum
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AQA Language Paper 1 - Gollum

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A series of tasks which uses an extract from Chapter 5 of ‘The Hobbit’ to answer 5 questions in the style of AQA Enligh language paper 1. Includes: Extract Model answers Frameworks for each answer Planning opportunities/examples A structured response to each question. Images and extract from Google.
Animal Farm - Unit of Work
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Animal Farm - Unit of Work

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Updated unit of work. Includes social and historical context, author background, character summary, chapter summaries and key quotes from each chapter. Works alongside classroom study as a detailed resource to dip into alongside study of full novel. Can be used as revision guide. Includes reading and writing tasks using PEELECMT (point, evidence, explain, language, empathy, multiple interpretation, theme) structure. Writing tasks also included to consolidate knowledge of novella and enhance Language writing skills for multiple purposes (including persuasive and informative writing). Good to dip into during study and includes every chapter fully summarised. Extensive social and historical context information.
An Inspector Calls - Eric
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An Inspector Calls - Eric

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Assessment style question around how Priestley presents the character of Eric in the play. Class must have read play to complete task. Uses PEELECMT (point, evidence, explain, language, empathy, context, multiple interpretations, theme) structure and offers framework/paragraph starters for students to organise their ideas about the character throughout the whole play. Could be adapted to suit another character(s).
Suicide in the Trenches analysis
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Suicide in the Trenches analysis

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Students analyse the poem 'Suicide in the Trenches' and explore Sassoon uses language to create tone within the poem. Moves into an extended response after initial discussion and includes a framework and prompts for students to include textual evidence and focus on specific word types.