An enrichment spelling bee to be used as a tutor group competition.

A single lesson introducing students to adventure fiction, featuring a highly-engaging journey through different cities in the world. KS3 MA.

An introduction to imperfect worlds through discussion of dystopian fiction (a focus on utopia and dystopia). Aimed at KS3.

A CPD session exploring the concept of disciplinary literacy and how to support reading in English lessons and across the curriculum. All research is in the notes section.

A simple template for guided reading sessions. Enter your choice of extract.

A resource to explore COMH by John Agard using evidence-based strategies to engage students in academic reading tasks.

A worksheet to support academic reading of Roylott’s introduction - Sherlock finalising ideas in ‘The Speckled Band’.

A single lesson exploring AO1 and AO2 in ‘Not My Business’. Slide 7 uses LitDrive’s ‘Differentiated Annotation Sheets’ - Not owned by me and therefore not attached. However, a great accompanying resource.

Based on academic reading, a worksheet to support a study of Treasure Island: Chapter 7.

A worksheet to build confidence with Language Paper 1, Question 2: Bodmin Moor.

A task to order the most interesting facts about the legend that is, Sherlock Holmes.

Based on the strategies of academic reading, this worksheet explores academic reading of the first three chapters of ‘Treasure Island’.

A starter to gather ideas on the topic of animals in captivity.

An extract from ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’ with accompanying academic reading resource - focusing on pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading. An extract to be used for AQA Language Paper 1, Q1/Q2.

A task exploring Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol.

A two-part lesson exploring methods to explore Language Paper 1, Question 4.

Resources to explore travel writing descriptions. KS3. MA.

A useful target setting sheet to evaluate knowledge on ‘Macbeth’. Quiz available from LitDrive.

A lesson exploring sensory imagery in travel texts, building towards a crafted paragraph utilising sensory imagery.