I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
I'm currently the head of English and raising standards leader at a secondary school in Birmingham. I'm passionate about my subject and passionate about ensuring that the young people we serve leave education with a high competency in English.
Prior to teaching I worked in the radio industry as a presenter for 7 years and so when I became a teacher I enjoyed the opportunity to teach Media studies.
You'll find hundreds of English and Media studies resources.
These resources cover Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
19 outstanding lessons included that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included. These lessons can be downloaded and taught right away.
All lessons are fully differentiated by colour
Purple = lower ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
Red = most able
These resources cover the following areas of act 1:
- Context
- Prologue
- Analysis of sonnet and shared sonnet
- Language, form and structure analysis
- Opportunity for persuasive writing
- Analysis development and practice
- Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities
- Character and theme presentation
- Analysis of imagery
- Homework tasks
Resources to support the teaching of acts 2-5 are also available and are all meticulously planned and fully differentiated.
These resources cover Act 2, act 3, act 4 and act 5 of Romeo and Juliet and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
19lessons included that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with a wide range of activities included that prepare students for language as well as literature.
These lessons can be downloaded and taught right away.
All lessons are fully differentiated by colour
Purple = lower ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
Red = most able
These resources cover the following areas of act 1:
- Context
- Imagery analysis
- Analysis of sonnet form
- Language, form and structure analysis
- Opportunity for role play/speaking and listening
- Analysis development and practice
- Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities
- Character and theme presentation
- Soliloquy analysis and comparison
- Homework tasks
Resources to support the teaching of act 1 are also available and are all meticulously planned and fully differentiated.
This medium term plan is for Romeo and Juliet and has been written in line with the 9-1 GCSE specification for AQA.
This medium term plan signposts homework tasks and also signposts opportunities to develop skills for the 9-1 language examinations.
Also included is an exam question with extract that I have written to assess student understanding. The extract is based on the presentation of the Friar.
I also have fully differentiated and meticulously planned resources available to support the teaching of this MTP.
Resources to support the revision of Victorian context including:
- gentlemanly behaviour
- Victorian women
- Victorian society
- Victorian Holidays
- Victorian England
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Video clip links included to support student revision.
With few standardisation materials available to moderate in department time and to model to students - this sample response to a new specification paper 2 writing task is ideal for exploring as a department or class.
The response fits comfortably inside the band 4 criteria.
Fully differentiated (by colour) lesson that cover chapter 7 of Jekyll and Hyde and meets the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
All lessons are fully differentiated by colour
Purple = lower ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
Red = most able
Fully differentiated lesson to support the teaching of 'Belfast Confetti.'
Includes pupil talk tasks, assessment, outcomes and cover:
- context of the poem
- language analysis
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow - higher ability
Four fully differentiated (by colour) lessons that cover chapters 9 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
All lessons are fully differentiated by colour
Purple = lower ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
Red = most able
These resources cover the following areas of the novel in chapter 1:
- Context
- Analysis development and practice
- Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities
- Character and theme presentation
With a limited number of sample assessment materials available - this exam question has been made to use as a mock examination.
The exam is set out in the exact same way as the real examination.
1. Students analyse an unseen poem
2. Students read a second unseen poem on a like theme and compare it to the first
9 fully differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of writing skills for paper 2 (non fiction and transactional writing (writing to argue, persuade etc.)
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources provide example responses and activities to allow students to develop the following:
- Language - linguistic devices
- tone
- style
- register
- vocabulary
- structure
- perspective
Differentiated (by colour) lesson to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 4 scene 1.
Differentiation:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources provide opportunities to:
- evaluate the Friar's plan
- explore the presentation of character and theme
- empathise with Juliet
Two fully differentiated (by colour) lessons that cover chapter 10 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification.
All lessons are fully differentiated by colour
Purple = lower ability
Blue = middle ability
Yellow = higher ability
Red = most able
Card sort activity for the 6 part structure for speech writing with templates for students to use to plan speech writing.
Exordium, narration, refutation etc.
Resource to support the exploration of the elegy form of poetry using Ben Johnson's 'On My first Sonne.'
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Students will explore language, form and structure
A resource to support students in linking their extract analysis to the novel as a whole and to context.
The resource provides 2 extracts and models how students may link to these areas using one of the extracts.
Power point resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification AQA power and conflict poetry collection:
1. Storm on the island
2. War photographer
3. Extract from Prelude
4. My last Duchess
5. Checkin out me history
16 outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included.
Homework tasks included.
Download and teach right away!
All resources are fully differentiated by colour. (Purple = low ability, blue = mid ability, yellow = higher ability)
There are 2 to 3 power point presentations per poem which cover context, language, form and structure and contain assessment opportunities in line with new specification.
Comparison lessons also included.
A resource that exposes students to 4 possible questions and encourages them to practice following a set of steps for ensuring that their response will contain all of the necessary elements. (Focus on the question, evidence, analysis of methods, context)
Resources to support the teaching of the new specification (9-1) AQA paper 1 reading section.
Resources are fully differentiated by colour:
purple = lower ability
blue = middle ability
yellow = higher ability
Resources provide opportunity for pupil talk, provide objectives and assessment tasks. Model answers also included.
The texts used are taken from the AQA text book (turtle on the cover) but texts are also included in this bundle.
2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 4 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1) Several new specification language paper skills are also embedded.
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to:
- explore context
- analyse writer's methods - language focus
- explore character presentations
- write imaginatively - develop skills for new specification language paper
2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 9 of Animal Farm for the new linear specification (9-1)
Differentiation:
purple = lower
blue = middle
yellow = higher
Resources are planned around the new specification and provide opportunities to:
- analyse writer's methods
- explore character presentations
- debate
- practice extract to whole
- discuss interpretations