A fully-resourced lesson emulating Dickensian writing and crafting a description of a villain.

A poster to create a standardised approach to Language Paper 1, Question 5, but to be embedded further down in Key Stage Three as well.

A lesson exploring the use of imperatives through writing from the perspective of the Master of a workhouse.

A collection of starters and LP2 links for the war poems from the power and conflict cluster.

A lesson exploring the origins of rhetoric (MA). Fully resourced.

A detailed lesson completing an academic read of an extract from ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’. This can be part of a study of ‘The Gothic’ genre and/or the 19th century.

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

A strategy poster outlining how to focus on reading fluency.

A collection of assessment resources to assess students on their ability to make inferences on a character in Fantasy fiction.

A document linking to the resources for the Fantasy fiction SOL.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem, ‘Poppies’, by Jane Weir through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A lesson exploring archetypal characters in Fantasy fiction (with links to Harry Potter).

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

An engaging two-part lesson introducing students to the magical world of Fantasy fiction.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem ‘Extract from the Prelude’ by William Wordsworth through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem ‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem, ‘My Last Duchess’, by Robert Browning, through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem, ‘The Emigree’ by Carol Rumens, through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem ‘Tissue’ by Imitiaz Dharker through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem ‘Kamikaze’ by Beatrice Garland from the AQA Power and Conflict cluster through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.