Students write a description of New York using extended metaphors - worksheet to scaffold understanding of this. Several worksheets on using subordinate clauses, colons and semi colons. Worksheet for developing a character - we first discussed this as a class and used mini drama tasks to bring the character to life and generate more interesting descriptions (show don’t tell) Additional story mountain sheet if students need support with planning.

Weekly tasks for revision of the AQA lit and lang exams. This is a homework booklet but could be adapted for use in lessons. Each week there is an exam task with a prompt to help students.

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

Lesson plan, PPT and worksheet. A lesson designed to help students explore the portrayal and development of Sheila - could be used for one lesson or two depending on how much detail you want to go into/level of your students. There is a photo worksheet to help students map out key quotes and how Sheila changes then the lesson is set out as a court room debate with sheets to scaffold students’ reponses. There is an additional focus on vocabulary to support AO4. The lesson is linked to AQA assessment objectives but could easily be adapted and / or used with lower school.

A lesson exploring characterisation and how we can apply Freud’s theory of the id, ego and superego to Jack, Ralph and Piggy. Worksheets included.

Worksheet with sentence starters to scaffold meaningful reflections on topics - can be used for a variety of subjects

18 lesson plans for AQA Relationships Poetry - new anthology. Lessons are for a low ability Year 10 class and cover the poems about romantic love only (not Climbing My Grandfather etc) There is also a homework booklet with two task per week to develop skills for the unseen exam. Full PPT will be available shortly.

Thinking mats to help students revise the anthology poems. This is for Love and relationships but the titles could be changed very easily to suite power and conflict. Each mat has activities linked to the AOs / magenta principles and an inspirational quote.

Lesson on Gerald’s key quotes with links to Harvey Weinstein to help students understand context / theme of power etc. Includes worksheets.

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.

Used with very low ability KS4 / low and middle ability KS3

A booklet that can be adapted easily. Supports vocabulary development and use of subject terminology in preparation for studying poetry.

Workbook / activities to support development of vocabulary and use of subject terminology. Would also work as a homework booklet. Links to WW1 poetry and creative writing but can be adapted easily.

A first look at dystopian fiction with links to film trailers, worksheets and a retrieval challenge. Includes a detailed lesson plan.

A PPT with an example answer to improve. Includes slides on vocabulary and links to the AQA mark scheme. Focus is on Sheila, Mr Birling and social responsibility.

A booklet for use each week for a full term. Designed to help students develop terminology and vocabulary.

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.

Mark scheme criteria set out as a ladder / steps to success for AQA GCSE English. Shows children how to achieve each band. Everything ready to print - just add some brown paper to create the ladder.

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 PPT to scaffold discussion about the father daughter relationship in Act 1. Could be used for one or two lessons. Starter - images to stimulate discussion about father daughter relationships. Links to Disney, popular music and Global Learning (forced marriage in UK and globally) Links to Assessment Objectives. Main Activity - group task to create a performance of Act 1 Scene 1. Task is scaffolded to encourage analysis of language. Review - Students perform. Worksheet for peer assessment with an added focus on how characters are presented. Worksheet could then be used to support analysis of the extract for a reading assessment. Exit Pass - Students discuss how they feel about the characters and rate their confidence in studying a Shakespeare play Homework - Write an extract from Hermia’s diary or a speech about forced marriage