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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!
Peter Kay mini scheme
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Peter Kay mini scheme

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Short scheme using an extract from chapters 1 & 3 of Peter Kay’s 2006 autobiography ‘The Sound of Laughter’. Used with a lower ability group to encourage exploring tone, humour and non-fiction writing. Includes: Extract from chapter 1 with pictures Extract from chapter 3 Lesson by lesson mini-scheme Assessment around an extract from chapter 3 Mark scheme for assessment
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.
Shakespeare 'Romeo and Juliet' invite/sonnet writing
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Shakespeare 'Romeo and Juliet' invite/sonnet writing

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Lesson which explore Capulet’s invite to his ball (Act 1 Scene 2) and Sonnet 18, then asks students to then write their own version of one of the pieces. Includes starter activities, original text and translation, key questions for understanding the language and frameworks for both tasks. All images from Google.
Romeo and Juliet Ball Scene Mask Design
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Romeo and Juliet Ball Scene Mask Design

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Creative task in which students design their own mask for a masquerade ball similar to those of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Act 1 Scene 5. Includes translated key moments of scene and mask template. Promotes discussion around connotation of colour and design before students design their own. 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.
Goosebumps review and adaptation
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Goosebumps review and adaptation

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Collection of 7 lessons which focus on reading a Goosebumps short story. Includes starter activities, review template and tasks around movie adaptations. Aimed at lower ability students. Full copy RL Stine’s ‘Stay Out Of The Basement’ can be found on Google. 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.
'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.
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.
Literature 'Escape Room' Revision Bundle
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Literature 'Escape Room' Revision Bundle

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3 revision activities for the price of 2! A collection of three ‘escape room’ tasks which can be used as revision activities or to support learning of GCSE texts. The escape rooms focus on three Literature texts: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Macbeth Blood Brothers The activities include revision of quotations, plot, themes and context. Activities take the form of crosswords, anagrams, sequencing, ‘Dingbats’ (say what you see) and code breakers. Power Points (with answers) and PDF worksheets of activities are included separately for all three texts.
'Blood Brothers' full text revision escape room
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'Blood Brothers' full text revision escape room

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An ‘escape room’ series of revision tasks for Willy Russell’s ‘Blood Brothers’. Includes quotations, key themes, lyrics and song organisation tasks. Also includes a PDF document which includes the tasks so students can complete them independently or in groups.
'Macbeth' full text revision escape room
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'Macbeth' full text revision escape room

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An ‘escape room’ series of revision tasks for William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. Includes quotations, key themes, setting and plot organisation tasks. Also includes a PDF document which includes the tasks so students can complete them independently or in groups.
'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' full text revision escape room
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'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' full text revision escape room

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An ‘escape room’ series of revision tasks for ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’. Includes quotations, key themes, setting and chapter titles tasks. Also includes a PDF document which includes the tasks so students can complete them independently or in groups.
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.
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.
Non-fiction,  persuasive and transactional writing scheme
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Non-fiction, persuasive and transactional writing scheme

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THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES ELEMENTS OF ANOTHER RESOURCE I’VE SHARED - ‘NEGATIVE REVIEW WRITING’. Non-fiction, transactional and persuasive writing scheme which includes tasks exploring persuasive writing, using persuasive writing in own work and writing for multiple purposes and audiences. Includes tasks, model answers, frameworks and engaging articles. Glossaries are provided for each article. Topics of articles include reality TV (Love Island, Geordie Shore, Keeping up with the Kardashians) and three reviews. Ultimately students are encouraged to write their own persuasive letter for or against school uniforms. All images from Google
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
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.