A feedback method that speeds up marking - workload reducing, yay! - whilst focusing on key assessment criteria. Useful for literature or language. KS3 or KS4. Easy to adapt to suit your exam board/KS3 assessments. See picture for model of use.

A festive Christmas lesson that is based on writing a letter from santa to a younger family member (KS2/KS3)

A useful resource for exploring characters in novels, plays or poetry. Can be used to explore relationships in different parts of the text (KS2/KS3/KS4)

Writing a negative review of music, fashion, books or films. Examples of plans, a full review and success criteria (KS3/KS4)

Writing an album review featuring Rihanna and Justin Timberlake. Analysis of two recent albums and a checklist for writing your own (KS3/KS4)

Letter writing tasks (with models and advice). Useful for KS3 or GCSE.

Pupils to complete the table focusing on themes and explaining quotations. Useful for exam revision (KS4)

Create your own Shakespeare insult, study the context and the language in a scene from Romeo & Juliet ***You will also need Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo é Juliet*** (KS3/KS4)

A word bank that can be used for both positive and negative descriptions (adjectives and nouns). These can be used in creative writing or non-fiction, such as articles, reviews, reports or letters. Useful for expressing personal opinions and encouraging clear and emotive responses. (KS3/KS4)

Introduces The Tempest (KS3/KS4) Starter: exploring images Development: message in a bottle/exploring quotations Plenary: exit card

A reading and writing task based on the issue of Graffiti (KS3/KS4)

Full set of resources for exploring the poem (KS3/KS4) Starter: imagery Development: annotation/venn diagram/PEE Plenary: triangle of learning

A reading and writing lesson on the topic of zoos (KS3/KS4)

A lesson based on producing adverts to sell an inventor's products (KS2/KS3/KS4)

Reading activities on 'The Sweet Shop&', &';The Great Mouse Plot' and &'Mr Coombes&';. Focus on AF2 & AF3 (KS2/KS3)

Pupils will select and analyse information from a VIrgin Galactic article. Pupils will then analysis the structure and format before writing a persuasive argument. The website makes for an effective starter (KS3/KS4)

Full scheme and resources for the Dracula playscript ***one lesson requires you having a copy of two DVDs: Dracula (1931) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)***

An article about young people and tattoos, a PowerPoint explaining letter structures and a peer assessment worksheet. Useful for the GCSE writing exam (KS4)

A lesson based on improving descriptive writing using fairy tale images (KS2/KS3)

Reading and writing tasks based on reviews of Catching Fire (KS3/KS4)