A KS3 writing to describe unit exploring Science-Fiction as a genre to inspire high-quality, crafted descriptions. Over 20 hours of lessons. Fully resourced and formatted for exercise books!

A collection of 4 lessons exploring : -Valentine -Medusa -Human Interest And a whole-class feedback sheet for an assessment at the end.

15 hours of learning on the Gothic genre, exploring a range of topics. This SOL is designed to develop reading skills predominantly, but can be easily adapted. The final assessment is to make inferences on a Gothic text, which is developed throughout the lessons.

A collection of horror lessons across different texts.

Three lessons from ‘Alice in Wonderalnd’ teaching students new reading strategies, how to make inferences, and structuring an analytical response.

A double-lesson exploring ‘Harry Potter’.

A collection of single lessons exploring Sherlock Holmes.

A trio of engaging lessons on Carol Ann Duffy poetry (Valentine, Human Interest and Medusa). Includes a whole-class feedback template sheet for a poetry assessment at the end of the week.

A collection of resources exploring dystopian fiction, including a full scheme of learning on ‘The Giver’.

An academic reading study of EVERY poem in the Power and Conflict cluster, supported by pre-reading of Language Paper 2 style extracts (for the war poems) to develop Literature through Language.

A collection of lesson exploring various characters, events and themes in Dickensian texts.

An ever-growing collection of descriptive writing resources to support exam strategy for Language Paper 1, Section B - description only.

A collection of resources to support the study of ‘Frankenstein’ (LA or KS3). This is part of a wider study of ‘The Gothic’ rather than the text itself.