Includes: Full booklet scheme of child language development- spoken language acquisition. PowerPoint to support. 8 lessons that take me a half term to complete with time for application and essay practise. Inside the scheme is a complete breakdown of how children learn to speak from womb to 5+ years old. Homework, model essays and application questions included. I’ve developed this with AQA English Language A Level in mind, but could be easily adapted.

Introduction to pragmatics booklet and Powerpoint.

Using Alex Quigley’s Closing the Reading Gap, this session aims to introduce staff to the idea of literacy as a whole school issue and the importance of reading across school.

Made for AQA English Language A Level, but suitable for Edexcel and other boards, this works as an introduction or revision of the key language levels and frameworks needed for the course. 7 Weeks worth of activities: Lexis and semantics Morphology Grammar Syntax Phonetics Pragmatics Practise

Comparing 2 articles about Shamima Begum. Lesson 1: Reading the articles, exploring viewpoint. Lesson 2: Writing up response using an example paragraph. Introduces students to concepts of ideology, satire and high level vocabulary.

Using June 2019 exam paper, a revision booklet for paper 2 question 3 and 4. Includes guidance and scaffolding on answering paper 2 question 3 and model responses for question 4.

Useful to compare with Follower by Seamus Heaney

Used as a second lesson. Full booklet and Powerpoint.

Lesson focused on Question 4 of the new AQA English language paper 2. Comparison of two articles that discuss the Hillsborough Disaster: The Sun (1989) and The Guardian (2016). Included: Powerpoint presentation, linked to AOs, with questions throughout; two articles; comparison grid for students to collect thoughts.

Powerpoint for the scenes. Brief look at Benvolio and Mercutio's differing views on: love, life, friendship and women. Then activity in which students identify words that connote 'light' in Romeo's soliloquy. Provided a supporting worksheet in which they plot these references onto a graph depending on their 'brightness'- good for numeracy links.

Complete booklet style lesson and PowerPoint exploring the opening of 1984 by George Orwell. Model responses, scaffolded questions. Perfect for resit, tutoring, year 11 intervention etc.

A really effective double lesson that compares War Photographer and Kamikaze for inner conflict. Opportunities for: Scaffolded tasks Worksheet completion Whiteboard challenge

2 lessons exploring gender through the concept of dramatic foils. Lady Macbeth vs Lady MacDuff Macbeth vs Macduff Really enjoyable lesson for teacher and students! Perfect for revision or post reading.

Posters containing sophisticated and ambitious vocabulary, with pronunciation and image to support.

Lesson 1: reading Greta Thunberg’s speech, comprehension questions and analysis. Lesson 2: Writing your own non-fiction writing task about the environment, using Greta’s as inspiration. Lesson 3: Reflection using real examples and redraft. Powerpoint and worksheets all included.

Lesson exploring chapter 6 of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon.

A booklet that has explores the whole play, using Baz Luhrmann’s version of the film. For every scene (apart from Act 4 Scene 2,3, 4) I have a screen shot of a key event with a question next to it, linked to a character/quote/theme/event. Most are cloze based questions for weaker students, however I have left space for higher ability to make their own notes. Made for students who were absent/missed study of Romeo and Juliet. Perfect to be used alongside watching the film as a “blast” to enable them to understand major plot, characters and themes within. Note: where the Luhrmann edition misses key things, I have explored these in the questions.

A lesson that introduces the idea of differing narrative viewpoints within a text and explores how reliable these are. I used these as to help students evaluate for question 4. The base text is an extract from Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest, whereby the narrator is a schizophrenic patient.

A standalone revision lesson perfect for intervention, tutoring, form time etc. Explores each character’s key quotes and encourages students to consider their construction by Priestley. Was extremely useful in 2023!