A lesson focusing on reading and exploring Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven. The lesson contains the whole poem, a summary activity and comprehension questions. All resources attached. Taught to mixed ability KS3.

A simplistic but informative CPD resource outlining a variety of descriptive and narrative techniques in order to guide English teachers and support their students with extended creative writing tasks. The resource outlines how to implement these strategies and what impact they may have. Designed in part to help KS4 students excel at AQA Language Paper 1, Question 5. Contains research notes from a variety of academic authors.

A selection of two lessons designed for home learning and focusing on Thomas Hood’s I Remember, I Remember. One lesson focuses on the exploration of the poem and developing comprehension of the poem. The second lesson is designed to create an extended response to the question “How does the poet present his childhood” using a point, evidence, explain and analyse structure.

A collection of quizzes on a variety of AQA Literature texts. The quizzes include questions on Macbeth, Power and Conflict Poetry, An Inspector Calls and Sign of Four. Useful for starters and recap activities with KS4/Y11/Y10.

A model Lady Macbeth essay. Suitable for KS4 as part of an AQA English Literature scheme. Aimed at Mixed ability.

A worksheet designed to help students revise the key plot and characters of the GCSE literature texts; An Inspector Calls, The Sign of The Four and Macbeth. It contains some useful scaffolds designed to make it accessible for lower ability students. This worksheet could be set as homework, used to create a revision lesson or set as revision.

A resource comparing the effect of Conflict in the poems; War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy and Remains by Simon Armitage both taken from the AQA Literature Power and Conflict anthology. Aimed at and used successfully with mixed ability Y11. Resource could be used in a teacher led activity or given as an independent revision resource.

A lesson focusing on the character of Macbeth and his role as a tragic hero in the GCSE literature text Macbeth. This lesson focuses on two quotations; one from act 1 and one from act 5 designed to show the change the character throughout. Aimed at and successfully taught to low ability year 11.

A lesson exploring the poem Exposure by Wilfred Owen. This lesson enables students to perform an in depth examination on the poem taken from the AQA Literature: Power and Conflict Anthology. This lesson includes: A Frayer Model examining the word Exposure, a reading of the poem, a copy of the poem ready for analysis, a model paragraph and question of focus to guide students and relevant contextual information about Wilfred Owen to include in comparative responses. Designed and used with mixed-ability KS4 in preparation for their AQA Literature Paper 2, this lesson contains all resources necessary and is ready to be delivered.

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 resource based on chapter 4 (So What Do You Say?) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a key word wordsearch used as a settling activity, a Frayer model examining the word “relief", discussion questions on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

A 20 quiz recapping key ideas/concepts/terminology/quotes from four areas of AQA literature paper 1 and paper 2 focus: J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, Conan Doyle’s The Sign Of The Four, Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Power and Conflict Poetry. These are quick simple questions designed to boost and strengthen the knowledge of KS4 students studying the four texts. Created for and successfully delivered to mixed ability KS4.

A resource based on chapter 3 (Royal & General) from the novel Stormbreaker. The lesson is part of a reading scheme and contains; a Frayer model examining the word “curious", discussion questions on the chapter title and relevant comprehension questions for the chapter. This lesson also has a PEAL paragraph question to go through with the class. Aimed at mixed ability KS3, all resources are attached and ready for delivery.

Two articles useful for discussing mental health with KS3 and KS4. One article looks at suicide and the negative impact related to reality TV, the second article is about body image. Both containing relevant comprehension questions.

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 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.

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.

A resource examining Ted Hughes’ Bayonet Charge, taken from the AQA Literature Paper 2 Power and Conflict poetry cluster. Aimed at mixed ability KS4 in prep for the exam. All resources attached.

An unseen poetry lesson based on Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce Et Decorum Est. The lesson focuses on the skills needed to analyse and create a response based on an unseen poem. This lesson is aimed at and successfully taught to low ability Y11 and is useful for attempting the Unseen Poetry question on AQA GCSE Literature Paper 2.