A lesson exploring the openings of Gothic novels and introducing students to key texts. The aim is to encourage students to use their own narrative hooks.

Activity for the study of Macbeth.

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

An engaging lesson which focuses on tackling trickier extracts and vocabulary. The strategies are fully researched and are designed to promote reading independence. The extract focus is a small section of Chapter 7 of Alice in Wonderland.

A lesson which introduces students to ‘Romeo and Juliet’ through an exploration of the role of the Prologue. Students are encouraged to think about the role, impact and summary of the Prologue.

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

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

A fully resourced, differentiated and challenging lesson aimed at introducing KS4 to themes in the AQA Power and Conflict cluster. Full lesson plan is available on request. Please check poems which are on the PowerPoint and edit accordingly. This lesson took a lot of time to create and focused on researched strategies and a real emphasis on strecth and challenge. Feedback or suggestions of tweaks would be greatly appreciated.

Extract work using WOTW and building towards creating an effective science-fiction opening. Edit and tweak depending on prior knowledge of topic as this was week three in a eight week sequence. KS3 MA.

Sequence on improving creative writing with the goal of peer assessing the work of others and analysing language choices. A focus on crafting and building better writing. LA-MA KS3.

A lesson introducing the character of Sherlock Holmes, building to an analysis question on the initial description of the detective. MA KS3.

A basic (level 4/5) response to a question of cultural identity in Checking Out Me History. Middle-ability Y9 group target.

A higher-education deconstruction of Harry Potter as a piece of didactic children’s literature for the injustices in 21st century society. Used with a sixth-form study into morals and messages. HA terminology / concepts.

LA KS3 double lesson.

LA 2-part lesson (KS3)

Explores the theme of power in ‘Macbeth’ and encourages subjectivity and discussion. Used for a double lesson and prompted a great discussion on the role of power in the 21st century and then linked to the play. Use with ‘Ozymandias’ also.

Short sequence for LA group (KS3) building an understanding of how to build tension and why it is important in certain genres of writing. Used before an assessment to prepare students for crime fiction creative writing. Graded ‘Outstanding’ for LA Y8 Observation Lesson.

A MA lesson which links personification to pop-culture and builds towards a descriptive task. Used for a LA class and was the most successful method in understanding personification. (Links to videos are salient to the lesson). Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Lesson plan available on request.

A 3 part lesson which builds the necessary skills to push for higher marks designed for language paper 1, question 5. However, differentiated versions have been used with a variety of ages and abilities with much success also. This resource is designed to respond to an assessment for a Year 9 class, but is easily edited to match the needs of the class. Lesson one focus: structuring a response, lesson 2: some elements of linguistic devices and advanced vocabulary, and then concluded with the production of a Section B response. Multiple hours of designing, editing and careful thought, so please let me know how your classes get on and any suggestions you would make to make this better.

This fully-differentiated lesson is based on creating a setting description using basic (some advanced) language techniques, including a summary of word classes. Based on the description of District 12, students are pushed to create their own dilapidated setting. Learning challenge and arrival activity (Introduce), fully differentiated with clear outcomes to show progress. Learning journey explained (easy to adapt) Low-stakes true or false quizzing on Chapter 1 of The Hunger Games (Assess) Discussion of setting and popular settings in children’s literature (Link) Identification of language techniques (Identify) Task One: Identify word classes and language devices- (see teacher’s copy for discussion points, great for feedback especially with a visualiser). Address gaps in knowledge before moving on. Task Two: Using previous task, create a run-down setting using stock images as a stimulus. (Create and Apply) Feedback: Snapshot of two memorable lines (Review) Plenary: Bronze-Silver-Gold differentiated questioning linked to outcomes (Assess, Review, Capture) Lesson plan available on request, feedback and tweaks would be hugely appreciated.