Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge. Includes context and language analysis tasks. Includes annotations of the poem. Differentiated language/structure analysis tasks. Please leave a review - i’d love to hear your feedback :)

A poetry lesson studying the context and language in the poem Island Man. Differentiated and aimed at a KS3 class but could be adapted for KS4 students.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. A lesson analysing the context and language in Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker. Differentiated and aimed at KS3 but could be taught to older students.

A lesson teaching the poem ‘Checking out me history’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Includes context and language analysis tasks.

A lesson teaching the poem ‘Charge of the light brigade’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge. Includes context, annotations and language analysis tasks.

A lesson teaching the poem ‘The Prelude’ from the GCSE power and conflict poetry. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Includes context and language analysis tasks.

A lesson teaching students about the Globe Theatre and the differences between theatre then and now. Aimed at KS3 but can be used for older students to teach Shakespearean context. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson involves students gathering information about the theatre and then writing from the perspective of someone at the theatre (choice based on ability.) Challenge task to include some archaic language.

AQA Language Paper 1. 2 lesson on questions 2 and 3 on this paper using the text ‘1984.’ Differentiated and planned using the GCSE mark scheme.

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.

3 lessons using the short story ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ to each language paper 1 skills. Lessons are aimed at teaching question 1,2 and 4 on the language paper 1. All lessons differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge.

4 lesson starters on 4 aspects of SPAG. These can be used as a starter or a tutor activity to teach or refresh students knowledge of various aspects of SPAG. Dashes/colons/semi-colons and speech marks.

A lesson aimed at KS3 but can be adapted for older year groups. Uses the poem ‘The Night Before Christmas’ to help students plan and write their own poem. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.

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 teaching students the structure question (question 3) on language paper 1. Lesson is differentiated with challenge questions and using the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson is scaffolded to support all ability students in answering the question.

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.

Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. AImed at KS3 but can easily be adapted for KS4 students. Lesson asks students to think about what makes a typical gothic setting.Students watch clips and read through an extract from Dracula.

An introduction to the GCSE play, teaching students the social and historical context of the play. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.