A six-week weekly study of key extracts from ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Each week, students explore a different extract from the play and complete a close reading. Teachers have space to differentiate tasks and select work appropriate for their group. These booklets are used for the whole-class, but with intervention students identified for support by Accelerated Reader. Easily adapted for any age or ability.

A six-week scheme for weekly reading lessons. Tasks are set by the classroom teacher and differentiated based on the needs of the class. Each week, the text is treated as the ‘beating heart’ of the lesson and develops reading skills through a close reading of famous science-fiction texts.

An assessment lesson to explore exposition in ghost stories, including what makes a memorable opening sentence.

A fully-resourced HA lesson breaking down how to answer Language Paper 1, Question 4 through tips, modelled examples, broken down mark schemes, teacher feedback, and peer-assessment.

A post-assessment lesson focusing on whole-class targets to build better descriptions. A focus on advanced structural and language features.

A single lesson exploring the poem ‘London’ by William Blake in the Power and Conflict GCSE cluster.

A fully-resourced lesson building towards students completing a piece of descriptive writing on a Victorian setting. A task designed to develop understanding of A03 and to demonstrate clear links with ‘A Christmas Carol’.

A lesson exploring the theme of guilt in ‘Macbeth’. All resources are included within the PowerPoint.

Resources to accompany the teaching of ‘Ozymandias’.

An exploration of characterisation in Chapter 4 of ‘The Woman In Black’.

Resources to explore travel writing descriptions. KS3. MA.

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

A collection of knowledge recall starters.

A whole-class feedback model for analysing poetry.

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

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

A task exploring Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol.

A lesson exploring narrative structure through the study of ‘Up’ as a stimulus, building towards crafting a narrative ghost story opening.

Two linked lessons exploring the genre of adventure fiction with a focus on Treasure Island.

A two-part lesson exploring Dickens’ short-story ‘The Signalman’. The extract is attached, supported by two easily adaptable resources for academic reading. A glossary and introduction to haunted tales is included in the booklet.