A full lesson examining and discussing interview skills perfect for KS4. Tasks included; creating a success criteria for an employable candidate, discussing the importance of interview etiquette, watching both good and bad interview examples and then creating example responses to commonly asked interview questions.

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

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

This booklet is created for home learning with KS3. The booklet is designed to develop the key skills in English while focusing on Grimm’s Fairy Tales. There are 5 key activities as outlined below: A Research Task What is a Fairy Tale? Reading and rewriting Hansel and Gretel Creating a fairy tale monster. Writing a story titled The Enchanted Wood.

This booklet is created for home learning with KS4. The booklet is designed to develop the key skills for AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5 focusing on description. There are 6 key activities below: Highlighting the importance of word choice. Deconstructing an image. Linking sentences. Model Response. Independent Attempt. Further Planning.

Two lessons dedicated to covering AQA Language, Paper 1 Q5 focusing on description. The lessons follow a similar pattern but have different images. The lessons build towards planning and creating the first paragraph of an extended description.

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 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 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.

An booklet of independent tasks based around Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The booklet contains 9 tasks that can be completed within the booklet without internet access. These tasks include reading and comprehension activities, independent writing tasks and research tasks. Created for home learning with mixed ability KS4. Suitable for homework.

A lesson analyzing the language used in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. The lesson contains guided analysis of key stanzas from the poem, a recap of a point, evidence, explain and analysis structure and a variety of extended response questions. A resources attached. Taught to mixed ability KS3.

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 detailed resource used to introduce the historical and literary context of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The starter is a knowledge recap task, drawing on existing knowledge from the students. A quick consolidation task for AQA literature AO3 is included. This is followed by a video provided by the National Theatre examining Mary Shelley’s life briefly. Then a detailed examination of how context plays a part in the opening of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Created for higher ability KS4 and for the AQA literature GCSE. All resources provided.