A new type of poetry that involves using newspapers to create poems. The poem is inside the text; pupils must find it. Suitable for KS2, KS3 and KS4 ***You will need newspapers and marker pens***

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)