Two fully annotated lessons on War Photographer. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, teacher model, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach War Photographer, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
This resource was designed to support form time reading.
It contains:
Pre reading activity
Lesson on context and author
Comprehension questions and answers for each chapter
Final activity- DIscuss this statement…
Two fully annotated lessons on Checking out Me History by John Agard. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Checking out me History, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
2 excellent workbooks addressing Literacy. Can be used as homework over a term, or as class starters. Total of 88 pages!
Includes activities on:
Vocabulary
Spellings
Synonyms and antonyms
Reading comprehension activities
Nouns/Pronouns
Verbs
Commas and subordinate clauses
Sentences types
Apostrophes
Homophones
Dictionary work
Past, present, future tense
Complete scheme of work focusing on crime fiction. 14 lessons in total. Includes: reading and writing assessment, homework tasks, stretch and challenge and differentiation.
Takes pupils through:
Poetry analysis of Simon Armitage’s poem, about his person- inference and deduction skills.
The Speckled Band, Sherlock Holmes- pathetic fallacy, character analysis of Helen Stoner, Dr. Roylott and Sherlock Holmes- PEEDL analysis skills (reading assessment), how to write an effective description (writing assessment), tracking tension graphs, features of Victorian writing lesson and a comparison between 2 Sherlock Holmes texts.
Also includes 3 lessons on Hound of the Baskervilles and a study booklet on The Silver Blaze.
Everything you need for a complete half term of crime fiction!
An extensive, full scheme of work for ‘An Inspector Calls’ tailored to fit the new AQA GCSE specification. 59 resources including 14 whole lessons, supporting resources and homework activities to run over a 7 week term.
The SOW includes a series of 14 lessons and additional resources leading up to an exam style question at the end of the scheme. Each character is analysed in detail as well as key themes and issues as well as the social and historical context.
Each lesson has a lesson plan and homework activities as well as tasks for extension and differentiation. Also included is information on how to achieve the AOs when tackling an exam question, exemplars and detailed success criteria teaching up to level 9. Everything you need for teaching the text ‘An Inspector Calls’.
An extensive full scheme of work on ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell.
The SOW includes a set of 15 lessons, including 2 assessments across the scheme. The scheme of work includes the following:
1-3. A marketplace lesson on the social and historical context. Homework activity.
4. A lesson on how the story is an allegory/fable.
5-6. An assessment with detailed success criteria on Old Major’s speech focusing on writers’ purpose and viewpoint.
7. A lesson on the 10 commandments with comprehension questions designed to stretch and challenge pupils. Homework activity.
8-9. A lesson focusing on chapter 3 with a power plotting grid and group activity.
10. Battle of the Cowshed lesson with a writing activity. Success criteria and writing frame for a tabloid newspaper.
11. Ofsted lesson on Squealer’s speech. Assessment with detailed model and success criteria. Homework on: Show how George Orwell used “Animal Farm” to teach readers about human beings, includes a writing frame.
12-14. Chapter 6- The Windmill. Speaking and listening activity on: How can you persuade the class to join you in your leadership of Animal Farm? Homework opportunities.
15- The execution. Students explore the principles of Animalism through writing Benjamin’s journal.
16- Comparing The Battle of the Cowshed and The Windmill using a VENN diagram, which results in pupils writing up their response using PEEDL structure.
17- Exploring the death of Boxer. Homework opportunity.
18- Pupils explore how the ideals have changed. Homework opportunity.
Also includes a homework project.
Each lesson has a PowerPoint and resources to support it. Extension activities are included, as well as opportunities for differentiation and homework.
Everything you need to teach ‘Animal Farm’ to a higher ability class. Lots of opportunity for stretch and challenge.
Two fully annotated lessons on Charge of the Light Brigade. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, teacher model, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Charge of the Light Brigade, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on Exposure by Wilfred Owen. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Exposure, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
A one off revision lesson on the complex character of Gerald in An Inspector Calls.
Starts off with discussion questions about Gerald and a piece of writing about his character that they have to evaluate.
2 pages of quotations with analysis are provided which allow pupils to write up an essay style response exploring how and if he takes responsibility.
Included a hypothesis statement to start off their essay response.
Full Scheme of work for Unseen poetry- targeted towards the new AQA specification.
Includes lessons on:
Introduction to poetic terms with snowball starter.
The moment annotation and analysis
3 What lips annotation and analysis
4 Ninetieth birthday compared to My Grandmother annotation and analysis
Home compared to *Emigree
Nettles compared to Poison Tree annotation and analysis
7 Still I Rise compared to The Rose that Grew from Concrete*
7 lessons which can be taught over 11/12 lessons.
Each lesson has the poem with questions to encourage analysis and annotations. Model answers using the SMILE technique and opportunities for peer and self assessment are included. Resources allow students to achieve higher grade 8/9, and differentiated writing frames allow lower ability pupils to access the poems effectively.
Two fully annotated lessons on Poppies. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, teacher model, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Poppies, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Two fully annotated lessons on Emigree. I currently use this with my top set year 10/11, but I have also attached a differentiated version which I have used with a bottom set year 9/10.
Includes: starter activities, information on the poet/context, fully annotated, to grade 9, poem, SMILE analysis comparison sheet, AQA grade descriptors, writing frame and self or peer assessment plenary.
Everything you need to teach Emigree, AQA Literature Paper 2- Power and conflict.
Each PPT is a lesson itself, and follows the same format:
Listen to a chapter from the book on BBC Sounds, then:
Answer comprehension questions.
Complete a vocabulary challenge using words from that chapter of the text.
Activity designed around that chapter, for example, in The Wind in the Willows, Grahame uses lots of literary devices to describe the river, pupils have to copy his style and produce their own piece of writing.
Answers and models provided.
As an English teacher, I have designed these for other faculties to teach during their Literacy lessons, so they are extremely easy to follow.
Texts include (in order of difficulty)
The Wind in the Willows
Alice in Wonderland
The Railway Children
Everyday use
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Hound of the Baskervilles
War of the Worlds
Frankenstein
This resource was designed to support form time reading.
It contains:
Pre reading activity
Lesson on context and author
Comprehension questions and answers for each chapter (multiple choice)
Final activity-
“Orwell’s main message in Animal Farm is that power corrupts, even when idealism is at play.” I agree/disagree with this statement because……
75 slides long.
Bundle of 5 revision lessons which can be used in school or emailed out to pupils. Covers context of AIC
Mrs Birling as a likeable character
How Priestley uses the character of the Inspector to suggest the ways in which society could be improved
How Priestley explores social class in An Inspector Calls
How Priestley presents the older and younger generation.
1 lesson on revision of context and context, and 4 lessons on exam questions. They include the exam question, quotes to use, model paragraphs and writing frames. Everything you need for your AIC revision!
This resource was designed to support form time reading.
It contains:
Pre reading activity
Lesson on context
Comprehension questions and answers for each chapter (multiple choice)
Final activity- ‘To what extent do you agree?’
Comprehensive complete scheme of work for Lord of the flies.
Targeted for use with KS4 pupils, but can also be used with a top set KS3 class.
Set of 32 lessons- everything you will ever need to teach Lord of the Flies!
Series of four lessons to celebrate Roald Dahl day on 13th September.
Lesson 1- To use descriptive and persuasive language to create and design your own chocolate bar.
Lesson 2-To develop imaginative writing skills to create a new horrid winner of a golden ticket.
Lesson 3-To become a witchophile and create a poster to warn people about witches.
Lesson 4- To prepare an interview for the BBC between a news reporter and a witchophile.
Whole school quiz and whole school competition activities also included.