This lesson is the first in a sequence of lessons designed for at home learning with lower KS3 students. It revolves at first around analysing and comprehending a reading text of your choice before moving on to writing. It is primarily designed for Year 7 & 8 students, but could be used with lower Year 9 students if necessary. This lesson begins by analysing the content of the first page and explaining what information it may give you. There are success criteria and models included in every lesson.

This resource is a student friendly mark scheme for peer and self assessment of Question 5 for both Paper 1 and Paper 2.

This booklet has 11 extracts from the 19th/20th/21st century. It has been designed to compliment teaching of GCSE skills at KS3, but could be easily used at GCSE as well. It includes challenge activities for each extract which compliments the work done in the normal lessons and SOW. The complete SOW is also available.

This SOW is a fun way to introduce non-fiction reading to students with little experience of it. It uses extracts from non-fiction travel writing from explorers from a diverse background and uses places from across the world to teach reading and writing skills. Loosely following Nellie Bly’s trip around the world in 72 days, this scheme of work should: encourage students to engage with a global perspective on literature; allow students to engage with explorers from diverse backgrounds; teach students valuable reading and writing skills. It also has a homework scheme attached that builds up to presentations at the end. Lessons 1-15: Non-fiction reading building up inference skills. Lessons 16-28: Travel writing with description. Lessons 29-32: Preparation for End of Year Assessment. Extract Booklet is available for free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adventurers-and-explorers-extract-booklet-12227816

This resource is a example answer to AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 from November 2018. There is a complete answer to each of the questions. This is not a perfect answer, but has been written in the time alloted for this section of the exam.

This is a lesson based around the poem ‘May’ with a retrieval quiz at the beginning for other papers. This is for Edexcel English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This SOW has been designed to support KS3 students in the transition to GCSE work. It has 26 complete lessons which build both reading and writing skills. It revolves around Victorian England and includes extracts from Dickens’ non-fiction writing to compliment an understanding of Victorian England at GCSE. It is designed to mimic AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 - both Section A and B. Extract Booklet can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-victorian-non-fiction-extract-booklet-12349013

This presentation is designed for KS3 students writing descriptions based on a train station and classroom. It uses senses and tiered vocabulary to support students writing a setting description.

This resource is a lesson for the poem ‘A Birthda’. It includes analysis on different aspects of the poem as well as a retrieval quiz at the beginning of the lesson. This is for Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This resource provides full lessons for the poems below. They are loosely defined as being within the ‘conflict’, ‘society’ or ‘power’ theme groups. The lessons have been developed to support student progression towards independent interpretation, using gradual release of responsibility. THis will helpfully support students in analysing unseen poetry. It is for the Edexcel English Literature A Level Component 3. ‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass’ by Simon Armitage ‘The Deliverer’ by Tishani Doshi ‘The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig ‘A Minor Role’ by U A Fanthorpe ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver ‘Giuseppe’ by Roderick Ford ‘Out of the Bag’ by Seamus Heaney ‘On Her Blindness’ by Adam Thorpe ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion

KS3 resource designed to work with The Tempest as a stimulus for extended writing. The first lesson builds a character in small groups of 3-4. There are automatic timers on the PPT and it is differentiated for 3 levels and includes stretch and extension activities. The second lesson reflects on well-written character descriptions and peer assesses the students work. It also includes an assessment grid for skills.

This resource is designed to support the teaching of Question 5 using strong, clear and consciously crafted models. It is only 1 A4 typed page so students understand how to begin and finish a narrative in a short time.

This set of two lessons is a walking talking mock (WTM) for the AQA GCSE English Language November 2017 Paper 2 Section A. It has two lessons which walk students through Section A of this paper with the teacher directing tasks over the course of the lessons.

This resource is a lesson for the poem ‘Some ladies dress in muslin full and white’. It includes analysis on different aspects of the poem as well as a retrieval quiz at the beginning of the lesson. This is for Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This is a lesson for The Deliverer from the Edexcel A Level English Literature. It is taken from the Poems of the Decade Anthology. It is one lesson of a unit of work.

This is a complete response to AQA English Language Paper 1 from November 2020. It is not a model answer. Please look at my shop to see other example responses.

This is a collection of short extracts from adventurers and explorers from around the world. Full SOW available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ks3-sow-adventurers-and-explorers-12349256