A paper 2 Q4 lesson exploring the English Language and it’s changes through AI and Tik Tok. Lead to really good discussions and also helps with NEA Language Investigation. Perfect for language and technology or language and age.

A booklet that prepares students for paper 1 question 4 of the English language exam. Great for intervention.

A lesson to introduce the idea of objectivity and subjectivity in non-fiction. Booklet and PowerPoint with chunked tasks including true/false. Short extracts, unlike my other resource, so good for low ability, intervention or resit. Perfect for KS3 or 4. Good for boys, uses the Hillsborough disaster to engage in topic of football.

A whole lesson and resources practicing the AO3 comparison skill through Banksy’s ‘Dismaland’ attraction. I have created this lesson for a high set of year 11 students, however this could be adapted for any KS across school. The lesson focuses around comparison, firstly with photos, then videos, then texts- all surrounding Banksy’s Dismaland. Resources: Powerpoint: lesson with differentiated learning objectives and mark scheme for peer assessment. Worksheets: two newspaper articles for comparison, a sheet to compare two adverts of the attraction, a grid to record language choices in the articles.

Useful for year 11 revision of Mr Utterson

Perfect for any year group, but especially KS4 and resit students. A standalone lesson looking at extreme weather events in 2023 (including Burning Man and Greek tourist wildfires) to inspire a letter to a local MP. Includes Youtube links and discussion, as well as model responses to evaluate.

A lesson/double designed to push students to think about Shakespeare’s messages about the human condition in Macbeth. Includes discussions, annotations and an exam question. Worked really well with year 11 in 2023 examination prep.

A revision lesson on accents and dialects for A Level English Language students. Includes studies, A* response and practse question.

An introduction to poetic form, used for extra intervention with year 11 students. Contains a voiced over Powerpoint with key knowledge and questions. Perfect for online learning.

A lesson looking at the damage done by writers’ viewpoints. The lesson uses an essay about Caroline Flack as a base for discussion, linking it to how media target audiences to achieve certain effects.

A booklet that prepares students to explore metaphorical meanings in poems. Scaffolded for low ability students. Uses the poem ‘Wires’ by Larkin. Great for intervention.

A fully resourced lesson comparing writers’ views on mental health. Uses a source from 1877 detailing the experiences of a patient in a mental asylum, in a letter to her family. The comparison source is a speech given by MP Ed Miliband in 2012 on mental health. By the end of the lesson, students will have answered paper 2 question 4. Resources include: Powerpoint All worksheets Also, complied into a work booklet too- this option is perfect for remote learning or intervention sessions where a computer is not available.

A lesson/double on “Climate change is the biggest issue facing our world- worryingly, it is also being ignored.” Write a letter to your local MP giving your opinion on this statement and suggesting things that could be done to tackle the issue. Perfect introduction to viewpoint writing or for students who struggle with the question. Lots of discussion, pair work, debates. Great for NEA spoken language. Uses real life examples from newspapers to encourage students to see expert models.

A quick boot camp to address misconceptions in commas. Designed for year 11 intervention students grade 1-9. Uses an AQA English language paper 2 writing task about education as a stimulus. Booklet and Powerpoint included.

2 lessons based on an extract from the Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. First lesson: students analyse the language and structure of the extract, after a starter based on the film trailer. This aids with AO1 and AO2 of the paper. Second lesson: students use the extract to produce a piece of writing in which they travel back in time to their 'past' self. The students loved it! Powerpoint has learning objectives differentiated three ways throughout.

Whole school reading and word of the week for literacy. Includes activities. Cross curricular to all subjects.

A 2 hour workshop designed for year 11 students as revision for paper 2 question 5. Full booklet and Powerpoint. Great for intervention, tutorials, resit, or a revision lesson. Focus is on young people respecting their elders. Uses real life examples as models.

Full booklet and Powerpoint.

A lesson analysing the theme of secrecy within Jekyll and Hyde. Involves students completing a 'blackout analysis' (like blackout poetry) to highlight key words that aid to the theme. Students find the words associated with secrecy, then 'blackout' the rest. After annotating the words they've found, they then use this to spark an analysis based on a GCSE question. Full Powerpoint provided, with differentiated learning objectives throughout, and the extract from the text. Please leave a review and let me know how it goes!

Perfect for Year 11 to revise Kamikaze. Includes PowerPoint and worksheet.