Fully differentiated resources to support the teaching of the following poems from the new specification Edexcel conflict poetry collection: 1. Cousin Kate 2. Catrin 3. Half Caste 4. The Class Game 5. Belfast Confetti Outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned and numbered for ease of use. Ready to go lessons. Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow - higher ability Lessons cover language, form, structure and context in order to prepare students to the requirements of the new 9-1 literature examinations. The other 10 poems are also available in separate bundles.

20 full differentiated (by colour) and meticulously planned lessons to support the teaching of reading and writing skills. These lessons are ready to go. Ideal for transition from KS2 to KS3, for year 6, year 7 or year 8 classes. Within these lessons students are exposed to a wide range of fiction, non fiction and literary non fiction texts and will use these as a stimulus for creating their own texts. These lessons allow students to develop skills for accessing the new English language and English literature 9-1 specifications. Students will explore the following texts/extracts: - Article on bats - Extract from the Twits & BFG - Roald Dahl - Extract from Frankenstein - Extract from A Christmas Carol - Extracts from autobiographies - Extract from Bill Bryson - travel writing (non-fiction literary) - Extract from Bleak house - The Lion the witch and the wardrobe - blogs - poetry - Sister Maude, Mother any distance - articles about Friendship Students will develop the following skills in preparation for accessing new 9-1 GCSE - Synthesis - Comparison - Language. structure, form analysis - Theme exploration - Analytical writing - Imaginative writing - narrative and descriptive - Transactional writing Assessment opportunities and homework tasks also included

Over 10 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of spoken language. All lessons are meticulously planned and fully differentiated by colour. These lessons are ready to go and are numbered for ease of use. Ideal for use in KS3 given the removal of this component as part of GCSE. Differentiation: purple - lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources allow students to identify and analyse the following spoken language techniques: - face threatening acts - jargon - accent and dialect - formal and informal talk - Adjacency pairs - back channel features - Fillers and hedges - Holding the floor - turn taking - overlapping speech - standard English - spontaneous speech Students will explore spoken language taken from the following sources: - Catharine Tate as Lauren in the UK sitcom - Jeremy Paxman interview with Russell Brand - Ali G interview with Tony Benn - Jonathan Ross interview with Lady Gaga - Board room conversations taken from the Junior apprentice - Classroom talk taken from Highgate Wood school - Transcripts of students talking with teachers Links provided for YouTube video clips to allow students to observe the spoken language before analysing Planning sheets, card sort of techniques, homework tasks and analysis writing frames are also included.

A variety of resources to support the teaching of anti bullying as part of English context or as part of PSHE. Resources include: - national anti bullying week ideas - Who wants to be a millionaire anti bullying game - pledge cards - analysis of anti bullying posters - create own anti bullying speeches/posters etc. - forms of bullying -research lesson ideas

Resource to support the revision of context of Jekyll and Hyde and how to form exam responses to an extract from the novel and make links to the novel as a whole. Meticulously planned and differentiated. purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability These resources provide opportunities for carousel activities whereby students read 4 extracts from the novel and make notes to form an exam response. Students will consider other parts of the text as part of their answer. Extracts taken from: -chapter 3 - 'Dre Jekyll was quite at ease' -chapter 4 - 'Carew murder case' -chapter 9 - 'Dr Lanyon's narrative' -chapter 10 -'Henry Jekyll's full statement' A booklet is also included to support higher ability exploration of context.

A wide range of ideas and resources for speaking and listening assessments at KS2/KS3. Speaking and listening lessons included based around: - Man V food - Arguing that cats are better than dogs - Deserted house - selling houses - Murder mystery - Banning Christmas - 50 things to do before you die - persuasive speeches Teacher and peer/self assessment proformas also included

Resources to support the teaching or revision of contextual information of An Inspector Calls Resources include: -1912v1945 -suffragettes -Titanic -Welfare state -Trade unions -deadly sins Opportunities provided to carousel information for students to recap their understanding.

Carousel activities which allow students to revise the context of Elizabethan England and practice analysing extracts from the play as well as referring to the play as a whole. Differentiated to allow students to structure an exam response which culminates in an exam practice question. Two exam questions also included in the structure of the 9-1 literature examination. Extracts taken from: Act 1 scene 5 Act 2 scene 2 Act 2 scene 3 Act 4 scene 3 Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability

With very few sample assessment materials provided by the exam boards I have created my own. They have been made to look exactly like the assessments that students will sit in the real 9-1 examinations and are phrased in the same ways too. This paper uses London as the printed poem. The student responses can then be marked using the relevant mark scheme for Power and conflict poetry.

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 15 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.

Power point resources to support the teaching of the following poems on the theme of conflict: 1. Your Dad did what 2. Cousin Kate 3. Hitcher 4. The Drum 5. Conscientious Objector 6. Invasion 7. August 6 1945 9. Oh what is that sound These resources are useful for preparing students for unseen poetry or as part of key stage 3 schemes of work. or as part of the teaching of conflict poetry clusters. All resources are fully differentiated by colour. (Purple = low ability, blue = mid ability, yellow = higher ability) There are 1-3 lessons per poem which cover context, language, form and structure and contain assessment opportunities. This is bundle one. There is 1 other bundle which covers the poems listed below. (15 poems in total) 1. The Class Game 2. Parades End 3. Belfast Confetti 4. Our Sharpeville 5. Exposure 6. Catrin 7. Half Caste

This bundle includes power point slides that contain key information on each of the 15 poems which can be used as a carousel activity to allow students to revise the poetry. Also included is a card sort activity and opportunities to revise the context of each poem.

Resources to support the teaching of a selection of romantic poetry from poets such as Duffy and Shakespeare. Differentiation is by colour coding. Resources include a variety of activities to suit different abilities including quote searches, comparison development and links to Shakespeare. Poems covered: 1. Valentine 2. Human interest 3. Sonnet 45 4. Sonnet 130 5. Woman to her love

Resources to support the teaching of Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy. A range of activities are included for students of all abilities including cloze exercises, and quote searches. Some resources are differentiated by colour.

These resources cover chapters 1 - 3 of Jekyll and Hyde and meet the requirements of the new GCSE 9-1 specification. 14 outstanding lessons that are meticulously planned, fully differentiated and numbered for ease of use with activities included. Download and teach right away. These lessons are ready to go. 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 chapters 1-3 - Context - duality - Victorian gentlemen - gothic etc. - Animal Imagery - Descriptive writing opportunities - Analysis development and practice - Teacher, self and peer assessment opportunities - Contrasting characters - Character and theme presentation Chapters 4-10 are also available and are all meticulously planned and fully differentiated.

This bundle of resources provides opportunities for students to tackle unseen poetry for GCSE. Poems covered include Catrin, Cousin Kate, The Motorway. Differentiation is by colour where yellow is higher, blue is middle and purple is lower ability.

This medium term plan covers Jekyll and Hyde for teaching at GCSE for the new 9-1 specification. In addition to embedding the skills for the literature GCSE examination, the scheme also prepares students for the language examinations by sign posting opportunities for developing English language reading and writing skills. All power points to accompany this scheme are also available and are meticulously planned and fully differentiated.

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.