An evidence-based strategy guide outlining methods to raise literacy standards in secondary schools.

A lesson analysing the structure of ‘The Lovely Bones’ (AQA P1,Q3).

A reading journal for secondary school students, including space for teacher comments, target setting, and information related to Accelerated Reader.

A single lesson exploring how to craft meaningful descriptions for AQA Langugae Paper 1, Section B.

Learning Challenge: Can I identify the elements of a fairy tale narrative? Designed with Zoom/Teams in mind, so will need tweaking for face-to-face teaching.

A single lesson exploring P1, Q5, the mark scheme, using a WAGOLL, evaluating against the mark scheme, and crafting a response for peer-assessment.

A creative writing lesson after looking at Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault as part of the Fantasy genre.

A fully-resourced, fully-differentiated, fully-researched lesson which challenges students to think about the theme of masculinity in ‘Macbeth’.

A lesson on Sherlock Holmes to begin a reading of any of Conan Doyle’s stories. A very engaging and discussion-based lesson.

A lesson exploring fairy tale openings through Perrault and Grimm.

A lesson to develop the ability to prepare a text and answer questions one and two for AQA Language Paper 1 through exploration of ‘A Christmas Carol’ and the arrival of Jacob Marley.

A Fantasy fiction lesson exploring the appearance of Gollum to develop annotation and inference skills.

An engaging lesson designed with online learning in mind.

A two-part lesson building up annotation skills through an extract from Alice in Wonderland. Next, the students will complete an analysis paragraph on the extract. Aimed at KS3.

An open booklet template for Sherlock Holmes stories to be explored in depth.

A two-part lesson exploring how to make detailed and perceptive inferences on the characters of Sherlock and Dr. Roylott (The Speckled Band). Aimed at a MA set.

A lesson designed to introduce students (KS3) to the topic of fantasy fiction.

Creating a Dickensian description of London.

A fun and engaging lesson showing students the conventions of letter writing, the purpose of a letter and then good practice.

A lesson to explore the use of dialogue in Fantasy fiction to develop narrative. This is explored through an extract from Harry Potter and then through an extract from ‘Cursed Child’ to explore a different form.