This fully-resourced Language Paper 1 sequence is designed to develop students’ analytical and writing skills through the opening extract of Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once. It provides a question-by-question breakdown, model responses, and targeted strategies to help students maximize their performance across the paper.

For staff and students to develop reading fluency.

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

A strategy guide poster outlining methods to maintain reading enthusiasm between KS2 and KS3.

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, ‘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.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem ‘London’ by William Blake through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

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.

A mini-sequence exploring the poem, ‘Checking Out Me History’ by John Agard through a mixture of reading and writing tasks.

A single lesson on creating a Dickensian villain using Dickensian writing methods.

A visual guide for all staff to support dyslexic students.

A lesson exploring a range of Fantasy fiction conventions and extracts.

A lesson exploring narrative structure and the role of characterisation during exposition. The text linked to this extract is A Pinch of Magic - the website has a fantastic resource bundle which I use with the lesson. All copyright to the author and not available as part of this purchase.

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

An engaging lesson consolidating understanding Fantasy fiction characters,.

A lesson exploring the use of dialogue in Fantasy fiction through exploration of an extract from Harry Potter. Students will then be explored to a new form through an extract study of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.