At least 8 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of creative writing (narrative and descriptive) and take stimulus from the following texts/events: - Castaway - The London riots - The Edge These resources provide opportunities to: - Describe using the senses - watch clips from Castaway and use as a stimulus for own writing - up level vocabulary - identify figurative and use in own writing - develop characterisation - develop narrative structure - assess against GCSE criteria - create tension and suspense

Resources to support the teaching of poetry analysis and exploration. These lessons were taught to year 8 but are suitable for any KS3 group as well as KS2. Poems/poets explored include: - Carol Ann Duffy - Valentine - Sophie Hannah - Symptoms - Deserted house - Sonnet 18 - A Married state - Declaration of need - Lady of Shalott - Roger McGough Opportunities provided for students to: - develop speaking and listening skills - explore the idea of marriage - analyse language, structure and form - explore pathetic fallacy

Resources to support the teaching of Carol Ann Duffy poetry Resources include a range of activities for all abilities and ages including cloze exercises, resequencing, annotations of the poem, language analysis, contextual information and much more. Poems covered: 1. Valentine 2. War photographer 3. Salome 4. Havisham 5. Ann Hathaway 6. Human interest 7. Stealing 8. Hour

TEACHING RESOURCES Including power point presentations and activities to support the teaching of imaginative writing. Resources include opportunities to: - develop characterisation - explorer tabloid and broadsheet - create tabloid and broadsheet

Example LTPs and curriculum plans that outline specifically how parents can help support their child through their child's study of English. The long term plans map out where students will develop the skills necessary to access the new specification 9-1 GCSE English language and literature papers.

Lesson to support the understanding of the representation of women in Victorian England and in a modern society.

Differentiated (by colour) lesson to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet Act 4 scene 2 with a focus on the skill of evaluation of language paper 1 Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - prepare for language paper 1 Q4 - agree or disagree question - explore the presentation of character and theme - evaluate the Friar's plan - link to context - use structure strips to elicit better responses

A comprehensive selection of resources to support the teaching of Simon Armitage poetry. Power points on the following poems: 1. Kid 2. Father thought it bloody queer 3. Homecoming 4. Hitcher 5. Mother, any distance 6. November 7. Remains 8. Harmonium Resources include annotations, language analysis and a range of engaging activities for students of varying abilities. Also includes assessment opportunities and contextual information.

These resources support the teaching of opening worlds poetry Resources included for the following poems: - Two kinds - Young couple - Train from Rhodesia - The tall woman and her short husband - Leela's friend - Pieces of silver - Gold legged frog

Resources to support the teaching of the following poems: - Harmonium - Sonnet 43 - Quickdraw - Sister Maude - To his coy mistress - In Paris with you - The farmer's bride - Brothers - Ghazal - Born yesterday

Resources to support the exploration of Hitcher by Simon Armitage. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of meaning, language and structure. Opportunity to compare the theme of anger in this poem with another poem.

Resource to support the exploration of the poem 'Conscientious objector.' Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of meaning, language and structure Opportunity to improve a student response

Resource to support the exploration of 'Our Sharpeville' Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of context, meaning, language and structure

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

9 activities that that can be used to help interleave with other texts studied for GCSE English literature. Each activity takes a particular theme that arises in the novella and encourages students to make connections to the same theme within other texts. This helps students to revise previous texts while studying a different component. The other texts that connections are made with are: Romeo and Juliet An Inspector Calls Power and conflict poetry

Resource to support the exploration of August 6 1945. Differentiation: purple = lower blue = middle yellow = higher Exploration of context, language, meaning and structure

A lesson that encourages students to think deeply when exploring Churchill’s speech. Students work towards answering the question: How does Churchill attempt to motivate the British people?

Resources to support the teaching of Romeo and Juliet act 1 scene 5 with a focus on comparing Shakespeare's original with Luhrmann's modern 1996 interpretation. Lessons are fully differentiated by colour and numbered for ease of use. These resources provide opportunities to: - Compare interpretations of act 1 scene 5 - Analyse language, form and structure of two interpretations - Analyse dramatic irony - Practice structuring exam responses - Explore context - Explore how different audience may interpret the scene

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)

2 differentiated (by colour) lessons to support the teaching of chapter 6 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: - explore context- Russia and Stalin - events and allegory form - analyse writer's methods - language and structure of the chapter - explore character presentations - write imaginatively in role of a character on the farm