A lesson focusing on introducing lower ability students to implicit and explicit information and reading the opening of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Designed to develop students’ ability to identify and examine implicit meanings, the lesson offers simple definitions and then a group activity to strengthen the grasp of implicit meanings before reading the opening two pages of the novel focusing on George and Lenny’s relationship. Aimed at and successfully taught to lower ability KS3 but could be used with lower ability KS4 or with SEND students.

A collection of comprehension questions relating to the opening of J.B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. The worksheet contains questions with a range of difficulties including a point, evidence, analysis question that could be turned into an extended response. Simple and effective worksheet that is easy to use alongside the opening few pages of Act One.

A simple homework sheet designed to recap the literature AOs and then attempt analysis of one key quote from Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 2 Scene 1. A useful piece of revision work for KS4 studying Macbeth at GCSE.

A lower level model response designed to showcase how to approach and answer a GCSE literature question focusing on the character of Gerald Croft and the theme of responsibility in An Inspector Calls. The essay comments on the Priestley’s viewpoints, character interactions and contextual connections. This could be used as an example essay for students to use as a jumping point or as class resource to review and edit.

A one off lesson designed to develop a description of an eerie playground. The lesson includes a relevant image, relevant definitions of key terminology (personification, adjectives and verbs), a planning sheet, an extended writing task with inspirational sentences to prevent writer’s block and a self assessment strip connected to the relevant KS3 marking scheme. All resources needed are included and the lesson is ready to be delivered to mixed-ability KS3 or could be appropriately differentiated to aid KS4 with AQA Language Paper 1 Q5, focusing on description.

A lesson exploring William Wordsworth’s poem The Prelude, taken from the AQA Literature Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson includes a discussion around the concept of power, a copy of the poem, some structured analysis provided for the first stanza, exploration of the context about William Wordsworth’s life and a relevant exam style question with sentence starters and assessment framework (relevant AQA mark scheme) included. Designed and delivered for mixed-ability KS4 ready for their AQA Literature examinations. All resources attached.

A collection of resources based around Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign Of Four. The resource is designed to aid students in creating an extended response to the question; How does Conan Doyle present the relationship between Holmes and Watson? This includes a relevant learning objective, a Frayer Model discussing the word relationship, a mind-map to create adjectives to describe Holmes and Watson’s relationship and three key quotes showcasing their relationship. Differentiation is provided in the form of key sentence starters for the extended response. This is designed for mixed-ability and lower-ability KS4 in preparation for the AQA Literature exams.

Two lessons exploring Carol Ann Duffy’s poem War Photographer, taken from the AQA Literature Power and Conflict anthology. The first lesson includes a discussion around the connotations of war photography, a copy of the poem, some structured analysis provided for the first stanza, exploration of the context around PTSD and a relevant assessment framework (relevant AQA mark scheme) included. The second lesson focuses on an exam style question and discusses the connotation of the words pain and suffering before moving forward to create an extended response to a key question. Designed and delivered for mixed-ability KS4 ready for their AQA Literature examinations. All resources attached.

A lesson exploring Simon Armitage’s poem Remains, taken from the AQA Literature Power and Conflict anthology. The lesson includes a discussion around the word “Remains”, a copy of the poem, some structured analysis provided for the first stanza, exploration of the context aboutthe Gulf War and a relevan assessment framework (relevant AQA mark scheme) included. Designed and delivered for mixed-ability KS4 ready for their AQA Literature examinations. All resources attached.

A booklet of independent work based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The booklet contains a range of 10 tasks that can be completed without internet access including: reading and comprehension activities, extended writing opportunities, research tasks and a wordsearch. The booklet is set out as a police investigation to make it more engaging. Created for mixed ability KS4 home learning. Suitable for homework.

A booklet of independent work based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. The booklet contains a range of 5 tasks that can be completed without internet access including: reading and comprehension activities, extended writing opportunities and character creation. Created for mixed ability KS3 home learning. Suitable for homework.

A booklet of lessons based on Simon Armitage’s poem Kid, created for online home learning. The first two lessons in the booklet examine the poem and contain language analysis, the second two lessons focus on using the poem’s ideas to create a monologue from a character’s perspective. Created for mixed ability KS3. Suitable for homework.

This resource is a lecture style lesson focusing on the theme of Victorian Fear, linking in particular to Conan Doyle’s Sign of Four. This resource was created in order to cover the more complex themes in the novel and is aimed at HA students predicted at 7-9 on AQA GCSE literature. The subjects include; Victorian Fear and Gothicism Imperial Gothicism Victorian Fear of Darkness Victorian Fear of Criminality/Social Class An essay plan for a question on Victorian Fear.

Task 1: Creative Writing Task: Barcelona Task 2: Creative Writing Task: Verona Task 3: Creative Writing Task: Victorian London Task 4: Creative Writing Task: The Globe Theatre Task 5: Creative Writing Task: The Barrier Reef Task 6: Rewriting Task: SPAG. Task 7: Rewriting Task: SPAG. Task 8: Guided writing using a plan. Task 9: Guided writing using a plan. Task 10: Assessment style questions.

A collection of three lessons designed for home learning and focusing on extracts taken from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The tasks include; recap activities, comprehension questions with relevant extracts and both extended writing tasks and extended analysis tasks. Designed to be completed independently at home by mixed ability KS3. Age 11-14.

Two lessons designed to examine Lady Macbeth in Act 1. Lessons are designed with a range of tasks to break down the understanding of Lady Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 5 and are made with nurture/SEN in mind.