Mrs Sisyphus Introductory A Level lesson - Introducing context - AQA A Level Literature

Before you were mine - AQA Poetry Lesson

Walking Away - GCSE AQA Poetry Lesson

Follower Lesson - AQA GCSE Poetry

A lesson looking at the use of metaphors in Mother, Any Distance - AQA Poetry Anthology

A lesson around ‘The Schoolboy’ poem. The poem is given in sections as students build clues as to the speaker’s feelings about school. Students encouraged to develop and build their understanding of the poet’s intentions and to consider the structure of the poem. Second poem also included for comparison which could act as a second lesson or homework.

A full lesson around the poems ‘Autumn’ and ‘Today’ as included in the AQA GCSE 2016. This resource also includes a structure strip for essay planning and also an unseen or poetry notemaker that can be used with any poem.

A word document that makes students zoom in/out on aspects of an image prompt. Students are also asked to focus on key literary techniques. Change image, techniques, focus points to differentiate and challenge. Model initially with one image and then ask students to write a paragraph for each box. This will get students thinking about varying the structure of their description.

Worksheet to help structure analysis of poem from AQA Poetry Anthology.

Worksheet to help structure analysis of poem from AQA Poetry Anthology

Poetry Revision Wheel - Students spend 5 minutes on each segment creating a full lesson for revision of either a poem from the AQA anthology or to help guide notes taken on an unseen poem.

This was a resource used to help guide annotation of extracts and then to write an analytical paragraph. It was originally used for OMAM with year 9, but could be adapted to suit KS3 and all AQA Literature texts that require interaction with an extract.

Analytical Frame Ladder for aiding analysis paragraphs - stick these on to tables or use as a scaffold to help students to develop their analytical skills.

Loyalty Cards that can be used for English clubs, societies, or intervention.

Stickers to print to add to books to show marking on Google Classroom.

This is a whole class marking crib sheet. It is designed to speed up whole sets of marking. Has been designed for use in an English classroom, but could easily be used for any subject.

KS3 6 Week SOW including full lessons, resources, homework, guide, and assessment This full SOW is suitable for a Year 7 class as an Introduction to Shakespeare. It looks at various resources from a number of Shakespeare's plays around the theme of hero versus villain. It includes all resources needed for each lesson. It is broken down week by week, lesson by lesson for ease of use. There is also a guide which details what resources are needed for each lesson. The SOW also includes a homework menu, a research project, a P4C lesson, a creative Shakespeare Project, and an end of unit assessment. It also includes stretch tasks and scaffold for differentiation.