A powerpoint and worksheet to support analysis of the poem.

This was an attempt at differentiating a KS4 close reading scheme of work so that it was suitable for Year 7. Year 7 enjoyed it but it could be used with KS3 - 4 or even elements for KS5. The 111 slide PPT includes -Jane Eyre - Pride and Prejudice - Emily Dickinson poetry - De Bono - Plus, Minus, Interesting - Rally Robin - Think Pair Shair - Self/Peer assessment - Hot Seating - Word classes - Irony - Alan Peat sentences

A lesson to help students think about structuring their responses and creating more imaginative pieces. Suitable for 11-16 with a focus on the AQA GCSE English Language mark scheme.

A useful booklet for class work but also for cover work or homework. A series of tasks looking at rhetorical devices and writing to inform, advise, persuade and argue. Tasks could easily be stretched out to cover a term of work. The initial theme is teenage runaway/issues facing teens but this can easily be adapted.

7 PowerPoints following the same format. All adaptable. Can be used as whole lessons in school, homework tasks or for home learning. Suitable for KS3 - 4 or as GCSE prep. Slide one: Learning objective / overview of tasks Slide two: Find definitions of new vocabulary Slides three - six: Literacy challenges such as how to use a semi-colon Slide seven: Produce a piece of writing using the new vocabulary and skills. Pupils are given an image to use as stimuli in the style of AQA GCSE English Language. Slide eight: Review work / set targets

A PPT used after a mock exam to help students check their answers. This can be adapted but has a general overview of how to answer each question.

PPTs for Manhunt, Quickdraw, Brothers and Sister Maude. Each have visual aids and key quotes.

Example article and questions for current (old spec) AQA English Language Exam The article is on Geordie Shore to help engage students but encourages them to question how appropriate the show is and how they could seek better role models

AQA English - New Spec PEE paragraphs Self Assessment Activity Students award themselves money when they meet criteria but deduct money when they miss something - the richest person at the end becomes the class expert for the week

Write a story about the journey to a concentration camp - used from year 7 to 11 Includes planning sheet, pictures and scaffolding for imagery and pathetic fallacy

Full lesson - meaning, imagery, tone, themes, language, form and structure

This is a writing skills worksheet to use for feedforward activities. The sheet has instructions that students can follow independently to improve a piece of writing. It could also be adapted to use when drafting their first piece. Instructions encourage students to write slowly and carefully, using ambitious sentence structures, punctuation and vocabulary.

Resources to help students learn poetic terms. A PPT with instructions and opportunity to apply learning. A sheet for QQT QQT cards A sheet for bingo.

This resource is based on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and has pictures of concentration camps to inspire a narrative about the journey to a camp. The 34 slide PPT guides students as they plan this piece of work. However, there are lots of slides about general writing skills including colour symbolism, pathetic fallacy, paragraphs and sentence structures. There is a planning sheet included for students to use.

A guide to answering a question on Lady Macbeth's manipulation of her husband.

A worksheet with paintings to inspire a piece of creative writing - suitable for classwork or homework. Includes a checklist / success criteria. Can be edited. (Fiction - can be linked to AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5)

PowerPoint with quotes from act one including a task about stichomythia and exploring the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

A homework task to develop understanding of genre in the novel plus four example exam questions

Lesson plans, PPT and resources to teach Paper 1 Reading Section. I used the same lesson format with a range of extracts (all included)

2 PPTs with key quotes to analyse - Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo