AQA Language Paper 1. A lesson on answering question 4 using an extract from ‘The boy in the striped pyjamas.’ Differentiated and planned using the GCSE mark scheme.

Gothic style lesson focusing on Frankenstein’s monster. Includes a starter activity where students create their own monster by each designing a different body part. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at KS3 but can be used for older students. Planned using the TEEP model.

A lesson aimed at teaching students the paper 1, question 3 structure question using an extract from Goodnight Mister Tom. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at KS3 and KS4.

A GCSE Christmas Carol lesson analysing the Cratchit family and the theme of poverty within the novel Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is based around AO1 and AO2. Lesson is created using the TEEP model.

Students analyse how the character of Scrooge is presented and how Dickens’ presents the characters of Fred and Bob in contrast to him. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.

A lesson based around analysing how language is used to describe a setting. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is part of a full scheme of gothic horror lessons (full scheme available on TES.)

A lesson aimed at teaching language paper 1, question 2 skills. Lesson was made as part of a module teaching the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas but can also be used for GCSE students teaching language paper 1. Lesson includes challenge questions and uses the GCSE mark scheme.

Lesson aimed at teaching language paper 1, question 5 to GCSE students. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Tasks are timed to help student’s focus and prepare themselves for exam timings.

Lesson asks students to choose a door to another world (Hogwarts, Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland and Middle Earth.) They then plan the opening and eventually go on to produce a piece of creative writing describing their journey to this other world. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at KS3 but can also be used with KS4 to practice language paper 1, question 5 skills. Please leave a review, i’d love your feedback :)

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson is aimed at a GCSE class and looks asks students to analyse how the writer uses language to highlight the social class and attitudes of the characters. Scaffolded and differentiated tasks throughout the lesson.

A fun lesson introducing students to the language of Shakespeare. Includes a glossary for students to use to translate. Students translate Shakespearean words into modern English and vice versa. Students eventually use the glossary to write their own script in pairs which they will then present to the class. Please leave a review, I love to hear your feedback :)

A lesson aimed at introducing KS3 students to analysing poetry. Can also be used with KS4 students. Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. This lesson was made as part of a module teaching poetry from other cultures (complete bundle also available.) Please leave a review - I’d love to know what you think.

A creative writing lesson using an extract from Alice in Wonderland. This lesson includes numerous tasks including comprehension questions, information retrieval and creative writing. Aimed at KS3 but could be adapted for older students. Lesson differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme.

GCSE Language Paper 2 lesson comparing two non-fiction texts on prisons. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is aimed at teaching questions 1 and 4 on the paper. Sources included.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson involves getting students to think about what a typical gothic monster is, look at extracts and eventually create and write a description of their own monster. Lesson is aimed at KS3 students but can easily be adapted for KS4.

A GCSE Christmas Carol lesson analysing the importance of Ignorance and Want. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is based around AO1 and AO2. Lesson is created using the TEEP model.

A Christmas Carol quiz consisting of 3 rounds and 40 questions. Aimed at GCSE students studying the text, to test their knowledge of the plot, characters and key quotations. Round 1 - A general knowledge of the book. Round 2 - The ghosts. Round 3 - Who said it.

Lesson is aimed at getting students interested in the news by making it fun and interesting. Lesson asks students to think about the way they can access the news and why news is important. Students then watch and discuss the news before writing and presenting their own news report on a current topic. Aimed at KS3 students but can easily be adapted to suit older students. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge.

Lesson is part of a series of lessons teaching OMAM but could work as a stand alone lesson. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson looks at setting in chapter 1 and links to chapter 6.

A lesson taught as part of a unit teaching Of Mice and Men. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Aimed at a top-set year 9 class but can easily be adapted for lower ability groups.