A planning sheet for story writing (KS3) or narrative GCSE (KS4). The sheet is double sided and encourages pupils to think about the two sides of successful narrative writing: being descriptive and creating an interesting plot. Stress the importance of both to your pupils for improved performance.

A PowerPoint that highlights the areas for focus when writing a review of any type (KS3/KS4)

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

A Christmas Carol Revision PowerPoint based on role models for Scrooge (KS3/KS4)

Writing a song review: analysing a review of Daft Punk's &'Get Lucky&'; and writing a review of 'Anything Can Happen&' by Ellie Goulding ***you will need to download the songs from YouTube*** (KS3/KS4)

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)

Analysis of the poet and comparison with other texts (KS3/KS4)

Story titles for narrative writing. Useful for a one-off lesson or cover work. Suitable for any age and ability (KS2/KS3/KS4)

10 visual prompts for non-fiction writing. Great for a one-off lesson or cover work. Suitable for all ages/abilities (KS2/KS3/KS4)

10 visual prompts for narrative/story writing. Great for a one-off lesson or cover work. (KS2/KS3/KS4)

Writing a review of The Pogues classic Christmas song. Analysis of lyrics and background included. You'll need a YouTube clip of the song (KS3/KS4)

A breakdown of the WJEC narrative writing mark scheme for teachers and pupils (KS3/KS4)

Exploring chapter seven of Skulduggery Pleasant and creating a villain (KS3)

Reading and writing tasks for chapter five of Skulduggery Pleasant (KS3)

A PowerPoint and worksheet explaining the importance of Ignorance and Want to the story of A Christmas Carol. Pictures, questions and an annotated extract (KS3/KS4)

A plan for a 'lively&' magazine article, focusing on the onesie fashion trend (KS3/KS4)

A worksheet to revise the ghosts in A Christmas Carol. Analyse the description, explore key quotations and explain the relationship between Scrooge and the ghost (KS4)

A lesson analysing the protagonist throughout the first four chapters using PEE chains (KS3)

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

Reading and writing tasks for the poem. Starter: guess the title, Main: exploring images and ideas in the poem/writing a poem, Plenary: sharing creative writing (KS3/KS4)