This is a GCSE lesson revision focusing on the power of nature that the AQA Power and Conflict poetry explores. The lesson features a range of activities that you can pick and chose from to suit your class. They range from pupils completing a comparison table to identify what poems link in terms of the power of nature; to a model text to analyse to support pupils in writing a response to a GCSE question. This is easily adaptable for a KS4 class of any ability.

These are a series of lessons planned for a middle-ability KS4 class. These lessons explore questions 1-4 of the Language Paper 1 exam individually. Pupils are able to practice writing responses to each question on an extract from ‘Rebecca’ (extract included). There are also tips and advice included on how to answer the questions and model texts to support pupils in writing their own answers. These lessons are easily adaptable for any KS4 class of any ability.

A worksheet for KS4 pupils explaining key terminology (with definitions) to use for English Language Paper 2.

This is a lesson planned for a middle-ability Year 8 class looking at Malala’s story and her speech to the UN. Pupils will explore Malala’s story about the right to education and there is support to help them annotate key language features. There is support provided to help pupils write a response about it by using a model text. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

I have created a booklet of 12 key scenes from Romeo and Juliet. These are: The Prologue Act 1, Scene 1: Sampson and Gregory Act 1, Scene 1: Romeo and Benvolio Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3 Act 1, Scene 5/ Act 2, Scene 2: Balcony Scene Act 1, Scene 2: Romeo and Friar Lawrence Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 5 Act 4, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 3 The booklet contains extracts from each of these scenes and they are annotated by hand. Annotations include: terminology, analysis and contextual links. This booklet could be used by the teacher, or as a resource for either revision, intervention or for students who may join later in a school year and have not studied the play.

This is a lesson planned for a middle-ability Year 9 class on the influence of social media. It asks pupils to consider the purpose of social media and consider pros and cons during group work. There is a newspaper article on the impact of social media on teenagers for them to analyse (this can be independent or pair or group work) before pupils then need to respond to a question showing both sides of the argument, A model text is included to support pupils in their writing. This is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson created for a middle-ability Year 8 class. It focuses on comparing two small extracts describing Wade’s situation and the Oasis. Pupils will select language devices used and the impressions they create for the reader. Pupils will then use these descriptions to write an opening description of their own Oasis. Sentence starters are provided to support pupils in their writing. This is easily adaptable for a KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a middle-ability Year 8 class looking at Meghan Markle’s UN speech. Pupils will consider who Meghan Markle is before watching her speech and analysing an extract of it. The lesson focuses on a Language Paper 1 Q3 style question, so pupils will be introduced to structural features. There is support provided to help pupils write a response through a model text. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a middle-ability Year 8 class looking at the impact of Meghan Markle. Pupils will debate the impact she has had so far before considering writing a newspaper article persuading the audience that she has or hasn’t made a significant impact. There is support provided to help pupils with writing with a catchy headline activity and sentence starters. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a middle-high ability Year 9 class. It explores the representation of women in the media, looking at an advert from the 1950s up to magazine covers from the modern day. Pupils can annotate these to explore key features and the effects they create. There is also an activity where pupils can compare male and female magazine covers and consider how the genders are presented in the modern day. To finish, pupils can look at how the media describe male and female celebrities and write an analytical paragraph on this. A model text has been written to support them in their writing. All short extracts, magazine covers and adverts are included with the powerpoint. This lesson can easily be split into two/three lessons and adapted for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a middle-ability Year 8 class looking at English Language Paper 2 Q2 skills. Pupils will debate the impact of Malala before looking at extracts presenting two different attitudes towards the impact Malala has had. There are activities to support pupils with making comparisons and a model text to support them with their writing. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a high-ability Year 7 class looking at injustice and analysing sections of the ‘I have a dream’ speech.There will be activities supporting them in picking out key quotes and language devices, before discussing these. Students will then focus on how to pick quotes apart and analyse these in detail, with examples to help. The final activity will require students to write an analytical paragraph exploring how the language used makes the speech persuasive. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a high-ability Year 7 class looking at injustice. Pupils will write a speech persuading an audience to fight against injustice. There will be activities supporting them in creating arguments and embedding language techniques. The final activity will require students to write their speech and there are sentence starters included to support those who may struggle to start. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a high-ability Year 7 class looking at injustice and how women are treated by the media. Pupils will look at an array of famous women and look at newspaper articles comparing their treatment. There will be activities supporting them in picking out key quotes and language devices, before discussing these. Students will then focus on the different representations of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle in the media. The final activity will require students to write an analytical paragraph exploring how the language represents the women. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.

This is a GCSE lesson revision on different types of individual experience that the AQA Power and Conflict poetry cluster explores. The lesson features a range of activities that you can pick and chose from to suit your class. They range from pupils completing a table to identify what poems link to different types of individual experience; to a run through of each poem linking to the theme to then support pupils in writing a response to a GCSE question. This is easily adaptable for a KS4 class of any ability.

This is a GCSE lesson revision different types of pride in Ozymandias and My Last Duchess from the AQA Power and Conflict poetry cluster. The lesson features a range of activities that you can pick and chose from to suit your class. They range from pupils completing a table (included) to compare the two poems and the methods used by the poets to present pride; to a run through of each poem linking to the theme to then support pupils in writing a response to a GCSE question. This is easily adaptable for a KS4 class of any ability.

This is an assessment lesson for a middle-ability Year 9 class. The lesson looks at the theme of ambition in the play. Pupils will initially revise key scenes where ambition is clearly displayed in the play; before then looking at a short extract (Macbeth’s response to the Witches’ prophecies) and using this to answer a GCSE-style question. There is a planning sheet included that will support pupils in planning THREE paragraphs to use as their response. This lesson is easily adaptable for a KS3 or KS4 class of any ability.

This is a lesson planned for a middle-ability Year 8 class looking at the role of female children and the Red Room in ‘Jane Eyre’. Pupils will debate the role of children before looking at the extract where Jane is forced into the red room. There is support provided to help pupils annotate the extract through group work and sentence starters to write a response about it. This lesson is easily adaptable for any KS3 class of any ability.